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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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Means to an End
BIOHAZARD made a statement with 2003's "Kill or be Killed". Dispensing with guest musicians, fancy production values, and experimentation, the self-produced album recalled early releases like the self-titled debut and "Urban Discipline". Hardcore-based and delivered with all the subtly of an old-sch...July 25, 2005
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S.O.D. To Release New DVD '20 Years Of Dysfunction'
Megaforce Records will release a new DVD from metal/hardcore pioneers S.O.D. (STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH) entitled, "20 Years of Dysfunction", on July 26, 2005. The DVD will include the classic "Pussywhipped" as a bonus CD and extensive liner notes celebrating 20 years of the band. S.O.D. began in the m...July 22, 2005
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SEPULTURA Guitarist Begins Recording Solo Album
SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has entered A Voz do Brasil studio in São Paulo, Brazil to begin recording his his first solo album, tentatively due in early 2006 via Holland's Mascot Records. No further information is currently available. As previously reported, SPV Records recently pushed back...July 21, 2005
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BLACKEST OF THE BLACK: DANZIG, CHIMAIRA, BEHEMOTH Tour Dates Announced
The first dates have been announced for the 2005 "Blackest of the Black" tour, which will kick off in San Diego at the end of September and end on the West Coast on Halloween. Joining headliners DANZIG will be the crème de la crème of the hardcore/dark/black metal bands — CHIMAIRA, BEHEMOTH, HIMSA,...July 20, 2005
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IGNITE Sign With ABACUS RECORDINGS
Southern California's IGNITE, who hail from Orange County, have officially inked a worldwide deal with Abacus Recordings, a subsidiary label of Century Media. IGNITE is one of the most recent signings to the L.A.-based label, who have also recently signed TURBONEGRO and THE JULIANNA THEORY. Singer Z...July 20, 2005
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Review: WICKED WISDOM Laugh Off 'You Suck' Chants At OZZFEST Kick-Off
Chris Harris of MTV.com reviewed the opening show of this year's Ozzfest, which took place Friday (July 15) in Mansfield, Massachusetts. An excerpt from the review follows: "The scorched asphalt of the Tweeter Center's parking lot started to fill up at the unforgiving hour of 9 a.m., when one of thi...July 18, 2005
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NEUROSIS' SCOTT KELLY Launches CombatMusicRadio.com; PHILIP ANSELMO To Contribute
Scott Kelly, a founding member of psychedelic hardcore band NEUROSIS, and Christopher Moeschl together have founded and launched Combatmusicradio.com, a new web site born of a passion for heavy music and blood sports. The first offering from CombatMusicRadio.com (KMBT) is a weekly pre-recorded radio...July 18, 2005
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TWISTED SISTER Frontman Remembers His 'Dear Friend' KEITH ALEXANDER
TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider has issued the following statement regarding the passing of original CARNIVORE guitarist Keith Alexander (as first reported here yesterday): "Keith Alexander lived more in his 41 years on this earth then most of us will live in our entire natural lifetime. He was a...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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Strength Through Vengeance
"This doesn't even sound like the same band that recorded 'Unbroken'", I thought to myself while listening to A PERFECT MURDER's "Strength through Vengeance". Well, that's because it's almost not the same band; three-fifths of the unit turned over in 2004, leaving only guitarist Carl Bouchard and dr...July 12, 2005
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NAPALM DEATH, VOIVOD, BRUTAL TRUTH Featured On DIE KREUZEN Tribute Album
Legendary Milwaukee punk/hardcore kings DIE KREUZEN have beeen honored by an Erosion Records tribute compilation featuring both local Wisconsin and national artists, including VOIVOD, NAPALM DEATH and BRUTAL TRUTH. Liner Notes were written by Thurston Moore of SONIC YOUTH and the disc is packaged in...July 10, 2005
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CATHEDRAL Frontman To Launch RISE ABOVE RELICS Label
CATHEDRAL frontman Lee Dorrian's label Rise Above Records will shortly be starting an offshoot label called Rise Above Relics. Accoding to Dorrian, the label "will be dedicated to unearthing and re-releasing lost gems from the various genres of music we at Rise Above like. From doom through to prog/...July 8, 2005
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NEVERMORE Guitarist To Guest On New HATESPHERE CD
NEVERMORE guitarist Steve Smyth (ex-TESTAMENT) has completed a guest solo for the upcoming HATESPHERE CD, "The Sickness Within", due on September 26 via SPV Records. Smyth recorded his contribution to the song "Marked by Darkness" at Signal Creative Studios in London with engineer Gareth. HATESPHERE...July 7, 2005
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ABEYANCE: New Music Posted Online
Eastern Long Island, New York-based "metalcore" act ABEYANCE have posted two rough tracks at PureVolume.com, including first single, "Moment of Clarity", from their upcoming debut album, "Experience is the Words that are Written", due out August 23 via Crash Music Inc. The group will be filming a vi...July 7, 2005
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