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OPETH Frontman, Drummer Complete Two Gigs With BLOODBATH; Video Footage, Photos Available

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has issued the following update: "Just got back from the two shows we did with [the Swedish death metal 'supergroup'] BLOODBATH! Great fun! We played at the Party.San festival in Germany and at the Pellavarock fest in Finland. I was really sick with the flu/sore throa...
August 10, 2008
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AURA NOIR To Release New Album In August; Audio Samples Available

Norwegian black/thrash metal band AURA NOIR will release its new album, "Hades Rise", on August 25 via Tyrant Syndicate, DARKTHRONE's Peaceville sub-label. "Hades Rise" follows on from where 2004's "The Merciless" left off. Undoubtedly the band's dirtiest and biggest hammer to the face to date, "Had...
July 30, 2008
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HADES: First-Ever Live DVD Due In November

Cruz Del Sur Music from Rome will release the first-ever live HADES DVD in November. The disc will include footage of the band's December 30, 1988 concert in Boston as the opening act for MANOWAR and NUCLEAR ASSAULT. Songs played include "The Leaders?", "Nightstalker", "I Too Eye" and "Opinionate!"...
July 29, 2008
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Breed Deadness Blood

Word on the street is that you've had it up to your neck in death metal wannabes and new-school bastardizers of all that is true and old school. Perhaps you've been looking in the wrong places for the nasty stuff. Have you tried Blood Harvest Records? They've got a little ole death metal CD called ....
July 29, 2008
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BLOODBATH: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Swedish death metal "supergroup" BLOODBATH will release its new studio album, "The Fathomless Mastery", on October 6 via Peaceville Records. The band described the upcoming CD as representing "nothing but hateful brutality." Promising its "most crushing production yet," the group's lineup on "The Fa...
July 17, 2008
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NON-FICTION: Rare 1992 Performance Clip Posted Online

A rare performance video of NON-FICTION, the long-defunct New Jersey-based band featuring Alan Tecchio of WATCHTOWER/HADES on vocals and Dan Lorenzo of HADES/THE CURSED on guitar, can be viewed below. The song "The My Way" was filmed in 1992 at the Foundations Forum in Los Angeles California. At the...
July 15, 2008
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CRYSTAL EYES Begins Recording New Album

Swedish/Danish metallers CRYSTAL EYES have entered the studio to begin recording their sixth album, due later in the year via Metal Heaven. According to the band, "Stefan [Svantesson] has nailed the drum tracks, and Claes [Wikander] is busy recording his bass tracks. The recording of the guitars wil...
May 24, 2008
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Final Excerpt From SLAYER Biography Now Online

Author Joel McIver has placed a third and final excerpt from his forthcoming book, "The Bloody Reign of Slayer", online at www.joelmciver.co.uk. The excerpt, which features the band and associated personnel discussing the ferocious opening tracks of the classic 1986 album "Reign in Blood", has been...
May 23, 2008
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BOMBS OF HADES: New Music Posted Online

BOMBS OF HADES, the Swedish old-school death metal band featuring members of MACABRE END, GOD MACABRE, UTUMNO, ABHOTH and TRIBULATION, has posted new songs on its MySpace page. According to a press release, "fans of CARNAGE, AUTOPSY and old DEATH definitely should take notice!" Five of the new songs...
May 22, 2008
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DAN LORENZO: New Audio Interview Posted Online

The latest episode of "Talking Metal" contains an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with HADES, NON-FICTION and THE CURSED guitarist Dan Lorenzo. Topics include Dan's bands, SOUNDGARDEN, KISS, Jeff the Drunk from "The Howard Stern Show" and THE PLASMATICS. Photos as well as th...
May 21, 2008
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Top Heavy Metal Musicians Select Favorite Guitarists Of All Time

Thiago Sarkis of Roadie Crew magazine (web site) organized a poll in which 330 guitarists were asked about their favorite guitarists of all time. Among the participants in the poll were current and former members of such bands as GUNS N' ROSES, KISS, MACHINE HEAD, NIGHTWISH, MEGADETH, SCORPIONS, TES...
May 19, 2008
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ICED EARTH To Return To Athens In July

ICED EARTH has posted the following message on its web site: "It's official ICED EARTH will return to the home of their most frenzied fanbase in Europe and the world Greece on July 20, 2008 at the Lycabettus Theater in Athens. It will be the first time since the band's 1999 performance at the Rondon...
May 19, 2008
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HADES: Never-Before-Released Live Footage To Be Made Available On DVD

Former HADES and NON-FICTION members Dan Lorenzo and Alan Tecchio will guest on "Metal Mayhem" with DJ Matthew O'Shaughnessy this Friday, May 23 between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on 1460 AM or www.wvox.com. Alan and Dan will join O'Shaughnessy for two hours of metal classics and interviews. HADES has...
May 17, 2008
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GORY BLISTER: Italian Dates Announced

Long-running Italian technical death metallers GORY BLISTER have scheduled the following dates in their home country: Jul 12 - Wall out festival - Cittadella - PD Jul 19 - Rivalta in Rock 2008 - Rivalta Bormida - AL GORY BLISTER recently completed work on its new album, "Graveyard of Angels", due la...
April 29, 2008
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PHIL COLLEN, DAN LORENZO And More on Tonight's 'Talking Metal Live'

Tonight's (April 1) edition of "Talking Metal Live", airing on Live 365's Bionic Radio, will feature live interviews with Phil Collen (DEF LEPPARD),Dan Lorenzo (HADES, NON-FICTION, THE CURSED),Bruno Mascolo (DRIVE A),Ron Scalzo and Brett Aveni (RETURN TO EARTH),and "Metal Generation" author Darr...
April 1, 2008