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SAMAEL Confirmed For Mexico's MONTERREY METAL FEST IV

Swiss extreme metallers SAMAEL have been confirmed for the Monterrey Metal Fest IV, set to take place Wednesday, September 16, 2009 (Mexican Independence Day holiday) at the Santa Lucia Arena in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CHILDREN OF BOD...

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THE LEGION: 'A Bliss To Suffer' To Receive U.S. Release In September

Swedish black/death metallers THE LEGION, who feature in their ranks former MARDUK drummer Emil Dragutinovic, will release their third album, "A Bliss to Suffer", in North America on September 1 via Listenable Records. "A Bliss to Suffer" was entirely produced by the bandmembers themselves at Art De...

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AT WAR: 'Infidel' Artwork, Release Date Unveiled

Reunited Virginia thrash metal legends AT WAR will release their first album in 20 years, entitled "Infidel", on August 18 via Heavy Artillery Records. The CD's stunning cover artwork comes courtesy of legendary illustrator and photographer Claudio Bergamin and can be viewed below. AT WAR entered Py...

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AEROSMITH Bassist Discusses Cancer Battle

AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton recently spoke to The Sun Chronicle about the band's last tour — in 2007 in support of the greatest-hits album "Devil's Got A New Disguise: The Very Best Of Aerosmith" — which he had to sit out while battling throat cancer. "What I had to go through was the ...

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SATANOCHIO Completes Work On RUNNING WILD Cover

Romanian "evil metal" band SATANOCHIO has finished recording "Siberian Winter" for "ReUnation - A Tribute To Running Wild" — the upcoming tribute to German metal legends RUNNING WILD which will contain cover versions of songs exclusively from the albums "The Rivalry" (1998),"Victory" (2000),"The B...

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SEPTICFLESH: Nantes Concert, Behind-The-Scenes Footage Posted Online

Quality video footage of SEPTICFLESH's May 9, 2009 concert in Nantes, France can be viewed below (courtesy of the VerdamMnis team). SEPTICFLESH's "comeback" album, "Communion", was released in March 2008 via Season of Mist. According to a press release, "Communion" "contains nine gates to unearthly...

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ALESTORM: 'Black Sails At Midnight' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Black Sails At Midnight", the new album from the Scottish folk/power metal band ALESTORM, sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.) The CD landed at position No....

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HEAVEN'S FORCE Demos To Be Released

HEAVEN'S FORCE, the earliest known Christian thrash metal band, will have two of its demos released as a limited-edition digipack (500 copies) on July 21 via Open Grave Records under the title "Aggressive Angel". HEAVEN'S FORCE was based out of Fort Worth, Texas. They recorded two demos, the first b...

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JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR: 'Defiance' Artwork Unveiled

Guitarist Jack Starr (VIRGIN STEELE, DEVIL CHILDE, PHANTOM LORD, GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME) has just released the new BURNING STARR CD, "Defiance", via Magic Circle Music, the record label owned by members of MANOWAR. Produced by Joey DeMaio of MANOWAR, the album includes such tracks as "Black Clouds O...

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EYES SET TO KILL: 'The World Outside' First-Week Sales Revealed

"The World Outside", the sophomore album from Arizona's EYES SET TO KILL, sold 2,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.) The CD landed at position No. 9 on the Top New Artis...

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SPAWN OF POSSESSION Vocalist Quits

Vocalist Mordechai Von Renvaktar (a.k.a. Jonas Renvaktar) has announced his departure from the Swedish technical death metal outfit SPAWN OF POSSESSION. He explains, "I have been forced to leave my duties in SPAWN OF POSSESSION to fully concentrate on the ongoing war against the sun-worshippers and...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM, AMORPHIS Confirmed For Mexico's MONTERREY METAL FEST IV

CHILDREN OF BODOM and AMORPHIS are among the confirmed bands for the Monterrey Metal Fest IV, set to take place Wednesday, September 16, 2009 (Mexican Independence Day holiday) at the Santa Lucia Arena in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CHILD...

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AMORPHIS Frontman Interviewed At SAUNA OPEN AIR; Video Available

Finland's HardcoreSounds.Net conducted an interview with vocalist Tomi Joutsen of Finnish metallers AMORPHIS at the Sauna Open Air festival on June 5, 2009 in Tampere, Finland. Watch the seven-minute chat below. "Skyforger", the new album from AMORPHIS, entered the official chart in Finland at posit...

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SOILWORK Drummer Issues Update

Drummer Dirk Verbeuren of Sweden-based metallers SOILWORK has issued the following update: "Last April, I was fortunate enough to pay a visit to Brooklyn, New York for a recording engineered by world-renowned drummer Nir Z (CHRIS CORNELL, JOHN MAYER, GENESIS). And on July 1, 2009, the result of that...

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VOIVOD Book Of Artwork Coming In July

"Worlds Away: Voivod & The Art Of Michel Langevin", a book of VOIVOD-related artwork from the band's drummer, Michael "Away" Langevin, is now available for pre-order through www.voivodbook.com. It's limited to 3,000 copies, and is "so gorgeous and yummy and intellectually substantive, stocks won...