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March 18th, 2010
ROTTING CHRIST – Aelo

by Lord Randall
I’ll admit to have stepped away from the Rotting Christ fold since just after A Dead Poem, returning after 5 years for their back-to-the-roots Genesis. Of course the melodies and goth/industrial moments were there still, but the quintet had found a mixture that suited them without taking direct influence from any of their [...]

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March 17th, 2010
SON OF AURELIUS – The Farthest Reaches

by Natalie Perez
Death metal has never gotten more technical than, Son of Aurelius. The Santa Cruz, Californian’s who shall unleash their debut album, “The Farthest Reaches”, on April 13, have several tricks up their sleeves. First being that this debut is being released through Good Fight Music, and the other being that it was produced [...]

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March 17th, 2010
DEVILSTONE Open Air – three days of music with devils in nature

DEVILSTONE Open Air, Lithuanian metal music festival, apparently the biggest and the most rapidly growing throughout the Baltic States, will take place for the second time in Dainuva valley of Anyksciai, on July 16-18 of this year. Highly acclaimed for the prominent debut last summer, DEVILSTONE Open Air is looking to unleash a real storm [...]

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March 16th, 2010
CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED

RICHARD CHRISTY of CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED, DEATH, CONTROL DENIED and a little show called HOWARD STERN, talks about his new band “CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED” with fellow musicians Tim *RIPPER* Owens, Steve DiGiorgio and Jason Suecof. *KILLER ALBUM** 10 OUT OF 10

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PART 3

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March 15th, 2010
MARCH METAL MASSACRE with Gorephobia, Kult Of Azazel, Bloodfeast, Anal Cunt and more!!!

Attention East Coasters! Mark your fucking calendars…
Legendary Philadelphia extreme metal act, Goreaphobia will join Kult Of Azazel, Bloodfeast and Anal Cunt as one of the headliners of this year’s March Metal Massacre Fest in Reading, PA. Featuring over a dozen brutal bands, the show will take place at The Silo Nightclub on March 27th. [...]

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March 15th, 2010
Black Metal Revolution – the expanding empire…

For those of you who may not of heard of this project, Black Metal (R)evolution is a forthcoming book that will profile a series of black metal musicians and artists from across the ages discussing their most revered black metal record.
The approach is as subjective as you will and the goal is to capture the [...]

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March 15th, 2010
ARGHARUS

by Kim Kelly
First off , please give me some background info on the band for those who are unfamiliar with Argharus. When and where did the band form, who were the founding members, how did you arrive at your current lineup, earlier releases, any notable gigs/tours/events pre-2010 – basically, who you guys are.
Argharus is a [...]

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March 15th, 2010
DISFIGURED DEAD…”Morbid Visions”

By MetalGeorge
NYDM quartet Disfigured Dead sound like a special, old school breed here on their vicious Visions of Death debut for Hell’s Headbangers Records; a no hold barred assault of simplistic, primitive death metal cut from the elder American acts such as Death, Autopsy and Nunslaughter. Though the band’s drummer/vocalist Kyle Kratzer proclaims their newer [...]

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March 14th, 2010
From the Obsidian Throne

After a few recent deals that have fallen through with local promoters and my band Immolith, I felt obliged to offer my thoughts on the trials and tribulations that most bands face when the are unknown playing extreme metal….So without further ado, here is my take on the “local metal scene” and live [...]

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March 14th, 2010
GET SCARED – Cheap Tricks and Theatrics

by Natalie Perez
If you were to put Bert McCracken front man of The Used and former front man Sonny Moore of From First to Last into a blender, you’d likely windup with front man Nicolas Matthews or what he prefers “Story teller-Nicholas” of Get Scared.  Where this is going is simply this, Nicolas may possess [...]

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CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED
Black Metal Revolution – the expanding empire…
ARGHARUS
DISFIGURED DEAD…”Morbid Visions”
In Depth Interview with CANNIBAL CORPSE Frontman George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
CHURCH FOR SINNERS Expect the Unexpected
KITTIE
DIM MAK
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSAULT PART 1
ROTTING CHRIST – Aelo
SON OF AURELIUS – The Farthest Reaches
GET SCARED – Cheap Tricks and Theatrics
Greg Pratt’s Metal Heart Volume 2: For heaven’s sake, what’s going on?
AOSOTH – Ashes of Angels
BLIND WITNESS – Nightmare on Providence Street
MASTER – The Human Machine
NATRON – Rot Among Us
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE – Begging For Mercy (Single)
CALABRESE – They Call Us Death