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'Thrash Metal Warriors' Compilation Due This Month

Poland's Selfmadegod Records has announced the first-ever compilation CD to be released by the label. Licensed from HIRAX's own Black Devil Records, "Thrash Metal Warriors" is "a groundbreaking thrash metal compilation with rare and unreleased tracks from eight worlwide bands," according to a press...

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METAL BLADE Head Honcho Says Heavy Metal Is Poised For Second Coming

Brett Johnson of VenturaCountyStar.com reports: After 25 years as a key player in the heavy metal scene, Metal Blade Records head Brian Slagel thinks that the genre is poised for a second coming like the one he helped launch in the 1980s. He can also report that one of his label's stalwarts, the ...

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SOULGRIND Working On New Material, Seeking New Label Home

Guitarist Lord Heikkinen of the Finnish band SOULGRIND has issued the following update: "Summer is gone and a lot of things has happened. I got married, which is probably the main thing. The party was excellent and all 120 guests were pretty happy. At the least the couple was. 1000 cans of beer, 42...

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METALLICA: Finnish TV Interview With LARS ULRICH Posted Online

A video interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich conducted by Finland's Musiikki TV prior to the band's July 15, 2007 concert in Helsinki has been posted on YouTube. Watch the footage — which originally aired on August 27 — in four parts below (Note: The clips include several of METALLICA's prom...

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EVILE: Video Footage From Manchester In-Store Performance Available

Up-and-coming U.K. thrashers EVILE — whose Flemming Rassmusen-produced (METALLICA, MORBID ANGEL) debut album, "Enter the Grave", was released on August 27 via Earache Records — showcased their metallic thrash sound at an in-store show at Manchester's Virgin Megastore on the day of the album's releas...

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'High-School' Tribute To METALLICA Due In April

High School Tributes — the production of high school La Frontalière, located in Coaticook, Québec, Canada — has announced the tentative track listing for its upcoming METALLICA tribute album, "Teach 'Em All - A High-School Tribute To Metallica". It is as follows: 01. Seek & Destroy 02. Creeping...

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METALLICA: Multi-Cam Footage From Wembley Stadium With Soundboard Audio Available

Two clips from METALLICA's July 8, 2007 concert at the Wembley Stadium in London, England have surfaced, featuring a multi-camera fan-filmed video mix and audio that was synched up to the music from the official LiveMetallica web site. Watch the footage below. METALLICA frontman James Hetfield recen...

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NEOANDERTALS: 'Neanderthals Were Master Butchers' Video Posted Online

Estonian ultra-brutal death metallers NEOANDERTALS have posted the video for the title track of their latest CD, "Neanderthals Were Master Butchers", on YouTube. Watch the clip below. Commented the band: "This video takes us into the world beyond the concept described on the NEOANDERTALS album 'Nean...

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Malice

A little of Erik Rutan's HATE ETERNAL brutality must have rubbed off on the members of THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD during the band's time spent at Mana Studios recording "Malice", an album that leaves 2005's "Bloodlust" in the dust. "Malice" is elephantine in its modern death metal power. It is ama...

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EVILE Guitarist Slams Illegal Music Downloading

Guitarist Ol Drake of up-and-coming U.K. thrashers EVILE — whose Flemming Rassmusen-produced (METALLICA, MORBID ANGEL) debut album, "Enter the Grave", will be released on August 27 via Earache Records — has posted the following statement regarding illegally distributed copies of the CD, which is cur...

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METALLICA: 'Disposable Heroes' Live Clip From Stockholm Available

Fan-filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song "Disposable Heroes" on July 12, 2007 at Stadion in Stockholm, Sweden has been posted on YouTube. Watch the clip below. METALLICA frontman James Hetfield recently told Kerrang! magazine that producer Rick Rubin wants them to make an album as g...

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SCORPIONS Frontman: 'We Wanted To Come Out With This Album With A Global Message'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with SCORPIONS frontman Klaus Meine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisited: "Humanity - Hour 1" shows the SCORPIONS moving in a modern direction. Your last album, "Unbreakable", had a classic SCORPIONS s...

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BEATALLICA Bassist: METALLICA Are 'Our Saviors'

Patrick Douglas of the Great Falls Tribune recently conducted an interview with bassist Kliff McBurtney of Milwaukee-based BEATALLICA, a satirical mashup act whose hilarious schtick marries the songwriting prowess of THE BEATLES to the deep-throated rock growl of METALLICA. Originally, the group was...

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'Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II' Due In September

Earache Records' sequel to this year's "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion" is due to be released next month. With a fresh collection of over 100 blistering Earache tracks spread over six CDs, all for the price of one CD, "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II", housed in a sturdy box, gives value for mon...

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The Last Kind Words

Trim the fat, tighten the screws until the metal squeals, and make every note as intense as the scream of a swandiving suicider — DEVILDRIVER have finally delivered their masterwork, forever shutting the door on frontman Dez Fafara's questionable nu-metal roots and hammering home an uncompromising,...