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• Ozzy signing "I Am Ozzy" in Manchester (Books section)
  
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Few Against Many - SOT
Rating: 8/10
http://www.metallife.com/reviews/display_review.php?id=195


Pestilential Shadows - In Memoriam Ill Omen
Rating: 8/10
http://www.metallife.com/reviews/display_review.php?id=196


Sanctification - Black Reign
Rating: 9/10
http://www.metallife.com/reviews/display_review.php?id=197


My Own Grave - Necrology
Rating: 9/10
http://www.metallife.com/reviews/display_review.php?id=198


The Black - Alongside Death
Rating: 7/10
http://www.metallife.com/reviews/display_review.php?id=199

AIRBOURNE announce No Guts No Glory as title of second album for Roadrunner

RELEASE DATE SET FOR FEBRUARY 23

BAND TO TOUR AMERICA IN APRIL

New York, NY - Australian rockers Airbourne are pleased to announce No Guts, No Glory as the title of their second album for Roadrunner Records. The album is set for release on February 23, 2010. No Guts, No Glory was recorded in Chicago with noted producer Johnny K (Disturbed, 3 Doors Down, Staind). The band relocated from their shared home in Warrnambool and moved into K’s spacious studio to record the album.

Frontman Joel O’Keefe says, “Working with Johnny was .....


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RAMPART - Debut album "Voice Of The Wilderness" out in November 2009

The new album by bulgarian HEAVY METAL band RAMPART will be out in November 2009 on INFERNO Records !

Entitled "Voice Of The Wilderness", this album will include 9 songs to please all maniacs into classic Heavy Metal bands like RUNNING WILD, GRAVE DIGGER, ADX, HELLOWEEN & IRON MAIDEN !

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DIVINE EVE issue studio report

Recently reformed Texas death metal veterans DIVINE EVE have issued the following update.

"As writhing flames whisper to the darkness, winds of chaos fade into the abyss... DIVINE EVE is very eager to declare the 4 song E.P. is in its final stages of completion. The title Vengeful and Obstinate is a fitting banner to raise proudly above our first recordings in over 14 years. DIVINE EVE continues to be encouraged and inspired by the extremely positive support from the underground extreme metal music scene! We strongly HAIL those loyal followers of DIVINE EVE's long over due reformation and Legacy. More news to come about soon to be available release formats, as well as......

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RAISE THE RED LANTERN Post New Tracks; Tour To Begin

Raging rock n' rollers RAISE THE RED LANTERN have posted several new tracks from their upcoming At A Loss Recordings debut. You can check out the track "Seduction Of Slumber" now via At A Loss Myspace. Also check out the three new tracks "Ritual", "Thick As Thieves", and "Deliver, Us/Deliverance" via RTRL's Myspace. A preview of the album's digipack layout is posted as well.

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IMPERIAL VENGEANCE To Play Hellfire Fest 2; New Video Posted

A message from UK extreme metallers IMPERIAL VENGEANCE:

"Greetings Ladies and Gents: We are happy to announce that we have been invited to play the Hellfire Festival 2 on Sunday the 8th November at the NEC in Birmingham.You can get tickets here: www.hellfirefestival.com/?page=tickets and it looks like to be one amazing array of bands. IV will be playing the Terrorizer Stage, and you are encouraged to bring your Union Flags - we shall certainly be bringing ours! See you there."

In releated news, the band recently shot a video for "6th Airborne Division (Redux)." The song comes off recently issued Candlelight full-length ........

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CULTED: Debut Album Streaming

CULTED’s debut album, Below The Thunders Of The Upper Deep, is currently streaming in its entirety at this location: ......


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SECRETS OF THE MOON: Full Album Stream Available at Terrorizer.com

Long running German occult black metal collective SECRETS OF THE MOON have returned from the depths with their latest dose of darkness, Privilegivm. Building upon 2006's Antithesis, it's a darkly progressive journey through the stygian fields of black metal, impressive in its ability to evoke both the staple sound of the black metal elite, and a dark oppressive atmosphere that they've made their own.

Produced by Markus Stock and mastered by Peter in De Betou at Stockholm, Sweden's Tailor Maid Production, Privilegivm also features the first appearance of well-respected bassist.....

