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DIORAMIC Signs With LIFEFORCE RECORDS

Lifeforce Records has announced the signing of the German metal/rock act DIORAMIC. The band's as-yet-untitled new album, which was produced by Kurt Ebelhäuser (MAROON, LONG DISTANCE CALLING, DONOTS, BLACKMAIL),is due in early 2010. According to a press release, DIORAMIC's sound is "a unique mélange...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Opens Up About His Heroin Addiction, PANTERA's Breakup

On March 16, 2009, former PANTERA and current DOWN singer Philip Anselmo spoke passionately and candidly about his music career and his history with — and the dangers of — drugs, particularly heroin, during an appearance at the Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Several portions of the que...

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CONVERGE: New Song Available For Streaming

Massachusetts-based hardcore/metal band CONVERGE will release its long-awaited new studio album, "Axe To Fall", on October 20 via Epitaph Records (with vinyl to be issued by Deathwish Inc.). Produced by guitarist Kurt Ballou at his Godcity studios in Salem, Massachusetts, the effort features guest a...

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BELIEVER Announces Shows In Pennsylvania, Delaware

Reactivated late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metallers BELIEVER have scheduled the following dates: Sep. 25 - Sterling Hotel - Allentown, Pennsylvania Oct. 03 - Mojo 13 - Wilmington, Delaware BELIEVER's fourth album, "Gabriel", was released in March through KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Howard Jon...

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How Millions Of AC/DC Fans Sparked A Global Cultural Institution

The 27th installment of the "Shockwaves Skull Sessions" podcast features a discussion between host Bob Nalbandian, regular contributor Ed Rivadavia and "Beyond Thunder" filmmakers Kurt Squiers and Gregg Ferguson. "Beyond Thunder" is a documentary attempting to answer the question of how millions of...

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THE_NETWORK To Release 'Bishop Kent Manning' In September

Black Market Activities has set a September 15 release date for "Bishop Kent Manning", the second album from the New Hampshire-based band THE_NETWORK. Produced by Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE, TRAP THEM) at Godcity Studio and mastered by Nick Zampiello (TORCHE, UNSANE) at New Alliance, "Bishop Kent Manning...

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ISIS Frontman Says REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS Was 'A Ridiculous Event'

Kurt Orzeck of the IndiePit blog recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Aaron Turner of ISIS, the innovative Los Angeles-by-way-of-Boston-based band. An excerpt from the chat follows below. IndiePit: I noticed that you put out the vinyl releases before the CD. Are you tempted to jus...

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KRUGER To Enter Studio In September

Swiss noise-mongers KRUGER have issued the following update: "We've finally completed the new songs for our upcoming album, which is scheduled for... March 2010! Slow dudes, uh? The new baby, still on the incomparable Listenable Records (the only label whose fierce professionalism and reckless humor...

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EVERY TIME I DIE Comments On Drummer's Departure

Buffalo bruisers EVERY TIME I DIE have issued the following update: "After 11 years of being involved with this band, Mike 'Ratboy' Novak [drums] has indeed decided to quit EVERY TIME I DIE. Yesterday morning we received text messages that he wasn't going to continue anymore. "15 years ago, when som...

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Handwritten Lyrics By Late AC/DC Frontman Sell For $35,000

A pair of handwritten lyric notebooks (see photo below) by late AC/DC frontman Bon Scott, dating from the late 1970s, was among an array of 300 musical items that went under the hammer at a Christie's pop memorabilia auction on June 22 in New York. A description of the item reads as follows: "A pair...

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SACRIFICE: Another New Song Available For Streaming

"Hiroshima", a brand new song from reunited Canadian thrashers SACRIFICE, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's much-anticipated new album, "The Ones I Condemn", which is scheduled for a July release via Brazil's Marquee Records. The CD was recorded a...

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MAGRUDERGRIND: E-Card Available

An e-card for the forthcoming self-titled debut album from Washington, D.C.'s MAGRUDERGRIND is available at this location. Due on June 29 via Willowtip Records, the CD was recorded at Godcity Studios with famed engineer Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE, MISERY INDEX, TORCHE). The album was mastered at Visceral...

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BELIEVER, GOD DETHRONED Featured In Latest METAL BLADE Podcast

Click here to download the latest Metal Blade podcast featuring reactivated late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metallers BELIEVER and the Dutch melodic death metal band GOD DETHRONED. BELIEVER's fourth album, "Gabriel", was released in March through KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Howard Jones's new i...

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HEAVEN SHALL BURN Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Germany's death metal and hardcore fusionists HEAVEN SHALL BURN have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 5TH AVENUE AIRBOURNE AMON AMARTH ANTHRAX ASP AXEL RUDI PELL BAI...

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SACRIFICE: 'The Ones I Condemn' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

The cover artwork for "The Ones I Condemn", the much-anticipated new album from reunited Canadian thrashers SACRIFICE, can be viewed below. Commented guitarist/vocalist Rob Urbinati: "Our recording process was real, so we didn't feel comfortable going too far into the digital realm for the cover. Ou...