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EXHORDER's Official Status Is 'Permanently Disbanded'

Long-defunct New Orleans metallers EXHORDER — cited by many as the originators of the riff-heavy power-groove approach popularized by PANTERA — have issued an official statement in response to persistent rumors that the band will get back together to play select shows and/or record a new studio albu...

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CLOUDSCAPE: New Song Posted Online

A brand new CLOUDSCAPE track, entitled "Shapeshifter", has been posted online at this location. The song comes off the Swedish metallers' sophomore album, "Crimson Skies", due in Europe on June 3 via Metal Heaven. Japanese and U.S. release dates for the CD have yet to be announced. Check out the alb...

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Killafornia

It is really quite simple: Most of you either dig this style of HATEBREED-by-way-of-TERROR metal-edged hardcore or you do not. Yes, the market is flooded, but quality acts still exist within it. The San Francisco Bay Area's FIRST BLOOD are an upper-tier, tough-guy hardcore band and debut album "Kill...

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Former LED ZEPPELIN Frontman To Perform At London Charity Event

London SE1 is reporting that former LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant will perform at a special concert at Old Billingsgate Fish Market in London, England on May 9 in aid of The Evelina Children's Hospital Appeal and Camp Simcha. Also scheduled to perform are THE RD CRUSADERS, brought together by E...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman: 'I've Always Hated Festivals'

Steve Saks of LivingForMetal.com recently conducted an interview with CELTIC FROST frontman Thomas Gabriel Fischer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: LivingForMetal.com: I have been listening to "Monotheist" a lot these past few weeks to get a real feel for it, and there's three words that...

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AXL ROSE Comments On GUNS N' ROSES Concert Sellouts

GUNS N' ROSES' four warm-up concerts at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom sold out in less than three minutes. The four shows on the 12, 14, 15 and 17 of May are warm-ups for the European leg of the band's forthcoming tour which starts on May 25 in Madrid at Juan Carlos Arena. The band's frontman ...

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AXENSTAR Hard At Work On New Album

Swedish power metallers AXENSTAR have posted the following message on their official web site: "We are now halfway through the recording process of our new [fourth] album and everything is going according to our plans. The sound is much heavier than before and we are really satisfied with how the so...

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CLOVEN HOOF: 'Eye Of The Sun' To Surface In June

Reunited NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends CLOVEN HOOF will release their long-awaited new album, "Eye of the Sun" on June 23 via Escape Music. "Eye of the Sun" was produced by Tom Galley of the PHENOMENA fame, who has previously worked with such high-caliber musicians as Brian May, C...

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SOILWORK Drummer To Play On New SYBREED CD

Swiss metallers SYBREED have tapped Dirk Verbeuren (SOILWORK, SCARVE) to lay down the drum tracks for the band's sophomore album, tentatively due before the end of the year. The drums will be recorded mid-June at the Taurus Studio in Geneva while the guitars, bass and vocals will be tracked during J...

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OBLITERATION Call It Quits

New York death metallers OBLITERATION have officially called it quits. In a statement announcing the split, founding member Thomas Pioli (guitar) wrote, "I disbanded OBLITERATION. After brushing a subject manifesting onto itself for an eternity, I learned the time to rise to the occassion and adress...

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WIDE OPEN THROTTLE To Release Debut Album Next Month

Houston, Texas-based metal band WIDE OPEN THROTTLE will be releasing their debut album, "Life Trials", on May 13 with a headline show at Houston's Forgetta Bout it rock club. The self-produced CD was recorded and mastered by Greg Gill of Spyder Studios and features 12 original hard rock tracks that...

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KAMELOT Working On First Anthology, Live DVD

KAMELOT guitarist/songwriter Thomas Youngblood has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Lots going on this year for the band. We are finishing the editing and mixing of our first DVD, 'One Cold Winter's Night', that we shot in Oslo this February. It was truly a night to rem...

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BATHORY: More 'In Memory Of Quorthon' Details Revealed

The complete track listing has been revealed for the three CDs that will be included in the upcoming BATHORY box set, "In Memory of Quorthon", due on June 3 via Black Mark Records. As previously reported, the full package will contain three CDs, one DVD, a book and a poster. Börje "Boss" Forsberg —...

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BATHORY: 'In Memory Of Quorthon' Box Set Due In June

Black Mark Records has set a June 3 release date for the new BATHORY box set, "In Memory of Quorthon", containing three CDs, one DVD, a book and a poster. Börje "Boss" Forsberg — owner of Black Mark Records and father of late BATHORY mainman Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg — had previously stated that th...

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DEVOLVED: New Demo Songs Posted Online

Australian tech-metallers DEVOLVED have posted two brand new demo songs at their official MySpace page. The tracks, which were laid down in March 2006 in Hollywood, California, are the first recordings to feature new vocalist Kyle Zemanek (ex-DEADSETT) and guitarist Brett Carpio. DEVOLVED are now lo...