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Interview with Malevolent Creation

Malevolent Creation is still spreading their death metal straight out of Florida after two decades. The three founding members vocalist Brett Hoffman, guitarist Phil Fasciana and bassist Jason Blachowicz are going as strong as ever and put on a hell of a show that even the old school turned yuppies will come out to see and mosh to. Touring in celebration of their latest creation "Invidious Domain" produced by the illustrious Erik Rutan, I got to talk to Brett and Phil about this new record, touring relentlessly, and Jason's thriving touring tattoo business. A transcription follows. More...

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Dimmu Borgir Reveals "Abrahadabra" Tracklisting

Norwegian symphonic black metal act Dimmu Borgir have revealed the tracklisting for their upcoming studio album "Abrahadabra." "Abrahadabra" is set for release on October 12th, 2010 through Nuclear Blast Records. The first single from the album, titled "Gateways," will be made available for purchase through iTunes starting on August 24th, 2010.

"Abrahadabra" tracklisting:
1. Xibir
2. Born Treacherous
3. Gateways
4. Chess With The Abyss
5. Dimmu Borgir
6. Ritualist
7. The Demiurge Molecule
8. A Jewel Traced Through Coal
9. Renewal
10. Endings And Continuations

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Korpiklaani Confirms Festival Appearance

Finnish folk metallers Korpiklaani have announced their participation in the upcoming 70,000 Tons of Metal festival. 70,000 Tons of Metal is set take place aboard the Royal Caribbean "Majesty of the Seas" and will depart on Monday, January 24th, 2011 from Miami, Florida.

70,000 Tons of Metal confirmed line-up:
AGENT STEEL
AMON AMARTH
DEATH ANGEL
ENSIFERUM
EPICA
EXODUS
FEAR FACTORY
FINNTROLL
FORBIDDEN
ICED EARTH
KORPIKLAANI
MARDUK
MOONSPELL
OBITUARY
RAVEN
SAXON
SODOM
SONATA ARCTICA
SWASHBUCKLE
TESTAMENT
TROUBLE
ULI JON ROTH
WITCHBURNER

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Winterhorde Releases "Hunting The Human" Video

Israeli extreme metal act Winterhorde have posted thier new music video for the song "Hunting the Human" online. "Hunting the Human" is included on the band's 2010 release "Underwatermoon," which was made available in July through Twilight-Vertrieb Records. The music video was filmed in Tel Avivwith director Sergey Maydin.

You can view the video below:

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Flotsam and Jetsam Uploads New Song To Myspace

Veteran thrash metallers Flotsam and Jetsam have posted a brand new song to the band's myspace page. The track, titled "Take," is featured on the band's forthcoming studio album "The Cold." "The Cold" is set for release on September 14th, 2010 through Driven Music Group, the label operated by former Korn guitarist Brian Welch. The cover art was concepted and created by Travis Smith, famous for his work with Opeth, Riverside, Katatonia and many others.

You can listen to the new song here. More...

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My Ruin Announces New Album Details

Los Angeles hard rock duo My Ruin have announced details regarding the band's forthcoming studio album. The album, titled "Ghosts And Good Stories," is the sixth for the band and was recorded with Josh Lynch at Entourage Studios in North Hollywood and Weapons of Mass Productions in Santa Monica, California.

"Ghosts And Good Stories" tracklisting:
1. Diggin' For Ghosts
2. Long Dark Night
3. Excommunicated
4. Eyes Black
5. Money Shot
6. Abusing The Muse
7. La Cuidad
8. Suicide Tuesday
9. Saviourself
10. Malediction
11. Repose
12. Turned Out
13. Death Knell

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Savage Messiah Signs With Earache Records

London, England thrash metallers Savage Messiah have announced their signing with Earache Records. The band joins a long list of acclaimed extreme metal acts such as Deicide, Akercocke and Bonded By Blood amongst many others.

The deal comes in time for the band to begin the recording of their, as yet untitled, third studio album. Savage Messiah released their previous album, "Insurrection Rising," through Candlelight Records in October of 2009.

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Mose Giganticus Added To Tub Ring Tour

Pennsylvania metallers Mose Giganticus have been added as a support act on the upcoming Tub Ring tour. Mose Giganticus are on tour to promote their 2010 release "Gift Horse" which is available through Relapse Records.

