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RAMMING SPEED's 'Brainwreck' To Be Released On Vinyl

Brutal Panda Records has announced the release of the second LP by Boston's new thrash heroes RAMMING SPEED, entitled "Brainwreck". The CD was recorded at New Alliance Studios (ISIS, CONVERGE, BONES BRIGADE) and released earlier this year via TDB Records. Available on wax for the first time this Jan...

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Guitarist JUAN MONTOYA Talks About Altercation That Led To His Dismissal From TORCHE

Before it was announced that guitarist Juan Montoya would be playing his final show with the Miami, Florida's TORCHE at All Tomorrow's Parties, Rhapsody spoke with Montoya about some of his best and worst memories of 2008. In what became his last interview as a member of TORCHE, he spoke about a bla...

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BROTHERHOOD OF THE LAKE Signs With GLASSTONE RECORDS

Glasstone Records has announced the signing of BROTHERHOOD OF THE LAKE from Plymouth, U.K. According to a press release, the band "brings an onslaught of spiky guitar riffs and roaring vocals, backed up by an absolute bull of a drummer, keeping the songs on lockdown through beatdown after beatdown....

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DOOMRIDERS Named 'Outstanding Metal/Hardcore Band' At BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS

Salem, Massachusetts-based metallic quartet DOOMRIDERS, which is fronted by CONVERGE and OLD MAN GLOOM's Nate Newton, was honored in the "Outstanding Metal/Hardcore Band of the Year" category at this year's Boston Music Awards. The ceremony took place last night (Sunday, December 7) at the Roxy (Pea...

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DISFEAR/AT THE GATES Frontman TOMAS LINDBERG Interviewed; Video Available

Vassilis Mazaris and Elena Mihailidou of Metalzone.gr conducted an interview with vocalist Tomas Lindberg of DISFEAR and AT THE GATES on November 14, 2008 when DISFEAR made its live debut in Athens, Greece. Watch the 16-minute chat below. DISFEAR's latest album, "Live the Storm", was released on Jan...

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WE WERE GENTLEMEN Signs Worldwide Deal With CENTURY MEDIA

Rarely does an unsigned band create as much noise as Virginia Beach's WE WERE GENTLEMEN. The band, which formed in 2005, has quickly ascended to the top of the underground due to playing alongside such heavyweights as CONVERGE, A LIFE ONCE LOST, THE RED CHORD and SUICIDE SILENCE. Now they are ready...

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THE FREEZING FOG: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Unveiled

Manchester, UK-based retro rockers THE FREEZING FOG have revealed the artwork (see below) for their upcoming self-titled album. It comes courtesy of UK artist Drew Millward, who has previously worked with the likes of MELVINS, BIG BUSINESS, BARONESS, UNSANE and ARCTIC MONKEYS. Far surpassing its pre...

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KRUGER: New Touring Bassist Announced

Swiss noise-mongers KRUGER have issued the following update: "As we're faithful in love and sex, we're cheating with bass players! The October tour will finally be done along with TVO, aka Thierry Van Osselt. He was KNUT's former bass player (yep, we barely change...). We're still looking for the ri...

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Intimacy

Tampa's LIGHT YOURSELF ON FIRE has followed up 14 minutes of CONVERGE-ish/UNSANE-ish metalcore on its self-titled debut EP (on Kiss of Death) with 17 minutes of it on sophomore effort "Intimacy". Either they run out of ideas quickly or decide that a quick shot of heavy is better than 35 minutes of o...

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THE FREEZING FOG Signs With EYESOFSOUND RECORDS

Retro rockers THE FREEZING FOG have inked a deal with Eyesofsound Records. Formed in Manchester, United Kingdom during the early part of 2006, THE FREEZING FOG features members of the sorely missed BEECHER. While BEECHER was all about the cutting edge, THE FREEZING FOG is a retro heavy rock/metal ba...

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Disgorge Mexico

After a prolific run of releases, Canada's FUCK THE FACTS landed a much-deserved deal with Relapse and released 2006's "Stigmata High-Five", a grinding metallic album featuring Topon Dos' nails-on-chalkboard riffs and Melanie Mongeon's scathing growls. Always a band with peculiar album titles, one w...

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Hero Destroyed

Formed in 2005, Pittsburgh's HERO DESTROYED enlisted the help of Eric Klinger (BLOODCLOT, ex-PRO-PAIN) and recorded this self-titled EP at Klinger Studios, self-releasing it in 2007. Based on a recommendation from DON CABALLERO, Relapse Records saw fit to sign the band and re-release the EP to a wor...

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LENG TCH'E To Tour Canada With KRISIUN, PAROXYSM

Belgian razorgrind warriors LENG TCH'E, who recently parted ways with vocalist Boris Cornelissen and replaced him with Serge Kasongo from southern Belgian band ACKROS, will team up with Brazilian death metallers KRISIUN and Quebec's PAROXYSM for a tour of Canada in October/November. The dates are as...

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THE FUNERAL PYRE Prepares For November Tour

Southern California's THE FUNERAL PYRE has posted an in-depth update at the band's official blog, which includes touring plans for November with fellow Californians EARLY GRAVES on the Manifest Blasphemy Tour, as well as two new recordings of material to supplement the recent release of "Wounds", th...

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EARLY GRAVES: New Song Available For Download

Northern California's EARLY GRAVES (formerly APIARY) has posted a new song called "Safety Net Acrobats" at this location. The track comes off the group's new album, "We: The Guillotine", which is scheduled for release on August 19 via Ironclad Recordings in North America. The CD was recorded in Nash...