Vocalist Chris Barnes of Florida death metallers SIX FEET UNDER will guest on this weekend's (January 29-31) edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. SHADOWS FALL singer Brian Fair will co-host the program, which will also feature the broadcast premiere of new music from Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY. To see a ...
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The third installment of SIX FEET UNDER's cover series, "Graveyard Classics 3", sold around 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 31 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who ...
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Video footage of BËEHLER — the Canadian band featuring the former EXCITER drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler, former EXCITER bassist Allan Johnson and guitarists Sean Brophy and Scott Walsh — performing at the release party for "Hellbent For Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook" on December 5, 2009 at the Katacombes in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be viewed ...
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Tampa, Florida death metallers SIX FEET UNDER will sign copies of the third installment of their cover series, "Graveyard Classics 3", on Saturday, January 23 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Sound Exchange in Brandon, Florida. Sound Exchange 732 West Lumsden Rd. Brandon, FL 33511 813-651-9316 Due on January 19 via Metal Blade Records, ...
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EXCITER and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM are among the confirmed bands for the Metropole Ruhr Festival 2010, set to take place April 4, 2010 at Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: EXCITER FLOTSAM AND JETSAM LIVING DEATH EXUMER SAVAGE GRACE ANGEL DUST OMEN WITCHBURNER FAILED PERFECTION EURE ERBEN
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Tampa, Florida's kings of groove-laden death metal SIX FEET UNDER are back with the third installment of their cover series, "Graveyard Classics 3", due out on January 19, 2010 via Metal Blade Records. In support of the upcoming release, the band has unleashed the very first single from the CD — a cover of SLAYER's ...
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Florida-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER have issued the following update: "We are sorry to inform our fans who were planning to see us perform at Satans Convention [festival on December 12] in [Lengerich] Germany, we are forced to cancel due to the local promoter not responding to our communications, emails or phone calls by ...
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Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER are writing songs for a new studio album and are developing a documentary with an Ottawa, Ontario-based film company called Neuron Mirror. They hope to have the movie finished sometime next year. EXCITER will make several German and American festival appearances in April and May of 2010. More details will ...
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Tampa, Florida's kings of groove-laden death metal SIX FEET UNDER are back with the third installment of the band's cover series, "Graveyard Classics 3", due out via Metal Blade Records on January 19, 2010. "Graveyard Classics 3" was recorded at D.O.I. Digital Audio in Tampa, Florida, was mixed at Audiohammer Studios by Mark Lewis, and ...
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Video footage of BËEHLER — the Canadian band featuring the former EXCITER drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler, former EXCITER bassist Allan Johnson and guitarists Sean Brophy and Scott Walsh — performing the EXCITER classic "Pounding Metal" at the release party for "Hellbent For Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook" on December 5, 2009 at the Katacombes in Montreal, ...
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BËEHLER — the Canadian band featuring the former EXCITER drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler, former EXCITER bassist Allan Johnson and guitarists Sean Brophy and Scott Walsh — will be interviewed today (Wednesday, December 2) on the Ottawa, Ontario, Canada radio station CKCU on the "Pure Radio Kaos" program. The group will spin some of the tracks from ...
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German thrashers EXUMER have been confirmed for next year's Metropole Ruhr Festival, set to take place April 4, 2010 in Oberhausen, Germany. The event will feature some of the most influential cult thrash and power metal bands from the 1980s, hailing from Germany, Canada and the USA. On the heels of the success of the ...
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Tampa, Florida's kings of groove-laden death metal SIX FEET UNDER are back with the third installment of the band's cover series, "Graveyard Classics 3", due out via Metal Blade Records on January 19, 2010. "Graveyard Classics 3" was recorded at D.O.I. Digital Audio in Tampa, Florida, was mixed at Audiohammer Studios by Mark Lewis, and ...
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BËEHLER — the Canadian band featuring the former EXCITER drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler, former EXCITER bassist Allan Johnson and guitarists Sean Brophy and Scott Walsh — has completed work a new three-song demo featuring the tracks "Eternal Tormentor", "March Of Death" and "Organized Mayhem". BËEHLER's sound is described in a press release as "a journey from ...
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Swedish extreme metallers NECROPHOBIC have been confirmed for the Sweden Rock Cruise, departing from Stockholm on October 8 and returning the next day. The event billing is shaping up as follows: CRASHDIET EXCITER FREAK KITCHEN FREEDOM CALL NECROPHOBIC U.D.O. With hard rock DJs, tax-free shops, bars, restaurants, a gaming room, swimming pool and saunas, the ...
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U.D.O. — the German metal band fronted by former ACCEPT singer Udo Dirkschneider — has been confirmed for the Sweden Rock Cruise, departing from Stockholm on October 8 and returning the next day. The event billing is shaping up as follows: CRASHDIET EXCITER FREAK KITCHEN FREEDOM CALL U.D.O. Two more acts will be announced soon. ...
