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MEGADETH Mourns Passing Of 'Droogie'
MEGADETH's official web site has been updated with the following message: "MEGADETH would like to send out their sincere condolences to the family and friends of a fallen Droogie [MEGADETH fan], Jeffrey Hendricks. Jeffrey passed away on Friday, March 26 after a battle with cancer. "Jeffrey was to at...March 28, 2010
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Arrival
WILDESTARR is the brainchild of guitarist Dave Starr, a 25-year veteran that is best known for his bass role in VICIOUS RUMORS. Pairing up with (air raid) siren London Wilde, a longtime songwriter, vocalist, and recording engineer, the product of said collaboration is debut album "Arrival". The albu...March 28, 2010
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LOUDNESS: 'King Of Pain' Track Listing Revealed
Japanese metal veterans LOUDNESS will release a new album, "King Of Pain", in Japan on May 19 via Tokuma Japan Communications. The CD will include a 32-page booklet, a LOUDNESS original pick, and application card (valid only in Japan). "King Of Pain" track listing: 01. Requiem 02. The King Of Pain 0...March 28, 2010
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Grindcore Supergroup MURDER CONSTRUCT To Make Its Live Debut Tonight
While playing shows in the San Francisco Bay Area with IMPALED back in 2000, guitarist Leon DelMuerte asked vocalist Travis Ryan of San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION to handle vocals for the group MURDER CONSTRUCT he was starting. 10 years later, the band is a reality! MURDER CONSTRUCT...March 27, 2010
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AT WAR: 'Infidel' To Receive Limited-Edition Vinyl, Cassette Release
On March 30, "Infidel" — the first album in 20 years from reunited Virginia thrash metal legends AT WAR — will be released as a limited edition of 500 vinyl LPs in a gatefold jacket and an extremely limited edition of 100 cassette tapes. AT WAR has launched a brand new web site ...March 26, 2010
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KATATONIA In Milan: Photos, Video Footage Available
Fan-filmed video footage of Sweden's KATATONIA performing its 1998 single, "Saw You Drown", on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Milan, Italy can be viewed below. Photos of the concert at the Alcatraz Club are available on the news blog Musica Metal. The group's setlist for the show was as follows: 01. I...March 26, 2010
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VENOMIN JAMES Drummer Critically Ill; Family Needs Support
Jared Koston, the 40-year-old drummer of the Cleveland, Ohio-based metal band VENOMIN JAMES, has been diagnosed with two brain tumors stemming from stage IV melanoma cancer. He was released from University Hospital in Cleveland to be at home with his family. "Jared's started radiation therapy, but h...March 26, 2010
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LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR: New Video To Premiere Next Week
One week from today — on Thursday, April 1 — the new LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR video will be unleashed via a special premiere on Decibel magazine's "Deciblog". The clip is for "Evil Power", the title track to the band's menacing upcoming fourth full-length release. Directed by Ryan Oliver of cult horror...March 25, 2010
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TURISAS To Play Japan In May
Finnish battle metallers TURISAS will join forces with fellow Finns TAROT, BEFORE THE DAWN and POISONBLACK for the "Finland Fest 2010 - Metal Attack" event on May 29 at LiquidRoom in Tokyo, Japan. A video message from TURISAS for the band's Japanese fans can be viewed below. TURISAS recently entered...March 24, 2010
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LEAVES' EYES: 'Special Fan Edition' Of 'Njord' To Include Bonus Tracks
LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY — will issue a "special fan edition" of its latest album, "Njord", containing three previously unreleased tracks — "At Heaven's End", "Angus and the Swan" and an acoust...March 23, 2010
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As Yggdrasil Trembles
There are a long list of surefire signs a band has reached the mature, elder-dog stage of their life, and are no longer going to dazzle you with innovation or throw you any curveballs. Dropping references to their classic song titles in their new lyrics is a big one, and UNLEASHED played that card a...March 22, 2010
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Monumentomb
Still soldiering on as dedicated purists of the old-school Swedish death metal sound, NOMINON have stayed true since 1993 and "Monumentomb" is proof that they've no interest in straying from the chosen path. As it turns out, that's a very good thing, as "Monumentomb" is not only strongly representat...March 22, 2010
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Over the Top
So we know the story about WHITE WIZZARD's "High Speed G.T.O." EP being released by Earache well after the band had already gone through a mass member departure, which doesn't need repeating here. What is worth mentioning though is that some folks had dismissed "High Speed G.T.O." as a shakily NWOBH...March 22, 2010
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Incendiary
ARES KINGDOM have always been revered as bad mofos when it came to death-tinged thrash metal, helped in no small part by the band's pedigree (specifically, guitarist Chuck Keller and drummer Mike Miller of ORDER FROM CHAOS fame). The problem — regardless of the fact that the Kansas City group may no...March 22, 2010
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Satanik F**k
"Satan Blood Death Fuck", those are the words written across the lower back of a popular EXODUS hoodie, but it is OBEISANCE's "Satanik Fuck" that reminded of the string. It is that overt profaneness that so aptly represents the excoriating black/thrash of the long running and stubbornly underground...March 22, 2010
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