HOD guitarist Carl "Lord Necron" Snyder comments on "Slow Southern Steel."

"The South will rise again! Now that we got your attention. Hod is a part of a new metal documentary about bands from the South called "Slow Southern Steel". The film focuses on Southern acts that play doom, sludge, death metal. HOD represents the more extreme side of things in the South, so they asked us to represent the death/black/thrash/whatever-you-want-to-call-it metal in the South. The film includes live footage of....

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SCAR SYMMETRY post new song online

Swedish modern progressive death metallers SCAR SYMMETRY just made a brand new track from their upcoming album "Dark Matter Dimensions" available online.

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HARDCORE SUPERSTAR classic albums to be re-released

Swedish street metal veterans HARDCORE SUPERSTAR will re-release their two already classic albums "Hardcore Superstar" (2005) and "Dreamin In A Casket" (2007) via Nuclear Blast as part of the successful "Reloaded" - Series. Both re-issues will contain extra bonus footage such as demo tracks and rehearsal takes.

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SHRINEBUILDER Track Posted; Austin Show Announced

SHRINEBUILDER have just posted a track from their upcoming debut album on their Myspace page, and on Scott Kelly's KMBT Radio "Return To Zero" blog.....

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DYING FETUS: ‘Descend Into Depravity’ Streaming Now

DYING FETUS are streaming their brand new album Descend Into Depravity in its entirety online at this location: .....

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BARONESS: To Shoot First Video From ‘Blue Record’ This Weekend

BARONESS will partner up once again with director Joshua Green to film the first video from the band’s forthcoming Blue Record this weekend. The video, for the track “A Horse Called Golgotha”, will be lensed in the band’s hometown of Savannah, GA. BARONESS previously worked with Greene and The Distillery Collective on Red Album’s “Wanderlust” video that can be viewed here.

BARONESS has recently announced a full U.S. tour in support of Blue Record. The month-long headlining tour will kick-off on November 18th in Washington, DC and include a number of.....

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BLACK COBRA Set To Drop Chronomega; Inter-Continental Tour

BLACK COBRA shall release their monolithic Southern Lord debut album Chronomega on September 29th. The album slams the listener with nine slabs of the band's diversified, patented, breakneck sludge, and shows the San Franciscan duo expanding their knowledge of punishing tones and colossal rhythm changes. View the Alan Forbes cover art for Chronomega above.

Recently the band's video for "Sugar Water", from 2006's Bestial release, surpassed 52,000 views via Youtube and......

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FAUST's From Glory To Infinity Out Now On Paragon

FAUST is the brainchild of singer/vocalist Aleister (Ancient, Abgott) who formed the band in 1992. After releasing a self-titled demo a year later, the band fell silent release-wise until 2001 when Aleister was commissioned as a live member of Ancient, and the aptly-titled first EP And Finally Faust was released independently.

Aleister constructed an all-star lineup and in 2008 brought the newest and most high-profile FAUST to fruition on the new album From Glory To Infinity. The album lineup features......

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HAEMORRHAGE: To Release New Album Through Relapse Records

Madrid, Spain’s HAEMORRHAGE will see the release of their new full-length album through Relapse Records. The long-running goregrind band will begin work on their sixth studio album this winter. In the interim, Relapse will reissue the band’s classic Grume album as well as Apology For Pathology. Details on these reissues will be announced shortly.

HAEMORRHAGE commented on the new partnership, “We are very happy to release our new stuff on Relapse cause is a legendary label, probably the most respected in Grind/Death Metal. We will give our best on the new album, which we are....

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HELLBASTARD Sign Album & Mini-Album Deal With Selfmadegod Records

HELLBASTARD formed in the UK in 1984 playing non-compromising crossover, mixing the ferocity of punk with the crunch and chops of metal, and bearing socially-conscious lyrics. HELLBASTARD released the Natural Order record on Earache in 1990 and released several demos, compilation tracks and remix collections.

After breaking up in 1993, HELLBASTARD reformed in 2008 with all guns blazing! They are back in action with The Need to Kill, available on limited edition LP from German label Civilisation Records.