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THE ATLAS MOTH Release Date and Tour; "Atlas Moth Burger" Announced

Chicago’s THE ATLAS MOTH unveil their epic full-length debut A Glorified Piece of Blue Sky via Candlelight/Battle Kommand on October 20th. An awesome metallic hybrid of sludge, doom, psychedelia and blues, TAM are a unique beast, and prove it on the eight expansive tracks that make form this, their debut full-length.

THE ATLAS MOTH have announced a record listening party on October 4th at Chicago's Kuma's Corner (http://www.myspace.com/kumascorner), the restaurant known for naming it's burgers after international and hometown favorite metal bands. Here they'll unveil the mammoth "Atlas Moth Burger"... a 10 oz. slab of beef on ......

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AVULSED sign with Ibex Moon Records for US release of Nullo

AVULSED has without any doubt been the most veteran and consistent band in the Spanish extreme metal scene since its inception in August 1991. A band loyal to its death metal style, AVULSED has been very active in terms of releases and live performances around the world.

Beginning with 1992’s Embalmed in Blood demo, AVULSED had released several demos, EPs, and four full-length albums, the last of which, 2005’s Gorespattered Suicide, was mixed and mastered by Erik Rutan (HATED ETERNAL, ex-MORBID ANGEL) at Mana Recording Studios. In 2005, Reanimations was released, which included two new songs, a song from the first demo, three cover songs (WASP, GOREFEST, and EXODUS), and eight bands paying tribute to AVULSED by covering eight of the now legendary Spanish band’s songs. The Reanimating Russia 2007 DVD was released the following year.

AVUSLED is now pleased to announce the release of its highly anticipated fifth full-length album, Nullo (The Pleasure of Self-Mutilation), on Ibex Moon Records.....

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IRON LAMB Join The Pulverised Records Family

One of Sweden’s newest, scruffiest and back-to-basics punk band IRON LAMB, featuring some of extreme metal’s most prominent figures, is now officially a part of the Pulverised Records family!

IRON LAMB's all-star lineup includes ex-Repugnant singer Graga Lindström, Johan Wallin of General Surgery on guitars, Thomas Daun of Dismember on drums and Swedish Death Metal book author Daniel Ekeroth, also of Tyrant and ex-Insision fame, on bass. The band is slated to record their as-yet-untitled debut full-length in early 2010. Official release date TBA.

Comments Pulverised Records A&R Manager Calvin Chiang: “IRON LAMB is probably one of the most unlikely band to be on our roster, but their infectious brand of ‘filthrock’ -- what they call it -- and the straight-up Motorhead-esque riffing is absolutely ....

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JAVELINA Reveal New Tracks From Beasts Among Sheep

JAVELINA posted the new tracks “You’re Going To Hate This” and “Black Blizzard” from their Translation Loss Records debut release entitled Beasts Among Sheep released September 29th, 2009 here: www.myspace.com/javelinaphiladelphia

JAVELINA’s new record Beasts Among Sheep was recorded at Volume Studios in Chicago, IL by Sanford Parker Parker (Minsk, Pelican, Nachtmystium), mastered by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room, and features artwork by Philadelphia’s very own Old City Tattoo stalwart artist Jason Goldberg.

Beasts Among Sheep is now available for with exclusive.....

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MERENDINE ATOMICHE to support Doro on Winter tour

MERENDINE ATOMICHE announce they will hit the road in december for their EUROPEAN TOUR supporting DORO, the legend of the german metal! This comes after the release of the new album "RUDE REBEL BROTHERHOOD" which was supported last summer on stage with MOTORHEAD.

"REBEL WINTER EUROPEAN TOUR 2009"

DECEMBER 11TH - 2009 HAMBURG @ .........

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Witchmaster to unleash Trücizna

Hell, thy name is WITCHMASTER! The reigning kings of Satanic Metal Slaughter have returned with Trücizna, the band's first full-length since 2004's self-titled blackened thrashterpeice. Taking their signature old-school blackened thrash n' roll to the next level, Trücizna is a veritable buzzsaw that rips the newbie 'retro-thrashers' to shreds! On November 10th, via Ibex Moon Records in the US, WITCHMASTER makes their long-awaited return with Trücizna. Call your mothers and hide your children, the time for carnage has come!

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Lizzy Borden has just signed with A.R.M. Entertainment

Fresh off the main stage at this year's Rocklahoma festival, Lizzy Borden will finally bring the “Appointment with Death Show” to the U.S.

