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MALIGNANCY Sign With WILLOWTIP RECORDS

Willowtip Records has announced the signing of death/grind powerhouse MALIGNANCY. The Yonkers, NY-based band is set to record their Willowtip debut full-length, "Inhuman Grotesqueries", in mid-August at the Carriage House studios in Connecticut. "Inhuman Grotesqueries" will contain 12 tracks of what...

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NIGHTRAGE Sign With LIFEFORCE RECORDS

Swedish/Greek melodic death metal outfit NIGHTRAGE have inked a deal with Lifeforce Records. Commented Lifeforce Records president Stefan Luedicke: "I'm very happy about the signing of NIGHTRAGE, a band I've been a fan of since their first release, 'Sweet Vengeance', on Century Media, but I'm sure t...

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GRAVE, DISMEMBER, ENTOMBED, UNLEASHED To Team Up For MASTERS OF DEATH European Tour

GRAVE, DISMEMBER, ENTOMBED and UNLEASHED will be teaming up for the Masters of Death European tour in November. According to a posting on GRAVE's web site, the four-band combination represents "the most brutal bill that has ever shared the same stage. The package is an idea that all four bands has p...

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To Escape Is To Suffer

With all the fanfare of a tree falling in the forest, this record hit the shelves a couple months ago. What the hell kind of world do we live in when a killer slab of Florida death metal, one with honest-to-christ songs and a sense of tempo almost unknown today, gets released, and no one ...

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DESTRUCTION Seek Soccer World Cup Assistance

German thrashers DESTRUCTION have posted the following message on their official web site: "Because the soccer world championship takes place during [DESTRUCTION's] U.S. tour, the band wants to find a sports bar that shows the games of the German team — in Spartanburg, SC on June 9; Houston, TX on J...

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PRONG Bassist Checks In From METAL CRUSADERS TOUR

PRONG bassist Mike Longworth is currently on the road with old-school thrashers SPEED\KILL/HATE on the Metal Crusaders Tour, which kicked off May 26 in Montreal, Quebec. Longworth is filling in for regular SPEED\KILL/HATE bassist Derek Tailer, who was unable to do the tour due to "personal reasons."...

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NIGHTRAGE Part Ways With CENTURY MEDIA, Seek New Label Home

Gothenburg, Sweden-based melodic death metal band NIGHTRAGE have parted ways with Century Media Records and are currently seeking a new label home. "We are preparing new songs and we are really pleased with the outcome," NIGHTRAGE mainman Marios Iliopoulos writes on the group's web site. "We are pla...

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DESTRUCTION To Record 'Best Of The Early Years' Album

German thrashers DESTRUCTION have posted the following message on their official web site: "After the return from their successful Latin America tour (sadly interrupted with some promoter problems as reported) the band is now preparing for their next release. After the North America tour starting Ma...

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VADER Working On Their 'Fastest' Album Ever

For the last two weeks, Polish death metallers VADER have been working at Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland, recording their new album, tentatively titled "Impressions In Blood". The bandmamebers have issued the following comments regarding the process thus far: Piotr Wiwczarek (guitar, vocals): "14...

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PRONG's LONGWORTH To Join SPEED\KILL/HATE As Touring Bassist

Old-school thrashers SPEED\KILL/HATE have tapped PRONG bassist Mike Longworth for their upcoming Metal Crusaders Tour, which is scheduled to begin May 26 in Montreal, Quebec. Longworth will be filling in for regular SPEED\KILL/HATE bassist Derek Tailer, who is unable to do the tour due to "personal...

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GRAVE: New Album Details Revealed

Legendary Swedish death metallers GRAVE have completed work on their new album, "As Rapture Comes", for a July 25 release via Century Media Records (one day earlier internationally). Commented vocalist/guitarist Ola Lindgren: "The new album is finally completed. Nine tracks which can only be describ...

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SPEED\KILL/HATE Sign With ESCAPI MUSIC

Escapi Music has announced the signing of SPEED\KILL/HATE to their already supercharged roster, which also includes the likes of TOKYO DRAGONS, DRAGONLORD, EIDOLON, MAHAVATAR and BODY COUNT, just to name a few. SPEED\KILL/HATE's debut album, "Acts of Insanity", which is scheduled for release on June...

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Ex-MEGADETH Bassist JAMES MACDONOUGH Will Not Tour With SPEED\KILL/HATE After All

Due to "conflicting schedules," former MEGADETH/ICED EARTH bassist James MacDonough will **NOT** be joining SPEED\KILL/HATE on their upcoming Metal Crusaders North American tour with VADER, KATAKLYSM, DESTRUCTION, GRAVEWORM and THE ABSENCE after all. "We are currently seeking a bass player available...

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KATAKLYSM Explain European Tour Cancellation

Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have issued a statement explaining their decision to pull out of the remaining dates on the BOLT THROWER European tour. It reads as follows: "KATAKLYSM have been forced to cancel the remainder of the Euro tour with U.K. death metalers BOLT THROWER for reasons beyon...

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Former MEGADETH Bassist To Tour With SPEED\KILL/HATE

BLABBERMOUTH.NET can reveal that former MEGADETH/ICED EARTH bassist James MacDonough will be joining SPEED\KILL/HATE for their upcoming Metal Crusaders North American tour with VADER, KATAKLYSM, DESTRUCTION, GRAVEWORM and THE ABSENCE. MacDonough will be filling in for regular SPEED\KILL/HATE bassist...