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ABYSMAL DAWN: New Album Details Revealed

Los Angeles based extreme metallers ABYSMAL DAWN have revealed the final artwork and track listing for their Relapse Records debut, "Programmed to Consume". The cover by Pär Olofsson (PSYCROPTIC, WINDS OF PLAGUE) can be viewed at this location can now be viewed at the band's MySpace page. "Programme...

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ALCHEMIST Replaces F**K… I'M DEAD At Australia's METALSTOCK Festival

ALCHEMIST has replaced FUCK… I'M DEAD on the billing of the Metalstock 2008 festival, set to take place March 22-23 at the Manning Bar in Sydney, Australia. Final lineup and running order for Metalstock 2008: Saturday, March 22: DAYSEND ALCHEMIST THE FUROR TERRORUST FIVE STAR PRISON CELL EBOLIE MYTI...

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DENIAL To Release Debut Through ASPHYXIATE RECORDINGS

Mexico's DENIAL will release its full-length debut, "Catacombs of the Grotesque", on Asphyxiate Recordings. Formed at the end of 2006, DENIAL is said to be inspired by '90s death metal. The group's seven-inch EP, "Immense Carnage Vortex", is available through Blood Harvest Records. DENIAL is: Oscar...

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Let the Empires Fall

One of the first monstrous Moribund releases of 2008 (along with SATAN'S HOST's "Great American Scapegoat 666"),"Let the Empires Fall" by Canada's GRIMBANE is jammed with strong riffs, fundamentally catchy (though maybe not "melodic") tunes, and crisp production. The membership pedigree is strong w...

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KATAKLYSM, PSYCROPTIC, DAWN OF AZAZEL Confirmed For Australia's METALSTOCK

KATAKLYSM, PSYCROPTIC, DAWN OF AZAZEL and DAYSEND are among the confirmed bands for the Metalstock 2008 festival, set to take place March 22-23 at the Manning Bar in Sydney, Australia. Metalstock will be an all-ages event and ticket prices have been kept to a minimum to ensure value for money, leavi...

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FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING: Working Title Of New Album Revealed

German death metallers FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING have set "Everhaunting Past Chapter IV - A Splendid Retrospection" as the working title of their fourth album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Metal Blade Records. According to the band, the new material "really sounds killer so far." Son...

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MORTAL SIN, PSYCROPTIC, ALCHEMIST Featured On 'A Blaze In The Southern Skies' Collection

Prime Cuts Music, in association with Brash Group & Soundworks, has finished producing a double compilation CD of Australia's (and New Zealand's) "biggest and most exciting metal acts." Entitled "A Blaze in the Southern Skies" and featuring 33 tracks, this double CD "showcases the vast and diver...

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GROTESQUE IMPALEMENT: New Music Posted Online

German brutal death metallers GROTESQUE IMPALEMENT have uploaded two new songs to their MySpace profile. "Redeemed by Consumption" and "Intelligent Redesign" are taken from the group's upcoming mini-CD, "Redeemed by Consumption", which was recorded at the small room of Kohlekeller Studios with Kai S...

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LINEA 77: New Album Release Date Announced

"Horror Vacui", the brand new album of Italian rockers LINEA 77, will arrive in stores on February 8 and will mark the band's first release for Universal after their split with Earache. A video for the first single, "Il Mostro", will be shot during the coming days. "Horror Vacui" was recorded at Ski...

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GORGOROTH: 'Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam' Limited Edition Released

"Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam", the latest album from the Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH, has been released in a limited-edition digipack on Regain Records. This edition features slightly modified cover art and a bonus DVD which includes the uncensored version of the "Carving A Giant" video not...

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GORGOROTH: Making Of 'Carving A Giant' Video To Air On Norwegian 'Headbanger's Ball'

The Norwegian "Headbanger's Ball" will air a report on the making of the GORGOROTH video for the song Carving a Giant", shot earlier in the year in a cave deep inside a mountain outside of Bergen. The footage includes "a grotesque display of naked, crucified humans, impaled sheepheads and enough blo...

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GROTESQUE HYSTERECTOMY To Release Debut In December

Norwegian death metal band GROTESQUE HYSTERECTOMY, which recently added bassist Birger Larsen (GRIMFIST, DEAD TROOPER) to its ranks, will release its debut album, "Reek", on December 10 via Støy Music. The 100 first copies will include the "Hysterectomy 1-2-3" kit consisting of a scalpel, mask, glov...

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MACHINE HEAD; Video Interview With ROBB FLYNN Posted Online

A video interview with MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn conducted in July 2007 by the Roadrunner Italia Team can be viewed at this location. The "uncensored" and "unedited" five-and-a-half-minute version of MACHINE HEAD's video for the song "Now I Lay Thee Down" can be viewed below. The clip was sho...

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'20 Years Of Nuclear Blast' DVD Trailer Available

A three-minute trailer for the forthcoming "20 Years of Nuclear Blast" two-DVD set can be viewed below. Due on November 30 via Nuclear Blast, the collection — as the title implies — celebrates the 20th anniversary of the German metal label, featuring two DVDs with almost six hours' worth of footage,...

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MACHINE HEAD: Tickets For European Tour Are 'Disappearing Quickly'

MACHINE HEAD's web site has been updated with the following message: "Following hot on the heels of the completely sold-out Black Crusade Tour of Australia, tickets to this fall's massive Black Crusade Tour through Europe and the UK are disappearing quickly, with shows in Lille, Dublin, London, Pari...