The AWD show received rave reviews in Europe and is now about to hit the United States in all its “Blood, Sweat and Cheers” glory.

Starring: Lizzy Borden, Joey Scott, Marten Andersson, Dario Lorina and Chris Sanders.

The Lizzy Borden Appointment with Death Show produced spectacular performances on the main stages of some of Europe's biggest festivals like, “Sweden Rock” (Sweden) “Bang Your Head” and “Keep it True” (Germany) “Kobetasonic” (Spain) all to rave reviews unanimously declaring Lizzy Borden the hit of the festivals!

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INCOMING CEREBRAL OVERDRIVE complete new video

Italian tech-metal unit INCOMING CEREBRAL OVERDRIVE have completed a video for the song "Controversial".

The track comes from the band's sophomore release Controverso, to be released September 30th on Italy's Supernatural Cat Records, also home to Malleus Art Labs. While blistering and technical, their songs create something rather unique and multiform; the combination of their furious dynamics, searing vocals,....

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BARONESS: Debut Another New Track; Featured On The Cover Of Decibel Magazine

BARONESS has posted a third preview track, “Swollen And Halo”, from their forthcoming album Blue Record online now via the band’s MySpace page: MySpace.com/YourBaroness. “Swollen And Halo” can be streamed along with “A Horse Called Golgotha”, “Bullhead’s Psalm” and “The Sweetest Curse”. Blue Record is set for an October 13th North American release date and is available for pre-order at....

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SECRETS OF THE MOON Release Privilegivm, kick off tour

Privilegivm is not a sequel nor is it a follow-up. The first full-length in over three years from German black metallers SECRETS OF THE MOON, Privilegivm is poised to appear on Year-End lists of all those in the know. A unique mix of classic black metal with elements of rock, the band -- now featuring bassist LSK (Hell Militia, Vorkreist, Antaeus etc.), guitarist/vocalist sG and drummer T. Thelemnar -- channel their creativity in a way that's more multi-facetted and focused than ever before. Privilegivm is the articulation of many emotions; an album of sacral depths, full of light, the spectrum of unlight, death and blasphemy. A pure metal album to be listened to at.....

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Sirius’ Liquid Metal debuts brand new track from The Red Chord

Sirius Satellite Radio's metal channel Liquid Metal is currently debuting a brand new track off the forthcoming The Red Chord album Fed Through the Teeth Machine. The track, Demoralizer, is now in high rotation so tune into Sirius' Liquid Metal Channel 27 to hear!

http://www.sirius.com

TOUR DATES:

Tour w/ Job For A Cowboy, Gwar

09/29 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
09/30 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
10/03 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
10/04 Ybor City, FL The Ritz Ybor
10/06 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade

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PITBULL TERRORIST reveal cover artwork, post new song

Terrorthrash underground activists PITBULL TERRORIST have just revealed the cover artwork of their upcoming release "C.I.A" which will be unleashed on November 26th, 2009 via Anstalt Records.

Front terrorist Ursula states: "The designer of the C.I.A. cover got strict directions from the band, how they want it to appear. The cover itself has multiple symbolic items. The eagle with a raging pitbull head stands for the idea of taking action and saying things out loud. Very loud. The flag upside down is obvious. The system is in trouble....

MILKING THE GOATMACHINE post new song, describe CD "Back From The Goats"

GOAT HATES US ALL!

Sensational goatgrinders MILKING THE GOATMACHINE just uploaded another brandnew track off the bands upcoming debut album "Back From The Goats"!

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BAKTERIA – new track online, reveal cover art & tracklist

Mexican filth metallers BAKTERIA just made another brandnew track off their upcoming album "Defecate! Suffocate! Mutilate! Masturbate!“ available online.

Surf to....

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MINSK: Announce More European Tour Dates

MINSK has added more dates to their three-week European tour that kicks-off on October 24th with a performance as part of the Damnation Festival in Leeds, UK. From there MINSK will tour through the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, and more with Neurot Recordings’ A STORM OF LIGHT. Just prior to this tour, MINSK will head out for a couple of mid-western dates with PELICAN. A complete listing of MINSK tour dates can be found below with more to be announced soon.

MINSK are touring in support of their recently released With Echoes In The Movement Of Stone album which is currently streaming in its entirety at this location....