The renowned Polish label Selfmadegod Records will issue The Need to Kill on CD, as well as the newly recorded Eco-War CD EP, in late October 2009. The Need to Kill features six re-recorded HELLBASTARD ragers, while the six-track Eco-War release includes a track originally on the band’s 1986 demo as well as a Slayer cover.

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE will appear on Guitar Hero: Van Halen.

“THE END OF HEARTACHE” WILL APPEAR ON GUITAR HERO: VAN HALEN

GAME TO BE RELEASED ON DECEMBER 22

New York, NY: Killswitch Engage are pleased to announce that the title track from 2004’s Gold-selling The End of Heartache will be featured on Guitar Hero: Van Halen, which is scheduled for release on December 22.

In addition to hit selections from the David Lee Roth era, Killswitch Engage.....

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VERMIN new album artwork, track list revealed, new song online

Holland’s brutal Death Metal outfit VERMIN, consisting of RON VERMUNT (guitars, backing vocals), PASCAL PAYENS (drums), WOLF JOSTEN (guitars), LAURENS OERLEMANS (vocals) and ROB DE WAARDT (bass, backing vocals) finished the work on their second full-length “DEFINE : DIVINE”.

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THE FEW AGAINST MANY: Full Album Stream Available Via Terrorizer.com

In conjunction with the UK’s leading extreme metal publication Terrorizer Magazine, the latest album from Swedish all-star group THE FEW AGAINST MANY entitled “Sot” will be available for streaming in its entirety until September 13, 2009.

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Megadeth - Endgame - pre-orders available

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Review: Amon Amarth - Crusher (reissue)

Rating: 9/10

This is a re-release of their 3rd album, originally released in 2001. Metal Blade seems to be continuing in their process of re-releasing each of Amon Amarth's CDs.

This CD was originally a turning point for the band as they had reached a plateau and needed to add some new elements if they were going to grow. Tracks like "Risen From The Sea" and "The Sound of Eight Hooves" were impressive, but you could tell that the band was stretching to find a sound that wasn't just a rehash of their previous two CDs. I feel that it was on this CD that Amon Amarth started the true sound....

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Review: Dear Superstar - Heartless

Rating: 8/10

Combine glam rock with modern metal and you will have this CD. The band successfully blends elements of 80's hair metal into their modern sound as they create something fun to listen to. While mostly sounding like....

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DUSTED ANGEL's California Takeover

DUSTED ANGEL's upcoming debut 7" will be released on LA-based Corruption Recordings in early October. Featuring three sludged-out sledgehammer tracks mixed by Billy Anderson (Neurosis, High on Fire, etc.), this is just the beginning; a full-length is already in the works. More info will be announced soon.

"This sledgehammer of a single from an ex-member of Bl’ast succeeds at....

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THE DESTRO “Harmony Of Discord” out 10/13 on Ironclad Recordings

The Destro don’t waste time or energy with jabs, set up moves or dizzying footwork in the ring. They musically punch you direct in the Adams apple and kick you in the crotch while you uselessly wait for a melodic chorus. They possess the aggression and directness of hardcore but it’s not metalcore, they have the thick sludge toned riffage and big bottom groove of metal while tossing off any flashy leads or instrumental obliqueness that have dominated that genre of late. Lastly, they are armed with a vocalist who sounds like an angry giant of a man without any cookie monster yawling and with decipherable lyrics. “On writing this new album we....

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ENSIFERUM Video Premiere; From Afar To Be Released September 8th In The US

Finnish Viking metal warriors ENSIFERUM recently shot a video for the song "From Afar," the title track off their forth coming new full-length, scheduled for release on September 8th in the US!

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BARONESS: Announce Headlining U.S. Tour

BARONESS has announced a full U.S. tour in support of their forthcoming album Blue Record. This month-long headlining tour will kick-off on November 18th in Washington, DC and include a number of guests along the way including EARTHLESS, TORCHE, PIG DESTROYER, US CHRISTMAS, IRON AGE, and more. A complete listing of tour dates and cities for this Revolver Magazine, Metal Injection, MetalSucks and KillerTours.com sponsored tour can be found below.

BARONESS recently posted a second preview track, “A Horse Called Golgotha“, from.....

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SCAR SYMMETRY "Dark Matter Asteroids" game online

Swedish progressive modern metallers SCAR SYMMETRY just launched an exclusive online game for their upcoming masterpiece "Dark Matter Dimensions"!

