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Memorial Service For Former BROKEN HOPE Vocalist To Be Held On Saturday

The memorial service for Joe Ptacek, former vocalist of the long-defunct 1990s Illinois death metal band BROKEN HOPE, will be held on Saturday, January 30 at 10:00 a.m. at St.Gilbert's Church in Grayslake, Illinois. The service is open to the entire public and ALL friends and fans of Joe Ptacek are...

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Recordings 89-91

If you have read Daniel Ekeroth's outstanding book "Swedish Death Metal", then you know that NIRVANA 2002 was given high praise by the author as one of the very first bands — along with the likes of NIHILIST — that dove head first into the creation of the now renowned sound. That high praise is ...

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Former BROKEN HOPE Vocalist Dead At 37

Joe Ptacek, former vocalist of the long-defunct 1990s Illinois death metal band BROKEN HOPE, died last night (Wednesday, January 20) of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 37 years old. Former BROKEN HOPE guitarist Jeremy Wagner has released the following statement to BLABBE...

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AT THE GATES's DVD Screening In London; Photos, Review Available

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES previewed their two-hour documentary from their soon-to-be-released three-DVD set "The Flames Of The End", at a screening at the Soho Screening Rooms in London, England on Friday, January 15. The film's maker, AT THE GATES guitarist Anders Björler, a...

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AT THE GATES: Complete 'The Flames Of The End' DVD Details Revealed

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES will release "The Flames Of The End", a brand new three-disc DVD set, on February 22 in Europe and April 6 in the U.S. through Earache Records. AT THE GATES released its definitive album, "Slaughter Of The Soul" — often regarded as one of the all-tim...

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DAWN OF ASHES Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of the Los Angeles horror-inspired black/death metal band DAWN OF ASHES. DAWN OF ASHES is a band whose passion for intense and macabre imagery, music, and live performances will soon be seen by the metal masses when "Genocide Chapters" is unleashed in la...

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DEAD TROOPER's 'Cynicist' Available Digitally

Oslo, Norway-based metallers DEAD TROOPER have released their new album, "Cynicist", in digital format. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Kiss of the Kannibal 02. Reaping of your Cries 03. Death Casts a Shadow 04. Cynicist 05. No More Singing 06. Awakening the Awe 07. Mold of the U...

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CODE Frontman Launches 'Mega Therion' Club In Helsinki

British singer Kvohst (born Mathew McNerney; CODE, DØDHEIMSGARD) has issued the following update: "I have a new heavy metal/rock club night starting in Helsinki, Finland, next Thursday! I called it Mega Therion which means Great Beast, in homage to Crowley himself, the language of the Greeks, and, o...

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MARILYN MANSON Splits With INTERSCOPE

MARILYN MANSON has parted ways with longtime record label Interscope following the disappointing sales performance of the shock-rocker's latest album, entitled "The High End Of Low". "We've just been released from our record contract with Interscope so I think a lot of the creative control on which...

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The Return Of SKOLD

After stints with KMFDM, MARILYN MANSON and SKOLD VS. KMFDM as producer/songwriter/guitarist/bassist, Tim Skold has once again recorded under the SKOLD banner. Growing from production duties on MARILYN MANSON's cover versions of "Tainted Love" and "Personal Jesus" to songwriting and production dutie...

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EVERY TIME I DIE Interviewed On ALTITUDE TV

Full Metal Jackie of Altitude TV conducted an interview with Buffalo, New York's EVERY TIME I DIE during the Epitaph Tour 2009. Watch the chat in two parts below. "New Junk Aesthetic", the new album from EVERY TIME I DIE, sold around 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week of ...

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FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING To Release New Album This Week

German death metallers FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING will release their long-awaited fourth album, "The Everhaunting Past / Chapter IV - A Splendid Retrospection", on October 16 via Cyclone Empire Records. The CD's cover artwork, which was once again created by Sascha Ehrich, can be viewed below. "The Eve...

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ARSIS: New Album Pushed Back To February

The release date of "Starve For The Devil", the fourth studio album from Virginia's melodic/technical death metal band ARSIS, has been pushed back to February 9, 2010 (four days earlier in Germany) from the previously announced January 15, 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Plane...

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INZEST Hard At Work On New Material

After a six-month break, Austrian death metallers INZEST are back in the rehearsal room working on material for their third album. According to singer Maggo, "the new songs are going to be more brutal and headcrushing than the songs on [2008's] 'Grotesque New World'." A summer 2010 release is expect...

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ARSIS: New Album Release Date, Track Listing Revealed

Virginia's melodic/technical death metal band ARSIS will release its fourth studio album, "Starve For The Devil", on January 15, 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Planet Z Studios in Hadley, Massachusetts with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris, who has previously worked with MUNICIP...