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Everything in music is cyclical, with styles and genres moving in and out of vogue. Thrash metal began in the early '80s, but saw a strong resurgence in the late '00s. Fans of today's modern thrash bands may not have even been born when the first wave of thrash was happening. Here's are some ...
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Behemoth will be returning to North American soil in 2010. The "Evangelia Amerika" tour kicks off January 7th, 2010 in Philadelphia. Opening acts include Septic Flesh and Shining. Behemoth is touring in support of their latest CD Evangelion.
2010 Behemoth, Septic Flesh and Shining Tour ...
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Behemoth
Septic Flesh
Shining
The Smalls
What a way to wrap up 2009. There are a few releases in December, but for the most part November is the end of the metal calendar. It was a really strong month, with the top three CDs mere millimeters apart, and you'll see them all in the best of 2009 list. In a split decision, Nile grabs the ...
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Katatonia
Slayer
Swallow the Sun
The second album in the Devin Townsend Project's four album opus is Addicted! It follows the release earlier this year of the mellower Ki. I spoke with Townsend about the project as a whole and this album specifically, which features Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-Gathering) doing some of the ...
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The Gathering
Last week Dio was forced to cancel a European tour after frontman Ronnie James Dio was hospitalized. Now, Dio's wife Wendy has issued the following statement:
"Ronnie has been diagnosed with the early stages of stomach cancer. We are starting treatment immediately at the Mayo Clinic. After he ...
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Dio
Cancer
Another year has flown by, and it's already time for my annual Thanksgiving post. Things are not perfect in the world. The economy stinks, record sales are in the toilet, and there has been a lot of upheaval. Still, there are many positive things happening, and we all have many things to be ...
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Megadeth and Slayer will join forces to co-headline "American Carnage." The tour will kick off on January 18 in Seattle, WA for a 26-date trek across North America that will include the six Canadian dates postponed earlier this month. It's the first time that Slayer and Megadeth will have ...
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Megadeth
Slayer
Testament
The Clash
Following the terrible tragedy of Denis "Piggy" D'Amour's passing, the remnants of Voivod were left with a grab bag of puzzle pieces by Piggy, which they assembled into two farewell salutes, Katorz and Infini. Almost unanimously it was assumed the band would never continue on from this ...
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Voivod
Swedish melodic death metal pioneers Dark Tranquillity have released a live DVD Where Death Is Most Alive, which was filmed in Milan, Italy. They've also just finished their next studio CD, set for a February, 2010 release. DT vocalist Mikael Stanne fills us in on the DVD and all the extras, ...
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Dark Tranquillity
Mikael Stanne
Soilwork
Hatebreed brought their Decimation Of The Nation tour to Amos' Southend in Charlotte, NC on November 13, 2009. Openers Hate Eternal, Born Of Osiris and Cannibal Corpse got the crowd energized, but when Hatebreed took the stage it went to an even higher level. From the opener "Destroy ...
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Hatebreed
Hate Eternal
Cannibal Corpse
The Finnish band Sonata Arctica will be returning to North America with a Spring 2010 tour. The tour kicks off April 10, 2010 in Philadelphia, and features supporting acts Mutiny Within and Powerglove. Sonata Arctica is touring in support of their 2009 release The Days Of Grays.
Sonata ...
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Sonata Arctica
Doom metal has always been centered on the concepts of death, grief, and the cold denseness of life. These ideas are fully implemented into Swallow The Sun's latest gloomy spectacle, New Moon. The pace is agonizing, the mood is constantly sterile, and the lyrics are submerged in darkness. ...
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Swallow the Sun
The latest CD from the Swedish band Katatonia is Night Is The New Day, which is getting great reviews and is destined to appear on many best of 2009 lists. I caught up with the band's guitarist Anders Nyström, who is also in Bloodbath along with some of his Katatonia bandmates and members ...
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Katatonia
Anders Nyström
Doom metal has its origins in the early 70's, with heavy metal band Black Sabbath playing songs with slow riffing and dark, foreboding lyrics. In the '80s, bands like Saint Vitus, Trouble, and Candlemass took those elements and warped them into what became known as doom metal. The genre ...
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Black Sabbath
Saint Vitus
Trouble
Candlemass
As a two disc collection, Where Death Is Most Alive offers plenty of bang for the buck, for both old and new fans alike. Disc one features a massive live set filmed in Milan, Italy on Halloween night in 2008, which runs through the band's entire catalog, from the primitive demo days ...
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Dark Tranquillity
The Crown
Theatre of Tragedy
Nell Sigland
The cartoon Metalocalypse debuted a couple years ago, and immediately became a hit with both metal and non-metal fans. Creator Brendon Small is also a musician who writes and performs all the music. Dethalbum, featuring extended versions of music from the show was a big hit, and the recently ...
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Dethklok
Swedish power metallers Hammerfall will be returning to North America for a 2010 tour in support of their latest CD No Sacrifice, No Victory. The 27-show trek is set to launch in West Springfield, Virginia on March 5th with the finale planned for April 8th in Houston, Texas. Powerglove will be ...
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HammerFall
Echoes of Eternity
There are albums that are easy to describe because every song is similar, or maybe has one song that's a little different than their norm. Not so with Katatonia. The Swedish band is always pushing the envelope. Twists and turns await around every musical corner, with constant changes in ...
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Katatonia
Rammstein has been back in the news lately, particularly for their decision to shoot an explicit video to accompany the first single off the new album Liebe Ist Für Alle Da (love is for everyone). The album has been banned from public display in German stores because of the artwork and ...
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Rammstein
There are a ton of combinations that seem awkward when put together: peanut butter and tuna fish; chocolate and scrambled eggs; Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson. So when it was announced that Mastodon would tour alongside Dethklok, there were a few eyebrows raised in the metal community. It is a ...
