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Metal Martyr

July 1st, 2008

Not So Quick June Re-cap.

What? One lousy update yesterday? Yeah, I know. That’s not like me but I had a few things in order that I had to take care of last night. So let’s go over June really quick.
I went to see Dark Tranquility, Divine Heresy, Firewind and Soldiers Of Scrape on the Tyranny And Bloodshred tour…minus the […]

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June 25th, 2008

Download The Nuclear Blast Sampler @ Amazon.Com

Nuclear Blast Records, being the swell people that they are are offering a free download sampler at Amazon.com. The free sampler consists of the songs below. Also check out the great deals they have on other Nuclear Blast artists at Amazon.com and iTunes. They have a bunch for $5.99 for a limited time.
Sampler Playlist. […]

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June 21st, 2008

Metal Martyr 2008 Half Year Top Picks

The last day or so I’ve been thinking about all the great stuff that has come out this year so far and what’s left to come. It’s overwhelming how much great metal 2008 has brought so far, and it’s only bringing more! Here are some of my picks this far into the year and some […]

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June 17th, 2008

Testament Win Album Of The Year At Golden Gods Awards.

Testament won the Metal Album Of The Year Award at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. Um…we’re not even half way through the year and there is a plethora of other great shit coming out the second half of 2008.
But anyway, that’s cool and good for them because The Formation Of Damnation is a […]

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May 19th, 2008

TESTAMENT TAKE OVER MTV, ROCK ALCATRAZ

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Riding high on a wave of critical acclaim for their new record, The Formation of Damnation, thrash titans Testament are MTV’s 52/52 Artist Of The Week! For the uninitiated, 52/52 is a way for MTV to shower love on its favorite bands, giving one artist each week over 11 hours of on-air […]

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May 15th, 2008

DECREPIT BIRTH SIGNS TO NUCLEAR BLAST!

Repost From Nuclear Blast Newsletter:
NUCLEAR BLAST is very proud to announce the newest signing: Technical Brutal Death Metal institution DECREPIT BIRTH from Santa Cruz, California.
The band, founded in 2001, has so far released two highly acclaimed albums, “…And Time Begins” and “Diminishing Between Worlds” in 2003 and 2008.
Here’s a statement from the band:
“NUCLEAR BLAST has […]

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May 11th, 2008

Chris "OJ’ Ojeda Of Byzantine To Record Thrash Covers

Back in early January, Prosthetic Records sent me a review copy of Byzantine’s Oblivion Beckons. I loved it! It was an amazing record but shortly after it’s release Byzantine announced that they would no longer be continuing as a band. This disappointed a lot of people and the reason for the break up was […]

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May 3rd, 2008

Testament | Formation Of Damnation

I was going to do a review for Testaments new release The Formation Of Damnation of this earlier this week on Wednesday, but I didn’t have a chance to listen to it very much and I didn’t want to make a quick review on this like I did with the Children Of Bodom Blooddrunk […]

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April 27th, 2008

Revolver June 2008 Issue | The Hottest Chicks In Metal III

The June issue of Revolver featuring The Hottest Chicks In Metal Part 3 is on news stands now. I’ve had some issues with Revolver for the last year or so due to the fact that sometimes they just blow my mind when they feature some not at all metal bands on the cover or […]

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April 22nd, 2008

Testament Confirmed For Metal Masters Tour

After weeks of speculation, the most monstrous touring package in all of metal has been confirmed. And that’s no hyperbole, people. Thrash legends Testament will be joining Judas Priest, Motorhead and Heaven and Hell on a dream ticket that’s rightly being called The Metal Masters Tour. The fifteen-date trek kicks off on August 6th in […]

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