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Sideshow Symphonies
ARCTURUS will forever be haunted by their past. Having put out a record like "La Masquerade Infernale", an inarguable classic and one of the cornerstones of this whole "post-black metal" genre, all subsequent releases will be held up to it for comparison and critique. As always, an ARCTURUS album re...January 16, 2006
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Wake Pig
Not (thank the gods) the '80s delete-bin staple featuring ELP alumni Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer, this 3 is in fact a weird, proggy upstate New York band that pals around with COHEED AND CAMBRIA and gets compared to THE MARS VOLTA. Fans of either of these groups, PORCUPINE TREE, or the late and la...January 9, 2006
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Cannibal Massacre EP
Awesome Chicago old-school filth revivalists release a sure-to-be-collectible limited-edition three-inch CD (also available on 7" single, obviously without the video track). It's great for the tchotchke value — can you really have too many three-inch CDs in your collection? But musically, it's a bit...December 12, 2005
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METALLICA: Review, Photos From Second ROLLING STONES Concert Posted Online
METALLICA's official web site has been updated with the following "review" of the band's performance last night (Nov. 15) as the support act for THE ROLLING STONES at SBC Park in San Francisco, California: "'Welcome to the beginning and the end of the 2005 METALLICA World Tour...' Nothing like a lit...November 16, 2005
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Blurred (1999-2004)
You could say I've got an advantage in reviewing this collection of rare and previously unreleased tracks. Since I've not heard any other albums by California's UPHILL BATTLE, one could say my opinion going in is relatively untainted. That's not to say I've not read a few reviews of "Wreck of Nerves...October 31, 2005
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Once Was Not
It has taken a while for Canadian death metal techsters CRYPTOPSY to get back on track after the departure of Mike DiSalvo. The last studio album was 2000's "And Then You'll Beg", after which vocalist Martin LaCroix entered the picture, lasting long enough to perform on concert LP "None so Live" and...September 19, 2005
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CRYPTOPSY Announce Final Track Listing For 'Once Was Not'
Canadian death metallers CRYPTOPSY have announced the final track listing for their fifth album, "Once Was Not", due on October 18 via Century Media Records. The new CD, featuring the long-anticipated return of vocalist Lord Worm, was recorded at Studio Vortex in St-Constant, Canada by producer Seba...September 6, 2005
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Black Thunder
DOOMRIDERS is a project consisting of Nate Newton (CONVERGE, OLD MAN GLOOM),Jebb Riley (THERE WERE WIRES, DISAPPEARER),Chris Pupecki (CAST IRON HIKE),and Chris Bevalaqua (HALLRAKER). You're probably thinking to yourself, "just what we need, a hardcore/noisecore super group". Well, guess again bec...September 6, 2005
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Former MASTER Guitarist's MÖTLEY CRÜE Tribute Band THE CRÜE: Audio Available
THE CRÜE, the Chicago-area MÖTLEY CRÜE tribute band featuring former MASTER/SINDROME guitarist Chris Mittelbrun (a.k.a. Mick Mars Chris),have created a MySpace.com profile at this location. Available for listening at the site are THE CRÜE's versions of such MÖTLEY CRÜE classics as "Wildside", "Shou...August 16, 2005
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The New Age of Terror
You may recall that HIRAX released two Metal Blade albums — "Raging Violence" (1985) and "Hate, Fear, and Power" (1986) — before finally calling it quits in 1989. Playing a kind of thrash/crossover fast blast style, given a twist by wild man Katon W. De Pena's classic metal vocal style, the group li...August 15, 2005
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The Fire in our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
I remember hearing all the hype about PELICAN's 2004 debut full-length album, "Australasia". "How exciting could an instrumental album really be, regardless of riff heaviness and earth moving rhythms," I asked myself. Well, I finally broke down and bought the damn thing. Still carrying a healthy lev...August 7, 2005
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Miasma
People have been crowning bands as "the next AT THE GATES" almost since the day "Slaughter of the Soul" was released in 1995. Well, at the risk of shutting down the mini-industry that keeps Swedish thrash metal hopefuls striving for the goal, the heirs to that throne have finally been found — in the...July 25, 2005
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GENE SIMMONS, JERRY CANTRELL, DAVE NAVARRO To Take Part In VEGAS ROCK STAR POKER TOURNAMENT
According to Billboard.biz, Gene Simmons (KISS),Dave Navarro (JANE'S ADDICTION) and Jerry Cantrell (ALICE IN CHAINS) will take part in the second annual Vegas Rock Star Poker Tournament and Sweepstakes, set to take place Aug. 25-27 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The three artists will pla...July 14, 2005
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BEECHER To Release New Album In September
Manchester, U.K.-based hardcore/metal combo BEECHER will release their new album, "This Elegy, His Autopsy", on September 12 via Earache Records. The CD was recorded with Kurt Ballou of CONVERGE at God City Studios in Boston. Commented BEECHER frontman Ed Godby: "The recording of 'This Elegy, His Au...July 13, 2005
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Confrontation
It's been a long while since SOILENT GREEN's phenomenal 2001 album "A Deleted Symphony for the Beaten Down" was released. Unless you've been living in a cave since then, you probably know all about Ben Falgoust's tragic accident, his subsequent climb back to health, and his success building GOATWHOR...July 2, 2005
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