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Closer to the Grave

You may need to take a shower after time spent with SPIRITUAL DECAY's "Closer to the Grave". The sound is old school, dirty, and primitive. No light shines in the cavernous world in which the quartet resides. It is not the greatest death metal release I've ever heard, but does have its moments and m...

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Ex-MORBID ANGEL/NOCTURNUS Member MIKE BROWNING To Guest On DENIAL FIEND CD

DENIAL FIEND, the Tampa, Florida-based band featuring in its ranks Terry Butler (SIX FEET UNDER, ex-MASSACRE, ex-DEATH),Kam Lee (ex-MASSACRE, ex-MANTAS),Curt Beeson (NASTY SAVAGE, LOWBROW) and Sam Williams (DOWN BY LAW, PSEUDO HEROES),recently entered GL Studios in Brandon, Florida to begin recor...

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JADED HEART Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

German melodic metal masters JADED HEART are putting finishing touches to their brand new studio opus, entitled "Sinister Mind". The band welcomes on board for the first official recording session the new guitar player Peter Ostros. He contributed to the songwriting of the new record and brought a l...

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BLUT AUS NORD: 'Odinist' Artwork Revealed

French extremists BLUT AUS NORD have posted the cover artwork for their new album, "Odinist", at this location. According to the group's record label, Candlelight Records, "this opus is considered by the band as a return to the feeling of their first creations. More epic, melodic and powerful!" A fe...

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MONSTROSITY Drummer To Appear At Mexico's 'Heavy Metal Circus'

MONSTROSITY drummer Lee Harrison will appear at the "Heavy Metal Circus" expo in Mexico City, Mexico on Friday, August 17, 2007. Lee will conduct a drum clinic, showcasing the new DTS drum tuning system that Lee is endorsed by. The DTS is a unique tool that enables the drummer to tune the complete d...

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OVERDRIVE: New Song Available For Download

As a taster for the forthcoming OVERDRIVE album "Let the Metal Do the Talking", the Swedish band has decided to make the first track, "Chasing Highways", available for download from the group's MySpace page. It's a pre-album, pre-mix version which will be available only for download, and has only be...

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REPVBLIKA Confirmed For Mexico City's HEAVY METAL CIRCUS FEST

REPVBLIKA, one of the most promising extreme metal bands to emerge from Mexico, will perform at the Heavy Metal Circus Fest on Saturday, August 18 in Mexico City, Mexico. Also scheduled to appear are SINISTER, INCANTATION, GRAVE and DISMEMBER. Aside from live performances, the two-day festival (Augu...

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ADAGIO: More Dates Announced

French progressive metallers ADAGIO have scheduled the following dates: Aug. 10 - Rades - Amphitheater (Rock in Rades Festival) - Tunisia Sep. 07 - Estombar-Lagoa - Portugal Sep. 12 - Tokyo - Club Quattro - Japan (w/ KORPIKLAANI) Sep. 13 - Nagoya - Club Quattro - Japan (w/ KORPIKLAANI) Sep. 14 - Osa...

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SOLACE OF REQUIEM Seeks New Guitarist

SOLACE OF REQUIEM, an old-school and technical death metal band from Virginia Beach, Virginia, is looking for a guitarist to learn their number tablature for seven songs to be recorded with Andy Classen (KRISIUN, BELPHEGOR, ROTTING CHRIST, GRAVEWORM, SINISTER) at Stage One studio in Germany this Oct...

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Explosion of Elements

Unearthed in France by John McEntee (INCANTATION),2004's "Vana Vigala Loits" was one of the first signings of his Ibex Moon label. Said disc gave listeners a glimpse of even better things to come from the trio, the old school and totally organic death metal style just the kind of sound that McEntee...

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MÅNEGARM Replaces PRIMORDIAL At Germany's DONG OPEN AIR Festival

MÅNEGARM have replaced PRIMORDIAL on the billing of the Dong Open Air 2007 festival, set to take place July 13-14 in Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany. Accordign to festival organizers, "ORPHANED LAND will take over the headlining position (12:20 a.m.) on Friday while MÅNEGARM are going to play at ORPHANED...

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SOTHIS: 'Sinister Nation' Video Posted Online

Los Angeles-based black metallers SOTHIS have posted the video for their track "Sinister Nation" on YouTube. In a May 2007 posting on the SOTHIS MySpace page, the band wrote, "We have completed nine new originals, most of which will appear on the debut album. We will begin preproduction recordings w...

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ADAGIO To Team Up With KORPIKLAANI For Japanese Tour

French progressive metallers ADAGIO will team up with Finland's KORPIKLAANI for a short tour of Japan in September. Confirmed dates are as follows: Sep. 12 - Tokyo, JPN - Club Quattro Sep. 13 - Nagoya, JPN - Club Quattro Sep. 14 - Osaka, JPN - Club Quattro ADAGIO has also confirmed several headlinin...

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SINISTER Working On New Material

Dutch death metallers SINISTER have issued the following update: "It has been more then a year since we took the time to write something personal again on this page. Not so strange, since we were extremely busy the last twelve months. We visited almost 30 countries this year for the promotion of 'Af...

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Norwegian Black Metallers SLAGMAUR Unleash 'Svin'

SLAGMAUR, one of the most original and mysterious of Norway's recent crop of black metallers, have released their latest album, "Svin", on Germany's Black Hate Records. "Svin", previously released as a demo, forms the first part of the "Three Protocols of Fosen Trilogy", and marks its completion. Th...