Tub Ring/Mose Giganticus tour dates:
August 28 – Chicago, IL - Subterranean
August 29 – St. Paul, MN - Station 4
September 1 – Madison, WI - Frequency
September 2 – Dekalb, IL - Ottos
September 4 – Springfield, IL - Bar None
September 5 – Lansing, MI - Mac’s
September 6 – Covington, KY - Mad Hatter

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Sleep Adds More U.S. Tour Dates

Iconic stoner metal act Sleep, featuring High On Fire's Matt Pike, have added a handful of new dates to their previously announced tour of the United States. The dates all take place in the month of September and span from the east coast all the way out to California.

Sleep tour dates:
September 3 – Monticello, NY @ 2010 All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival
September 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ FYE Fest
September 5 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
September 6 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
September 7 – Philadelphia, PA @ Starlight Ballroom
September 8 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
September 9 – Chicago, IL @ Logan Square Auditorium
September 10 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
September 11 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
September 12 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
September 13 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom

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Crystal Viper Reveals New Album Details

Polish female-fronted traditional heavy metal act Crystal Viper will release a new studio album titled "Legends" via AFM Records on October 22nd, 2010. The album was recorded and mixed at the MP Studio in Poland, with engineer Mariusz Pietka and producer Bart Gabriel. "Legends' will also feature special guests Rhino (ex-Manowar), Stefan Kaufmann (U.D.O., ex-Accept), Mat Sinner (Primal Fear, Sinner) and Sven D'Anna & Dano Boland (Wizard). You can also check out sample Crystal Viper tracks via the band's MySpace page.

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Destroyer 666 Checks In From The Road

K.K. Warslut of Destroyer 666 has checked in with the following statement thanking fans for coming out on the band's current tour, which experienced canceled shows at the beginning of the run:

"The tour so far: well never has so much been fucked up so few JFKK. But, apart from the logistical nightmare that has been this tour, on behalf of the band I feel obliged to thank all the wild wolves that have come out and made this so fucking intense every single night. We are truly humbled by the support shown to the band. Fucking amazing. Keep it up, keep it hard...Fuck the World."

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Inner Sanctvm Streaming New Song

Inner Sanctvm, which recently recruited Anton Reisenegger on vocals, has issued the following update about streaming a new song online:

"We've just added the song 'Machines' from our forthcoming second album. This is an unmixed and unmastered version, so for the haters now you know, we still have to go through the mixing and mastering process, hence what you hear from the player isn't the final product.

"Out of this song you can actually listen the very first recording of Anton with Inner Sanctvm and we hope this will blow your brains out as so it did to us."

The new track can be heard through the Inner Sanctvm MySpace page.

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Barn Burner Updates Tour Schedule

Canadian stoner heavy metal band Barn Burner recently kicked off a European tour. The band has now updated the schedule with the following dates:

14/08/10 – BE – Ieper – Ieper Summer Fest
16/08/10 – DE - Solingen - Waldmeister Club
17/08/10 – DE – Ludwigshafen – Das Haus
18/08/10 – DE – Würzburg – Immerhin
19/08/10 – DE – Leipzig – Zoro
20/08/10 – DE – Berlin – White Trash Fast Food
21/08/10 – DE – Giessen – AK 44
22/08/10 – LU – Messancy – Rider's Park
23/08/10 – DE – Potsdam – Black Fleck
24/08/10 – DE – Hamburg – Hafenklang
25/08/10 – SE – Linkoping – Lorient Bar
26/08/10 – SE - Hassleholm - Perrong 23 (instead of Gavle!)
26/08/10 – SE – Gavle – Intakto
27/08/10 – DK – Copenhagen – Lades Kaelder
28/08/10 – DE – Essen – Coffee Corner
29/08/10 – DE – Dresden – AZ Conni
30/08/10 - CZ - Slavonice - Baràk
31/08/10 – IT - Egna Neumarkt (BZ) - Point Club (instead of Slavonice!)
01/09/10 – SI – Ljubljana – Channel Zero
02/09/10 – IT – Bologna – Lazzaretto
03/09/10 – IT - Lucca - Birrificio Bruton (instead of Vicenza!)
04/09/10 - IT - Roma - Init (instead of Genzano!)
05/09/10 – IT – Cremona – Fuori Porta Pub
06/09/10 – FR – Bordeaux – Heretic Club (moved from the 7th!)
08/09/10 – ES - Santander - Sala Heaven Dc
09/09/10 – ES – Leon – Taberna Belfast
10/09/10 – PT – Viana Do Castelo – La Terrazza Club
11/09/10 - PT - Benavente (Lisbon) - Side B Live Lounge Club (moved from Lisbon!)
12/09/10 – ES – Madrid – Wurlitzer Ballroom
13/09/10 - ES - Sabadell (BCN) - La Sala
14/09/10 – ES – Barcelona – Sala Monasterio
15/09/10 – FR – Grenoble – Drak-Art
16/09/10 – FR – Caen – El Camino
17/09/10 – NL – Utrecht – ACU
18/09/10 – NL – Leeuwarden – Café Mukkes
19/09/10 – NL – Tilburg – Incubate Fest

