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KATAKLYSM Completes Recording New Album

Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have completed the recording process for their new album, "Heaven's Venom", for an August 24 release (one day earlier internationally) via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2008's "Prevail" was produced by KATAKLYSM guitarist Jean-Francois Dagenais (MALEVOLEN...

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KATAKLYSM Explains WACKEN OPEN AIR Cancellation

Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM have been forced to cancel their appearance at this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. Commented the band: "Unfortunately because of our extremely tight schedule between the new [KATAKLYSM] album...

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LIFELESS To Re-Release Debut In June Via IBEX MOON

German death metallers LIFELESS will re-release their debut album, "Beyond The Threshold OF Death", on June 8 via Ibex Moon Records. The CD, which was originally self-released by the group in 2008, was produced and recorded by the bandmembers themselves. The mastering was handled by Vesa Kenttäkumpu...

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GREAT WHITE Singer's 'Strange' Interview With Philadelphia's 94 WYSP

Spike of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania radio station 94 WYSP conducted an interview with GREAT WHITE vocalist Jack Russell on Monday, May 10. The chat is now available for streaming at this location. (Note: According to Spike, the interview "gets a little strange" around the 10-minute mark.) GREAT...

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Demonoir

To my ears the first three 1349 albums are among the best black metal triple-shots ever released, each one feral and uncompromising, yet with each subsequent album the band was developing both its identity and songwriting. Arguments have been made about the purity of "Liberation" compared to "Beyond...

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The Great Northern Revisited

Variety is not essential when it comes to grindcore, nor is it even expected, particularly when the speedometer reaches face-melt or when the band hits that indefinable sweet spot that turns ordinary average Joes into knife-wielding psychopaths. Sweden has covered both ends of the spectrum in a mann...

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L.A. GUNS Drummer STEVE RILEY Interviewed In Bulgaria

Metal Hangar 18 conducted an interview with Steve Riley (L.A. GUNS, ex-STEPPENWOLF, ex-W.A.S.P.) an hour before L.A. GUNS' May 6, 2010 concert at The City Square in Kavarna, Bulgaria (with 1,800 people in attendance). Watch the chat below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. No Mercy 02. Gypsy So...

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GREAT WHITE Guitarist Interviewed On 'Decades Of Distortion'

Jake Willoughby and Billy "Pops" Wilson recently conducted an interview with GREAT WHITE guitarist Mark Kendall for the "Decades Of Distortion" show on the Arkansas City, Kansas radio station KACY 102.5 FM. The chat is now available for streaming in three parts at this location. GREAT WHITE released...

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SOULFLY Guitarist To Guest On New Jersey's WSOU

SOULFLY/CAVALERA CONSPIRACY guitarist Marc Rizzo will be interviewed today (Friday, May 7) at 4:00 p.m. EST on the South Orange, New Jersey radio station 89.5 FM WSOU. Listeners outside the New York City/North Jersey area can hear the program live via the Internet at www.wsou.net. Rizzo has schedule...

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KATAKLYSM Frontman Launches Pizzeria In Chicago

In addition to having just been announced as one of the second-stage acts on Ozzfest 2010, KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono has been keeping busy with another business venture: opening a pizzeria. Commented Iacono: "Growing up in an Italian family, you always know someone that owns a pizza joint....

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KATAKLYSM/EX DEO Frontman To Take Part In Online Chat

KATAKLYSM/EX DEO frontman Maurizio Iacono will take part in a online chat this Wednesday, March 31 at noon PST / 3 p.m. EST at www.metalcamp.co.uk. KATAKLYSM recently completed the songwriting process for its new album, "Heaven's Venom", for a tentative fall release via Nuclear Blast Records. Tentat...

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KATAKLYSM Completes Songwriting Process For New Album

Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM have completed the songwriting process for their new album, "Heaven's Venom", for a tentative fall release via Nuclear Blast Records. Commented vocalist Maurizio Iacono: "It's done after two years of hard work! We really made sure we had every element covered, go...

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MUSTAINE On Reunion With ELLEFSON: 'I Think This Is A Really Great Story With A Happy Ending'

Eden Munro of Canada's Vue Weekly recently conducted separate interviews with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine and guitarist Chris Broderick. A couple of excerpts from each chat follow below. On the genesis of MEGADETH's tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band's seminal album "Rust in Peace"...

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MEGADETH's CHRIS BRODERICK Talks Guitar, Influences

This past weekend, Bay Area Metal Scene conducted an interview with MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Bay Area Metal Scene: You guys have a lot of awesome tours this year. Obviously, later this year you're going to make history at the "Big Four" tou...

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IN VIRTUE Begins Recording New Album

California power metallers IN VIRTUE have entered the studio to begin recording their new full-length album, "Embrace the Horror", for a late 2010 release via an as-yet-undetermined record label. The follow-up to last year's "Delusions of Grandeur" will be a loose concept album about the end of the...