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Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER have been confirmed for the Sweden Rock Cruise, departing from Stockholm on October 8 and returning the next day. The event billing is shaping up as follows: CRASHDIET EXCITER FREAK KITCHEN FREEDOM CALL Two more acts will be announced soon. With hard rock DJs, tax-free shops, bars, restaurants, a gaming ...
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Italian death/thrash band SUBHUMAN will release its full-length debut, "Profondo Rozzo", on August 21 through the Canadian label Maple Metal Records (launched by John Belrose, who produced EXCITER's "Heavy Metal Maniac"). The CD was recorded in November 2008 at Studio73 in Italy and was produced by SUBHUMAN and Paso. According to a press release, the ...
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EXCITER members Ric Charron, John Ricci and Rob "Clammy" Cohen will be interviewed on the Ottawa, Ontario radio program "Meltdown" on campus radio station CKCU.FM on Monday, June 29, 2009 at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. You can listen to the program live via the Internet at this location (click on "CKCU: Listen ...
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One look at that album cover and surely you realize that what you're getting yourself into is not epic folk metal, brutal death, or progressive power metal. "Metal Fire from Hell" — licensed from Black-Listed Records for stateside release by Planet Metal — from Japan's HELLHOUND is pure '80s heavy metal, albeit the cheesier end ...
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PICTURE, TOKYO BLADE, EXCITER and TYGERS OF PAN TANG are among the confirmed bands for this year's edition of the Heavy Metal Maniacs festival, set to take place October 23-24, 2009 at Manifesto in Hoorn, Holland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, October 23: PICTURE (NL) TOKYO BLADE (UK) CHAINSAW (NL) Saturday, ...
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Video footage of BËEHLER — the Canadian band featuring the former EXCITER drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler, former EXCITER bassist Allan Johnson and guitarists Sean Brophy and Scott Walsh — working in the studio on material for its debut album can be viewed below. Two original tracks from BËEHLER — "Transmaniacon" and "Psychotron" — are available for ...
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Matt Singer of IFC.com recently conducted an interview with Sacha Gervasi — the director of "Anvil! The Story of Anvil", a mockumentary-like true account of fiftysomething Canadian heavy-metal practitioners Robb Reiner and Steve "Lips" Kudlow who, after a desultory European tour with their band ANVIL, decide to record a 13th album in a ...
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EXCITER, ENTOMBED and LIZZY BORDEN are among the confirmed bands for the Carnival Metal Fest, set to take place Saturday, March 28 at Teatro Las Torres in Mexico City, Mexico The festival billing is as follows: EXCITER ENTOMBED LIZZY BORDEN RONNY MUNROE DEATHRIDERS SOTHIS DREAMLORE SPLIT HEAVEN EVILHEART VOLTAX RAPED GOD For more information, check ...
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A one-minute video clip featuring footage from BËEHLER's recent trip to Norway to perform at the the Metal Merchants Festival, which was held January 30-31, 2009 at Kanonhallen in Oslo, can be viewed below. BËEHLER is the Canadian band featuring the former EXCITER drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler, former EXCITER bassist Allan Johnson and guitarists Sean Brophy ...
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RIOT mainman/guitarist Mark Reale has issued the following update: "As you may have heard by now, RIOT is gearing up for the '20th Anniversary Thundersteel Reunion'. It's been almost two decades since I last played with Tony Moore, Don Van Stavern, Bobby Jarzombek, and Mike Flyntz and we are really looking forward to getting out ...
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Elena Mihailidou and Labro Tenne of Metalzone.gr conducted an interview with Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER on November 21, 2008 when the band made its live debut in Athens, Greece. Watch the 24-minute chat below. As previously reported, EXCITER bassist Rob "Clammy" Cohen will be interviewed on the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" show on ...
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Bassist Rob "Clammy" Cohen of the Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER will be interviewed on the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" show on Blogtalkradio.com on Sunday, November 30 at 6:00 p.m. EST. For more information and to listen to the program live via the Internet, go to this location. The 1988 critically maligned self-titled album ...
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The 1988 critically maligned self-titled album from Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER will be reissued with new artwork on January 20, 2009 via Magnetic Air/MVD. "Exciter" saw the group's drummer/singer Dan Beehler relinquishing his vocal duties to singer Rob Malnati. But the strategy backfired, according to Answers.com, as the album's almost complete abandonment of thrash ...
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Canada's EXCITER are speed metal legends, hands down, and '80s albums like "Violence and Force" and "Heavy Metal Maniac" helped define the genre. It has been eight years and now comes "Thrash Speed Burn", a white-hot thrasher with guitarist John Ricci proudly carrying the torch. Drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler is not along for the ride these ...
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