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Outcast

After a decade of releasing albums and numerous European tours, it's nothing short of amazing that the best EKTOMORF can come up with on their seventh release is such a ridiculous ripoff of the Max Cavalera school of simpler-is-better mono-thrash. It's not a passing resemblance, it's not an occasion...

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Olidous Operettas

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? Well THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS have been flattering the hell out of CARCASS and continue to do just that on their Relapse debut, "Olidous Operettas". Hey, at least they admit to it. Besides, they do a fine job of mimicking that classic goregrind...

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METAL BLADE Sets Release Date For CANNIBAL CORPSE And LIZZY BORDEN Reissues

To celebrate Metal Blade's 25th anniversary, the label will be reissuing CANNIBAL CORPSE's 1996 fifth studio album — the first to feature current vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher — "Vile", with an additional four-track DVD filmed at San Francisco's Berkeley Square on February 3, 1997. Also sch...

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CHEVELLE To Release 'Vena Sera' In April

CHEVELLE has set "Vena Sera" as the title of its fifth studio LP, due on April 3 via Epic. The album was recorded with producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette, with whom the band previously worked with on both "This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)" and "Wonder What's Next". The full track listing for "V...

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JADED HEART: In Writing Mode

German hard rockers JADED HEART recently signed a deal with Frontiers Records for the release of their new studio album. The group has been busy writing new tracks for the upcoming CD, which it expects to start recording this spring for a fall release. Songtitles set to appear on the effort include...

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NINE INCH NAILS Mainman TRENT REZNOR: 'I've Got My Confidence Back!'

NINE INCH NAILS frontman Trent Reznor has revealed to Kerrang! magazine (web site) that making the band's forthcoming fifth studio album, entitled "Year Zero", has resulted in him feeling stronger and more self-assured than ever before. Reznor is currently working on the follow-up to 2005's "With Te...

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ELDRITCH: New Album Update

Italian progressive-aggressive metal band ELDRITCH entered Bigwave studios on December 1 to begin recording its seventh album, entitled "Blackenday". According to a posting on the group's web site, "some solos, backing vocals and arrangements still to be done and then the Music Factory studios (Germ...

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POINT OF RECOGNITION, SINAI BEACH Confirmed For 7th Annual FACEDOWN FEST

2007 marks the 10th anniversary of Facedown Records and the seventh year for the annual Facedown Fest, a weekend full of Facedown alumni, newcomers and roster favorites performing over a two-day stretch in Southern California. The Fest began in 2000 and has included headliners such as COMEBACK KID,...

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ABSCESS To Release Long-Awaited New Album In March

ABSCESS, the California-based band consisting of Chris Reifert (drums/vocals; ex-DEATH/AUTOPSY),Clint Bower (guitar/vocals; ex-HEXX),Danny Coralles (guitar; ex-AUTOPSY),and Joe Allen (bass; ex-VON),will release its long-awaited seventh full-length album, "Horrorhammer", in March via Tyrant Syndi...

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LITA FORD Unveils Display At Hard Rock Hotel; Photos Available

Lita Ford (ex-THE RUNAWAYS),the female hard rock singer and guitarist who achieved popularity as a solo artist during the 1980s, unveiled her historical diplay case at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday (January 1). Check out pictures from WENN: Offices, Display Case. For...

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WALLS OF JERICHO To Support STONE SOUR In Japan

WALLS OF JERICHO, Detroit's own hardcore warriors, have been chosen as direct support for KITTIE beginning the first week in February. This tour will be their first club tour of 2007, and the band is looking forward to pounding the pavement again, says vocalist Candace Kucsulain. "What we are especi...

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ARSIS Signs Worldwide Deal WITH NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

When it comes to seminal death metal bands from North America, the East Coast alone can boast the likes of the genre's greatest staples such as CANNIBAL CORPSE, IMMOLATION, DEATH, MORBID ANGEL, and NILE. With West Virginia's legacy of being the only state formed as a direct result of the American Ci...

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SEVENTH CALLING, BEYOND FALLEN Sign With MELISSA RECORDS

Melissa Records, an intrepid new label based in The Netherlands, is putting the pedal to the U.S. metal. Created late 2006 and dedicated solely to power/progressive/thrash and heavy metal from the United States, Melissa promises to bring you the best that the versatile U.S. underground has to offer....

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MELIAH RAGE Guitarist Comments On METAL CHURCH Tour

Hot on the heels of the just-released "The Deep and Dreamless Sleep", Boston metallists MELIAH RAGE have secured a month's worth of dates opening for one of the founding fathers of thrash metal, METAL CHURCH. The tour will also include a January 29 date at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New Yor...

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Guitarist COLIN DAVIS Says VILE's Lyrics 'Will Not Focus On Death Anymore'

Guitarist Colin Davis of the Californian brutal death metallers VILE has issued the following update: "I think that it's time that we all take a good look at what death metal is all about. What is our attraction to this type of music, why do we have it and what influence does it have on ...