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HEATHEN: We Have Not Signed Anything Yet

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers HEATHEN have issued a statement refuting a recent press release from the the French record company Season of Mist indicating that they have signed the band to a label deal. In a posting on their official web site, HEATHEN write, "OK, so it looks like the cat...

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EXODUS: More U.S. Tour Dates Announced

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS have announced the details of their upcoming U.S. headlining tour, which is scheduled to kick off mid-April. Confirmed dates are as follows: Apr. 15 - Concord, CA @ Bourbon Street * Apr. 16 - Hollywood, CA @ Key Club * Apr. 17 - Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy...

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EXODUS To Guest On This Weekend's 'Headbanger's Ball'

EXODUS members Gary Holt and Paul Bostaph (ex-SLAYER, TESTAMENT) will be the featured guests on this weekend's edition of MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball", airing on Saturday at 10:00 p.m. EST. The program will also include the "Headbanger's Ball" premiere of the new EXODUS video, "Now Thy Death Day Come"...

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HEATHEN Sign To SEASON OF MIST RECORDS

Season of Mist has announced the signing of veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers HEATHEN. As many fans will recall, HEATHEN were one of the most unique bands to rise from the Bay Area thrash explosion of the '80s/'90s, having released a groundbreaking debut album, "Breaking the Silence", in 1987...

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PRIMORDIAL, MOONSORROW, MOURNING BELOVETH: European Tour Dates Announced

Irish heathen metallers PRIMORDIAL will be teaming up with MOONSORROW and MOURNING BELOVETH for a European tour in April. Confirmed dates are as follows: Apr. 07 - Lichtenfels, GER @ Ragnarök Festival Apr. 08 - Arnhem, NETH @ Goudvishal Apr. 09 - Eindhoven, NETH @ Dynamo Club Apr. 10 - Hamburg, GER...

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One (Hellbound)

One could say that Indianapolis' DEMIRICOUS and Chicago's HURTLOCKER are cut from the same gasoline-soaked cloth. While not stylistically identical, both bands do produce a bullshit-less and trend-free form of go-for-the-throat thrash. Whereas HURTLOCKER goes for more of a THE HAUNTED attack, DEMIRI...

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DUMAH Complete Work On New EP

Wisconsin-based death metallers DUMAH have completed work on a new four-song demo/EP, entitled "Forsaken by the Light". The CD includes three new tracks and an old song featuring former guitarist Phil Vargtimmen that was remastered for the EP. The official track listing for the new EP is as follows:...

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EXODUS' GARY HOLT: Signature Model Guitar To Be Unveiled At NAMM

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt will be signing autographs at the Bernie Rico Jr Guitars exhibit booth #5250 at this year's NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) convention on Saturday, January 21 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Bernie Rico Jr will also be unveiling Gary...

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CANDLELIGHT USA Announces BACK ON BLACK Vinyl Collectors Series

Candlelight Records USA, currently celebrating its five-year anniversary, has announced its limited edition vinyl series — finally making way to the Americas. These limited edition titles, previously unavailable for domestic distribution, are one-time pressings and for the American fan a must have f...

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Former GRIP INC. Bassist Resurfaces In THE ALLKNOWING

Former GRIP INC./HEATHEN bassist Jason Vie Brooks has launched a brand-new Ohio-based project called THE ALLKNOWING. Joining Jason in the new group are vocalist Billy Cox, drummer Sean Harford and guitarist John Lynn. Commented Vie Brooks: "After I left GRIP INC. I felt like a sitting duck reading a...

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EXODUS Schedule Dates In Korea, Thailand

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS have added dates in Korea and Thailand to their upcoming schedule. The group's irinerary is now shaping up as follows: w/ THE HAUNTED, NILE: Feb. 25 – Seoul, Korea @ Rolling Hall Feb. 28 – Osaka, JPN @ Big Cat Mar. 01 - Nagoya, JPN @ Club Quattro ...

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EXODUS: 'Now Thy Death Day Come' Video Posted Online

EXODUS' video for the track "Now Thy Death Day Come" has been posted online at NuclearBlast.de (Real Media). The song comes off the band's latest CD, "Shovel Headed Kill Machine", which was released on October 4 via Nuclear Blast Records. Recorded at Trident studios in Pacheco, California and mixed...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Nearing Completion

The makers of "Get Thrashed", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have issued the following update regarding the project's current status: "In the year since the last news update, we have made giant strides toward...

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PRIMORDIAL To Play Hometown Warm-Up Show Before U.S. Debut

Irish heathen metallers PRIMORDIAL will play a special hometown warm-up show prior to making their U.S. debut at the Heathen Crusade Festival in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 21 (with MOONSORROW and THYRFING, among others). They will play The Voodoo Lounge in Dublin on Saturday, January 14 along...

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Reborn

Cleaning up the office at the end of the year, making room for the onslaught of 2006 releases, this one popped up and seemed like an irresistible piñata for critical derision. STRYPER, those God-rockin' bumblebees with the lame ballads and hair from here to the Pearly Gates? Well, pass me some of th...