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Interview With Gary Holt Of Exodus

The renowned Bay area thrash band Exodus have been pumping out albums since 1985 amid numerous line-up changes, record label issues, a full scale break up, and even the death of a vocalist. Despite all the problems the band is continuing on at full speed without skipping a beat, and is set to release a re-recording of their classic first album "Bonded by Blood." More...

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Zimmers Hole Launchs Old Man's Child Cover Song

ZIMMERS HOLE has secured a slot on the 20th anniversary compilation of Century Media Records, entitled "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes", which is available throughout Europe now. It contains 32 mostly exclusive recordings where Century Media artists cover songs from other acts within the label's repertoire and the result is a fascinating journey through the label's impressive musical spectrum.

Until the end of the year, Century Media will share some of these tracks on their MySpace page in weekly turns and you can now check out the ZIMMERS HOLE version of "Doommaker," a song by Norwegian black metal outfit OLD MAN'S CHILD, which was originally released on the "The Pagan Prosperity" album in 1997.

Furthermore, ZIMMERS HOLE will hit the UK as direct support of Swedish metallers Soilwork. This extensive tour kicks off in early November and is the band's first European run for their current album "When You Were Shouting At The Devil…We Were In League With Satan."

Here are the tour dates with Soilwork, Zimmers Hole and One-Way Mirror: More...

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Stick To Your Guns Premieres New Video Online

STICK TO YOUR GUNS' new full-length release, "Comes From The Heart," is now available and the band is currently out supporting it on tour in Europe with Walls Of Jericho, Evergreen Terrace and many more bands on the Hell On Earth Tour 2008.

Furthermore, the band has recently finished its first video-shooting for the song "Enough Is Enough." The video premiered on the band's MySpace today and can be seen below with some entertaining behind the scene-footage.

You can catch the band live on the Hell On Earth Tour. Tour dates follow:

HELL ON EARTH TOUR 2008
Featuring STICK TO YOUR GUNS, Walls Of Jericho, Evergreen Terrace, All Shall Perish and many more

28.09. UK-London - Islington Carling Academy
29.09. UK-Plymouth - White Rabbit
30.09. UK-Sheffield - Coporation
01.10. UK-Petersborough - The Park More...

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Complete Failure Readies Live Album

Exactly six months after the release of debut record, "Perversions Of Guilt," Complete Failure is back with a furiously performed collection of songs documenting the climax of an exhausting 90 date tour spanning North America and Europe.

Captured in pristine, high quality audio from the board in Bern, Switzerland, "Good Things Happen To Bad People" is produced and released by the band independently and will be available starting October, 14, 2008 in digital download format via comfail.com. A limited edition, hand-numbered CD format will be released soon afterwards complete with archive quality artwork and packaging.

The track listing is as follows:

1. Gross Negligence
2. Six Pack Holydaze on a First Grader Hangover
3. Columbine Like Christ Maneuver
4. Head Ovarian Acher
5. Cured Through Constant Degradent Criticism
6. Perversions of Guilt
7. Bipolar Fatigue Hallucination
8. Ode to My Lies and Manipulations
9. 1st Husband Second Wife Thurd Stepson

You can check out two preview tracks on the band's MySpace page.

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Kataklysm Wins "Best Metal Album" Award In Quebec

"Prevail", the most recently acclaimed album by Canada's hyperblasters KATAKLYSM, has won for "Album Of The Year" in the "Metal/Hardcore" category at the Quebec Indie Music Awards (GAMIQ), an awards show that recognizes achievements by Quebec independent artists. The event is produced by the Quebec Independent Music Association which is also behind the Montreal International Music Initiative (MIMI). KATAKLYSM has released the following statement in regards to this rather flattering victory:

“KATAKLYSM would like to thank the board of judges and all the people that voted for ‘Prevail’. We were super psyched as it was just to be nominated but now that we’ve actually won we can’t really explain how great it feels. It’s definitely an honor, especially since we were up against some great artists. What a great way to start our North American tour in a few days! We can’t wait to get out there and show the rest of the world what Quebec already knows; KATAKLYSM will ‘Prevail’!"

Those that were nominated this year included:

TEARS FOR THE SKY - "Boredomville II"
MENACE RUINE - "Cult of Ruins"
KOSMOS - "Kosmos"
ION DISSONANCE - "Minus The Herd"
KATAKLYSM - "Prevail"

KATAKLSYM will headline this year’s installment of the “Death by Decibels” tour presented by CDV Software Entertainment and Sacred 2: Fallen Angel the video game. The package features DYING FETUS, ELUVEITIE, KEEP OF KALESSIN from September 26th until October 16th then ARSIS, ELUVEITIE, KEEP OF KALESSIN October 18th until the 24th. The confirmed dates are as follows: More...

