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SHATTER MESSIAH Name Debut EP
SHATTER MESSIAH, the new band featuring former NEVERMORE/ANNIHILATOR guitarist Curran Murphy and ANNIHILATOR drummer Robert Falzano, have set "Your God's Demise" as the title of their upcoming debut EP. The group have made five audio clips from the CD available for download in the "Multimedia" secti...June 21, 2005
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Reclaim the Beat
DEFLESHED has been in existence for well over a decade with several releases to their name. Presumably, "Reclaim the Beat" would represent the culmination of those years of honing songwriting skills and improving musicianship. This is not good. I'll cut a band a fair amount of slack for not being th...June 20, 2005
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ANNIHILATOR Drummer Teaching At Berklee College Of Music's Percussion Festival
ANNIHILATOR/SHATTER MESSIAH drummer Robert Falzano will be teaching at Berklee College of Music's 2005 Percussion Festival the week of June 27. He will be once again sitting in for drum legend Mike Mangini (ANNIHILATOR, EXTREME),this time in a scholastic environment, teaching one of Berklee's rock...June 19, 2005
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PERPETUAL DEATH MODE: Former NFL Pro Bowl Offensive Lineman KYLE TURLEY Blasting Away
Kyle Turley, a former NFL Pro Bowl offensive lineman, is currently pounding the skins for the Phoenix, Arizona-based death/thrash metal quartet PERPETUAL DEATH MODE. The group, who have been ripping up the Phoenix area "with aggression" in the last few weeks, have just launched their official web si...June 19, 2005
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UNEARTH Putting Finishing Touches On 'Endless' Video
UNEARTH are currently putting the finishing touches on a video for the track "Endless". "We are looking at a possible air date of late June or early July," stated the group's frontman Trevor Phipps. "This video captures our live show almost to a T, intensity, aggression and good times." "Endless" co...June 15, 2005
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SHATTER MESSIAH: New Audio, Video Clips Posted Online
SHATTER MESSIAH, the new band featuring former NEVERMORE/ANNIHILATOR guitarist Curran Murphy, have made five audio clips from their unreleased debut EP available for download in the "Multimedia" section of their web site. SHATTER MESSIAH have also made a number of (in studio) video clips and picture...June 14, 2005
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Undoing Ruin
I like what DARKEST HOUR has done on "Undoing Ruin", the follow-up to the excellent "Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation". The band has not abandoned its Americanized AT THE GATES-style melodic thrash 'n bash, yet there are more colors and accents in the songs, more melody as well. A slight smoothing of...June 5, 2005
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Earth.Revolt
What a pleasant surprise "Earth.Revolt" has been. Based on the Lifeforce pedigree, I was expecting another metalcore release. I was dead wrong, as Germany's DEADLOCK has become a serious contender for my Top 10 of 2005 list. The straightedge vegans tackle lyrical themes of worldwide environmental de...June 5, 2005
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Report: HELLFEST Celebrates Extreme Music
Scott Frost of Trentonian.com has issued the following report: A weekend concert celebrating extreme music, that last year caused quite a stir in Elizabeth with its sometimes violent fan base, is coming to Trenton's Sovereign Bank Arena. Organizers said tickets will go on sale today for Hellfest, a...June 1, 2005
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SHATTER MESSIAH: Former NEVERMORE Guitarist Bounces Back With New Project
Guitarist Curran Murphy (ANNIHILATOR, ex-NEVERMORE) has finally stepped out from the shadows and taken center stage with his new band, SHATTER MESSIAH. SHATTER MESSIAH's sound is being described as "a viciously intense mixture combining Curran's hardcore metal roots with classic thrash and power got...May 23, 2005
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GINGER: 'The Glory Is Not In Never Failing, But In Rising Every Time You Fail'
Former THE WILDHEARTS frontman Ginger has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "My life turned into shit on an aeroplane heading for the sunny Philippines at the end of 2004, a holiday my family would take every Christmas ? we'd visit family members, hang out on beaches, ea...May 23, 2005
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Eternal Nightmare (reissue)
Following the re-release last year of VIO-LENCE's "Oppressing the Masses", this reissue brings the long-scarce debut album, "Eternal Nightmare", back into print, and adds on a 2001 live show as a bonus disc. While VIO-LENCE is chiefly known today as the starting point for Robb Flynn (and now Phil De...May 15, 2005
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URKRAFT Sign With EARACHE RECORDS
Danish thrash/death metallers URKRAFT have inked a multi-album, worldwide deal with Earache Records. Formed in the small Danish provincial town of Svendborg and now residing in Copenhagen, the five piece released their debut album, "Eternal Cosmic Slaughter", in March 2004. Blending an unnerving sen...May 9, 2005
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KORN Guitarist MUNKY: 'HEAD Won't Return My Phone Calls'
KORN fan site Korn Unleashed conducted a brief interview with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer in late April. An excerpt from the interview follows: Korn Unleashed: You mentioned that while writing "Untouchables" your grandmother passed away, and that helped you put your aggression into the musi...May 3, 2005
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ARCH ENEMY Announce New Agreement With CENTURY MEDIA; Set Release Date For New CD
Metal titans ARCH ENEMY — whose dynamic mixture of melody and aggression has earned them massive critical acclaim, a rabid worldwide fan base and a slot on this summer's Ozzfest — have officially signed a new agreement with Century Media Records. The new deal will see Century Media, in conjunction w...April 28, 2005
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