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REVEREND BIZARRE Lands At No. 6 On Finnish Album Chart

Finnish doom metal band REVEREND BIZARRE has landed on the national chart in its country at position No. 6 with the group's latest double album, "So Long Suckers". The band's previous LP, "Crush the Insects", entered the Finish chart at No. 36 back in 2005. View the chart at this location. According...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE, MONSTROSITY Members Join Forces In Reunited EULOGY

After a long hiatus, founding memeber Jarrett Pritchard has invoked the core trio of Tampa's now-legendary death metal outfit EULOGY. Rejoined by Jason Avery, who spent many years fronting MONSTROSITY and drummer Clayton Gore of St. Louis' HARKONIN, the band is set to record a new album beginning on...

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REVEREND BIZARRE, SOLSTICE To Appear On 'Knock 'Em Down To Size' 7" Compilation

REVEREND BIZARRE, SOLSTICE and UPWARDS OF ENDTIME are among the bands that are scheduled to appear on the "Knock 'Em Down To Size" 7" compilation, due later this summer/early fall via Germany's Metal Coven Records. The track listing for the effort is as follows: * REVEREND BIZARRE (FIN) "Odinn's Men...

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Reunited SOLSTICE Begins Work On New Material

South Florida death thrashers SOLSTICE have reunited and are working on new material. The lineup is the same one from the second album, "Pray" (1995),which is as follows: Alex Marquez (ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION, DEMOLITION HAMMER, DISINCARNATE) - Drums Dennis Munoz - guitar Garret Scott - bass Christi...

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WARMASTER Announces New Guitarist

WARMASTER, the Dutch old-school death metal band featuring André van der Ree (DARK REMAINS, ex-ETERNAL SOLSTICE, MOURNING) and Rik van Gageldonk (VUIST, DARK REMAINS),has announced the addition of guitarist Merijn Schenkels (MENTATION) to the goup's lineup. He will be replacing Rudi de Pont, who le...

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ARCTURUS Bassist Hurt In Accident; Band Secure Temporary Replacement

Acording to a posting on ARCTURUS' web site, the band's bassist Hugh James Mingay recently "had an accident and a vertebrae has been affected. He's going to be well, but has to rest for several weeks. If he can't play the forthcoming three live shows in Norway, the shows will not be cancelled, as so...

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WINTER SOLSTICE Call It Quits

Virginia-based metalcore act WINTER SOLSTICE have officially split up. The group's statement on the matter reads as follows: "For those of you who have yet to hear, we at the WINTER SOLSTICE camp have decided to call it quits. Each of our members was feeling pulled in different directions and it see...

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WARMASTER Announce New Bassist

WARMASTER, the Dutch old-school death metal band featuring André van der Ree (DARK REMAINS, ex-ETERNAL SOLSTICE, MOURNING) and Rik van Gageldonk (VUIST, DARK REMAINS),have announced the addition of bassist Alex Schlüter (BATTER) to the group's ranks. WARMASTER recently completed work on their as-ye...

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ARCTURUS: 'Shipwrecked In Oslo' DVD Delayed

Due to "manufacturing issues," Season of Mist has pushed back the release date of the ARCTURUS DVD, entitled "Shipwrecked in Oslo", to May 22 from the previously announced April 24. The disc contains footage of the band's September 24, 2005 appearance at the Sonic Solstice Festival at Rockefeller in...

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June Is The Month Of Doom For Sweden's I HATE RECORDS

To subdue the positive effects of this year's midsummer solstice, I Hate Records have decided to deliver a fatal blow to all that joy and light by releasing no less than five different items of DOOM at the same time! Planned for release on June 23 are the self-titled debut mini-album by Finland's TH...

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WARMASTER Part Ways With Bassist, Continue Work On Split CD

WARMASTER, the Dutch old-school death metal band featuring André van der Ree (DARK REMAINS, ex-ETERNAL SOLSTICE, MOURNING) and Rik van Gageldonk (VUIST, DARK REMAINS),have parted ways with bassist Robert Rigter. "The bass parts for the upcoming split with VUIST are now played on recording by Rik,"...

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SLIPKNOT, LAMB OF GOD's 'Scream' Teacher To Release DVD Next Month

Voice coach Melissa Cross will release her DVD of techniques for screaming singers, "The Zen of Screaming", on February 21. In the early '90s, a passionate and unrestrained new breed of rock singers began a journey to the extreme limits of the human voice. Heeding the call of this army of screaming...

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METAL BLADE's 'Into The Pit' DualDisc To Arrive In January

On January 30 (January 27 in Germany) Metal Blade Records Europe will release the DualDisc "Into the Pit". This CD/DVD compilation featuring 10 video clips and 13 audio tracks will feature all the (so-called) metalcore acts on the label's roster. The set is designed to give you a detailed view of th...

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WARMASTER To Record Split CD

WARMASTER, the Dutch old-school death metal band featuring André van der Ree (DARK REMAINS, ex-ETERNAL SOLSTICE, MOURNING) and Rik van Gageldonk (VUIST, DARK REMAINS),will enter A.M. studio in January to record a split CD with Dutch metallers VUIST. A 2006 release is expected. WARMASTER will also b...

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'New Wave Of American Heavy Metal' Book Documents Over 600 Bands

Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector has just published "New Wave of American Heavy Metal", a 376-page book with over 90 photos, featuring over 600 U.S. and Canadian alternative metal, emocore, hardcore, math metal, metal, metalcore, neo-thrash and screamo bands. In the mid-'90s, in the wake of grunge...