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The Undying Darkness

Germany's CALIBAN proved how popular this style of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, Swedish-influenced, growl 'n' croon can be with the success of "The Opposite from Within". In fact, I rather enjoyed the band's most recent split with the far more inflammatory HEAVEN SHALL BURN, though that may have had more to d...

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Former HELLOWEEN Singer MICHAEL KISKE: More Solo Album Samples Available

MelodicRock.com has uploaded sound clips of all 11 tracks on the new solo album from former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske, simply entitled "Kiske". Check out the audio samples at this location. Featuring Karsten Nagel — Michael's old schoolmate — on drums and Sandro Giampietro and Fontaine Burnett...

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RED HARVEST: Live DVD Delayed

RED HARVEST's live DVD, which was previously scheduled for release on June 12 in Europe and July 12 in the U.S., has been delayed, according to a posting on on the Norwegian band's official web site. A new release date has not yet been announced. The disc will feature the group's entire September 20...

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OPETH: New Live Video Posted Online

A three-minute video clip of OPETH performing at the Close-Up Festival in Stockholm, Sweden on April 16 has been posted online at this location (size: 4.1 MB). OPETH are continuing to tour in support of their latest opus, "Ghost Reveries", which came out last August via Roadrunner Records. In a rece...

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ONSLAUGHT Confirmed For Spain's LORCA ROCK Festival

Reformed classic British thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT have been confirmed for the Lorca Rock festival, set to take place June 17 in Murcia, Lorca (south of Alicante),Spain. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: WHITESNAKE TWISTED SISTER DEVILDRIVER ANVIL ONSLAUGHT CHRIS CAFFERY NIGHTRAGE FIREWI...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist SPITZ: 'I Have Been Accepting The Love And Wonderful Gifts From Jesus'

ANTHRAX guitarist Dan Spitz has re-launched his official web site at www.SpitzWatch.com. A posting from Spitz at the site reads as follows: "Well, watch aficionados and music lovers, take note that the worldwide watch magazine Tourneau Times that is put out by the largest high-end watch store in the...

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KONKHRA Part Ways With Drummer, Seek Replacement

Guitarist/vocalist Anders Lundemark of the Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA has issued the following update on the band's current activities: "Well, I thought it was about time I told everybody what has and hasn't been brewing in our camp the last months. Johnny [Nielsen, drums] left the band — he h...

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BALTIMOORE: New Album Details Revealed

BLP Music has announced the details of the new BALTIMOORE album, "Kaleidoscope", set for release on April 24. Following swiftly on the heels of autumn 2005's critically acclaimed release "Fanatical" (Lion Music),the new album "Kaleidoscope" features 12 original hard rocking tracks that are guarante...

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Death to Tyrants

This weekend's batch of reviews is turning into a who's who of legends and journeymen. DARKTHRONE released its 12th album and IMPALED NAZARENE its ninth, and now SICK OF IT ALL not only unleashes its ninth long player (not counting EPs, splits, live recordings, etc),but also is celebrating its 20th...

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Out For Blood

One of the great injustices of extreme music history is that SADUS are known primarily as a secretarial pool for bigger bands. Drummer Jon Allen does time in TESTAMENT and DRAGONLORD, while bassist Steve DiGiorgio has seemingly jammed with everyone heavier than the MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR (partial r...

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AGNOSTIC FRONT Frontman Goes 'Bare Knuckles' With KFC

Revered by many as the godfather of hardcore, AGNOSTIC FRONT and THE DISASTERS frontman Roger Miret has never been one to pull punches when it comes to saying what he thinks, and that's especially true now. Just about to embark on a whirlwind tour of Europe and the U.S. through June with THE DISASTE...

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JASON NEWSTED Says VOIVOD's 'Katorz' Is 'A Serious, Weighty, Heavy Metal Album'

VOIVOD frontman Denis "Snake" Belanger and bassist Jason "Jasonic" Newsted (ex-METALLICA) recently spoke to Canada's Chart Attack about the making of the band's 14th album, "Katorz", due in June via The End Records. The CD marks the group's first studio release since the death of guitarist Denis "Pi...

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URKRAFT: 'The Inhuman Aberration' Release Date Announced

Danish metal machine URKRAFT will release their new album, "The Inhuman Aberration", on May 29 via Earache Records. Recorded at Antfarm Studios with Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, SICK OF IT ALL, HIMSA, HATESPHERE),"The Inhuman Aberration" features "10 polished and precise anthemic tracks incorporating t...

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OPETH Mainman: We Don't Know If Drummer MARTIN LOPEZ Is Ever Coming Back

Helen Barradell of Australia's X-Press Online recently conducted an interview with OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's early years: "I guess it gets more romantic in retrospect, almost like we actually had a good time. Of course we did have a good...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Keyboardist: Chilling Out With Other Naked Men Is Part Of 'Finnish Culture'

Mark Hensch of antiMUSIC recently conducted an interview with CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Warman. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: antiMUSIC: Your musical output is pretty diverse, and you have strayed outside of BODOM a bit in the past. Are there any thoughts you'd like to offer a...