New York hardcore/punk veterans Will Shepler (AGNOSTIC FRONT, MADBALL), Scott Roberts (BIOHAZARD, SPUDMONSTERS, BLOODCLOT) and Carlos Congate (45 ADAPTERS, URBAN NOISE, LEGION 76) have joined forces to create THE TAKE. Shepler, a drummer of legend, is back on the scene after a long hiatus, in which time he's gained a family and a degree. He ...
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Todd "Youth" Schofield (born 1971), the American guitarist best known for his work with WARZONE, MURPHY'S LAW and DANZIG, has died at the age of 47. Schofield's passing was confirmed by his FIREBURN bandmate Israel Joseph I, whom many may remember as the vocalist on the 1993 BAD BRAINS album "Rise". In a post on ...
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A 13-minute video in which the musicians from BLOODCLOT, the project featuring John Joseph of the CRO-MAGS, plus former members of QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE (Joey Castillo, drums; Nick Oliveri, bass), and DANZIG (Todd Youth, guitar), talk about their new album, "Up In Arms", can be seen below. "Up In Arms" was released on ...
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BLOODCLOT, the project featuring John Joseph of the CRO-MAGS, plus former members of QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE (Joey Castillo, drums; Nick Oliveri, bass), and DANZIG (Todd Youth, guitar), will release its new album, "Up In Arms", on July 14 via Metal Blade Records. The cover artwork for the disc can be seen below. The ...
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BLOODCLOT, the project featuring John Joseph of the CRO-MAGS, plus former members of QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE (Joey Castillo, drums; Nick Oliveri, bass), and DANZIG (Todd Youth, guitar), will release its new album, "Up In Arms", on July 14 via Metal Blade Records. The cover artwork for the disc can be seen below. The ...
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BLOODCLOT, the project featuring John Joseph of the CRO-MAGS, plus former members of QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE (Joey Castillo, drums; Nick Oliveri, bass), and DANZIG (Todd Youth, guitar), will release its new album, "Up In Arms", on July 14 via Metal Blade Records. The cover artwork for the disc can be seen below. The ...
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BLOODCLOT, the project featuring John Joseph of the CRO-MAGS, plus former members of QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE (Joey Castillo, drums; Nick Oliveri, bass), and DANZIG (Todd Youth, guitar), will release its new album, "Up In Arms", on July 14 via Metal Blade Records. The cover artwork for the disc can be seen below. The ...
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BLOODCLOT, the project featuring John Joseph of the CRO-MAGS, plus former members of QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE (Joey Castillo, drums; Nick Oliveri, bass), and DANZIG (Todd Youth, guitar), will release its new album, "Up In Arms", on July 14 via Metal Blade Records. The cover artwork for the disc can be seen below. BLOODCLOT ...
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"Up In Arms", the new lyric video from the hardcore punk unit BLOODCLOT, can be seen below. The song is the title track of the band's new album, which will be released in the spring via Metal Blade Records. BLOODCLOT is a project featuring true hardcore pioneers: John Joseph of the CRO-MAGS, plus former members ...
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Desert punk icon Nick Oliveri has announced the release of a series of compilations titled "N.O. Hits At All", to be issued next year on Heavy Psych Sounds Records. Oliveri comments: "This record is the Volume One of a series of compilations in which I recorded the vocals. "Bands that I like and bands that ...
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Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of the hardcore punk unit BLOODCLOT to a worldwide deal. BLOODCLOT is a project featuring true hardcore pioneers: John Joseph of the CRO-MAGS, plus former members of QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE (Joey Castillo, drums; Nick Oliveri, bass), and DANZIG (Todd Youth, guitar). In addition to being the ...
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BLOODCLOT, the band led by CRO-MAGS frontman John Joseph, has inked a deal with Metal Blade Records. Joining Joseph in BLOODCLOT's current lineup are Todd Youth (DANZIG) on guitar, Joey Castillo (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE) on drums and Phil Caivano (MONSTER MAGNET) on bass. A different lineup of BLOODCLOT — then called BLOODCLOT! — ...
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"NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990", Tony Rettman's ambitious oral history, captures ten years of struggle, including the scene's regional rivalries with D.C. and Boston, the birth of moshing, the clash and coming to terms of hardcore and heavy metal, the straightedge movement, and the unlikely influence of Krishna consciousness. Due in November from Bazillion Points ...
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Niclas Müller-Hansen of Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Bobby Hambel of New York hardcore/metal veterans BIOHAZARD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metalshrine: Have you found a [replacement for departed BIOHAZARD vocalist/bassist Evan Seinfeld]? Is that all set? Bobby: Yeah, we're good! What we decided to do ...
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"The Scars Between Us", the new album from San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans SKINLAB, sold around 380 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.) The CD was issued on September 15 via Stand And Deliver Records. The ...
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San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB will team up with San Diego's MOWER for the "Sons Of A Sikworld Tour". The trek sees SKINLAB hitting major markets across the U.S. and taking part in several West Coast CD release parties, including Thursday, September 19 at The Voodoo Lounge in San Jose; Monday, September 21 at ...
