Guitarist/vocalist Balmore Lemus has left Los Angeles-based neo-classical death purveyors EXMORTUS “for personal reasons.” The band states, “right now Conan [Gonzalez; lead guitar, backing vocals] will be jumping to vocals while maintaining his lead guitar duties but we still need another killer guitarist.” Interested parties can contact the group via the EXMORTUS MySpace page.
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“The Deafening”, the sophomore album from the Gothenburg, Sweden-based metal/rock band HOSTILE CELL, was mastered today by Dragan Tanaskovic at Bohus Sound studio in Kungälv, Sweden.
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Quebec’s black/death metal trio NECRONOMICON will release its new album, “The Return Of The Witch”, via Austria’s Napalm Records on the following dates: June 2 – Spain June 4 – Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy, Sweden June 7 – Rest of Europe June 8 – USA/Canada The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01.
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High-quality video footage of NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis’s April 2, 2010 clinic in Debrecen, Hungary can be viewed in two parts below.
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Avant-garde progressive experimental metal band YAKUZA will release its new album, “Of Seismic Consequence”, on June 8 via Profound Lore Records.
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Washington D.C.’s PERIPHERY has been added to THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN’s upcoming Australian tour.
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RAGE & LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA and SACRED STEEL have been confirmed for this year’s installment of the Rock Hard festival, set to take place May 21-23, 2010 at the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
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ALL HELL, the Swedish band featuring members of 2 TON PREDATOR, MOLLY’S GUSHER and WITHIN REACH, has posted pre-production versions of three new songs on its MySpace page.
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A short teaser video for “The Art Of Malice”, the new album from ROB ZOMBIEex-MARILYN MANSON guitarist John 5, can be viewed below.
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“Generation Wild”, the new video from the Swedish glam-rock band CRASHDIET, has reportedly been banned by MTV in Sweden.
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Dutch death metallers SEVERE TORTURE will release their fifth full-length album, “Slaughtered”, on June 29 (one day earlier internationally) via Season of Mist.
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Swedish black metallers WATAIN will release their fourth album, “Lawless Darkness”, on June 7 via Season Of Mist.
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Savannah, Georgia-based band KYLESA, whose 2009 album “Static Tensions” was one of the most critically acclaimed metal LPs of last year, has inked a deal with Season of Mist.
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