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IMPENDING DOOM: Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

California-based Christian death metallers IMPENDING DOOM have entered Lambesis Studios in San Diego with Tim Lambesis and Daniel Castleman (AS I LAY DYING, WAR OF AGES, WINDS OF PLAGUE) to begin recording their sophomore album, "The Serpent Servant", due on March 31 through Facedown Records. The CD...

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BROTHERHOOD OF THE LAKE Signs With GLASSTONE RECORDS

Glasstone Records has announced the signing of BROTHERHOOD OF THE LAKE from Plymouth, U.K. According to a press release, the band "brings an onslaught of spiky guitar riffs and roaring vocals, backed up by an absolute bull of a drummer, keeping the songs on lockdown through beatdown after beatdown....

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ARTILLERY To Enter Studio In March

Reactivated Danish thrashers ARTILLERY will enter Medley studio (D-A-D) on March 2, 2009 with producer Søren Andersen (SUPERFUZZ) to begin recording their new album for a tentative late 2009 release. Regarding the band's producer choice, guitarist Michael Stützer said, "We don't wanna use the same p...

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Profano Ad Regnum

The year 2008 is one marked by a resurgence of not just retro thrash, but old school, doomy death metal. We have seen superb releases from Australia's IGNIVOMOUS (vinyl releases at that),Norway's EXECRATION, Sweden's NECROVATION, and Greece's DEAD CONGREGATION, while Seattle's DRAWN AND QUARTERED b...

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A Spell for the Death of Man

As far as one-man black metal projects go, WOE's "A Spell for the Death of Man" stands on solid ground. Xos (a.k.a. C. Grigg) does a commendable job with the guitars, vocals, and perhaps most pleasantly surprising, the drums. The engineering job of Xos and Joe Smiley is far better than a lot of blac...

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Tweak'd Out, Strung Up...

Hey, Meteor City's back! Good to see the nameplate under new management, still flying the flag for the unrepentantly shaggy, heavy-lidded and riff-tastic. EIGHTEEN WHEELS BURNING is a hard-livin', hard-touring stoner rock band risen from the long-cold ashes of THE WANT, who did a record on Southern...

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The Fathomless Mastery

Swedish "superstar" death metallers BLOODBATH have been the critical darlings of extreme metal for quite some time now, even more so since the release of the "Unblessing the Purity" EP and the "The Wacken Carnage" CD/DVD. At least some of that has to do with the now widely accepted role of OPETH's M...

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TO-MERA Begins Writing New Material

TO-MERA — the U.K.-based dark progressive metal band fronted by former WITHOUT FACE vocalist Julie Kiss — has issued the following update: "Well, 2008 is pretty much wrapped up for us, but here's a sneaky peek into what 2009 holds in store for camp TO-MERA. "The first event of note will be a prog sp...

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SUFFOCATION: Video Interview With FRANK MULLEN Available

Vocalist Frank Mullen of the legendary New York extreme metal outfit SUFFOCATION was interviewed by Metal's Darkside in September during the band's Exhumed To Consume tour with CARCASS. Watch the chat at this location (Quicktime required). SUFFOCATION recently inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records...

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TERROR: New Video Interview With NICK JETT Available

Austrian heavy 'zine Stormbringer.at conducted an interview with drummer Nick Jett of the Los Angeles hardcore/metal band TERROR prior to the band's December 5, 2008 "Persistence Tour" concert in Vienna, Austria. Watch the 15-minute chat below. TERROR's third full-length album, "The Damned, The Sham...

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HATEBREED, CARCASS, AMON AMARTH, MY DYING BRIDE Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE

HATEBREED, CARCASS, AMON AMARTH, MY DYING BRIDE and RAUNCHY are among the confirmed bands for next year's With Full Force festival, which will be held July 3-4, 2009 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALL SHALL PERISH AMON AMARTH ASPHYX BACK...

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SWORN ENEMY Prepares To Enter Studio With TIM LAMBESIS

Queens, New York-based hardcore/metal act SWORN ENEMY spent the majority of 2008 touring the world with such acclaimed acts as HATEBREED, EARTH CRISIS, DIVINE HERESY and TERROR in support of its latest effort, "Maniacal", which was widely renowned as the group's best and heaviest offering yet. Now,...

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NAPALM DEATH Covers DESPAIR's 'Outconditioned'; Audio Available

British grindcore pioneets NAPALM DEATH recently recorded a cover version of DESPAIR's "Outconditioned" for the Century Media Records 2CD compilation "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes", which was released in North America on October 14. The track is now available for streaming at this location. The all...

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TESTAMENT Takes Over 'Headbangers Ball' This Saturday

This weekend, San Francisco Bay Area thrash legends TESTAMENT will take over the airwaves on MTV2's "Headbangers Ball". The band's new video for the song "More Than Meets The Eye", along with never-before-seen footage from the band's shoot at Alcatraz in San Francisco, will be aired for the first ti...

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GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist's SEXTAPES Schedules Hollywood Gig

SEXTAPES, the Hollywood, California-based band featuring GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Chris Pitman on vocals and guitar synth, will perform with PIGMY LOVE CIRCUS and STURGEON at the Key Club in Hollywood, California on February 5, 2009. According to Pitman, "There is talk of a future major tour with a...