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THE LIVING FIELDS Completes Work On Debut Album

THE LIVING FIELDS, the Chicago-based band featuring Chad Walls (ex-BRODEQUIN, PUSTULATED) and Jon Higgs (MONSTERWORKS),has completed work on its self-titled debut album. Two years of sporadic collaboration have resulted in seven songs that cover a wide range of styles and emotions, from the crushin...

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Grimoire of Ruin

Those into the classier side of U.S. power metal, the type that hearkens back to the days of OMEN and classic JAG PANZER, have just found their newest band to champion. SHADOW DEMON hail from the Pacific Northwest, and their stock in trade is unrepentant, glorious, down and dirty '80s metal, a combi...

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BLOODY PANDA Signs With LEVEL-PLANE RECORDS

Diverse indie label Level-Plane has announced the signing of New York doom act BLOODY PANDA. Driven by the mournful, melodic vocals of Japanese frontwoman Yoshiko Ohara, BLOODY PANDA's transcendent sound finds its roots in the dirge-like power of SWANS, the amplifier-worshipping textures of EARTH, a...

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CAGE: New Song Posted Online

San Diego, California-based heavy metal band CAGE has uploaded a new song, entitled "Hell Destroyer", to its MySpace page. The track is the title cut of the group's recently completed new album, tentatively due in early 2007. CAGE "has spent the last thee years in making the ultimate concept album b...

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MEGADETH Mainman: 2006 'Turned Out To Be One Of The Best Years In My Career Yet'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "Well, the holiday season is here and some of us are definitely getting coal in the 'ole stocking, which is getting off easy. Me, I prolly deserve a boxcar of the stuff, but again...

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MYOPIA Signs With SELFMADEGOD RECORDS

MYOPIA, the Bielsko-Biala, Poland-based thrash metal outfit, has signed a record deal with Selfmadegod Records. "Enter Insectmasterplan", a reissue of the group's second full-length album — originally self-released in 2005 — will be made available in January 2007. According to a press release, "Ente...

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ANSUR: 'Post-Apocalyptic Wastelands' Video Available

Norwegian metallers ANSUR have released a music video for the song "Post-Apocalyptic Wastelands". The track comes off the "Axiom" album, released early autumn by Nocturnal Art Productions/Candlelight Records. The clip was directed by Eirikur Granneman and was shot at a Norwegian industrial construct...

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JESU: New Album Details, Tour Dates Revealed

JESU, the new band featuring Justin Broadrick — former member of two legendary bands: NAPALM DEATH and GODFLESH — will release its new album, "Conqueror", on the following dates: USA: February 20, 2007 Europe: February 19, 2007 Japan: February 2, 2007* Rest Of The World: February 27, 2007 * The bonu...

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MANOWAR Announces Release Dates For New Album

The new MANOWAR album, "Gods of War", will hit stores on the following dates: February 23, 2007 (Germany) February 26, 2007 (Rest of Europe, excluding France, U.K.) March 5, 2007 (France, U.K.) April 3, 2007 (USA, Canada) More details will be released soon, including the cover artwork. As previously...

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KILLINGBIRD Announces Los Angeles-Area Dates

Los Angeles sleaze/hard rockers KILLINGBIRD, featuring SCUM OF THE EARTH guitarist Skyla Talon, have announced three L.A.-area shows with Sweden's VAINS OF JENNA. Ex-SYSTEMATIC drummer Philip Bailey will be manning the kit for these shows: Dec. 21 – Cat Club - Hollywood, CA Dec. 22 – Paladino's - Ta...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Signs U.S. Licensing Deal With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Roadrunner Records has announce a U.S. license arrangement for rock powerhouse WITHIN TEMPTATION. One of The Netherlands' biggest selling bands is hard at work recording their first album for Roadrunner USA, due out in 2007. WITHIN TEMPTATION was formed in The Netherlands in 1996 by Robert Westerhol...

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PINK CREAM 69 Bassist Keeping Busy In Recording Studio

Rock/metal producer and PINK CREAM 69 bassist Dennis Ward's official web site has been updated with the following message: "Damn! Only six days left to Christmas!!! Where has the year gone? "Anyway, news from Camp Ward is that yes, you have guessed it, Dennis is busier than Santa Claus this time of...

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SAMAEL: New Video Interview, Live Footage Posted Online

A video interview with SAMAEL (in English),conducted by Metalfan.ro after SAMAEL's first-ever appearance in Romania on December 2, 2006 at Agronomia Sports Hall in Bucharest, has been posted online at this location. Also available at the same location is video footage from the gig. As previously re...

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BLACK SABBATH In The U.K.'s SUN Tabloid

In an almost unprecedented move for a tabloid newspaper, the Sun — the world's biggest-selling English-language newspaper, with over eight million readers a day — has acknowledged the world of heavy metal by reviewing a BLACK SABBATH biography in glowing terms. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", the new SABB...

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SIN DEALER: New Album Recordings Postponed

SIN DEALER, the band featuring members of SEA OF GREEN, SONS OF OTIS, EDWIN and PLASMA BLAST, was unable to enter the studio earlier this month, as originally scheduled. However, they are confirmed to enter Escarpment Sound on January 12 to record their much-anticipated follow-up to 2004's "13". Gar...