Austrian power metallers STYGMA IV have set a June 1 release date for their CD of outtakes, entitled "Rotting Corpses". To order a copy, visit the "Shop" section of the band's official web site. STYGMA IV are currently in the pre-production stage for their sixth album, tentatively due later in the year. The ...
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NUCLEAR ASSAULT/ex-ANTHRAX bassist Dan Lilker has slammed MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine for threatening to pull out of several festival appearances in Greece and Israel because two of the support acts on the bill were "full-on Satanic" bands called ROTTING CHRIST and DISSECTION. Mustaine, who converted to Christianity several years ago, explained his position in a ...
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Reunited '80s thrash band ROTTING CORPSE — whose original lineup included current SOLITUDE AETURNUS mainman John Perez and former DEATH touring guitarist/roadie Walter Trachsler — have posted four clips from their upcoming "Demos" CD at their MySpace.com page. Each of the four clips is a 30-second sample representing one of the four demos ...
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DEATH FOLLOWS A SHADOW, the new band featuring STEEL PROPHET founder/guitarist Steve Kachinsky, have posted a handful of tunes from their self-produced debut EP, entitled "Five Stages of Death", at MySpace.com. Songtitles are "Internal Hate", "Five Stages of Death", "The Christ Diaries", "Evil's Echoes" and "The Darkside of Human Nature". DEATH FOLLOWS A ...
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Candlelight Records USA have set a June 28 U.S. release date for death-thrashers DAM's full-length debut, "Purity: The Darwinian Paradox". The CD will be available in Europe from May 30. An album-launch event is set to take place on Saturday, June 4 at London's Islington Electrowerkz. Scheduled to perform live on the evening are DAM, ...
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Greek metallers ROTTING CHRIST will headline this year's Day of Darkness Metalfest, set to take place on Saturday July 9 at Pedigree Corner, Ballylinan, Co Laois in Ireland. Now in its fourth year, the festival will once again bring together bands from Ireland's thriving domestic metal scene with a number of their international peers. Tickets ...
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Reunited '80s thrash band ROTTING CORPSE — whose original lineup included current SOLITUDE AETURNUS mainman John Perez and former DEATH touring guitarist/roadie Walter Trachsler — have announced the details of their "RC Memorial Day Massacre Tour 2005". Confirmed dates are as follows: May 21 - Austin, TX @ The Backroom May 26 - Corpus Christi, ...
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THE PROJECT HATE, the Swedish band featuring Jörgen Sandström of ENTOMBED/GRAVE fame on lead vocals, have set "Armageddon March Eternal (Symphonies of Slit Wrists)" as the title of their new album, due later in the year via Threeman Recordings. The follow-up to 2003's "Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate" was produced by Dan Swanö and features a ...
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Regain Records has set a June 13 release date for the MARDUK "Blackcrowned" DVD. The disc features the rare live cuts from the "Blackcrowned" box set video tape — 1.5 hours of rare live cuts spanning the band's entire career. Also included are two bonus tracks. The DVD is strictly limited to 3,000 copies. "Blackcrowned" ...
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DEMONIC CHRIST guitarist/vocalist Dana Duffey Clayton has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "New album to be recorded! Details: Dana is in the process of writing new material for the upcoming DEMONIC CHRIST opus. It is confirmed that long time comrade, Proscriptor McGovern (ABSU) will be drumming on the new album and fellow old-schooler, Lord ...
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MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "People don't really have to guess how I feel on issues; that is a benefit of being outspoken. So, I have to say that I am stunned with the inconsiderate posts and threads here about my ...
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Reunited '80s thrash band ROTTING CORPSE — whose original lineup included current SOLITUDE AETURNUS mainman John Perez and former DEATH touring guitarist/roadie Walter Trachsler — have set Tuesday, May 24, 2005 as the release date for their collection of demos, entitled "The Demos", through F*ck It Records. The disc will feature all the old-school thrash ...
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In addition to their previously announced show on May 28 at Division One in Arlington, Texas, reunited '80s thrash band ROTTING CORPSE — whose original lineup included current SOLITUDE AETURNUS mainman John Perez and former DEATH touring guitarist/roadie Walter Trachsler — will be performing at The Meridian in Houston, Texas on May 27. Also appearing ...
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CKY guitarist/vocalist Deron Miller has slammed MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine for threatening to cancel any shows where "full-on Satanic" bands are also scheduled to appear. In a statement sent to BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Miller wrote, "reading that ROTTING CHRIST has to cancel shows because of Dave Mustaine's recent and absurdly sudden Christianity is one of the most ...
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St. John's, Newfoundland "stoner" rockers SHEAVY will be filming their May 10 performance at the Masonic Temple Ballroom here in St. John's for an upcoming DVD, to be released this summer. SHEAVY recently completed work on their new CD, "Republic?", due in June via Rise Above Records. "Republic?" track listing: 01. The Rook 02. Hangman ...
