-- First Three Albums of Blood Duster are reissued

Relapse Records reissues Aussie xtreme grinders Blood Duster's first three albums. Band's second full-length Str8outtanorthcote and Mini-CD Fisting The Dead / Yeest both include bonus material and all three of the reissues including 2000's Cunt album have been re-mastered and feature new artwork.
check out Relapse's online store for release info and purchasing details.
for more news about Blood Duster click here.

The 3s -- this week: Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative)

From today [ofviolence] starts a new column which will periodically bring you survey-like shortlists of some unique characters of metal .
Johnny Kelly of Type O Negative (aka "Four Dicks from Brooklyn") and Danzig was kind enough to list his "3s".

here we go :
.:The last 3 albums you purchased?
Johnny Cash - The Legend (boxset)
What can you say about Johnny Cash that hasn't been said? The boxset spans his entire career. 4 cd's of the man in black kicking ass and taking names.
Led Zeppelin - Mothership
A definitive Zeppelin collection along with the dvd. I have all this stuff already but I wanted to complete my collection.
Hellyeah - Hellyeah
This record is a great time. Good drinking music.
.: The Last 3 movies you saw?
Airplane
The Pursuit of Happyness
Pink Floyd's The Wall
.: 3 bands/artists you saw live on stage lately?
Hellyeah, Mara's Drug and Suicide City.
.:3 records you won't be able to survive/live without?
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
.: 3 things you can't survive without when you're on tour?
My Bose ipod docking station, laptop & beer
.: Which 3 bands'/artists' new album you think, would surprise you either in a good or bad way?
Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Hellacopters

type o negative @ myspace

-- Sepultura clockworking

All-time favorites of this blog, Sepultura, is working on the new album which is based on Anthony Burgess' groundbreaking novel A Clockwork Orange. The novel was written in 1962, it was made into a movie by Stanley Kubrick but now it is time to hear a soundtrack composed by our favorite South Americans.
"We will write our soundtrack for this story and Burgess.. life will be an inspiration also to write the music, lyrics and for the artwork. Today at the studio, really good ideas came up, the vibe is great and the songs are coming in a easy and brutal way." reported Andreas Kisser from the studio on march 27.
here is a video from the recording sessions:

-- Warpath's Damnation in May 2008

UK Thrash Revival keeps on coming up with cool new bands one after another. This time Warpath has announced the release date of their Damnation! Apart from a fresh breath to modern days' thrash ethics we'll be hearing an album mastered by the living legend guitar player none other than James Murphy!!

click here to listen 4 exclusive songs of Damnation.

-- Fleshgore's call for Freedom!

Ukranian exteremists Fleshgore reports officially that they have finished working on their new album, and currently looking for a proper label to release it. Check out 4 brand new brutal tunes from Wake Up For Freedom at their myspace player.
You want more of this brutal piece of Fleshgore? Than here is a live video from their recent Sydney, Australia gig.

-- Streamin' Silhouettes

Textures' new album Silhouettes which is due to be out on April 21 is currently available in its entirety at band's myspace page. To check out this streaming album extravaganza here is the link:
www.myspace.com/textures

-- Get ready for Skinlab's first ever live album

"Bay Area Crushers" are releasing their first ever live CD, SkinnedAlive! on April 29 via BCD Music Group. The live footage was recorded at Skinlab's show in june at their hometown Oakland, California.
for more details: skinlab@myspace

-- "Eternal Kingdom" on june 16

Cult Of Luna, Swedish voyagers of undiscovered territories in rock/metal have announced the release date of their fifth album. Eternal Kingdom will be out in Europe on june 16 and in U.S. on july 8. The follow up to both critically and commercially praised Somewhere Along The Highway is said to be sounding "strong and progressive" by band members.
check out the front cover artwork of Eternal Kingdom by clicking here.

A Classic Moment ofviolence #1

The first video i've picked for "a classic moment of violence" posts is an excerpt from mighty Gorefest's dynamo open air 96 performance..

-- Sirenia's new singer

Norwegian masters of gothic/symphonic metal, Sirenia finally announced the new female singer of the band. Her name is Ailyn [no surname has been announced yet though :)] and she's from Granada, Spain.
"...Sirenia has done pre-productions of several new songs and recognizes that Ailyn’s voice match perfectly with the new songmaterial. The band is very pleased to have Ailyn onboard and we all look forward to a future collaboration." is what the band said about the new lady on the block.
click here for more details.

-- Origin enters billboard charts with Antithesis

Billboard's Heatseekers chart is based on the first week sales of records and Origin's new brutal opus Anthithesis entered the chart with the help of 2000+ metalheadz buying the album on its release week. They will be teaming up with Dying Fetus and Sworn Enemy for a brief tour in May. Get all the details about the live dates @ their myspace page.

-- Download Claustrophobia's 2Thousand Hate Demo

Italian Death thrashers Claustrophobia made available their newest 5 song demo for free download. Check out their profile at myspace to download the tunes.

www.myspace.com/claustrophobia666