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COALESCE: Announce Remix Contest

COALESCE and IndabaMusic.com have teamed up for an exclusive remix contest, allowing fans to remix the track “Wild Ox Moan” from the band’s brand new album OX. OX recording engineer Ed Rose broke down “Wild Ox Moan” into several stem tracks and using IndabaMusic.com’s online recording software, contest participants can rearrange and remix the track for a chance to win a number of prizes. There will be one grand prize winner, as chosen by the band, eligible to win a free Indaba membership, silk screened COALESCE poster, clear vinyl OX LP, signed OX CD, band t-shirt and more. The contest ends on October 30th,.....

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JUCIFER: Premiere Video For “The Mountain”

JUCIFER have debuted the first video from their L’autrichienne album, for “The Mountain”, online now.

“The Mountain” was filmed by the band’s own Edgar Livengood, starring his band- and life- mate Amber Valentine, and edited by Marc Pilvinsky of Bare Ruined Films. The video was lensed near Malibu, CA and at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

JUCIFER are on their never-ending North American tour in support of L’autrichienne, currently working their way across.....

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SUSPERIA Video Premiere

Oslo-based SUSPERIA today premiere their newest video for the song “Character Flaw.” Check out the video here.....

The Daniel William Bones directed performance video continues the band’s use of apocalyptic imagery as featured on their latest album, Attitude and celebrates the return to action of vocalist Athera who was sidelined earlier this year from a near-fatal heart attack that stemmed from a previously undiagnosed heart defect.

Released in May, Attitude was recorded in Norway and mixed at Studio Fredman in Sweden. The album features guest appearances by Chuck Billy (Testament) and Shagrath (Dimmu Borgir). Attitude entered the official Norwegian charts at 28, the band’s .....

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DESULTORY To Enter Studio In November

Reunited Swedish death metallers DESULTORY will begin recording their as-yet-untitled new full-length in November with producer Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio in Sweden (Watain, In Battle, Nominon). The album will mark the band's first long player in nearly 14 years.

Said DESULTORY guitarist Håkan Morberg: "The songs are a mix of...

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New AMBASSADOR GUN Video Posted

Check out AMBASSADOR GUN's new video for "Ignorance Is This" from the band's latest full-length When In Hell:

The recently released When In Hell album came out on the band's own label, Pangea Recordings. Previously known as A SECOND FROM THE SURFACE, the band have shared the stage regionally with national acts including Today Is The Day, Weedeater, Sourvein, Dead To Fall, Battlefields, Red Sparrowes and more over recent years. When In Hell is a......

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COLISEUM: Announce Tour Dates With RUSSIAN CIRCLES, YOUNG WIDOWS

Louisville, KY’s COLISEUM has announced a run of dates alongside RUSSIAN CIRCLES and YOUNG WIDOWS, touring their way to Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest. This tour will kick-off on October 28th and also include a stop at The Fest 8 in Gainesville, FL. A complete listing of tour dates and cities can be found below. This will be COLISEUM’s first tour introducing new drummer Carter Wilson.

COLISEUM has been hard at work writing for their next full-length album and follow-up to No Salvation. COLISEUM’s latest release, the “True Quiet / Last Wave” EP, will soon be released digitally through Relapse in addition to .....

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DYING FETUS: Debut On Billboard 200, Heatseekers Charts

DYING FETUS’ brand new album Descend Into Depravity has debuted at #166 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and at #4 on the Heatseekers Chart respectively. The Heatseekers Chart lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists who have never appeared in the Top 100 of the Billboard 200. Descend Into Depravity, DYING FETUS’ seventh studio recording, saw its North American release last Tuesday, and is currently streaming in its entirety at.....

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DOMMIN tour dates announced, CD coming in 2010

Brand new ROADRUNNER act DOMMIN – gothy hard rock, think the best elements of HIM, Type O Negative, Depeche Mode, Danzig- all rolled into one- is going on tour this Fall. And what a perfect time for such an autumnal band to bring its darkened hard rock to the masses alongside 69 Eyes!

Their debut, ‘Love is Gone’ is due in stores in February, 2010.

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DARK FUNERAL: "My Funeral" Video To Premiere On October 4th

On October 4th, "My Funeral," the brand new video from Swedish black metal brigade DARK FUNERAL, will premiere exclusively through the....

