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War Metal Battle Master

Let's be honest here, the real reason you want to watch this DVD is because of the naked, blood-spattered Keres. The fact that Chicago's LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR is bashing out the title track from its third righteous album of barbarian metal is probably secondary. Maybe that's an exaggeration, as surel...

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Orcustus

Danger is omnipresent on this mean little bitch; a menacing hooded figure around every corner and the smell of rotting flesh inflaming the nostrils. ORCUSTUS' self-titled effort is morbid, lethal, and black as pitch, just what a black metal album should be, especially a Norwegian black metal album....

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RUDRA Signs European Deal With VIC RECORDS

Singaporean metallers RUDRA have inked a deal with Vic Records for the European release of the band's fifth full-length album, "Brahmavidya: Transcendental I". Due in Europe on July 6 (April 15 in Asia via Hong Kong's Trinity Records),the CD was produced by Joshua G. Nair and Sean Loo and features...

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MANOWAR Reunites With Original Drummer

Donnie Hamzik, the original drummer for MANOWAR, will be on tour with the band in 2009. MANOWAR and special guests HOLYHELL will be headlining some of Europe's major metal festivals, including MANOWAR's very own Magic Circle Festival III at the Loreley on the Rhine River in Germany on Saturday, July...

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IMPELLITTERI Mainman Shoots YOUNG GUITAR Cover With Photographer NEIL ZLOZOWER

IMPELLITTERI mainman Chris Impellitteri is featured on the cover of Japan's Young Guitar magazine for the May 2009 issue (see image below). Impellitteri shot the cover photo with legendary photographer Neil Zlozower in Los Angeles. Neil also photographed the entire IMPELLITTERI band during the photo...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: In Mixing Mode

ALICE IN CHAINS was interviewed by Altitude on the "black carpet" of Tuesday night's (April 7) Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. Watch the chat below. ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell recently spoke with Australia's Courier-Mail about the group's upc...

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KATAKLYSM Frontman's EX DEO Confirmed For PAGANFEST European Tour

EX DEO, the new band led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono, will make its live debut this September/October on the special edition of Europe's biggest pagan/folk metal tour, Paganfest. Co-headlining throughout will be Finland's KORPIKLAANI and Germany's DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER. Additional sup...

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VADER Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

Polish death metallers VADER have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. Commented the band: "We are very glad that after so many years VADER finally joined one of the biggest metal labels in the world. We really believe in their potential, experience and famous German reliability. We are pretty c...

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Final Bands Announced For NEUROSIS' 'Beyond The Pale' Festival At ROADBURN

Long-running Oakland, California-based industrial/alternative/metal pioneers NEUROSIS and the organizers of Holland's Roadburn festival have announced that AMEN RA, NADJA, EUGENE S. ROBINSON and ZENI GEVA have been confirmed as the last four bands for the inaugural European version of NEUROSIS' accl...

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AMORPHIS: New Single Available For Streaming

Finnish dark metallers AMORPHIS will release a new single, "Silver Bride", in Finland on April 22. The "radio edit" version of the track is now available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The "Silver Bride" single will include the radio-edit and full-length album versions of the title cut al...

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VADER: Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Polish extreme metal veterans VADER have entered Hertz studios in Bialystok, Poland with the Wieslawski Bros. to begin recording their next studio album, "Necropolis", tentatively due in August/September. Tue Madsen, who previously worked with such bands as MOONSPELL, CATARACT, HEAVEN SHALL BURN and...

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ROSE TATTOO Founding Member MICK COCKS Diagnosed With Liver Cancer

The management of Australian hard rock legends ROSE TATTOO has announced that the band's guitarist and founding member, Mick Cocks, has been diagnosed with liver cancer. Manager Steve White said, "Mick has asked that I release this information to avoid the rumor mill taking control of information. T...

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TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE Changes Name To WAR-BEAST

TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE, the band featuring RIGOR MORTIS vocalist Bruce Corbitt, GAMMACIDE guitarists Rick Perry and Scott Shelby, GAMMACIDE/DEVILFIST bassist Alan Bovee and DEMONSEED drummer Joe Gonzalez, has officially changed it name to WAR-BEAST. OutlawVideoTV has posted a new interview with the me...

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SEPTICFLESH In Moscow; Video Footage, Photos Available

Russian Darkside e-zine has posted high-quality photos of SEPTICFLESH's April 6, 2009 concert at club Tochka in Moscow. Fan-filmed video footage of the show can be viewed below. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Behold... The Land of Promise 02. Unbeliever 03. Chaostar 04. Faust 05. Communion...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Singer Comments On ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM FESTIVAL

Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE have been "officially" added to this summer's Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour. The quintet, which recently put the finishing touches on its yet-to-be-titled new album (due out in June) joins a bill topped by hard music monoliths MARILYN MANSON and SLAYE...