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Winters In Osaka To Collaborate w/ Machetazo

WINTERS IN OSAKA has announced that their next release will be a collaboration with the legendary Spanish death grinders MACHETAZO. Following hot on the heels of their very recent collab with drone-huffing riffmasters BONGRIPPER, this split 7" is due out on Torture Garden Records sometime soon.

WINTERS IN OSAKA have built up an impressive roster of partners-in-crime over the last few years, collaborating with such artists as Topon Das (Fuck The Facts), Richard Hoak (Brutal Truth), Hyperdriver, Chris Dodge (Spazz, East West Blast Test, Despise You), Jon Kortland (Iron Lung), Bill Yurkiewicz (Exit 13), Toney Vast Binder (7000 Dying Rats), Dorian Rainwater (Kill the Client), Shane Ryan (ex-Atavist), Weasel Walter, Mykel Boyd, Torturing Nurse, Zweizz, The Endless Blockade, Plague Bringer, and more.

WINTERS IN OSAKA plans to tour relentlessly to promote this and the BONGRIPPER collaboration. Their as-yet-unnamed second full-length is due out in 2009.

You can check out some of Winters In Osaka's material on their Myspace page.

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Virgin Black Announces New US Tour Dates

Australia's death-doom ensemble, Virgin Black, will be hitting the road this weekend for a 20 date North American tour with Amorphis and Samael. Band leader Rowan London offers the following update:

"After a barrage of attention and gift giving from a fine conglomerate of people in Mexico, we're now in New York with our friends at The End Records readying ourselves for what will no doubt be an exhausting but enthralling tour. I assure those coming out to the shows that we'll leave it all on the stage, with every ounce of our being going into our twisted little piece of art." More...

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Bleeding Through Posts Entire New Album Online

Bleeding Through has posted their brand new studio album, "Declaration" online for streaming at their official Myspace.

The album will be released tomorrow (Sept. 26th) in Europe and September 30th in North America. The band are currently finishing a North American tour with Bullet For My Valentine and will also support them on their upcoming European tour along with Lacuna Coil.

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Martyr Drummer Announced For Quo Vadis Lineup

Martyr’s drummer Patrice Hamelin (Martyr, session-Despised Icon, Senate) will join fellow Canadian progressive tech death band Quo Vadis on tour and in studio for new material. The announcement is the first in a series of line-up changes after their Sept 6th show in Montreal with Despised Icon, Neuraxis, Blinded by Faith and (the)Plasmarifle.

Next week Quo Vadis will also reveal the identity of the new vocalist who will join the band on stage for the upcoming series of Canadian shows.

Oct 23. St-Hyacinthe, QC - Le Thrash
Oct 24. Rimouski, QC - La Coudée
Oct 25. Jonquière, QC - Place Nikitoutagan
Oct 26. Québec, QC - l'Anti
Oct 27, Ottawa, On - tba
Oct 28. Toronto, ON - The Kathedral
Oct 29. Hamilton, ON - The Casbah
Nov 2 . Drummondville, QC - La Piaule

Quo Vadis guitarist and front man Bart Frydrychowicz comments on Patrice Hamelin’s musical artistry and his joining the tour:

"Having Patrice join us on the road is a great honour and I’m privileged to share the stage with a great and talented drummer like him. Pat’s musical ability comes to enhance and compliment Quo Vadis' existing material and his playing style is a perfect match. We hope to record at least one new song at 40 West Studio in the next 2-3 weeks so that you have a chance to listen and get to know the new material before hearing it live."

Here's a live (albeit very pixelated) video of the band: More...

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Toronto Area Metal Band Commercial Casting Call

Jigsaw Casting Ltd. is looking for a hard rock/metal band to be featured in an upcoming soup commercial. The band must be loacted in Toronto or the surrounding area.

RATE: Approx. $8000 CDN
(Possible additional payment of up to $1500 for use of original work)

MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR THESE TORONTO DATES:
Recall Date: Monday October 6th, 2008
Shoot Date: October 14th-16th, 2008 (One day of)

To submit to be seen for an audition, email the following to erika@jigsawcasting.com:

1. Photos of your band – candid snapshots are sufficient (100kb per photo)
2. A current bio of your band
3. Links to websites featuring your songs/work
4. Your primary and secondary contact information

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 at 5:00pm

NOTE: There is no financial compensation for submissions / audition process.