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BRUTAL TRUTH: Announce Dates With MUNICIPAL WASTE, CONVERGE, BLOOD DUSTER

BRUTAL TRUTH has announced a run of US, Japanese and Australian tour dates in support of their brand new full-length album Evolution Through Revolution. Starting in early December, BRUTAL TRUTH will team up with MUNICIPAL WASTE, PHOBIA and more for a string of shows in the eastern US. Immediately following, the band will join CONVERGE and VENOMOUS CONCEPT for a three-city tour of Japan before heading to Australia for a handful of headlining shows. A listing of confirmed BRUTAL TRUTH tour dates can be found.....

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REVOCATION: ‘Existence Is Futile’ Streaming Now

REVOCATION are streaming their forthcoming album and Relapse debut Existence Is Futile in its entirety online now at this location: ExistenceIsFutile.info. Existence Is Futile will see its North American release next Tuesday, September 29th (October 5th internationally) and is available for pre-order at this location.

REVOCATION has announced two record release shows in support of Existence Is Futile for next weekend. The first will be in Providence, RI alongside....

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A STORM OF LIGHT US Video Premiere

Brooklyn, NY's doom/post rock experimentalists A STORM OF LIGHT recently shot a startling new video for the song "Tempest," the third track off their upcoming new full-length, Forgive Us Our Trespasses.

The video was shot in HD at an undisclosed location in Brooklyn and directed by ASOL guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Josh Graham (Neurosis visuals, Blood And Time, Battle Of Mice). The hauntingly textured, black and white performance video reflects the lyrics of the song, which essentially revolve around the inevitable contamination of the air, sea and earth. Said Graham of "Tempest," "This is one of the heavier songs on the new record, and we really....

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THE CRIMSON ARMADA debut video for “The Serpent's Tongue”

Ohio's The Crimson Armada have debuted their new video for The Serpent's Tongue, from their debut album, Guardians. Fans can check out the video now on....

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Metal Blade Records to reissue classic King Diamond albums this October

KING DIAMOND is quite possibly the most recognizable and prolific personality ever in heavy metal. Revered by icons as big as Metallica and Pantera to inspiring new upstarts like Goatwhore; KING DIAMOND, the man and the band, have left an indelible mark on the history, and now again, the future of heavy metal.

Reissued KING DIAMOND albums The Spider's Lullabye and The Graveyard have both been re-mastered by KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy LaRocque and are set to be released on October 13th. Each album will include......

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GRAVES OF VALOR: Debut New Video; Kick-Off US Tour

GRAVES OF VALOR have debuted their brand new video, for “Bridles Of Incitatus”, online now via ....


The “Bridles Of Incitatus” video was lensed in South Carolina with videographer Garrett Williams and is the first from the band’s Relapse debut Salarian Gate.

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HYPOCRISY new CD trailer available

Legendary death metallers HYPOCRISY announced a European run early next year! Support bands yet to be announced!

The band are releasing a brand new album on October 23rd, called.....

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SONATA ARCTICA new CD certified gold in Finland

Mighty melodic heavy rockers SONATA ARCTICA have just released their brand new album called "The Days Of Grays". After the official single "The Last Amazing Grays" hit the Finnish single charts on # 4 in its week of release and then climbed up to # 3, the album was certified GOLD in Finland on its day of release in excess of.....

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THE ACCUSED Tour Update

Seattle punk/metal monarchs, THE ACCUSED, bring you Splat-Tour 2009, the band's first western US headlining tour in support of their latest full-length CD/LP release, The CURSE Of Martha Splatterhead, out now on Southern Lord Recordings.

Splat-Tour 2009 takes THE ACCUSED through eight western US states from September 25th through October 18th allowing the undefeated Kings of Splatter their long-awaited opportunity to deliver their patented blend of Splatter Rock to both the uninitiated and longtime Splatter-Heads! A tour this anticipated from a band such as THE ACCUSED is almost certain to......

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TOXIC HOLOCAUST: Announce European Tour Dates

TOXIC HOLOCAUST have added more dates to their ongoing world tour in support of their Relapse debut An Overdose Of Death… with a three week co-headlining tour through Europe. TOXIC HOLOCAUST will be teamed up with SKELETONWITCH and GOATWHORE for this run of dates that kicks-off on November 27th in the Netherlands. A listing of confirmed tour dates and cities can be found below with more to be announced soon.

