TURBONEGRO will be premiering a new song, “Destroy All Monsters,” on their MySpace page tomorrow. The band posted the following note regarding the song:
“Last month TURBONEGRO hit the studio in Oslo to record ‘Destroy All Monsters,’ a tribute to fellow apocalypse dude Conan The Barbarian and all other hard working people everywhere.
“The song will [...]
June 26th, 2008
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TURBONEGRO guitarist, Euroboy, was recently diagnosed with Hodgkins Disease which has forced the band to cancel all touring plans for the immediate future. He has provided the following update regarding his health and treatment:
“Hello,
“I’m now two months into treatment and doing OK, so I thought the time was right to give you guys an [...]
May 22nd, 2008
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The Volcom Tour originally featuring TURBONEGRO, VALIENT THORR, and YEAR LONG DISASTER has been postponed due to TURBONEGRO guitarist, Euroboy’s illness. TURBONEGRO issued the following statement:
“Due to serious illness with Euroboy, TURBONEGRO will be unable to perform on the forthcoming European Volcom tour.
“We will work on rescheduling the dates to some point later in [...]
March 20th, 2008
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TURBONEGO have announced the resignation of longtime drummer, Chris Summers. Here’s an official statement from the band:
“It is with our deepest regrets to inform you that after his 6 month hiatus due to a damaged foot, personal priorities and a focus on other projects, we have been forced to ask drummer Chris Summers to [...]
March 4th, 2008
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Norways’ FLEURETY have completed recording two new tracks, “The Animal of the City” and “Summon the Beasts“, to be released as a forthcoming 7″ EP. It’s the band’s first new material to be properly recorded since 1998.
The lineup for this EP consists of guests Ayna B. Johansen (who also performed on the Last-Minute Lies [...]
January 5th, 2008
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It’s been a grossly successful 2007 for APESHIT, and though we find it hard pressed to make that same general claim for metal in 2007, a handful of albums did manage to leave a strong impression on us. We here at APESHIT individually compiled our own top 10 metal albums of 2007 lists for [...]
January 1st, 2008
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It has been reported that founding guitarist Rune Rebellion has decided to leave TURBONEGRO. While he is stepping down from his post as rhythm guitarist, he will continue in his instrumental role in running the band’s label, Scandinavian Leather Recordings, as well as managing a lot of the touring business. These tasks have been [...]
October 25th, 2007
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Norway’s least classiest band, TURBONEGRO, are now three albums strong since their much ballyhooed reunion in 2003. Their latest, Retox, certainly isn’t a return to their filthy deathpunk past, but it’s timeless much like their feel-good-but-feel-naughty rock ‘n roll they’ve perfected of late. Having recently taken their raunchy rock ‘n roll rollercoaster on [...]
October 6th, 2007
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Norway’s TURBONEGRO are back with yet another hard-on inducing album of feel good rock ‘n roll. While Retox is hardly a departure from the band’s post-Apocalypse Dudes past, the album is certainly the grittiest of the new era and the most seamless since the band’s reformation four years ago. TURBONEGRO sounds to have [...]
September 13th, 2007
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TURBONEGRO will be returning to North America for a fall tour in support of their new album Retox, which drops in North America on August 14th through Cooking Vinyl. Support will come from Nick Oliveri’s MONDO GENERATOR.
9/19 - Chicago, IL Metro
9/20 - Detroit, MI Smalls
9/21 - Cleveland, OH The Grog Shop
9/22 - Toronto, ON [...]
July 25th, 2007
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TURBONEGRO’s forthcoming new album, Retox, has been posted for streaming in its entirety on the band’s official MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/turbonegro.
The new album is scheduled for various released dates throughout the world–June 11, 2007 in Norway, June 13, 2007 in Sweden, June 15, 2007 in the rest of Europe (excluding the UK), June 23, 2007 in [...]
June 8th, 2007
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A new track, “Do You Do You Dig Destruction,” from TURBONEGRO’s forthcoming new album has been posted on the band’s official MySpace page for listening. The band recently finished mixing the new album prior to their appearance at this year’s SXSW festivities.
March 26th, 2007
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