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EXHUMED To Release 'Necrocacy' In August

West Coast horror hellions EXHUMED will release their new album, "Necrocacy", via Relapse Records in North America on August 6, in Germany/Benelux on August 2 and in the rest of the world on August 5. The effort wil be available in CD, LP, deluxe LP and digital formats. The limited-edition "Necrocra...

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Hubris, Inc.

Birthed from a cult metal act and likely destined to remain cult in its new formation, ANGER AS ART lives thrash as its lineage and not just as a nostalgia trip. Gen X speed freaks ABBATOIR have incrementally crawled back to life following the lead of founder Steve Gaines under the banner of ANGER A...

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HIRAX: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

California thrash metal veterans HIRAX entered a North Hollywood studio on April 26 with producer Bill Metoyer (ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING, W.A.S.P., SLAYER) to begin recording their new full-length album, "Immortal Legacy", for a fall release via SPV/Steamhammer. Commented HIRAX singer Katon W. D...

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HIRAX To Enter Studio This Weekend

California thrash metal veterans HIRAX will enter a North Hollywood studio on April 26 with producer Bill Metoyer (ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING, W.A.S.P., SLAYER) to begin recording their as-yet-untitled new full-length album for a September release via SPV/Steamhammer. HIRAX last year released a ne...

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Video: EXODUS Guitarist Reads His Contribution To 'The Merciless Book Of Metal Lists'

"The Merciless Book Of Metal Lists", written by New York City music scene veterans Howie Abrams and Sacha Jenkins, is being released today (Tuesday, April 9). Touted as "the most opinionated compendium ever written concerning heavy metal," the book is comprised of 208 jam-packed pages representing a...

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ANTHRAX, HALLOWS EVE Among 'Embarrassingly Bad Album Covers'

ANTHRAX's "Fistful Of Metal" (1984) and HALLOWS EVE's "The Neverending Sleep" (2008) are on the list of "200 Embarrassingly Bad Album Covers," one of the longer compilations in "The Merciless Book of Metal Lists", which is to be released on April 9 by Abrams Image. A look at some of the artwork on t...

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Video: RICHARD CHRISTY Talks About 'The Merciless Book Of Metal Lists'

"The Merciless Book Of Metal Lists", written by New York City music scene veterans Howie Abrams and Sacha Jenkins, will be released on April 9. Touted as "the most opinionated compendium ever written concerning heavy metal," the book is comprised of 208 jam-packed pages representing all that is glor...

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'The Merciless Book Of Metal Lists': New Quote Snippets From KERRY KING And PHILIP ANSELMO

"The Merciless Book Of Metal Lists", written by New York City music scene veterans Howie Abrams and Sacha Jenkins, is set to be released on April 9. Touted as "the most opinionated compendium ever written concerning heavy metal," the book is comprised of 208 jam-packed pages representing all that is...

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KERRY KING, PHILIP ANSELMO, SCOTT IAN Contribute To 'The Merciless Book Of Metal Lists'

"The Merciless Book Of Metal Lists", written by New York City music scene veterans Howie Abrams and Sacha Jenkins, is set to be released on April 9. Touted as "the most opinionated compendium ever written concerning heavy metal," the book is comprised of 208 jam-packed pages representing all that is...

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HERETIC: 'Child Of War' Video Released

"Child Of War", the new video from classic southern California power/speed metalists HERETIC, can be seen below. The clip was shot and directed by Metal Refuge TV's FreddyMedal (a.k.a. Fred Swift of DOWN HEAVAL/AUGMENTED). "Child Of War" comes of HERETIC's latest album, "A Time Of Crisis", which was...

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Why Are There So Few African-Americans In Metal?

Katon W. De Pena (pictured below) of long-running Long Beach, California-based metallers HIRAX is one of only a handful of black singers fronting metal and hard rock bands. Although there have been other African-Americans playing this genre of music — Jimi Hendrix, Phil Lynott (THIN LIZZY),Byron Da...

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HIRAX Signs With SPV/STEAMHAMMER

California thrash metal veterans HIRAX have inked a worldwide deal with SPV/Steamhammer. The band's new album will be released in September 2013 and will be followed by a world tour. Commented HIRAX frontman Katon W. De Pena: "We are honored to now be a part of the SPV family and we appreciate their...

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HERETIC Begins Work On New Material

Classic southern California power/speed metalists HERETIC have issued the following update: "We started writing songs for our follow-up to 'A Time Of Crisis'. The sound will be in the traditional HERETIC style. We're not going to try to reinvent the wheel. Songtitles so far are 'Demonize' and 'Quick...

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Famed KREATOR/CELTIC FROST Illustrator to Design New HIRAX Album Cover

Philip Lawvere, the artist behind such classic album covers as KREATOR's "Pleasure To Kill" and CELTIC FROST's "Emperor's Return", has come out of retirement and will design the as-yet-untitled new HIRAX album, which is scheduled for a spring 2013 release. Lawvere had done stunning illustrations for...

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EXHUMED Denied Entry To Canada

West Coast death gore hooligans EXHUMED have released the following statement: "We are super-bummed that the Canadian border patrol has denied us entry to their otherwise fine country today and forced us to cancel our Halloween show in Montreal. We even had ridiculous costumes prepared! "We are doin...