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Nord

It's very hard to take an album out of context. A lot of pretty decent hard rock bands got unfairly buried in the early '90s because of the glut of hair metal bands and the rise of grunge — the only thing they did wrong was to come to the party too late, wearing the ...

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ZAO Parts Ways With Drummer

Greensburg, Pennsylvania-based band ZAO has parted ways with drummer Josh Walters. Commented guitarist Scott Mellinger: "[Josh] is very involved in his work and doesn't have the time needed to do anything music-related. We do have a friend that will be learning some stuff and hopefully be playing wi...

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NEUROSIS: 'Given To The Rising' Mini-Documentary Available

A mini-documentary for the upcoming album from long-running Oakland, California-based industrial/alternative/metal pioneers NEUROSIS, entitled "Given to the Rising", has been posted at YouTube (documentary shot by NEUROSIS and Kenneth Thomas). The band began recording the effort in December at Elect...

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Memory of a Dream

With every batch of pre-pubescent hardcore polliwogs in too-tight ironic shirts doing third-rate ISIS and PELICAN impressions lately, it's easy to be suspicious when another band comes along fusing apocalyptic chords and dark, brooding atmospheres. Thankfully, TRANSMISSION0 have been around the bloc...

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THE DEFACED: New Songs Posted Online

THE DEFACED, the Swedish band featuring DARKANE/TERROR 2000 guitarist Klas Ideberg, has uploaded three new songs on its MySpace page. Check out the full-length version of "Blood of Emeralds" and snippets of "Remaining Eternal" and "Flame to Life" at this location. Also available are photos from a sh...

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NEUROSIS: 'Given To The Rising' Artwork Revealed

Long-running Oakland, California-based industrial/alternative/metal pioneers NEUROSIS have posted the cover artwork for their upcoming album, "Given to the Rising", at this location. The band began recording the effort in December at Electrical Audio studio in Chicago with producer Steve Albini. "[W...

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THE DEFACED Completes Work On 'Anomaly'

THE DEFACED, the Swedish band featuring DARKANE/TERROR 2000 guitarist Klas Ideberg, has posted the following message on its official web site: "HOLY HELL!!! It's been way too long since we updated this page. But, we're right on track here people. What we've been up to since the final mastering of th...

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France's HELLFEST: Final Running Order Announced

The final running order has been announced for Hellfest, a three-day metal festival scheduled to take place June 22-24 in Clisson, France. It is as follows: Friday, June 22: Main Stage: KORN SLAYER MACHINE HEAD HATEBREED MASTODON CHIMAIRA LAMB OF GOD BLOODSIMPLE DEW-SCENTED Gibson Stage: CANNIBAL CO...

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Inside Extremities: Mixes, Rehearsals and Live

The early 1990s were a triumphant and chaotic period for KILLING JOKE. The influential band, fathers to a hundred punk, metal, alternative, new wave and goth bastard children, had disintegrated amid usurious record deals and nervous breakdowns. PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. drummer Martin Atkins arrived to see...

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Former KEEN OF THE CROW Guitarists Insist 'The Band Is Done'

Former KEEN OF THE CROW guitarists Ron Slater and Seth Arthur have posted another message on the KeenOfTheCrow.net web site reiterating their previous claim that the band is in fact "done," despite the remaining members' assertion to the contrary. "As some of you have probably read there is a differ...

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KEEN OF THE CROW Members Vow To Carry On

KEEN OF THE CROW members Rhett Davis (drums; ex-MORGION),Justin Christian (bass; ex-MORGION) and Dan Ochoa (vocals) have vowed to carry on with the band despite the departure of Ron Slater (guitar) and Seth Arthur (guitar). The group's statement on the matter reads a follows: "The [previous announc...

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KEEN OF THE CROW Calls It Quits

KEEN OF THE CROW, the Southern California-based quintet featuring drummer Rhett Davis and bassist Justin Christian of renowned doom druids MORGION, has issued the following update: "Ron Slater [guitar], Dan Ochoa [vocals] and Seth Arthur [guitar] have left KEEN OF THE CROW. The depature was due to a...

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COBALT Signs With PROFOUND LORE; New Album To Feature Guest Vocals From SWANS Singer

Colorado blackened musical warmachine COBALT (comprised of the duo Erik Wunder and Phil McSorley) has forged a deal with Profound Lore Records to release its sophomore album, "Eater of Birds". Taking the band's vicious and unconventional sound paradigm that was witnessed on its "Hammerfight" debut E...

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Age Eternal

Mike Scheidt may have been the guitarist and vocalist of revered northwest U.S. space-doom freaks YOB, but the opening track of his new band's debut seems determined to highlight the differences between his earlier outfit and MIDDIAN. "Dreamless Eye" crashes out of the gate with a fast, aggressive,...

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SLAYER, MEGADETH, TYPE O NEGATIVE, CHIMAIRA Confirmed For France's HELLFEST

SLAYER, MEGADETH, TYPE O NEGATIVE, MASTODON, CHIMAIRA, DARK TRANQUILITY, SCARVE, HEAVENLY, KAIZEN, LYZANXIA, HACRIDE and DESTINITY have been confirmed for Hellfest, set to take place June 22-24 in Clisson, France. More than 70 bands will perform on three stages. The festival billing is shaping up as...