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Downspirit Album To See North American Release

Germany's Downspirit was formed in 2009 by Symphorce/Ex-Freedom Call guitarist Cédric "Cede" Dupont in order to fulfill his long-time dream to form a band dedicated to the combination of blues and metal music. The band has now announced that the debut album "Point of Origin" will be released in North America on August 17th via Metalville.

The track listing for the album is as follows:

1. Point of Origin Pt. I
2. Point of Origin Pt. II
3. Love Song
4. Life's a Bitch
5. Lost
6. Good Times
7. Hollow Words
8. Highway Run
9. Arisen
10. Make my Day
11. The End
Bonus: Rockstar Blues

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Allegaeon Announces August Shows

Colorado's Allegaeon will be hitting the road for a string of dates later this month. The tour starts on August 19th in Amarillo, TX and wraps up on August 28th in Greeley, CO. These are the first of many tour dates the band will be scheduling in support of their Metal Blade Records debut album, "Fragments Of Form And Function." The currently announced dates are as follows:

08/19 Amarillo, TX Nat Ballroom
08/20 Conway, AR Soundstage
08/21 Dallas, TX The Bone
08/22 Houston, TX The White Swan
08/23 Harlingen, TX Davila's Lounge
08/24 San Antonio, TX Zombie's
08/26 Denver, CO Marquis Theater
08/27 Fort Collins, CO Hodi's Halfnote
08/28 Greeley, CO Crabtree Brewery

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1349 Comments On Upcoming Tour

Norway's 1349 will bring its sonic plague back to North America in October for a co-headline tour with Triptykon, entitled, "Weltenbrand World Tour." Chicago's Yakuza will also appear on the bill. This will be 1349's second trek on this side of the Atlantic in support of the album "Demonoir," which was released in April on Prosthetic Records in North America. That last tour was cut short due to a volcanic eruption in Iceland and visa issues.

The band released the following statement: "2010 is a very special year for 1349. This is the year that saw the release of our pinnacle album 'Demonoir,' into which we have channeled the darkest and fiercest contents of our souls and given it an aural form. As the album was released, the band was already on American soil doing the first tour of the touring cycle as main support for Cannibal Corpse. We were obviously rather excited about how the songs would feel and sound live and thus of the crowd's reaction to the new material, but it turned out to work eminently. It felt fabulous! Furthermore, it became clear to us that we had to follow up what we had begun and go back to the States and play a headliner tour in the fall. This intent has turned into cold reality as we now embark on a co-headliner tour with Triptykon.

"Many of you are familiar with 1349's bonds to the creative mastermind Tom G. Warrior, and for us it's like pieces of a puzzle that fall into place as we now go on tour with Triptykon on their first journey to the U.S. We talk about two mighty forces that here will be joined; in 1349 we see it as nothing short of a great achievement that we could make it happen. We can promise you that 1349 will feed off this great happening, and we boldly state that every show on this Weltenbrand tour will be a triumph! We look STRONGLY forward to share some truly magical moments with our American fans on this tour, and judging from the reception we got on our short-but-sweet tour with CC this spring (hails!), this is gonna be A HELL OF A RIDE. To complete the line-up of this legendary 1349/Triptykon- tour, we have invited the splendid weirdos Yakuza as our special guests. 'Come feel the Fire'...as Overkill would have said." More...

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Dave Mustaine Video Interview Available

Rock It Out! Blog conducted an interview with Megadeth front man Dave Mustaine before the band's August 12th, 2010 performance at Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The show was part of the "American Carnage" tour with Slayer and Testament. Dave talks about his new autobiography, "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir," the "Big Four" of thrash, and more. You can check out the video clip below.

