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Report: There Is No Black Metal Scene In New York

Adam Wisnieski of the New York Press has penned an article about the New York black metal scene. An excerpt follows below. "Black metal is different from other forms of metal, in both sound and content. Think of SLAYER, only scarier and lo-fi.The guitars sound like phonebooks being continuously ripp...

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TOM MORELLO And BOOTS RILEY Join Forces To Form STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB

Tom Morello and Boots Riley have joined forces to form STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB. The group's anticipated self-titled debut album will be released June 16 through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group. The 11-song set was produced by Tom Morello and features Boots Riley on vocals, Morello on...

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TIMO TOLKKI To Perform With RHAPSODY OF FIRE Singer In Rome

REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE/ex-STRATOVARIUS guitarist Timo Tolkki has issued the following update: "I'm gonna play some songs with Fabio Lione [RHAPSODY OF FIRE, VISION DIVINE] in Rome, Italy next Friday, April 24. The club is called Palarockness and it is situated in Genzano di Roma. Si fueris Romae, Ro...

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Bassist JARI KAINULAINEN Reunites With Former STRATOVARIUS Bandmates For 'Return To Dreamspace'

Finnish bassist Jari Kainulainen (who is currently a member of Sweden's EVERGREY) will join Timo Tolkki (REVOLUTION RENAISANCE, STRATOVARIUS) and fellow ex-STRATOVARIUS members Tuomo Lassila (drums) and Anti Ikonen (keyboards) to record a new album, titled "Return to Dreamspace", for a fall 2009 rel...

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THE LAW Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

THE LAW, the Swedish San Francisco Bay Area thrash-influenced metal band, has parted ways with bassist Jimmie "Ninja" Frödin and has replaced him with Kristian "Anti-Kristian" Karlsson from INFERIOR. The group says in a statement, "We are positive that Anti-Kristian will contribute with fresh ideas,...

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EXODUS Guitarist Says Illegal Music Downloading Is Killing The Industry

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt is quick to acknowledge that the music industry is a changing place and the ground that the band is standing on these days is shaky, with the Internet's facilitation of illegal downloading sapping the album's potential for moneymaking. And while METALLICA takes much of the...

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MADDER MORTEM Filming 'Armour' Video

Norway's MADDER MORTEM has issued the following update: "The band footage for the first video for 'Eight Ways' [the new MADDER MORTEM album] was recorded Sunday, April 12 in Oslo. The video will be for the song 'Armour', and will be a combination of band footage and 2D animation (direction by Arnfin...

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Christ Inversion

So here it is, long years after we heard the name murmured in rumors, or mentioned in ever-more-contentious PANTERA interviews... CHRIST INVERSION's "Obey the Will of Hell" recording, knocked down to a self-titled CD and released among the masses at last. Expect a sickening miasma of New Orleans slu...

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Spawning the Nephilim

Here comes the ugly again. Considering that LORD MANTIS is a Chicago band with current and former members of AVICHI, NACTHYMYSTIUM, and INDIAN, as well as the fact that über-producer Sanford Parker is involved, it should come as no surprise that "Spawning the Nephilim" isn't just another pretty face...

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MADDER MORTEM: 'Eight Ways' Artwork Revealed, Audio Samples Available

Norway's MADDER MORTEM will release its new album, "Eight Ways", in Europe on May 18, and in North America on June 16 via Peaceville Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Formaldehyde 02. The Little Things 03. Armour 04. Resolution 05. A Different Kind Of Hell 06. Riddle Wants To...

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Former NACHTMYSTIUM Bassist Releases ANTI-HUMAN THESIS Debut

Former NACHTMYSTIUM bassist Zion, who played on the "Worldfall" and "Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1" releases and took part in numerous tours with the band, has launched a new project called ANTI-HUMAN THESIS. The group's first CD, "The Perfect Message", was recorded in late 2007 and early 2008 and...

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The Birth Of SLAYER

Sam Roudman of Filter magazine recently spoke to the four members of SLAYER for a lengthy interview which appears in its issue #35. An excerpt from the article on the band's formative years follows below. Tom Araya (bass, vocals): "This Top 40 band I was in was getting a new guitar player — ...

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NORMA JEAN Drops Off SILVERSTEIN Tour

Georgia's post-hardcore outfit NORMA JEAN has dropped off the U.S. tour featuring SILVERSTEIN, BLESS THE FALL and BEFORE THEIR EYES. The band says, "There are just too many reasons to list in the wake of us making this decision and we aren't looking to embark on an Internet crusade; that just isn't...

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TED NUGENT: 'I Pray For PRESIDENT OBAMA To Fail'

Rocker Ted Nugent has penned another guest column for the Waco Tribune-Herald. An excerpt follows below. "Observe how the Obama media machine and soulless liberal media jumped on Rush Limbaugh's comments that he 'wanted Obama to fail.' "Anyone with a half a brain knows Rush wants only this: for Amer...

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NORMA JEAN Interviewed In Montreal; Video Available

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with Georgia's post-hardcore outfit NORMA JEAN on March 19, 2009 when the band made a stop in Montreal, Quebec during its Canadian tour with UNDEROATH. Watch the 25-minute chat below. NORMA JEAN's "Robots 3, Humans 0" video can be viewed below. The conceptual clip...