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ANNIHILATOR: Pro-Shot Footage From European Tour

Professionally filmed video footage of Canadian thrash metal veterans ANNIHILATOR performing the song "Ultramotion" during the band's recently completed European tour can be viewed below. ANNIHILATOR recently signed with Steve Strange of the U.K.-based booking agency X-Ray Touring. Steve (who also h...

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Former ANNIHILATOR Touring Drummer Dies Of Cancer

Guitarist/mainman Jeff Waters of Canadian metal veterans ANNIHILATOR has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "A few weeks ago (while I was touring in Europe),I got word that we lost a former member of ANNIHILATOR's touring lineup, Dave Machander. He passed away from cancer...

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HEAVENWOOD Signs With LISTENABLE RECORDS

Portuguese dark-rock/metal band HEAVENWOOD has inked a worldwide, multi-album deal with Listenable Records. The band is currently mixing its fourth album, entitled "Abyss Masterpiece", with German producer Kristian "Kohle" Kohlmannslehner (CREMATORY, AGATHODAIMON, BENIGHTED) at Kohlekeller Studios i...

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HEAVENWOOD Taps CHRISTIAN 'KOHLE' KOHLMANNSLEHNER For New Album Mix

Portuguese dark-rock/metal band HEAVENWOOD has tapped Christian "Kohle" Kohlmannslehner (CREMATORY, UNDER SEIGE, SIEGES EVEN, AGATHODAIMON, BENIGHTED) to mix and master its fourth album, entitled "Abyss Masterpiece", in December at Kohlekeller Studios in Germany. "Abyss Masterpiece" was recorded at...

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OUTCAST Completes Recording New Album

Paris, France-based death/thrash metal band OUTCAST has finished recording its third album, "Awaken The Reason", for a tentative early 2011 release via an as-yet-undisclosed record label. The CD is currently being mixed at Split Second Sound studio in Amsterdam, Holland with Jochem Jacobs (TEXTURES)...

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MEKONG DELTA Drummer Comments On STRATOVARIUS Gig

Alex Landenburg (pictured below; AT VANCE, ANNIHILATOR, MEKONG DELTA) has commented on his new gig as the stand-in drummer for STRATOVARIUS after the band's regular drummer, Jörg Michael, was diagnosed with cancer and had his entire thyroid removed. "I will be stepping in for Jörg Michael on the fir...

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ANNIHILATOR Escapes Fire At Nottingham Venue

Canadian melodic thrash metal veterans ANNIHILATOR escaped a large fire on Wednesday night (November 17),shortly after playing to a packed house in Nottingham, England while on their European headlining tour. ANNIHILATOR was packing up its gear from the Rescue Rooms venue in Nottingham city center...

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STRATOVARIUS Drummer Diagnosed With Cancer

Swedish keyboardist Jens Johansson of multi-national melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS has issued the following update: "Dear STRATOVARIUS fans, I am afraid we have some quite terrible news. News of the worst imaginable kind. It's about our friend and [German] drummer Jörg Michael [STRATOVARIUS]. "Jörg...

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ANNIHILATOR Mainman Interviewed By METAL EXPRESS RADIO (Audio)

Guitarist/founding member Jeff Waters of Canadian thrash metal veterans ANNIHILATOR was interviewed by Norway's Metal Express Radio. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. ANNIHILATOR's October 18, 2010 concert at John Dee in Oslo in front of approximately 250 fans marked the b...

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ROADRUNNER RECORDS Fully Acquired By WARNER MUSIC GROUP

According to Billboard.biz, Warner Music Group has fully acquired Roadrunner Records after first buying 73.5% of the company in January 2007. Roadrunner — which has been hosting the BLABBERMOUTH.NET web site since 2001 — will continue to operate as a distinct brand within WMG. Cees Wessels, the labe...

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MEKONG DELTA: 'King With Broken Crown' (Le Diable) Video Released

"King With Broken Crown" (Le Diable),the new video from the legendary German progressive thrash outfit MEKONG DELTA, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's latest album, "Wanderer On The Edge Of Time", which was released in June via AAARRG Records. "Wanderer On The Edge Of Time" track l...

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ANNIHILATOR: 'Remains' Reissue Details Revealed

"Remains", the 1996 album from Canadian melodic thrash metal pioneers ANNIHILATOR, has been reissued and is out now in Europe. Following the recent release of ANNIHILATOR's critically acclaimed, self-titled new album, Earache Records announced the "Total Annihilation" campaign, reissuing six albums...

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DUSKMACHINE Joined By Ex-ANNIHILATOR/TAD MOROSE Singer

DUSKMACHINE, the band featuring PRIMAL FEAR/ex-ANNIHILATOR drummer Randy Black, ex-ANNIHILATOR bassist Russ Bergquist and guitarist Nikolai Wurk, has announced the addition of vocalist Joe Comeau (ex-OVERKILL guitarist and former singer for such bands as ANNIHILATOR, TAD MOROSE and LIEGE LORD) to th...

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PRIMAL FEAR Drummer Releases Instructional DVD

PRIMAL FEAR drummer Randy Black has released an instructional DVD, "Randy Black - The Black Book: Creative Metal Drumming", via Hudson Music. The DVD's official description: Randy Black is synonymous with extreme metal drumming and with many years of performance and teaching experience behind him, t...

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'James Hetfield: The Wolf At Metallica's Door' Author Interviewed On 'Focus On Metal' (Audio)

Episode 8 of the Focus On Metal weekly podcast features a brand new interview with Scottish author and journalist Mark Eglinton about his recently published unauthorized biography of METALLICA's iconic frontman, "James Hetfield: The Wolf At Metallica's Door". The book features interviews with key fi...