Check out "Dark Matter Asteroids" & beat the highscore to win.....

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SIRENIA to tour Europe

Norwegian gothic metal masters SIRENIA will tour Europe this November along with LEAVES EYES and more on the BEAUTY & THE BEAST FESTIVAL TOUR!

Commented the mainman Morten Veland: "I am glad to inform you all that SIRENIA will tour Europe in November together with LEAVES EYES, ATROCITY, ELIS and STREAM OF PASSION. It has been quite ....

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BELPHEGOR video trailer released

Mighty extremists BELPHEGOR have wrapped up production for their latest videoclip for "Der Geistertreiber"! Directed by Walter Fanninger and shot in Abtenau / Austria, the premiere for this devilish visualization will take place September 30th at.....

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THREAT SIGNAL streaming new CD "Vigilance"

Canadian powerhouse THREAT SIGNAL just uploaded their entire new album "Vigilance" to....

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ALL SHALL PERISH to tour with MACHINE HEAD

Oakland, California extreme metal outfit ALL SHALL PERISH will tour Europe early 2010 together with MACHINE HEAD, HATEBREED & BLEEDING THROUGH!

Commented the band "What an honor this tour is, everyone of these bands are not only major influences to us but we are fortunate enough to call them all friends. This is an epic tour that is not to be missed, one for the books indeed, we can not wait to....

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SONATA ARCTICA post 2 new songs from "The Days Of Grays"

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have uploaded 2 brand new tracks to...

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Interview with Simone Fiorletta

1. Your new solo CD, When Reality Is Nothing is due out on Aug 28th. What can heavy metal fans expect from this CD?

Hello Terry! Well, it's definitely not an album made under the banner of virtuosity, rather it is full of emotions. I like to write thinking about a certain subject and consequently adapt to it the most suitable music, no matter if it's rock-pop or metal or a ballad, the main thing is that listening to the album you can associate each track to its title, and only then I'm sure I've created the exact music.....

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THE FEW AGAINST MANY To Release Sot On September 15th

Swedish all-star collaboration THE FEW AGAINST MANY, featuring ex-Scar Symmetry singer Christian Alvestam, Par Johansson of Satariel and Demiurg fame, Patrik Gardberg (Torchbearer), Jani Stefanovic (Miseration, Solution .45, etc) and Anders Edlund (Incapacity, Angel Blake etc.), will release their debut full-length, Sot, on September 15, 2009 via Pulverised Records.

Sot combines death metal brutality with a progressive sensibility and.....

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REVOCATION: Post More In-Studio Footage

REVOCATION has posted another video clip from the Existence Is Futile recording sessions online now at this location. REVOCATION recorded the follow-up to their debut album, Empire Of The Obscene, at Damage Studios in Southbridge, MA with engineer Pete Rutcho.

REVOCATION recently posted a third preview track, “Anthem Of The Betrayed”, from Existence Is Futile online via the band’s....

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SLIPKNOT announces Fall tour dates with DEFTONES

SLIPKNOT RELEASES 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION OF LANDMARK DEBUT ALBUM

New York, NY – Grammy Award winning hard rock powerhouse Slipknot have announced a string of fall tour dates, including some special appearances. The band will embark on a three week run in October, hitting mostly west coast markets. Slipknot will headline the Cypress Hill Smokeout in San Bernardino, CA on 10/24. The tour will end with Slipknot headlining the first annual Trinity of Terrors at The Pearl Concert Theater in the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on Halloween. This run of dates will also include two previously postponed shows from last month. Sacramento’s own Deftones will provide support beginning in Portland, OR through San Bernardino, CA.

Tour dates are as follows:

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STRUCK BY LIGHTNING streaming new CD "Serpents" now, tour dates.

You can now stream STRUCK BY LIGHTNING’s entire new record entitled Serpents for free on Myspace! Serpents officially came out September 1st on Translation Loss Recordings.

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GRAVES OF VALOR: Post Video Teaser, Tour Dates

GRAVES OF VALOR has posted a brief video teaser for their brand new video “Bridles Of Incitatus”.