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GRIMUS: New Song Posted

Northern New Jersey death metal/hardcore merchants GRIMUS formed in 2007, with a relentless DIY ethic, have been ravaging the ears of the Tri-State area metal underground ever since. The band's recently issued, self-financed six-song EP The Progress In Elimination was recorded in Clifton, New Jersey by Bobby Torres in Frightbox Studios (Abacinate, One Brick Down, The Grieving Process) and mastered by Alan Douches (Mastodon, The Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse, Unearth et al). Said Metal Hammer Magazine of the EP, "This New Jersey band have been around for two years, honing their combination of hypnotically driving.....

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IMAGIKA to Release “Portrait Of A Hanged Man” Through Metalville

IMAGIKA to release “Portrait Of A Hanged Man” through Metalville Records worldwide in 2010. A Spring release date in tentative. The band will once again work with Andy LaRocque at his Sonictrain Studios.

Guitarist Steve Rice comments, “Metalville is great solution for us as a band. They will give us worldwide distribution and exposure while still .....

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THE COMPANY BAND Busy Fall Schedule; Digital Single in Early October

THE COMPANY BAND, featuring vocalist Neil Fallon, drummer Jess Margera, guitarists Jim Rota and Dave Bone with bassist Brad Davis, today confirm November 10 as the release date of their full length debut. The self-titled album was recorded in Los Angeles earlier this year and teamed the band with renowned producer/engineer Andrew Alekel (Queens Of The Stone Age, Foo Fighters). The band will release in advance to the album a special digital-only single featuring the album track “It’s A Confusing World” with an exclusive cover of BTO’s “Not Fragile.” The single will be available for download via various DSP’s in early October.

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Methods of Mayhem Invite You to Collaborate on new CD

New York, NY – New Loud & Proud/Roadrunner roster addition Methods of Mayhem announced today an innovative and truly “interactive” concept for an album collaboration. The Tommy Lee-fronted ensemble is inviting fans, musicians, maniacs and anyone with a great idea to help record their upcoming album. Participants will also have a chance to perform with the band at their record release show. The album, entitled Public Mayhem, is set for release in early 2010.

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PERSISTENSE (NL): New tracks up, websites revamped

Coinciding with the release dates of ‘IN BLOOD AND HEART’, the debut full-length by Holland’s intense, dynamic, groovy yet brutal metal band PERSISTENSE (not a spelling error but a contraction of 'to persist' and ‘intense’), the band has completely revamped their websites.

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EYEHATEGOD's Confederacy Of Ruined Lives Vinyl Out October 22nd

New Orleans' EYEHATEGOD have spent the last two decades at odds with a corrupt music industry, using their music as a proverbial middle finger aimed at everything from government officials to sanctimonious shitheads hiding behind organized religion. They have defied all odds and continue to exist and persist despite personal and professional setbacks, from drug addiction to natural disasters. In the midst of all this turmoil EYEHATEGOD have become the....

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DYING FETUS: Premiere “Shepherd’s Commandment” Video

DYING FETUS sees the worldwide premiere of their first video from their Descend Into Depravity album, for the track “Shepherd’s Commandment”, online now via....

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DARK FUNERAL: Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus Tracklisting Revealed

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL, the Ineffable Kings of Darkness, have unveiled the final track listing for their long-anticipated upcoming new full-length Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus, scheduled for release November 10th in the US via Regain Records. The nine-track masterpiece was recorded at Abyss Studios in Grangärde, Sweden with famed engineer and legendary producer Peter Tägtgren (Pain, Hypocrisy). Musically, it's the band's most technical and varied album to date. DARK FUNERAL, while remaining true to their roots, have taken a great step forward in the evolution of their brand of fine Swedish black metal.

The album will be released in several formats, including a limited......

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MAN MUST DIE: Announce UK Tour Dates

Scotland’s MAN MUST DIE has announced the dates for their first UK tour in support of their brand new album No Tolerance For Imperfection. MAN MUST DIE will team up with VIATROPHY and TRACES for this week-long run through the United Kingdom. A listing of confirmed dates and cities can be found below.

MAN MUST DIE saw the international release of No Tolerance For Imperfection in early August. The follow-up to their Relapse debut The Human Condition is currently streaming in its entirety at.....

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