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36 CRAZYFISTS bassist Brett "Buzzard" Makowski has joined San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB as their new second guitarist. Buzzard made his live debut as an official member of SKINLAB last night (Saturday, August 29) at the Uptown in Oakland, California. Commented SKINLAB: "Buzz has been a longtime friend and was actually in SKINLAB during ...
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"The Scars Between Us", the new album from San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans SKINLAB, will be made available for streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page beginning on August 12. The CD will be released on September 15 via Stand And Deliver Records. The track listing for the album is ...
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San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans SKINLAB have once again parted ways with guitarist Glen "Glenny" Telford. The group says in a statement, "As many may know, we started jamming again two years ago and announced his return to the band. We all knew that it was something we were going to take day by ...
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"The Scars Between Us", the new album from veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB, will be released on September 15 via Stand And Deliver Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Face of Aggression 02. Amphetamine Gods 03. Scream at the World 04. Wolvesblood 05. Karma Burns 06. In For ...
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DOWN, SOCIAL DISTORTION, SOULFLY, GORGOROTH, NARZISS, RENO DIVORCE and SUICIDAL TENDENCIES have been confirmed for this year's With Full Force festival, set to take place July 3-4, 2009 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALL SHALL PERISH AMON AMARTH ANATHEMA ASPHYX AUGUST BURNS RED BACKFIRE BLOODCLOT BOUNCING ...
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Progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER have been confirmed for this year's Hellfest, set to take place June 19-21, 2009 in Clisson, France. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABORTED ADAGIO ALL SHALL PERISH AMEBIX AMON AMARTH ANTHRAX AUGUST BURN RED AURA NOIR BACKYARD BABIES BETRAYED BLOCKHEADS BLOODCLOT BRING ME THE HORIZON CATHEDRAL COALESCE ...
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SEPULTURA, HACKNEYED and ANATHEMA have been confirmed for this year's With Full Force festival, set to take place July 3-4, 2009 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: MOTÖRHEAD DIMMU BORGIR HATEBREED DER W CARCASS SEPULTURA AMON AMARTH ALL SHALL PERISH ANATHEMA ASPHYX AUGUST BURNS RED BACKFIRE BLOODCLOT ...
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MOTÖRHEAD, MAROON and BLOODCLOT have been confirmed for this year's With Full Force festival, set to take place July 3-4, 2009 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALL SHALL PERISH AMON AMARTH ASPHYX AUGUST BURNS RED BACKFIRE BLOODCLOT BOUNCING SOULS BRING ME THE HORIZON CALLEJON CARCASS COMEBACK ...
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The following bands are newly confirmed for this year's Hellfest, set to take place June 19-21, 2009 in Clisson, France: ABORTED ADAGIO AMEBIX AUGUST BURN RED BETRAYED BLOCKHEADS BLOODCLOT BRING ME THE HORIZON COALESCE DAGOBA DEICIDE DESPISED ICON EYEHATEGOD GIRLSCHOOL GOJIRA JARBOE KATAKLYSM KEEP OF KALESSIN KICKBACK KINGDOM OF SORROW MOONSORROW NACHTMYSTIUM ORAKLE PENTAGRAM PESTILENCE ...
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TeamGoon.com conducted an interview with former CRO-MAGS frontman John Joseph about Joseph's autobiography, "Evolution of a Cro-Magnon". An excerpt from the chat follows below. TeamGoon.com: Earlier you mentioned that you were living kind of a straight-edge lifestyle. What did you think of the younger bands coming up in New York that came after ...
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Bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel of the veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB was interviewed for a recent episode of the "VM Underground" radio show. The chat is now available for streaming and/or download at this location. SKINLAB recently announced plans to release a digital EP titled "Bloodclot". The effort will feature the following ...
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Formed in 2005, Pittsburgh's HERO DESTROYED enlisted the help of Eric Klinger (BLOODCLOT, ex-PRO-PAIN) and recorded this self-titled EP at Klinger Studios, self-releasing it in 2007. Based on a recommendation from DON CABALLERO, Relapse Records saw fit to sign the band and re-release the EP to a worldwide audience. The album's technical, hardcore-ish sound proved ...
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Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB recently announced plans to release a digital EP titled "Bloodclot". The effort will feature the following tracks: 01. Face Of Aggression 02. In For The Kill 03. Bloodclot (demo) 04. Planets Collide (CROWBAR cover) 05. Wasting Away (NAILBOMB cover) Commented the band: "We've been getting tons of e-mails ...
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Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB have announced plans to release a digital EP titled "Bloodclot". The effort will feature the following tracks: 01. Face Of Aggression 02. In For The Kill 03. Bloodclot (demo) 04. Planets Collide (CROWBAR cover) 05. Wasting Away (NAILBOMB cover) More information will be made available soon. SKINLAB's "In ...
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