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Former STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH Members Launch UNITED FORCES

Two of the four members of New York City hardcore/speed metal legends STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH have set out to forge a new path of punishment in 2013. UNITED FORCES unites S.O.D.'s bassist Danny Lilker (BRUTAL TRUTH, NUCLEAR ASSAULT, NUNFUCKRITUAL, LOCK UP, ex-ANTHRAX) and notorious frontman Billy Mil...

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Original TROUBLE Drummer To Guest On IN-GRAVED Debut

Drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson (TROUBLE, RETRO GRAVE) will play the Hammond organ on the forthcoming debut album from IN-GRAVED, the new band led by former PENTAGRAM and PLACE OF SKULLS guitarist Victor Griffin. The CD, which is tentatively due in the spring, will also feature drummer Pete Campbell, bassi...

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DEMON LUNG Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Candlelight Records has announced the signing of DEMON LUNG. The Las Vegas-based quartet, featuring guitarist Phil Burns, basisst Patrick Warren, drummer Jeremy Brenton and vocalist Shanda Fredrick, is set to begin recording its full-length debut in the coming weeks at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland,...

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LOCK UP Announces European Tour

International grindcore "supergroup" LOCK UP — featuring Tomas Lindberg (AT THE GATES, DISFEAR),Anton Reisenegger (PENTAGRAM, CRIMINAL),Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH, BRUJERIA, VENOMOUS CONCEPT) and Nick Barker (CRADLE OF FILTH, DIMMU BORGIR) — will embark on a brief European club tour in Febuary 201...

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VENOMOUS MAXIMUS To Release 'Beg Upon The Light' In February

Texas occult metal band VENOMOUS MAXIMUS will release its new album "Beg Upon The Light" on February 4, 2013 via Occulture Records. The CD was recorded at Origin Sound in Houston with a headspace described as "somewhere between a Alejandro Jodorowsky film and a New Orleans voodoo den." "Beg Upon The...

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Former PENTAGRAM Drummer Running For Political Office In Chile

Eduardo "Topo" Topelberg, former drummer of Chile's death metal legends PENTAGRAM, is running for political office. The 45-year-old former musician is hoping to become elected one of ten councilors of Ñuñoa, a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, on October 28. Topelberg's campaign jingle,...

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Members Of PENTAGRAM And HELSTAR To Perform One-Of-A-Kind Sets With SANCTUS BELLUM

Bobby Liebling of PENTAGRAM and James Rivera of HELSTAR will perform special one-time-only sets with members of SANCTUS BELLUM at The El Birthday Metal Fest II on December 22 at Rudyard's British Pub in Houston, Texas. The sets with Liebling and Rivera, styled Sanctus Bellum Sanctuary and Sanctus Be...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: I Never Spoke To ZAKK WYLDE About Possible PANTERA Reunion

DOWN's Philip Anselmo, Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein recently answered a number of fan-subimitted questions from the readers of the Ultimate-Guitar.com web site. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: What was the cause for such a dramatic change in your vocal style on th...

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LUNA AD NOCTUM Signs With MASSACRE RECORDS

Massacre Records has announced the signing of Poland's LUNA AD NOCTUM. The band's fourth album, "Hypnotic Inferno", will be released in February 2013. "Lunar Endless Temptation", the band's first demo, was released in 2001, and was followed by the group's debut album, "Dimness' Profound", in 2002. T...

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Down IV: The Purple EP

It's been 17 years since a little side project amongst New Orleans-based metal buddies defied the odds and became a genre phenomenon. There have been countless metal, sludge and doom acts serving electric alms to BLACK SABBATH, going as far back as PENTAGRAM, WITCHFINDER GENERAL, SAINT VITUS, CANDLE...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Performs With WARBEAST In Maryland (Video)

Video footage of Philip Anselmo (DOWN, PANTERA) performing the song "Scorched Earth Policy" with Texas thrashers WARBEAST on September 30 at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland can be seen below. WARBEAST is on the road now with DOWN and Housecore labelmates HAARP. A few shows have featured spec...

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Guitarist VICTOR GRIFFIN To Leave PENTAGRAM After European Tour

Guitarist Victor Griffin has announced that he will leave the legendary cult rock act PENTAGRAM after the completion of the band's upcoming European in October/November. He says, "Of course, the future is always uncertain… but for now, it's time to move on with my new band's album and tour plans for...

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VENOMOUS MAXIMUS To Release 'Beg Upon The Light' In October

Texas occult metal band VENOMOUS MAXIMUS will release its new album, "Beg Upon The Light", on October 30 via Occulture Records. The CD was recorded at Origin Sound in Houston with a head space described as "somewhere between a Alejandro Jodorowsky film and a New Orleans voodoo den." "Beg Upon the Li...

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LOCK UP: New Video Interview Posted Online

Brazil's "Stay Heavy" show conducted an interview with LOCK UP guitarist Anton Reisenegger at this year's edition of the Tuska open-air metal festival, which was held June 29 - July 1 in Helsinki, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. LOCK UP bassist Shane Embury (also of NAPALM DEATH) was unab...

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WITCHCRAFT: 'Legend' Preview Available

Swedish doom metal kings WITCHCRAFT will release their fourth album, "Legend", on September 21 via the band's new label home, Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2007's "The Alchemist" was recorded with renowned producer Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (KREATOR, OPETH, AMON AMARTH, PAR...