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I’m sorry for being such a slacker and never being able to get around to posting anymore. Having just launched http://sicasylum.com has become like a second full time job for me as of late. But with all of the hard work comes a little bit of a reward. I got to speak to guitarist Joel …
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Last week, it was reported that Frank Mullen, frontman of Suffocation, would stop touring full time with the band and now the band have released a statement regarding all the hooplah with Frank being the first to speak… “I am not leaving Suffocation. Massive one month long touring on my side cannot be done anymore …
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Great White vocalist Jack Russell has announced that he will be making a comeback with a brand new band called Great White featuring Jack Russell. “Just wanted to announce that I will be coming back with my band Great White and a BRAND NEW line-up,” said Russell in a recent Facebook post. “My new bandmates …
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“How does a band ‘make it’ in the music business?” – it is an burning question in many a heart, especially those in the metal world. Exclusive to SMNnews, WHITECHAPEL’s very own Alex Wade weighs in with his 2 cents on how WHITECHAPEL made it, and what goes into ‘making it’: I think the one …
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Fourteen years in the making with numerous releases to date, demos, EPs, CDs, and DVDs you name it, they’ve likely created it. German metallers Heaven Shall Burn may seem like your typical satanic worshippers but these metal dwellers are none of the above. Heaven Shall Burn just provides the adrenaline and the momentum that metal …
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BROKENCYDE fans, fear not. The bree is well and truly still alive. Crunkcore innovators BROKENCYDE have released a statement squashing the rumor that the group was killed last week in a bus crash in Colorado. Websites had began reporting last week that the group had been killed in a bus crash in Colorado – NAY! …
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DIRGE WITHIN has announced the departure of drummer Jimmy Knight, and the arrival of Frankie Harchut (ex-The Doomsday Catalyst) to the band: Myself, and the rest of the guys in Dirge Within are very happy to announce Frankie Harchut (ex-The Doomsday Catalyst) as our new drummer! I have known Frankie for about 10 years, and …
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Groundbreaking drummer Dave Lombardo, whose legendary performances with SLAYER and FANTOMAS have influenced entire music genres and generations of musicians, will perform an intimate show with his heavy power trio PHILM, presented by Club My War and held at the Relax Bar (5511 Hollywood Blvd.) in Los Angeles this Saturday, February 6. The band’s set …
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Oh dear. DIMMU BORGIR’s remaning members Galder, Shagrath, and Silenoz have really had their feathers ruffled. Since the sudden departure of Vortex and Mustis, arguably the backbone of the black metal band, the trio have remained silent…that us until now. A full statement, or short novel, full of finger pointing and cries of greed, can …
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I love Slayer! So I guess you could say that I AM a Slayer fan. I guess I’m not alone when I say, that there’s kind of a universal adoration for them that all true fans share, in the sense that when one is speaking about the band, we tend to express ourselves in a similar manner. …
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