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Bestial Kruzifix666ion

Good goat almighty! Slovenia's BLEEDING FIST make one hell of a gloriously Satanic racket on the suitably named "Bestial Kruzifix666ion". That title should have been your first clue as to the mission of this rabble. You just can't teach this kind of raw and malicious black/thrash; it is inborn. Proc...

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France's TATTOO THE MIND #2 Festival Cancelled

Tattoo The Mind #2 festival, which was scheduled to take place October 10-11, 2009 at Les Arènes in Metz, France, has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. According to festival organizer William Munerato from Prodige Music, only 360 one-day tickets and 210 two-day packages had been sold as of Mo...

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LIFE OF AGONY Bassist's Comic-Book Miniseries To Debut In March

LIFE OF AGONY bassist and SPOILER NYC frontman Alan Robert has joined forces with IDW Publishing to release a new horror/conspiracy miniseries titled Wire Hangers. Created, written and illustrated by Robert, with covers by comic fan-favorite Nelson DeCastro (Marvel Masterpieces),Wire Hangers will m...

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A STORM OF LIGHT: 'Tempest' Video Released

"Tempest", the new video from Brooklyn, New York's doom/post rock experimentalists A STORM OF LIGHT, can be viewed at BrooklynVegan.com (scroll down). The song comes off the band's second full-length album, "Forgive Us Our Trespasses", which is being released today (Tuesday, September 22) via Neurot...

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TEXTURES: 'Russian Roulette' Video Podcast Available

Dutch progressive tech metallers TEXTURES have uploaded their latest video podcast, "Russian Roulette", featuring footage from their recent visit to Russia and Estonia. Watch the 10-minute clip below. TEXTURES recently signed a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The band's first album for the label is...

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Praise the Beast

All the talk has been about BEHEMOTH's position atop the throne of Polish death metal and the attention new album "Evangelion" has been getting, and rightly so. But people should also be talking about AZARATH's "Praise the Beast", an album that will not receive near the international attention, yet...

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TEXTURES At Holland's DYNAMO OUTDOOR Festival; Video Available

Video footage of Dutch progressive metallers TEXTURES performing at the Dynamo Outdoor festival in Eindhoven, The Netherlands on August 29, 2009 can be viewed at this location. One of the clips is available below. TEXTURES recently signed a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The band's first album for...

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Former FATES WARNING Drummer To Guest On IN PROGRESS Debut

Acclaimed progressive rock/metal drummer Mark Zonder (SLAVIOR, ex-FATES WARNING) will make a guest appearance on IN PROGRESS's debut album, "Signal Failure". Three songs featuring Zonder ("Leave Now", "Tunnels", and "Reverse Signal") have been posted on the band's MySpace profile. IN PROGRESS is an...

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A STORM OF LIGHT To Release 'Forgive Us Our Trespasses' Via NEUROT RECORDINGS

Brooklyn, New York's own A STORM OF LIGHT will unleash their new full-length, "Forgive Us Our Trespasses", on September 22 via Neurot Recordings. The follow-up to the band's critically acclaimed debut, "And We Wept The Black Ocean Within", finds its power through a dense bringing together of melodie...

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DAHLIA INDACO Full-Length Debut To Feature Guest Appearance By SADUS Frontman

SADUS guitarist/vocalist Darren Travis makes a guest appearance on the forthcoming full-length debut from DAHLIA INDACO, the recording and performing unit of Elisabetta Patrito (vocals, bass, synth textures) and Massimo Usai (vocals, guitars, programming). Entitled "Chronicles Of Nowhere", the CD wi...

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DETONATION To Enter Studio This Weekend

Dutch death/thrash metal act DETONATION will enter the studio this weekend to begin recording the follow-up to 2007's "Emission Phase". Vocalist Koen Romeijn states, "Michiel [van der Plicht] will kick off the pre-production of our fourth studio album. He's got the weekend scheduled to record all th...

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PROGPOWER SCANDINAVIA Festival Cancelled

This year's ProgPower Scandinavia festival, which was scheduled to take place September 25-26, 2009 at Vega in Copenhagen, Denmark, has been officially cancelled. Commented the organizers: For almost a year we have been working hard on making this festival a reality and we believe that our labor has...

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Musk Ox

Solitude can be a musician's greatest inspiration. When one's soul is left unto itself, the mind and heart can wander into previously unexplored territory when a virtual treasure trove of creativity can be unearthed. Depending on the individual, the artistic output can either be a soundtrack to his/...

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Living Hell

What exactly is the allure here? I assume WE WERE GENTLEMEN's "Living Hell" must have some appeal to someone out there; I just don't know who it is. Well, I have an idea. It is the same group of folks who'll buy anything with down-tuned guitars, polished production treatments, and any degree of 'cor...

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DAVE LOMBARDO Says There Are 'Rumors' Of A SLAYER/MEGADETH U.S. Tour

Bob Suehs of Rock N Roll Experience conducted a short interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo at the Camden, New Jersey stop of this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival on August 7, 2009. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Rock N Roll Experience: With a lot of the '80s ...