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GOD FORBID Begin Recording New Album

GOD FORBID guitarist Dallas Coyle has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We just finished the Black White Dead All Over tour at the end of April and it was a complete success. I'd like to thank all the people for coming out to the shows and showing us some love. ...

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SHAITAN MAZAR Call It Quits

SHAITAN MAZAR, the band featuring former NILE members Chief Spires (bass, vocals) and John Ehlers (guitar),appear to have split up. "Honestly I don't know what Chief's position is on this, BUT I know for sure Robert [Dirr, guitar] and Jake [Axelson, drums] were quitting," singer Jason Hohenstein (a...

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MESHUGGAH To Return To 'More Traditional' Songwriting Approach On Next Album

Blistering.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with MESHUGGAH drummer Tomas Haake. Several excerpts from the interview follow: On the criticism that the new group's new album, "Catch Thirty Three", is yet another confusing slab of extreme music: "Confusing? That's great! (Laughs) I don't kn...

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DEATH FOLLOWS A SHADOW: STEEL PROPHET Guitarist's Side-Project Posts Music Online

DEATH FOLLOWS A SHADOW, the new band featuring STEEL PROPHET founder/guitarist Steve Kachinsky, have posted a handful of tunes from their self-produced debut EP, entitled "Five Stages of Death", at MySpace.com. Songtitles are "Internal Hate", "Five Stages of Death", "The Christ Diaries", "Evil's Ech...

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DAM: U.S. Release Date Announced, Album Guest Appearances Unveiled

Candlelight Records USA have set a June 28 U.S. release date for death-thrashers DAM's full-length debut, "Purity: The Darwinian Paradox". The CD will be available in Europe from May 30. An album-launch event is set to take place on Saturday, June 4 at London's Islington Electrowerkz. Scheduled to p...

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New QUEENSRŸCHE Producer Says Fans Will Be Divided About 'Operation: Mindcrime II'

SNAKE RIVER CONSPIRACY mainman Jason Slater recently spoke to The Breakdown Room about his production work on the new QUEENSRŸCHE album, the next chapter to the 1988 ground-breaking concept album, "Operation: Mindcrime", tentatively titled "Operation: Mindcrime II". Slater's relationship with QUEENS...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Frontman To Guest On 'Headbanger's Ball'

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY frontman Pepper Keenan taped an appearance May 14 on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball", to air on Saturday, May 21 beginning at 10:00 p.m. EST. More dates have been announced for CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's upcoming U.S. tour with CROWBAR, ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY and WEEDEATER. Confirmed...

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GOD FORBID To Play Benefit Show

New Jersey thrash titans GOD FORBID have announced that they will be playing a benefit concert at the Wayne Firehouse in Wayne, NJ on Saturday, June 4. "This effort is to help and support our good friend Frank Peigaro," reads a post on the group's web site. "Frank has previously played in punk pione...

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MURDER 101: Demo Tracks Posted Online

MURDER 101, the new Florida-based band featuring Jason Blachowicz (DIVINE EMPIRE, ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION) on bass, Cesar Placeres (HIBERNUS MORTIS) on drums, Samuel Dean (CHRONZON) on guitar, and Rob Thoth (CHRONZON) on vocals, have posted two songs from their recently completed "Death Warrant" demo...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Tap SNAKE RIVER CONSPIRACY Mainman To Co-Produce New Album

QUEENSRŸCHE have tapped SNAKE RIVER CONSPIRACY mainman Jason Slater to assist them with production on their new album, the next chapter to the 1988 ground-breaking concept album, "Operation: Mindcrime", tentatively titled "Operation: Mindcrime II". More information on Jason Slater and/or SNAKE RIVER...

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CANNAE: New Song Available For Download

A brand-new track from Boston heavy hitters CANNAE, entitled "Rats, Snakes and Thieves", has been made available for download at Cannae.net. "Rats, Snakes and Thieves" comes off the group's upcoming album, "Gold Becomes Sacrifice", tentatively due in August on Prosthetic Records. The CD was recorded...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, CROWBAR: More U.S. Tour Dates Announced

More dates have been announced for CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's upcoming U.S. tour with CROWBAR, ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY and WEEDEATER. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jun. 02 - The Vogue - Indianapolis IN Jun. 03 - Harpo's Concert Theatre - Detroit MI Jun. 04 - Newport Music Hall - Columbus OH Jun...

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PSYCROPTIC Announce New Singer

Brutal Tasmanian death metallers PSYCROPTIC have announced Jason Peppiatt as their new vocalist (replacing Matthew "Chalky" Chalk). The following message was taken from the group's official web site: "PSYCROPTIC would like to announce that Jason Peppiatt is the new vocalist of the band. Jason did an...

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GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist, BUCKCHERRY Frontman To Release New Original Material

GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed and BUCKCHERRY frontman Josh Todd have recorded new material for the soundtrack to the film "Still Life". Director Joel Miller told Sp1at.com, "Dizzy and Josh Todd are going to be doing the soundtrack. It will all be original material as well." Joel Miller also a...

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CINDERELLA Members To Perform Acoustically In New York City

CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer and drummer Fred Coury will be in New York City this coming week to tape a VH1 Classic acoustic show. They will be performing unplugged versions of favorite CINDERELLA tracks. A preview of the show will take place May 9 at the grand opening of Jason s Riverside Grill,...