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Entrapment Streaming Re-Recorded Songs

Dutch death metal band Entrapment has issued the following brief update about streaming two newly re-recorded tracks online:

"Putrefying Stench of Death session re-recorded! 2 new/old songs in the player, I r- recorded the guitars and bass. At least one of the songs will appear on the Putrefying Stench of Death sessions (limited tape), out somewhere somehow!"

The re-recorded songs are available for streaming via the Entrapment MySpace page.

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Handful Of Hate Recruits New Drummer

Italian black metal act Handul of Hate has issued the following announcement about recruiting new drummer Asmodevs from Naer Mataron:

"Handful Of Hate announces their last line up changing, Asmodevs Draco Dvx (Azrath-11, Naer Mataron) joined the ranks as new permanent drummer replacing Andrea B. due to personal reasons. The split between H.O.H and Andrea B. happened in true friendly way 'cause he decided to follow other musical trails in jazz and fusion career but still holding on the Handful family supporting the band in and out the musical activity!

"We commonly wish him the best for his future plans and giving a big thank you for all the great and wonderful time spent altogether! other detailed news cumming soon. Check out our next live gigs and prepare yourself to be deflagrated and slaughtered into pieces. We are the void...after detonation...and blast you all!"

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Contraband Candy Posts Inside Look At Metalcamp

At a Metal Festival, in between the great bands and the beer-haze, are you ever struck by the thought, "I wonder how they run one of these things?" Contraband Candy asked Ana, one of the co-founders of up-and-coming European festival Metalcamp what it takes to get the show on the road. See how it all turns out in the video segment below:

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Deliverance Tribute Album In The Works

Roxx Records and the Christian Metal Realm recently announced the details on their long in the works tribute album celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Southern California Christian Thrash legends Deliverance.

"Temporary Insanity – A Salute to Deliverance" is set for release this August and hosts a variety of artists paying tribute to the band, some current, some past and even some special reunions all came together to lay down tracks for the disc! Including current and former members of bands such as The Crucified, Vengeance Rising, Deliverance and Hirax just to name a few; and special reunions from Oil and Eternal Decision all coming together just to contribute tracks for this project.

Arttie Parker owner of the Christian Metal Realm says “This CD started out in our online forum well over a year ago when some of the bands that frequent the board wanted to do a few tribute songs to ‘D’, then I started talking with Bill over at Roxx Records about it and it morphed in to a full on tribute CD with tons of artists in the mainstream Thrash and Christian Metal scenes all wanting to contribute to this project and give props to Deliverance as you can easily see by looking at the list of bands and artists we have lined up!”

Here's the tribute's lineup and tracklisting: More...

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BerserkerfoX Announces Wordwide Release Dates

Following the successful Australian launch of BerserkerfoX's debut album "History.Altar.Ashes" in June 2010, European and US release dates have now been set for 14th September 2010 through Ovis Records.

You can already download the album through digital stores such as iTunes, Amazon.com, Napster, WiMP or Spotify.

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Bane of Isildur Posts New Songs Online

Sydney viking metallers Bane of Isildur recently uploaded two new tracks from their upcoming “Black Wings” album up on their Myspace player. Here's the tracklisting for the new album:

1. Chosen Path
2. Last Alliance
3. The War of God and Men
4. 1066
5. Furious Hunt
6. Born to Scorch the Earth
7. Cold
8. Of Crimson and Cold Steel
9. A Red Dawn
10. Outro

You can hear “A Red Dawn” and “Furious Hunt” here.

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Onslaught Reveals New Album Title

British thrash metal veterans Onslaught has revealed that their forthcoming new studio album will be entitled, "Sounds Of Violence." This will be their fifth studio album, and first to be released through their new record label AFM. A message from guitarist Nige Rockett reads as follows:

"Sounds Of Violence is a very fitting title for the new recording, musically and lyrically this is definately the most brutal and intense Onslaught album to date. It's full of machine gun riffs / ferocious drum patterns and some pretty fucked up lyrical content..

"This album was never meant to be pretty, it's not a concept album by any measure but there's a definite theme to the whole package, right thru from the sleeve design to the music and on to the words, its violence all the way. There's a lot of hate in Sounds Of Violence and a whole lot of reality in there too, much of it straight from the heart."

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