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Mortum Enters The Studio To Record Debut Album

NJ black metallers, Mortum, have issued the following update:

"This Saturday, the journey to complete our first full length will begin! We will be entering the studio recording all 8 songs for the album. A release date is not known yet. We still have to get together artwork, packaging, Cds, etc. I would think, though, before 09 it will be out! So check back for updates!"

"In other news, our 3 demo songs should be up within a day or two. We felt that this would be an appropriate way to show the people on Myspace what the new Mortum sounds like! So be prepared, and come to our show on the 12th!"

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Cattle Decapitation Announces Tour Dates

Cattle Decapitation has lined up their final shows of 2008, beginning in early October. The band are currently ironing out a brand new album, set to be released in early 2009.

The tour dates are as follows:

October 3 - Ontario, CA @ The Granda Theater
October 4 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Phoenix Gallery
October 7 - Los Angeles, CA @ Whiskey A-GoGo
October 31 - La Jolla, CA @ The Che Cafe

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Malevolent Creation Begins Work On New Album

Malevolent Creation guitarist Phil Fasciana has posted the following message online:

“I know it has been some time since we have said much or updated things lately, but finally there are European tour dates posted on our MySpace page and there are more coming! Also, after much consideration and long talks between the three original band members of MALEVOLENT CREATION, we have to decided to stop fucking around! Just like all bands, we to have had our share of personal problems that have delayed things a bit. But we have to decided to continue touring around the world and after we return from our headlining tour of Europe with support from the mighty VITAL REMAINS and our friends from Florida WYKKED WYTCH in December, we will start the pre-production for a shitload of new MALEVOLENT CREATION songs for our eleventh full-length studio release. We are also going to re-record some songs from our third CD, ‘Stillborn,’ and also record some very cool cover songs from some of our favorite bands when we were little metalheads. Of course, there will be no suprises or weak material involved with these recording sessions and we are seriously talking about writing the fastest album we have ever written. I know all our CDs have a lot of fast songs, but this time i think we really need to let loose and just kick some serious ass.

"Not many bands have had the opportunity to have been around as long as we have, and everything could end at anytime. So before we decide to throw in the towel, we are gonna throw down the hardest MALEVOLENT CREATION album possible! The songs we have already started writing are so fast and brutal that we don’t want to mess with energy we have already created.”

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Christ Inversion Announces Release

The official release of Christ Inversion's self-titled recording is set for October 28, 2008 on Housecore Records

Christ Inversion features:
Philip H. Anselmo (DOWN, Pantera, SJR, Etc..) - Guitar & Backing Vocals
Wayne Fabra (Graveyard Rodeo, Necrophagia) - Vocals
Jay Gracianette (Sinkhole, House of Shock) - Bass
Gary Herbert -(Graveyard Rodeo) - Drums

You can check out some of Christ Inversion's material on their MySpace page.

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Grey Machine Debuts MP3 Online

The debut mp3, "Vultures Descend", from Grey Machine has been posted online. You can listen to it here

Grey Machine consistes of Aaron Turner (Isis), Justin K. Broadrick (Final, Napalm Death, Godflesh, Jesu), Dave Cochrane (Head of David, Courtesy Group, Transitional, US touring Jesu), and Diarmuid Dalton (Jesu, Cable Regime)

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Ex-My Own Victim Members Form Snake Eyed Savior

Snake Eyed Savior is a heavy new band featuring three members of My Own Victim, one of the biggest metal/hardcore bands to come out of Louisville, Kentucky area in the 1990s. Those members are Victor Hillerich (vocals), Jeff Toy (guitar) and Todd Conn (bass). They’ve been joined by Jason Williams (guitar) and Jason Lakes (drums) .

Snake Eyed Savior, which has three songs from its demo posted on MySpace will also appear on an upcoming Kinghorse (Caroline Records) tribute being put together by Louisville Lip Records due out in 2009.

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AC/DC Slams iTunes

AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson has made clear the reason why the band will not put their catalogue on iTunes.

"We don't make singles, we make albums," he told the Telegraph.

"We believe the songs on any of our albums belong together. If we were on iTunes, we know a certain percentage of people would only download two or three songs from the album. We don't think that represents us musically."

Guitarist Angus Young adds: "Since iTunes came into existence, we've actually increased our back catalogue sales without being on the site," he said. "We were sternly warned by our management team and our record label that the complete opposite would be the case."

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All That Remains Uploads Behind The Scenes Video

American metallers All That Remains has uploaded a new video onto YouTube documenting the recording of their new album, "Overcome." You can check it out below.

