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Decapitated Arrested In California

Update: the band has now issued a statement, which can be read here.

After releasing the "Anticult" album via Nuclear Blast Records, Polish metal band Decapitated recently hit the road in the U.S. to support the release alongside Thy Art Is Murder.

While the tour is ongoing, Decapitated won't be appearing on any further dates of the trek, with all four members of the band arrested in California this morning.

The Spokesman Review reported the following:

All four members of the Polish death metal band Decapitated were arrested in Santa Ana, California, early Saturday on suspicion of kidnapping a woman after their concert in Spokane on Aug. 31.

A woman reported to police just before 2 a.m. on Sept. 1 the alleged kidnapping by the band members, said Spokane Police Department spokeswoman Cpl. Teresa Fuller. The band had performed with Thy Art is Murder at The Pin concert venue downtown as part of their “Double Homicide” tour. Fuller said she believes the woman attended the heavy metal concert.

The band members were arrested by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office after their Friday night concert in Santa Ana. They have been identified as 27-year-old Michael M. Lysejko, 35-year-old Waclaw J. Kieltyka, 31-year-old Rafal T. Piotrowski and 30-year-old Hubert E. Wiecek. All are Polish nationals.

The four are in the Los Angeles County Jail awaiting extradition to Spokane. Fuller said additional charges are possible. The case is still under investigation by the department’s Special Victims Unit.

Defense attorney Steve Graham of Spokane said he was hired by the band on Thursday after they became aware of the investigation.

“There is another side to this,” he said. “We have witnesses that can testify to the fact that the accuser came to visit band of her own free will and left on good terms.”

He said he told police that the band members had offered to surrender but never heard anything back. “I made it clear that I could get the guys up here ASAP and they would cooperate,” he said.

Graham said he’s concerned that they will “languish” in the Los Angeles County Jail for weeks before being returned to Spokane, but said the four will not fight extradition and will return to Spokane willingly.

Live footage from the band's Santa Ana show can be seen below. At this point no statement has arrived from the band or label, but it seems a good bet there won't be any further U.S. appearances on the remaining dates. The band was also scheduled to tour Europe alongside King Parrot in October and November. More...

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Striker Revels In "Former Glory"

Edmonton shredding crew Striker is riding quite the bullet train this year in support of a self-titled album released this past February via indie label Record Breaking Records.

Touring Europe with Sonata Arctica, plus performing on 70,000 Tons of Metal along with an award win (Edmonton Music Award) and a nomination for a Western Canadian Music Award for "Metal / Hard Rock Artist of Year," there's no stopping these Canadian metal titans.

Currently on tour with Dark Tranquillity and Warbringer in North America (dates listed below), this power quartet today unleashes new music video "Former Glory." The video captures the classic heavy metal of past and showcases Striker bringing it to the forefront of present day headbanging. More...

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Devangelic Releases Lyric Video

Today the Italian brutal death metal band Devangelic releases a video for "Of Maggots And Disease," taken off the "Phlegethon" album due out this coming October 27th, 2017. The album's full track listing is as follows:

1. Plagued By Obscurity
2. Mutilation Above Salvation
3. Of Maggots And Disease
4. Malus Invictus
5. Abominated Impurity Of The Oppressed
6. Condemned To Dismemberment
7. Wretched Incantations
8. Manifestation Of Agony
9. Decaying Suffering
10. Asphyxiation Upon Phlegethon
11. He Who Sleeps (Morbid Angel cover) *
12. Abominated Impurity Of The Oppressed (Promo 2016) *
*A limited Digipack version will be released with 2 bonus tracks.

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Mindkult Debuts New Track "Infernals"

Mindkult debuts a new song entitled "Infernals", taken from the upcoming new album "Lucifer’s Dream", which Transcending Obscurity Records will release on September 20.

Check out now "Infernals" below.

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END Premieres Full-Album Stream Of Debut EP

END (Counterparts, Fit For An Autopsy, etc.) premieres the full-album stream of the band's debut EP "From The Unforgiving Arms Of God", which arrived in stores yesterday, September 08th.

Check out now "From The Unforgiving Arms Of God" in its entirety below.

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CyHra (Ex-In Flames, Etc.) Debuts New Music Video

CyHra, the new band featuring former Amaranthe singer Jake E., ex-In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad and Luca Turilli's Rhapsody drummer Alex Landenburg, debuts a new music video for "Karma", taken from the upcoming debut album "Letters To Myself", which is on course for an October 20th release on Spinefarm. Patric Ullaeus (Arch Enemy, Children Of Bodom) directed the clip.

Check out now "Karma" below.

Comments frontman Jake E.: More...

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Fireball Ministry Premieres New Song & Video

Fireball Ministry premieres a new song and video entitled "The Answer", taken from the upcoming new album "Remember The Story", for which an October 06th release date has been scheduled via Cleopatra Records.

Check out now "The Answer" below.

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