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Frontman Sakis Tolis of the Greek black metal act ROTTING CHRIST has issued the following statement — exclusively via Metal Temple magazine — concerning the issue that has arisen due to Dave Mustaine's (MEGADETH frontman) comments (see previous BLABBERMOUTH.NET stories: Story#1, Story#2) regarding the announcement that ROTTING CHRIST were ...
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MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "It has come to my attention that there was a show in Greece where an allegedly 'full-on' Satanic band [ROTTING CHRIST] was going to be playing, as well as one in Israel too [referring to DISSECTION ...
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MEGADETH's previously announced gigs in Greece — on June 17 and 18 in Athens and Thessaloniki, respectively — appear to be in jeopardy over the participation of one of the scheduled support acts, Greek black metallers ROTTING CHRIST. MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine is reportedly willing to cancel MEGADETH's Greek dates (to be more specific: wherever ...
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A brand–new KAYSER track, entitled "Good Citizen", has been made available for download at this location. "Good Citizen" comes off the group's debut album, "Kaiserhof", due on June 13 via Scarlet Records. KAYSER is the new Swedish band featuring Spice (ex-SPIRITUAL BEGGARS), Mattias Svensson (THE DEFACED), Bob Ruben (ex-THE MUSHROOM RIVER BAND) and ...
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A second audio clip of a new STAIND song has been posted online at the group's official web site. STAIND are scheduled to release their new album, "Chapter V", this summer via Flip/Atlantic Records. 11 or 12 songs are expected to appear on the follow-up to 2003's "14 Shades of Grey", including "Paper ...
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ROTTING CHRIST, R.O.T.S. (RIDERS OF THE STORM) and NECRONOMICON are the latest confirmations for the Up From The Ground festival, set to be held August 26-27 in Gemünden/Steinwiesen, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: ANTICHRIST BELPHEGOR DARK AGE DEFLESHED DISINFECT EKTOMORF END OF GREEN ENSIFERUM FEARER HATESPHERE HEAVEN SHALL BURN HYPOCRISY ...
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With a riff straight out of the AT THE GATES reject pile, Virginia's WINTER SOLSTICE doggedly, dogmatically trudge through forty minutes of well-executed, but utterly unoriginal, Swedish-derived thrash. Between these guys and DARKEST HOUR plundering their national treasures, it's a wonder the government in Stockholm doesn't sue for war reparations! Admittedly, these guys can pull ...
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Reunited '80s thrash band ROTTING CORPSE, whose original lineup included current SOLITUDE AETURNUS mainman John Perez and former DEATH touring guitarist/roadie Walter Trachsler, have announced their first comeback show. The group will be performing at Division One in Arlington, Texas on May 28. Also appearing on the bill will be SCUM SCUNGE. As previously reported, ...
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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted the following message in the "Forum" section of the band's official web site: "Hey fuckers! "What is goin' on?! Hope you're doing great. I myself am doing fan-fucking-tastic. In fact, as my Dad would say, 'I'm doing so good... I couldn't stand it if I was doing any ...
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German progressive metallers VANDEN PLAS have confirmed plans to bring the "Abydos" solo album of the group's lead singer, Andy Kuntz, to the stage. Kuntz' "Heavy Mental Shadow Opera" will premier in Kaiserslautern's Pfalztheater next February. It will be the city's official cultural contribution to the FIFA Football World Cup 2006 in Germany. VANDEN PLAS ...
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KAYSER, the new Swedish band featuring Spice (ex-SPIRITUAL BEGGARS), Mattias Svensson (THE DEFACED), Bob Ruben (ex-THE MUSHROOM RIVER BAND) and Fredrik Finnander (ex-AEON), have completed work on their debut album, "Kaiserhof", due on June 13 via Scarlet Records. "Kaiserhof" was recorded at Caesar studios (SOILWORK, THE DEFACED) and features a sound best described as "a ...
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DIVINE EMPIRE and LOST SOUL have been added to the VADER-headlined Blitzkrieg 3 European tour, set to kick off in early September. LOST SOUL will appear on the Polish leg of the trek, while DIVINE EMPIRE will join the bill for the remaining dates. Blitzkrieg 3 will include almost 50 dates in countries like Poland, ...
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Former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch has teamed up with PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson (vocals, guitar) and Emil Norberg (lead guitar) in a new project called SAVAGE CIRCUS. This collaboration is not to be confused with Stauch's as-yet-unnamed band with SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid, which recently finished recording a full-length album. Stauch has issued ...
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The solo album of VANDEN PLAS vocalist Andy Kuntz has received great reviews ever since its release. Now Andy will take his work of art one step further and bring "Abydos" to the stage! The "Heavy Mental Shadow Opera" will premier in Kaiserslautern's Pfalztheater around the time of next year's soccer world cup in Germany. ...
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New Jersey-based death metal trio OMINOUS has inked a deal with Chicago-based label Rotting Corpse Records. A full-length CD is expected this summer. The band are currently working on a video and are continuing to play out as much as possible. Commented Ron Dake, president of Rotting Corpse Records: "We are very excited to be ...
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