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DARK FUNERAL Guitarist: New Album Is 'Far Beyond Hyper-Speed'
DARK FUNERAL guitarist Lord Ahriman has posted the following studio update in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "Week four completed. And finally we we have all the 8 songs planned for this album written and arranged! "Yes, you heard right. Last week we finally managed to put tog...June 18, 2005
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HAVOCHATE To Film Live Video
New York-based metal band HAVOCHATE, now featuring former TESTAMENT bassist Greg Christian, will be shooting a live video on Friday, June 24 at Dingbats in Clifton, NJ. HAVOCHATE recently released their sophomore album, "Cycle of Pain", through Indecent Media. The follow-up to "This Violent Earth",...June 18, 2005
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IRON MAIDEN: 'The Essential Iron Maiden' Cover Artwork Posted Online
IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenFans.com has uploaded the cover artwork for MAIDEN's forthcoming greatest hits album "The Essential Iron Maiden". Check it out at this location. As expected, the cover doesn't feature an Eddie drawing, but a picture of the band, in line with other Sony/BMG "Essential" coll...June 17, 2005
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SLAYER: H'arpeggione Version Of 'Reign In Blood' Released by Georgia Composer
Erik Hinds, an Athens, Georgia-based composer and performer, has just released his solo H'arpeggione version of SLAYER's classic "Reign In Blood" album on Solponticello Records. Audio samples from the CD can be heard at CDBaby.com. Hinds plays quartertone electric guitar and the H'arpeggione, an upr...June 15, 2005
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's 'City Of Evil' Enters BILLBOARD Chart At No. 30
AVENGED SEVENFOLD's "City of Evil" has sold 32,974 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 30 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. The group's third album, "City of Evil" (Warner Bros.) is the follow-up to 2003's "Waking the Fallen" (Hopeless Records),wh...June 15, 2005
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GRIMFIST: New Album Details Revealed
Norway's GRIMFIST have set "10 Steps to Hell" as the title of their forthcoming album, tentatively due later in the year. The CD was recorded at SubSonic Society with engineer Lars Klokkerhaug (ENSLAVED, DARKTHRONE, RED HARVEST),mixed at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden, and mastered at Tailor...June 14, 2005
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DREAM EVIL: New Music Coming Soon
DREAM EVIL drummer Snowy Shaw (MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE) has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "First of all: we're awfully sorry for the last months' inactivity. As you all know, due to Niklas' [Isfeldt, vocals] throat problems we've been for...June 14, 2005
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HIMSA Part Ways With Guitarist, Announce Replacement
Seatle's HIMSA have parted ways with guitarist Matt Wicklund and have replaced him with returning axeman Sammi Curr. Curr, a key member of the band for a number of years through the release of 2003's "Courting Tragedy and Disaster" album, will be back touring with the band on their Dirty Black Summe...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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SALEM: 'Strings Attached' To Be Released In A Special
Israeli death metallers SALEM will officially release their new album, "Strings Attached", in Israel on June 29. As a gesture to local fans, the CD will be sold for one night only at the annual Metalist Festival, which will take place on June 22 in Palmachim. Two editions will be released: the regul...June 12, 2005
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HALLOWS EVE To Appear In Indie Film
Reunited Atlanta-based thrashers HALLOWS EVE have been chosen, along with other bands, to be part of an indie film, to be will be shown in art houses and released in stores as a DVD. The film, which is being pitched to HBO, is said to be about the events involving artists and bands from Atlanta, ...June 11, 2005
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MUSHROOMHEAD To Release First-Ever DVD Next Month
MUSHROOMHEAD will release their first DVD, entitled "Volume 1", on July 26 via their own label, the Lumberjack-distributed The Filthy Hands Co. The title is available for pre-orders at www.mushroomhead.com for $19.98 (pre-orders will arrive one day before release date). Fans may also enter online to...June 10, 2005
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IRON MAIDEN: 'The Essential' Two-Disc Compilation Due In July
Legendary metal band IRON MAIDEN will release the career-spanning, two-CD compilation "The Essential Iron Maiden" through Sanctuary Records on July 12, 2005. "The Essential Iron Maiden" features some of the greatest heavy metal music ever recorded. IRON MAIDEN have had huge worldwide impact these pa...June 10, 2005
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Drummer BÅRD G. EITHUN Completes SCUM Debut, Joins BLOOD TSUNAMI
Drummer Bård G. Eithun (a.k.a. Faust; SCUM, ABORYM, ex-EMPEROR) has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "SCUM just mastered the debut album, 'Gospels for the Sick', and while Casey Chaos [AMEN/SCUM frontman] was still in Norway we also recorded a video for the album. The recordings were d...June 10, 2005
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Salute DIMEBAG On 'City Of Evil'
Singer M. Shadows of the Huntington Beach, California-based quintet AVENGED SEVENFOLD has told MTV.com that the death of PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott inspired him to pen the track "Betrayed" from the newly released AVENGED SEVENFOLD album, "City of Evil". The song is written...June 9, 2005
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