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Emberghost is thrilled to announce that Michael Derks of legendary metal band GWAR, will join the band as the featured guitarist on their Not Long For This Earth project. Derks connected with Emberghost via mutual friend Kristen Randall, who was announced last weekas the replacement for departed keyboardist and co-vocalist Sarah Jennings. Derks says of …
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Andy Welch of WalesOnline recently conducted an interview with singer Rob Halford of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. WalesOnline: The band, along with IRON MAIDEN, is probably the only British metal band who can tour all over the world. Halford: That’s true. And putting the …
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BRUTAL TRUTH have posted the title track from their forthcoming album End Time on their facebook page for streaming. The album is due out September 2011 Kevin Sharp (vocals) says: “End Time” lyrically “follows the world’s environmental shake that seems to be going on… obvious changes in our world could shed a bit of light …
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Down Front Production’s Winter Rock Fest Presents .44 Caliber Solution Saturday, January 29, 2011 · 6:30pm – 9:30pm with The Memphis Plague Peligro Oblivion Fire Can’t Dodge This The Basement 391 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH Tickets Are $10 at the door Email the band at 44solution@gmail.com to get your tickets for $8!! (tickets will be …
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Not a lot of bad things can be said about a show of this caliber coming through town. Fort Lauderdale just happened to be lucky enough to get the final show of Nile’s ‘Those Who The Gods Detest’ touring cycle. Also in tow was Keep Of Kalessin, Psycroptic, and Ex Deo. Nobody left the building …
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The wait is over. The time has come. LET THE CHAOS BEGIN! After its initial, month-long run as a MetalHit.com exclusive, Blood Fueled Chaos, the debut album from Swedish death-mongers CALIBER 666 is finally available for wide-spread release. This digital-only release is currently through Ibex Moon Records’ webstore (via Abyss Records) and several other digital …
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The embryo of what was to become CALIBER 666 came to being under chaotic and strange circumstances one late winter night in 2005 when drummer Peter Pettersson received a call from guitarists Tony Riggo and Thomas Burgman. Together, the trio struggled and made little progress over their first year together. In the spring of 2007 …
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Alive is the first official concert film DVD/CD from Swedish technical metal oddballs MESHUGGAH. The DVD, produced by Ian McFarland, contains an HD-filmed color concert interlaced with black-and-white, behind-the-scenes footage. But I will focus on just the CD, which boasts the same 12 live tracks recorded in Tokyo, Montreal and Toronto. You just never know …
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STARRING JANET LEIGH has recruited ex- “#12 Looks Like You” drummer Jon Karel. Karel had this to say about joining SJL: “As a long time lover of Canadian death metal, I’m honored to be invited into Starring Janet Leigh. With such a high caliber of dedication and musicianship, I’ll have no problem exploring and expanding …
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New Zealand-based hard rock/heavy metal group SONIC ALTAR will record its debut album with UK producer Mike Exeter (Black Sabbath, Cradle of Filth) starting in late November. Commented guitarist Tom Duffy: “[We are] completely over the moon to be working with someone of that caliber. We were all fans of Mike’s last album (’The Devil …
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