For those of you who haven’t had the chance to check out Ohio’s own Skeletonwitch, the band specializes in modern thrash metal(or blackened thrash, if you wanna take the time to make that distinction). Their signature sound combines the speedy side of thrash with the tones and tremolo picked harmonies of black metal, modern shredding and other extreme metal elements infused into straight-forward thrashers and short epics. This month brings us their 4th major release (third for Prosthetic Records) entitled “Forever Abomination”.

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I have decided that I am not going to review Hate Eternal’s new release. I had a nice one ready but… for whom?

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HATE ETERNAL’s album art, track listing, and pre-orders now available for new full-length “Phoenix Amongst the Ashes”

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Today, New Zealand death metal titans Ulcerate release their third full length record entitled, “The Destroyers of All”. The album marks their second full length release for Willowtip Records.

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DREAMING DEAD are proud to announce the addition of lead guitarist Stephanie Pickard. She and singer/guitarist Elizabeth Schall form the most shredding female guitar tandem in metal today.

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Alright… I figured a review of the new Atheist album wasn’t necessary; it’s definitely still Atheist. I’m not going to break it down and discuss what I did and didn’t like about it… the only things that band deserves are your horns and your hails. Fans of the first album will most likely appreciate it [...]

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This just in from Metal Blade Records:
Hate Eternal begins recording fifth studio album!
Hate Eternal is working on their fifth studio album (second for Metal Blade Records) and follow up to Fury & Flames once again at Erik Rutan’s own Mana Recording Studios. JJ Hrubovcak has been added as the band’s bassist and the devastating combo [...]

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So if you hadn’t been dwelling on it… Spawn of Possession has been hard at work on a ton of new material.
According to chief songwriter, Jonas Bryssling, the new album will be the band’s “best” work thus-far. So far, only rough demo material has found its way onto the internet and into pairs of [...]

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Ronnie James Dio died of cancer today. His influence is noted and his voice shall be missed.
Horns up. \../

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So… it’s 2010. It’s been 2010. I’m late with this update.
This year we have Slayer and Megadeth touring with Testament supporting their “American Carnage” tour, Morbid Angel recording their first album without Pete Sandoval… and Spawn of Possession, Decrepit Birth, Gorguts, Gorod and a few others recording and hopefully releasing new material.
All in all, plenty [...]

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