"Overcome" debuted at #16 on the Billboard 200 Album chart and sold 28,000 copies in its first week.

You can catch the band live on the following dates: More...

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Poison The Well To Enter The Studio This November

Poison The Well has announced that they will be heading into the studio this November to record a new studio with producer J Robbins (Clutch, Modern Life Is War, Against Me.) The album will be the follow up to 2007's "Versions" album and will likely be released in May of 2009.

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Enslaved's New Album Streaming Online

"Vertebrae", the new album from the Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED, is currently the featured artist over at MySpace Metal.

The new album is also available for streaming in its entirety (for a limited time!) at the groups MySpace Page. The CD will be released in Europe on September 29 via Indie Recordings and in North America on October 28 through Nuclear Blast Records.

"Vertebrae" was recorded during the first months of 2008 — then mixed by Joe Barresi (TOOL, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE) and mastered by the legendary George Marino in Sterling Sound. Produced by Ivar Bjørnson, Herbrand Larsen and Grutle Kjellson.

The album will be supported by extensive touring starting with the "Vertebrae European Tour" in November/December 2008 also featuring STONEGARD and KRAKOW.

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Within Temptation Cancels Israeli Show

Dutch symphonic metallers Within Temptation has posted the following message online:

"Dear fans from Israel,

"Unfortunately, we have to cancel our show on October 12th in Tel Aviv, Israel.

"We are all set and ready to do the show, but the promoter has failed to take care of the necessary means, such as booking flights and actually booking the venue. More...

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Edguy Shoots New Video For "Ministry Of Saints"

German metallers Edguy has posted the following message online:

"Edguy have just returned from Belgrade where they have shot a video clip for the song 'Ministry Of Saints' from their forthcoming new studio album Tinnitus Sanctus out on November 14th.

"As there will be no EP before the album release the video clip will be shown on this website during the next weeks."

Another message from the band reads: "Edguy have just revealed the tracklist of their new album Tinnitus Sanctus which will be released on November 14th.

The song titles read as follows: "Ministry Of Saints," "Sex Fire Religion," "The Pride Of Creation," "Nine Lives," "Wake Up Dreaming Black," 'Dragonfly," "Thorn Without A Rose," "929," "Speedhoven," "Dead Or Rock & Aren't You A Little Pervert Too."

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Zonaria Reveals New Album Details

ZONARIA has revealed more information about their sophomore effort and Century Media debut, "The Cancer Empire." As previously reported, the album will be released on the following dates:

GERMANY / AUSTRIA / SWITZERLAND / BENELUX / ITALY: Friday, October 24, 2008

UK / FRANCE / GREECE / DENMARK / NORWAY / REST OF EUROPE: Monday, October 27, 2008

SPAIN / PORTUGAL: Tuesday, October 28, 2008.
SWEDEN / FINLAND / HUNGARY: Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Simon Berglund (vocals/guitar) explains the meaning of the album title as follows:

"The Cancer Empire refers to a nation that infects the world around it by spreading lies and deceit in order to dominate. For us it has a realistic reflection on the world today."

The cover artwork by Par Olofsson (Winds Of Plague, Deeds Of Flesh, Psycroptic) was also based upon this concept and you can now view it in higher resolution HERE.

The tracklisting of "The Cancer Empire" reads as follows: More...

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King, Hegg To Guest on Bruce Dickinson Radio Show

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King and AMON AMARTH frontman Johan Hegg will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Friday, October 3 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce lDickinson Friday Rock Show." You can listen to the broadcast live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time at bbc.co.uk.

SLAYER, TRIVIUM, MASTODON and AMON AMARTH will team up for "The Unholy Alliance: Chapter III" European tour in the fall.

AMON AMARTH will be playing after Mastodon and before Trivium and Slayer in Germany and Sweden. AMON AMARTH will play before Mastodon in all other territories.

AMON AMARTH's latest album "Twilight Of The Thunder God" is in stores all over Europe now.

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Static-X Announces "Cannibal Killers Live" DVD

Long-standing industrial-metal band, Static-X is returning with "Cannibal Killers Live," their first full-length live DVD. Filmed in 2007 at a concert in Spokane, WA, the set features fan-favorites like "The Enemy," "Bled for Days," and the radio smash, "Push It." Produced by frontman Wayne Static, the package also includes an additional audio CD which features the show in its entirety. The DVD also includes all of the band’s official music videos.

"Cannibal Killers Live" will be released on October 14th on Reprise Records.

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