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Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder

While parts of "Nymphetamine" saw a return to the blaspheme and bedlam that prevailed during the early days of CRADLE OF FILTH; its predecessor, "Thornography" left more to be desired than any album in their discography. Commercially, the 2006 release might have been a success, but that element of b...

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Shogun

Far be it from me to defend the likes of a band who has achieved such a high level of success by doing little more than filtering the highlights of METALLICA's career into a watered-down glass of Kool-Aid for the metalcore kids to slurp down like they were rockin' it in Jonestown. On top of ...

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TURISAS: No New Album Before 2010

Lucem Fero recently published an interview with TURISAS vocalist Mathias "Warlord" Nygård, conducted in September by Welsh interviewer Anthony Morgan. Topics of discussion included TURISAS' DVD, "A Finnish Summer With Turisas", its accompanying documentary, "Battle Metal"'s re-recording, and plans f...

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IMPELLITTERI To Release 'Wicked Maiden' In January

IMPELLITTERI will release its long-awaited new album, "Wicked Maiden", in Japan on January 21, 2009 via Victor Entertainment. The CD, which had the working title of "Good and Evil", was mixed in Vancouver, British Columbia with Greg Reely (DEVILDRIVER, FEAR FACTORY, etc.) and is "by far the most ama...

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COBALT Completes Work On New Album

Colorado-based avant-garde extreme metal outfit COBALT has completed work on its new album, "Gin", for a March 17, 2009 release via Profound Lore Records. The follow-up to 2007's "Eater of Birds" sees COBALT "forge a markedly darker and rougher edged path, carving out a surreal outburst of intense s...

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RUDRA Prepares To Film New Video

Singaporean metallers RUDRA have issued the following update: "We are currently preparing for the shooting of our first professional music video for the upcoming 'yet-to-be-titled' album. This epic video will be for a track titled 'Hymns From The Blazing Chariot', directed by Jacen Tan. "We are work...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT: 'We've Always Had An Open Mind Toward The Internet'

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett recently spoke to FresnoBee.com about the fact that his band, which took on Napster in an online battle for music copyrights, has now become a multiheaded behemoth on the Web. On the LiveMetallica.com web site where fans can download audio from any of the band's conc...

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DÉTENTE: More West Coast Dates Announced

Reunited California-based metallers DÉTENTE — featuring vocalist Ann Boleyn (HELLION) and guitarist Michael Carlino (FEAR OF GOD) alongside original DÉTENTE members Dennis Butler (drums),Caleb Quinn (guitar) and Steve Hochheiser (bass) — have lined up the following dates: Dec. 13 - The Black Castle...

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AXL ROSE Breaks Silence On 'Chinese Democracy', Original GN'R Reunion, DR PEPPER And BRIAN MAY

Reclusive GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose broke his silence last night (Thursday, December 11) by answering fan questions on the message boards of two of the most popular GUNS N' ROSES fan sites on the Web — MyGNR.com and Here Today… Gone To Hell! BLABBERMOUTH.NET has collected some of the ...

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SENTINEL BEAST: New Song Posted Online

Reactivated '80s Sacramento, California thrash band SENTINEL BEAST has posted a brand new song, "The Phoenix", on its MySpace page. The track is expected to appear on the group's second full-length album, "Risen", tentatively due in early 2009. The band says, "We are very eager for the new release a...

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SANCTIFICATION: New Song Posted Online

SANCTIFICATION, the Swedish death metal band featuring current/former members of GOD AMONG INSECTS, IN BATTLE and SOULDRAINER, has posted the title track of its upcoming album, "Black Reign", on the group's MySpace page. SANCTIFICATION recently announced its new lineup consisting of Tomas Elofsson (...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: Australian Tour Announced

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH will embark on a headlining tour of Australia in May 2009. Confirmed dates are as follows: May 22 - Metro City - Perth, Australia May 24 - Thebarton Theatre - Adelaide, Australia May 26 - The Palace - Melbourne, Australia May 28 - The Metro - Sydney, Austral...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN To Jam With ANDREW W.K. On Japanese TV

Andrew W.K. will join former Marty Friedman on the ex-MEGADETH guitarist's weekly "Transporter" show, which airs in Japan Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m. on Space Shower TV. According to a posting on Friedman's web site, Marty and Andrew "have an intense jam session, blaze through four songs and share an in...

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ESCUTCHEON To Release 'Battle Order' In January

Dutch death metallers ESCUTCHEON will release their new album, "Battle Order", on January 20, 2009 via Deity Down Records. The follow-up to 2001's "Unexplained Deep Space Phenomonon" contains "melodic yet brutal death metal compositions inspired by the early 1990s Gothenburg style," according to a p...

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SEPTICFLESH: Tilburg Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Greek demons SEPTICFLESH's (now written as one word) December 3, 2008 performance at 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands can be viewed below (clips uploaded by "SilverRainProduction"). SEPTICFLESH's "comeback" album, "Communion", was released in Europe on March 17 (March 25 in th...