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MAMBO KURT Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

MAMBO KURT, the German artist who does covers of various mainstream and classical/modern rock hits, has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ARCH...

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D.R.I.: New U.S. Dates Announced

Hardcore/metal crossover pioneers D.R.I. (DIRTY ROTTEN IMBECILES) have added more dates to their growing schedule. These shows will bring the band out again in September/October and will include appearances in markets not yet played by the band since they returned to the live stage last November. Se...

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THE SECRET Signs With SOUTHERN LORD

Italy's THE SECRET has inked a deal with Southern Lord Recordings. The band will enter Godcity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts in April with producer Kurt Ballou to being recording its new album, "Solve et Coagula", which is described in a press release as "[THE SECRET's] sonic interpretation of a to...

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BLACK BREATH To Release 'Heavy Breathing' In March

Seattle's BLACK BREATH have stormed the scene with their uncompromising energy and infectious brutality. The band has played heavily alongside NACHTMYSTIUM, THE ACCÜSED, VICTIMS, TRAP THEM and tons more across the U.S. through 2009, and in November Southern Lord released the first recordings from th...

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D.R.I.'s 'Crossover' To Be Reissued With Bonus Tracks

Beer City Records has set an April 13 release date for the reissue of "Crossover", the classic 1987 album from hardcore/metal crossover pioneers D.R.I. (DIRTY ROTTEN IMBECILES). Due on LP, CD and as a digital download, the LP was remastered by Bill Metoyer, who was the engineer for the original reco...

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BELIEVER: In Writing Mode

Reactivated late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metallers BELIEVER have issued the following update: "We've been in writing mode for a couple months and now it's getting to the point where we are starting to piece together some very early 'pre-pre-production recordings.' These are very basic guita...

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'Guitar Hero: Van Halen' Arrives As Music Video Game Sales Slide

The Pulse of Radio reports: Guitar Hero: Van Halen arrived in stores on Tuesday (December 22),but it's not clear whether the heavily-hyped new installment in the billion-dollar music video game franchise will inspire new players to pick up the game or a new console. According to Reuters, sales of m...

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KRUGER: New Song Featuring GOJIRA Frontman Available For Streaming

Two songs from the forthcoming fourth album from Swiss noise-mongers KRUGER, entitled "For Death, Glory And The End Of The World", are available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. Check out the tracks "The Ox" and "Muscle" (featuring a guest appearance by Joseph Duplantier of French progressi...

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WRATH Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Chicago metal act WRATH has issued the following update: "After 20-plus years of kicking ass on the stage and studio with us, our friend and colleague Mr. Dave Sollman has announced his departure from the band. Dave joined the band shortly before the 'Nothing To Fear' tour in 1988, when he was thrus...

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SACRIFICE: First Three Albums To Be Re-Released On Vinyl

War On Music Records will re-release the first three albums from Canadian thrash legends SACRIFICE — "Torment in Fire" (1986),"Forward to Termination" (1987) and "Soldiers Of Misfortune" (1990) — on February 26, 2010. There are also plans to make the band's latest effort, "The Ones I Condemn", avai...

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BELIEVER, IMPALED Members Interviewed On 'Metal Rules! Radio'

Guitarist/vocalist Kurt Bachman of reactivated late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metallers BELIEVER and Leon Del Muerte (IMPALED, EXHUMED, PHOBIA) were interviewed on the latest edition of Metal Rules! Radio. You can now listen to the program using the audio player below. Metal Rules! Radio (for...

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Axe To Fall

At the risk of burying myself, I'm going to be upfront and admit to never being a huge follower of CONVERGE. Not that I could never get into them (nor am I ignorant to their body of work),as I remember "Jane Doe" kicking my ass for a good six months after I first picked ...

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GOJIRA Frontman To Guest On New KRUGER Album

Guitarist/vocalist Joseph Duplantier of French progressive metallers GOJIRA has recorded a guest appearance on the forthcoming fourth album from Swiss noise-mongers KRUGER, entitled "For Death, Glory And The End Of The World". According to KRUGER, Duplantier laid down "a few main vocal parts" in the...

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SACRIFICE Performs With Former MEGADETH Guitarist In Toronto; Video Available

Footage of legendary Canadian thrashers SACRIFICE performing the song "Re-Animation" on November 21, 2009 at t The Opera House in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a special guest appearance by Glen Drover (MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND, EIDOLON),can be viewed below. "The Ones I Condemn", the new album from...

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SACRIFICE On 'Hellbound Radio'; More Video Footage Available

Legendary Canadian thrashers SACRIFICE were interviewed live on the Sunday, November 15 edition of "Hellbound Radio" on the INDI 101 station. All four members of the band were present for the chat, which aired live in the greater Hamilton, Ontario, Canada area on 101.5 FM. You can now watch the inte...