The “Bridles Of Incitatus” video was lensed in South Carolina with videographer Garrett Williams and is the first from the band’s new album Salarian Gate. The video will see its online premiere shortly with still shots taken from the video available online now......

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PELICAN Announce Fall US Tour

A full American Fall PELICAN tour has been announced! The tour begins just days before the release of the band's upcoming Southern Lord Records debut What We All Come To Need, which comes out on October 27th. A variety of bands will be joining PELICAN on the tour including labelmates BLACK COBRA for most of the dates.

PELICAN will also join EARTH, SUNN O))) and ....

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OTEP on tour with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH

OTEP is in the final week of their headlining run with labelmates DESTROPHY which includes this year's Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, WA. Immediately afterward, OTEP will be hitting the road again with Five Finger Death Punch, Shadows Fall, and 2 Cents. OTEP continues to heat up the Hard Rock charts as Smash The Control Machine was the #1 Hard Rock album in the country last week!

Check out the dates below to find out when this rock solid tour is coming to your area!

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME release teaser track, on tour

Earlier this week BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME released a new "teaser track" as a first time look into their brand new album, The Great Misdirect, in stores October 27th. The "teaser track" is composed of various parts from all over the hour long masterpiece that BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME have recently created.

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ENEMY REIGN: Means To A Dead End EP Unleashed

Denver, Colorado extreme metal troop ENEMY REIGN refuse to adhere to the restrictions of a closed-minded genre. Drawing influence from early '90s death metal, late '80s grindcore, East Coast hardcore, and Bay Area thrash, friends and fans have coined the term "metal for metalheads."

ENEMY REIGN features former Skinless vocalist Sherwood Webber alongside drummer Andon Guenther (Deadspeak; creative director, programmer, and co-creator of Sick Drummer Magazine), guitarist Nick Guenther (Becoming The Enemy, Masakado) and bassist Cassie Begay (Throat Culture/Throcult, Deadspeak). The band's recently released self-financed EP......

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MINSK: Announce Dates With PELICAN

MINSK has announced a couple of mid-western dates with PELICAN just prior to their fall European tour. MINSK will join PELICAN and SWEET COBRA starting October 18th in Minneapolis, MN. Immediately following, MINSK will kick-off a three-week European tour with a performance at the Damnation Festival in Leeds, UK on October 24th. From there MINSK will tour through the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, and more with Neurot Recordings’ A STORM OF LIGHT. 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.....

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A STORM OF LIGHT To Release Forgive Us Our Trespasses Via Neurot Recordings

Brooklyn, NY's own A STORM OF LIGHT will unleash their new full-length, Forgive Us Our Trespasses on September 22nd via Neurot Recordings. The follow-up to the band's critically acclaimed debut, And We Wept The Black Ocean Within, finds its power through a dense bringing together of melodies, moods and textures, ensuring that while things are as heavy and cataclysmic as fans would expect, the devastating effects rely on interwoven melodies and graceful shifts in timbre, instead of a stream of identikit riffs.

A STORM OF LIGHT features.....

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ATHEIST: ‘Live At Wacken’ Streaming Now

Technical metal pioneers ATHEIST are currently streaming Unquestionable Presence: Live At Wacken online now at AtheistLive.info. Unquestionable Presence: Live At Wacken is the complete live set from the band’s 2006 reunion gig at Wacken Open Air Festival recorded in front of 60,000 fans.

Unquestionable Presence: Live At Wacken comes as a two-disc set with the second CD containing......

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INCANTATION announce in store appearance

On Friday, September 4th, death metal legends Incantation will be in West Allis, Wisconsin for an in-store appearance at FireWalk Music.

Fans in the area should not miss this opportunity to meet with one the premier names in American death metal.

The signing will last from 5:00 - 7:00 PM.

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OBSCURA: Announce Dates As Part Of Bonecrusher Fest

Germany’s OBSCURA has announced that they will join THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, NECROPHOBIC, and more for the 2010 Bonecrusher Fest. This month-long European tour will kick-off on January 8th in Wiesbaden, Germany. A complete listing of tour dates and cities can be found below.

Additionally, OBSCURA are among the featured artists included in the new.....

