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Out of a Center Which is Neither Dead Nor Alive

This is an At a Loss band, plain and simple: Sonically devastating, musically challenging, and NEUROSIS-like in its brain damaging application. Weighty as a herd of elephants and flying just beneath the radar of the average heavy music fan, "Out of a Center Which is Neither Dead Nor Alive" is the an...

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GRAVEWORM: European Tour Dates Announced

Italian gothic black metal band GRAVEWORM will be teaming up with NOISE FOREST, MIDWINTER and BITTERNESS for a European tour in October/November. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 23 - Neukirch, GER @ Jugendhaus Neukirch Oct. 24 - Karlsruhe, GER @ Katakombe (Support: LYFTHRASYR) Oct. 25 - Berlin,...

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SINGLE BULLET THEORY Frontman To BLABBERMOUTH.NET Detractors: 'I Will Never Go Away!'

Vocalist/guitarist Matt Difabio of the Philadelphia-based metallers SINGLE BULLET THEORY has issued the following update on the band's current activities: "I am sitting here drinking way too much Vox and orange juice on the eve of our recording sessions and stressing out that everything will go well...

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OLD MAN'S CHILD: New Song Available For Download

A brand-new OLD MAN'S CHILD track, entitled "Enslaved and Condemned", has been made available for download at this location (MP3, 4 MB). "Enslaved and Condemned" comes off the Norwegian band's upcoming album, "Vermin", due in Europe on October 18 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2003's "I...

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Ghost Reveries

There's a danger in taking OPETH for granted, now that we've been graced with a staggering seven albums' worth of progressive metal brilliance from them. They have their own sound, with instantly-identifiable elements, and you can only hear them "for the first time" once. That makes it easy to say t...

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Alive Without Control

Theoretically, fans of this sort of cigarette-and-whiskey-fueled glam punk should be loving life right now. But the preponderance of bands cranking up the rock and roll in the mainstream sense right now, be they KINGS OF LEON faux-southern revival or JET's pawn-shop AC/DC boogie, don't scratch this...

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PAUL DI'ANNO: BRUCE DICKINSON Sounds Like A 'Fairy' Singing Early MAIDEN Songs

Adam Harrold of RockSomething.com recently conducted an interview with former IRON MAIDEN frontman Paul Di'Anno. A few excerpts from the chat follow: RockSomething.com: What do you think about MAIDEN [performing] lots of your songs again with Bruce [Dickinson] singing on them? On the "Early Days" DV...

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Classic THE ALMIGHTY Lineup To Reunite For Two Shows

Former THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick has made the following announcement: "It was last September; I woke up in Dundalk, Ireland in agony and couldn't see out of my eyes (hung over again I hear you all say!). No, this time I wasn't. I was on my first solo headline tour of Ireland with my ...

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Destroyers from the Western Skies

Right or wrong, there was a time when those with using "black metal" and "elite" in the same sentence were referring to bands of a Scandinavian heritage, while those same folks snickered at the idea of a legitimate U.S. black metal world presence. Regardless of the questionable validity of the origi...

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Ex-FORBIDDEN Guitarist: PIGGY Was One Of 'Greatest Innovators'

Former FORBIDDEN/MANMADEGOD and current SPIRALARMS guitarist Craig Locicero has issued the following statement regarding the passing of VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour: "First off, I must say how saddend by the passing of Piggy (Denis). My heartfelt condolences to his family and his band memb...

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SUIDAKRA Part Ways With Guitarist/Vocalist, Announce Replacement

German melodic black/death metallers SUIDAKRA have parted ways with guitarist/vocalist Matthias. "After the Summer Breeze festival, it was decided by the band as a whole that it would be best for everyone if Matthias stepped down from his position in the band," reads a posting on the group's web sit...

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Longtime Metal Journalist Pays Tribute To Fallen VOIVOD Guitarist

Longtime metal journalist and BLABBERMOUTH.NET contributor Don Kaye has issued the following statement regarding the passing of VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour: "It was almost exactly twenty years ago that I first met the members of VOIVOD, including guitarist Denis 'Piggy' D'Amour. I had bee...

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SAVAGE CIRCUS: Debut Album Delayed

SAVAGE CIRCUS, the new band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch and PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson (vocals, guitar) and Emil Norberg (lead guitar),have pushed back the release date of their new album, "Dreamland Manor", to September 5 from the previously announced August 29. Acco...

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RAUNCHY: '99 Percent Done' With New Album

Danish modern metallers RAUNCHY have posted the following message on their official web site: "The new record is 99 percent done. YEAAAHHHH. Just came back from Hansen Studio and the Antfarm Studio with 10 crushing songs. First up, we went to Jacob Hansen Studio for one week to complete: guitar, voc...

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OLD MAN'S CHILD: More 'Vermin' Details Revealed

OLD MAN'S CHILD, the Norwegian band featuring DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Galder, will release their new album, "Vermin", on October 18 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2003's "In Defiance of Existence" was recorded at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden and features a guest appearance by TES...