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DEVILDRIVER: 'Hold Back The Day' Video Posted Online
DEVILDRIVER's video for the track "Hold Back the Day" has been posted online at Roadrun.com. "Hold Back the Day" comes off the group's upcoming sophomore album, "The Fury of Our Maker's Hand" album, due on June 28 via Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to DEVILDRIVER's 2002 critically-acclaimed self-...June 17, 2005
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Bassist BRICE LECLERCQ Quits DISSECTION
Bassist Brice Leclercq (NIGHTRAGE) has left reactivated Swedish death metallers DISSECTION. "This event, although unforeseen, will however NOT have any effect on DISSECTION's ongoing victorious onslaught!" the band write on their web site. "Last Friday [June 10] DISSECTION performed a successful con...June 17, 2005
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AKERCOCKE Begin Recording New Album
U.K. death metallers AKERCOCKE have once again entered their very own Goat of Mendes studios in West London to record their fourth album. Tentatively titled "Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone", the CD promises to be the band's most ambitious project to date. "The new material is a progres...June 16, 2005
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BLUT AUS NORD: Back Catalog To Receive U.S. Release This Month
Candlelight Records has confirmed a June 28 U.S. release date for "Ultima Thulee" and "Memoria Vestusta", the previously unavailable back catalog from French extreme metal band BLUT AUS NORD. The releases follow the recent reissue of the band's current album, "The Work Which Transforms God", with th...June 16, 2005
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HATEBREED, NILE, CRYPTOPSY, MADBALL, SUFFOCATION Confirmed For New Jersey's HELLFEST
The first bands have been announced for this year's Hellfest, set to take place August 19-21 at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, NJ. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 108 THE ACACIA STRAIN ANTI FLAG ARMOR FOR SLEEP BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME BLACKLISTED BOLO BOUNCING SOULS THE CASUAL...June 15, 2005
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ELVENKING Begin Mixing New Album
Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING are currently at Sonic Pump Studios in Finland mixing their third album for a late 2005 release via AFM Records. "Everything's going great as we've nearly finished the first song," the band write on their web site. "Sonic Pump will surely become one the bigges...June 14, 2005
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AMORPHIS: Preparing To Enter Studio
Finnish rockers AMORPHIS are intensively rehearsing and writing new songs for their follow-up to last year's "Far from the Sun", tentatively due in late 2005/early 2006 via Nuclear Blast Records. On July 1, the band will enter the Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki to start the recording process. Produc...June 13, 2005
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MERCYFUL FATE Guitarist Says PRIMAL FEAR And HAMMERFALL Are 'Clones' Of Previous Metal Bands
Piercing Metal recently conducted an interview with MERCYFUL FATE/FORCE OF EVIL guitarist Hank Shermann. An excerpt from the interview follows: Piercing Metal: As someone who has been in the music industry for over 20 years, what is your take on the current state of heavy metal music? We see big gun...June 13, 2005
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THUNDERSTONE And MACHINE MEN In Talks To Support SONATA ARCTICA In Europe
THUNDERSTONE and MACHINE MEN are said to be in talks to support SONATA ARCTICA on their upcoming headlining tour of Europe, scheduled for September. THUNDERSTONE will release their third full-length album, "Tools of Destruction", in the U.S. on June 28 via Nuclear Blast Records. "Tools of Destructio...June 11, 2005
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JIMI HENDRIX's Former Home Won't Be Demolished
The Associated Press has issued the following report: The city [of Seattle] reached an agreement Friday with the owner of a dilapidated home where Jimi Hendrix once lived, meaning that the structure won't be demolished as long as it's moved to suburban Renton by Aug. 4. "We're just waiting on some p...June 10, 2005
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DEVILDRIVER Complete Work On 'Hold Back The Day' Video
DEVILDRIVER, the Santa Barbara, California-based band featuring former COAL CHAMBER singer Dez Fafara, have completed work on the video for the track "Hold Back the Day". The clip is expected to be made available online next week. "Hold Back the Day" comes off the group's upcoming sophomore album, "...June 9, 2005
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ARCTURUS, CONFESSOR, RED HARVEST Confirmed For Norway's SONIC SOLSTICE Festival
ARCTURUS, CONFESSOR, RED HARVEST, NATTEFROST and TSJUDER have been confirmed for the first-ever Season of Mist festival, dubbed Sonic Solstice, on September 24 at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway. Tickets are 200 NOK + 25 NOK fee. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. ...June 9, 2005
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Time's Up For JIMI HENDRIX's Boyhood Home
The Associated Press has issued the following report: The owner of a run-down home where Jimi Hendrix once lived plans to move it to suburban Renton, across from the cemetery where the rock legend is buried. Owner Pete Sikov has until Friday to provide completed plans for moving the house; otherwise...June 8, 2005
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ELVENKING Putting Finishing Touches On New Album
Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING have posted the following message on their official web site: "During these days the band have finished the recording process for the new album!!! Only some small particulars are missing and they'll be carried out within Friday 10th June since Aydan and Damnag...June 8, 2005
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Former EARTH CRISIS Frontman Defends Straight Edge
According to PunkNews.org, Victory Records has provided a statement from former EARTH CRISIS vocalist Karl Buechner's after his appearance on Fox News' "At Large with Geraldo Rivera". Buechner appeared on the program in order to provide a perspective on straight edge contrary to the recent classific...June 7, 2005
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