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TAKEOVER Replaces BOUND AND GAGGED At MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 4

TAKEOVER (Victory Records) has replaced BOUND AND GAGGED on the billing of the Minneapolis Mayhem 4 festival, set to take place May 12 at the Station-4 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. BOUND AND GAGGED reportedly pulled out of the festival because of internal band issues. The running order is now as follo...

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SINISTER To Play Only Two U.S. Shows

Dutch death metallers SINISTER have been forced to cut their mini-tour of the U.S. down to only two shows due to work obligations. The band will play Denver, CO on May 11 and St. Paul, MN on May 12 as part of the Minneapolis Mayhem 4 festival. Cancelled dates include San Diego, Los Angeles, and ...

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Memory of a Dream

With every batch of pre-pubescent hardcore polliwogs in too-tight ironic shirts doing third-rate ISIS and PELICAN impressions lately, it's easy to be suspicious when another band comes along fusing apocalyptic chords and dark, brooding atmospheres. Thankfully, TRANSMISSION0 have been around the bloc...

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SHINING Mastermind KVARFORTH: 'Death Is Always To Be Glorified'

StayMetal.net recently conducted an interview with SHINING mastermind Niklas Kvarforth. A few excerpts follow: StayMetal.net: "V - Halmstad" is just around the corner and it will be the first release by your new and highly respected label, Osmose Productions. What were your reasons for leaving Avant...

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GUTTURAL SECRETE Cancels DEATH FEAST Appearance, PIGSTY Steps In

GUTTURAL SECRETE has been forced to cancel its appearance at the Death Feast Open Air 2007 festival, set to take place June 7-9 in Hünxe Germany. Replacing them at the event is Czech Republic's PIGSTY. The festival billing is now as follows: Thursday, June 7: RUMPEL GRUMPEL POOSTEW FECAL CORPSE HUMA...

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SCUM OF THE EARTH Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

SCUM OF THE EARTH, the band featuring former ROB ZOMBIE guitarist Riggs and ex-WHITE ZOMBIE drummer Ivan DePrume, is currently wrapping up recording sessions for its second album, entitled "Sleaze Freak", to be released by Eclipse Records later this year. "We decided to write two more songs for the...

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ADAGIO Guitarist Jams With MARTY FRIEDMAN In Paris

Guitarist Stéphan Forté of the French progressive metallers ADAGIO and former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman met at the final show of Friedman's solo tour in Paris and played together in the afternoon for almost two hours. Stephan says, "Marty is a very, very cool person, very humble, and of cour...

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PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT: New Album Title Revealed

Dutch death metal band PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT will enter Stage One Studios on April 28 with acclaimed producer Andy Classen (KRISIUN, DEW-SCENTED, LEGION OF THE DAMNED),to record its fourth full-length album, to be entitled "Descendants of Depravity". Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "F...

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OBSCENITY Confirmed For Italy's SOUTH XTREEM NOISE Festival

Long-running German death metallers OBSCENITY have been confirmed for the South Xtreem Noise death metal fest, set to take place August 4-5 at Stadio Comunale in Cardito, Italy. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABORTED AGGRESSOR AVULSED CRIPPLE BASTARDS CORPSEFUCKING ART DISMEMBER EMET...

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In Sorte Diaboli

Has it really been four years since the release of DIMMU BORGIR's "Death Cult Armageddon"? The ascent of the Norwegian act was a rapid one after the release of the masterpiece, the SoundScan numbers exceeding 100,000 and the band even appearing at Ozzfest. As such, the anticipation for "In Sorte Dia...

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HENRY ROLLINS Talks Politics With THE A.V. CLUB

Last week, The Onion's The A.V. Club put out an open call asking its readers to pose punk rock icon Henry Rollins some questions about politics. This week, Rollins is back with answers to the 15 they selected. A couple of excerpts follow: Q: What's up with your country? I mean really, enough ...

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Poland's DAYMARES Completes Work On Debut Album

Warsaw-based DAYMARES has completed work on its debut album, entitled "Can't Get Us All". Drums were tracked at Kokszoman Studio with Maciek Miechowicz (NEUMA, ex-KOBONG) while the rest of the instruments and vocals were laid down at As One Studio with Smok (ex-POST REGIMENT) and Activator. The artw...

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OVERDRIVE Recording First Album Since 1984

According to MelodicRock.com, OVERDRIVE — the Swedish '80s metal band which reunited in 2003 — is currently in the studio with producer Johan Blomström (BLINDED COLONY, KAPTAIN SUN) recording its new album, "Let The Metal Do The Talking" — the group's first since 1984! The CD will be released by Lio...

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The Inner Sanctum

Terrible PR stunts be damned, you can't kill SAXON. Words like "venerable" and "stalwart" get used a lot when talking about these U.K. rockers, who've been bashing it out to uneven returns for three decades now. When they're not embarrassing themselves with ill-conceived promotional ideas far beneat...

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Harvest

It's official, Sweden's NAGLFAR is incapable of doing wrong, "Harvest" being the newest instance proving the point. The band has honed its sound somewhat since 2003's excellent "Sheol" by going for a more immediately impacting style of black/death metal, still unarguably ferocious, but with underlyi...