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TRIVIUM announce second leg of Into the Mouth of Hell Tour

LINEUP FEATURES CHIMAIRA, WHITECHAPEL, DIRGE WITHIN

New York, NY: The second round of dates for TRIVIUM’s fall headline tour, dubbed “Into the Mouth of Hell We Tour,” have been announced, as have the support acts. The entire tour spans 65 dates and the second leg features Chimaira, Whitechapel and Dirge Within on the bill. This will be the band’s final tour for the Shogun album cycle, as TRIVIUM will retreat from the road and work on new material for their next album after this tour commences.

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DREAMING DEAD RELEASE VIDEO TOUR BLOG, ANNOUNCE HUGE NEWS FOR EARLY 2010

Back home from a whirlwind trip across the country in support of their Ibex Moon Records debut, "Within One", Los Angeles' Dreaming Dead have taken some of the summer's biggest highlights and most hilarious moments and condensed them down into an action-packed video tour blog. The clip features onstage action and behind the scene antics from Dreaming Dead, as well as tourmates Monstrosity, Master and Goreaphobia. Guitarist / vocalist Elizabeth Elliot comments:

And we’re back! We’ve actually been back home for....

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Metal project MORTON BLACK (NL) release dates, artwork, track list revealed

The ‘CONFUSION OF EXISTENCE’ EP by MORTON BLACK, the melodic metal project masterminded by the multi-talented youngster JOEY FERWERDA (19) from Hoorn, Netherlands, will be released through DEITY DOWN RECORDS on October 5th (world), November 2nd (UK/Eire). Its release party will be held at MANIFESTO in Hoorn, Netherlands on September 27th.

Along with the previously announced appearances by English guitar hero PAUL CLARK (DAVID CROSS BAND, CURSE OF THE 9TH, PAUL CLARK BAND) and....

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DARK FUNERAL: New Album Title Revealed

Swedish black metal legion DARK FUNERAL have set Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus as the title of their upcoming new full-length scheduled for release in the US this November. Said guitarist Lord Ahriman in a MySpace update earlier today: "Peter Tägtgren [Hypocrisy, Pain] is currently mixing our new album at his Abyss Studios. Once we have approved the final mix, Jonas Kjellgren [Scar Symmetry] will be mastering it. By listening to the rough-mix.....

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SPIKE TV ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR "SCREAM 2009"

“STAR TREK” TOPS LIST WITH 17 NOMINATIONS

4th Annual Global Event Honoring The Blockbuster, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror and Comic Book Genres of the Year

Tapes Saturday, October 17 At The Greek Theater In Los Angeles

“SCREAM 2009” Nominees Chosen By Advisory Board of Hollywood And Genre Leaders Including

Tim Burton, Wes Craven, Roland Emmerich, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, Eli Roth,

Zack Snyder And Many More

Two-Hour Event To Reveal Exclusive World Premiere Footage Of The Most Anticipated Releases of 2010

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INSOMNIUM Video Premiere; Across The Dark Release Date Draws Near

INSOMNIUM have completed work on “Down With the Sun” their new video from the band's upcoming fourth album Across the Dark. The video, now available on Candlelight USA's Myspace page, was filmed in high-definition and captures the band in a live soundstage setting. It is the first opportunity for fans to see and hear the band’s new....

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WEEKEND NACHOS: 'Unforgivable' Streaming Now

Chicago, IL’s WEEKEND NACHOS are currently streaming their new album Unforgivable online now via WeekendFuckingNachos.info. Unforgivable will see its CD and digital release via Relapse Records on September 1st and is available for pre-order now at this location.

Additionally, Unforgivable track “Shot In The Head” is available for download via....

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SLOW SOUTHERN STEEL Documentary To Be Released 2010.

Coming in 2010: One of the most comprehensive southern metal documentaries in history! Appropriately dubbed SLOW SOUTHERN STEEL, the 80+ minute film is executive produced by Karim Khan (I'M BETTER THAN EVERYONE RECORDS) and directed by Rwake vocalist CT and David Lipke with the additional and integral assistance of George Hancock, Alix Petrovich and Beer Wolf guitarist Christian Sweeney (who will be releasing a paperback version of the production) among many others.

SLOW SOUTHERN STEEL peers into the world of true southern metal/doom through....

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