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Suicidal Tendencies – No Mercy Fool! / The Suicidal Family (2010)

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As the second Suicidal Tendencies release of 2010, we have today “No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family”. This release features re-recorded songs from their “Join the Army” release of 87 and a few songs (three to be precise) of Mike Clark’s and Mike Muir’s side project No Mercy.

With the re-vamped recordings we get a nice up-to date sound to the “Join the Army” tracks and three powerful No Mercy songs get a bigger spotlight in this 2010 release. Immediately we can notice that the music sounds better than ever and that this whole release has the Suicidal vibe all the way.

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DORO PESCH: Band To Play Four Special U.S. Shows Later This Month; 25 Years In Rock DVD To See European Release This November

25 Years In Rock, the long-awaited new 2DVD/CD set from German metal queen DORO PESCH, will be released in Europe via Nuclear Blast on November 26, 2010 and in the rest of the world in 2011.
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THE EMPIRE SHALL FALL: New Track Stream Available Via Plug In Music

Today Plug In Music premieres "Our Own," the seventh track from Awaken, the upcoming full-length from Rhode Island-based THE EMPIRE SHALL FALL. Set for a North American release on October 12 via Restricted Release, in cooperation with Angle Side Side, Awaken is the first metal album from vocalist Jesse David Leach since his departure from Killswitch Engage. 
 
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Fen To Take Trails Out of Gloom Live

The dark and brooding sights and sounds of Fen will be on full display this Autumn throughout the greater Vancouver area. An announcement came down from the Fen higher up's this week with a list of live dates that the band will be performing in October in conjunction with the release of their critically-acclaimed album Trails Out of Gloom.

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SEARCHING FOR CALM signs with Mystic Production! New album out in November!

Searching For Calm is experimental/crossover 5-piece band that has just prepared follow-up to their acclaimed self-titled debut album released in 2007. “Celestial Greetings” will be released on 8th November via Mystic Production/Indie Distribution. Searching For Calm is an explosion of energy and emotions, unexpected crossing of noise and silence.

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UNSUN presents trailer for “Home” video! 2 songs from “Clinic For Dolls” posted online!

UNSUN, band led by ex-Vader guitar player will release its second album “Clinic For Dolls” via Armoury/Eagle Rock in North America on October 11th. Second album of this female-fronted gothic sensation will available in Europe since the same day via Mystic Production/Indie Distribution. Japanese version will be available since September 20th via Avalon/Marque.

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Locrian – The Crystal World (2010)

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Every once in a while we get a release that makes us listen to it more than normal since it’s so complex and different that we can’t really craft a solid opinion about it with only 3-4 spins. This month we have Locrian’s third full-length album “The Crystal World”, the band plays a very experimental mixture of ambient, drone, and some Black Metal and Post-Rock elements. This might sound like a handful, but it actually works very well for the flow of this release.

“The Crystal World” is a very powerful emotional ride that spreads through 6 tracks. With the first track “Triumph of Elimination”, the band immediately sets the stage for this dark and minimalistic journey. In the traditional fashion of creating expectation, this track starts building up with samples and drones that seem to be gaining momentum but they also seem to never culminate. The ‘culmination’ section for us that need it, comes in the next track “At Night’s End”.

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Gangrenator – Tales from a Thousand Graves (2010)

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Hailing from Norway and featuring Kvohst (vocalist of Code and ex-DHG), today we have Gangrenator and their interesting sounding old-school Death/Grind Metal. This band feels like a tribute band to old-school Death/Grind and B movies, and they actually manage to pull of this feeling very successfully on the 13 tracks presented in this short but sweet release.

During “Tales from a Thousand Graves”, we get a bunch of deranged tracks that last between 1 and 3 minutes of highly chaotic, but interestingly crafted music. Amoque Von Berlevaag does a very solid job in providing countless riffs that range from Grindcore to traditional Death Metal influences.

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Sarath – Siste Indre (2010)

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Norway might suck at basketball, football, and countless other sports, however, they are number one in producing Black Metal bands that can release cold and grim releases that will hypnotize you from beginning to end. Sarath is yet another one of those Norwegian bands that can kill with their music and don’t even break a sweat while doing it.

“Sistre Indre” is the band’s (one-man band) first ‘full-length’ release in almost a decade of existence, and we must say that it was well worth the wait. Featuring 4 songs and around 31 minutes of music we wouldn’t really can this a full-length album. However, due to the repetitive nature of the band’s music, “Siste Indre” feels much longer and completely crushing.

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