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The Art of Shredding - A Tribute to Dime

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The Art of Shredding: A Tribute to Dime is now available! This album is available only from this website and a very selected number of CD stores, so order your copy NOW to make sure you don't miss out!Cost including postage: Australia: $24 - Europe: E14.25 - US/Rest of the World: $19
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Payment is also available by cheque or money order (Australian buyers only) or cash in any currency. PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept cheques/money orders from territories outside Australia. Mail your payment to Annex Enterprises, 104 Mount View Ave, Hazelbrook NSW Australia 2779. Please include a return address. We cannot guarantee the safety of cash sent through the mail. If you must send cash, please email us to let us know.The Art of Shredding - A Tribute to Dime is a tribute to Pantera's late great guitarist 'Dimebag' Darrell, featuring Australian artists paying their respects the only way it should be done: LOUD!
The Art of Shredding contains 13 songs, 12 classic Pantera tunes and an original Dime tribute song by Sydney thrash band MurderWorld.
The complete line-up is:
    McDougall Brothers - War Nerve Malignant Monster - Fucking Hostile LORD - Shattered Switchblade - Domination Plague - Living Through Me (Hell's Wrath) Synthetic Breed - Becoming Black Steel - Heavy Metal Rules The Deadthings - Proud to be Loud Aeturnus Dominion - Mouth For War Imminent Psychosis - The Art of Shredding Enforce - By Demons Be Driven Transcending Mortality - Hollow MurderWorld - Soul Inside Me
DarkStar Records will be releasing this album in early November, to celebrate what would have been Dime's 40th birthday. A percentage of the profits from the sale of this CD will be donated to the Dimebag Memorial Trust to help the families of those who are still suffering after the events of December 8, 2004.
ABOUT THE BANDS
Switchblade has quickly become one of Sydneys most popular metal bands. Formed in 2001, the band became a five piece in mid-2004 before supporting Machine Head and releasing their debut album The End of All Once Known in early 2005. Since then the band has worked solidly on the live front and built a big local following.
LORD is the continuation of Dungeon , a band that ended in 2005 after 16 years and three top-selling albums. Dungeon toured Australia and Europe as guests of Megadeth and supported a long string of acts including Destruction, Edguy, Opeth, Nightwish, Malmsteen, Nevermore and Mayhem, among others. LORD continues the Dungeon legacy and is already working on a debut album for late 2006.
Imminent Psychosis is a band from Adelaide that plays beer-fuelled death thrash. The band has made a solid name for itself in its home town and in 2004 released their self-titled debut album.
Malignant Monster was formed in Perth in 2003 by ex-Centaur and Pathogen vocalist Cain Cressal and former Malice Unity guitarist Jay Curley. The duo recorded a demo in 2004 that showcased some brutal and aggressive thrash. After adding another former Centaur member, the group completed a full-length album in mid-2005. Foul Play met with instant approval from the Perth metal scene and Malignant Monster is now also a live entity.
Enforce is one of Perth's longest-serving metal bands. While line-up changes have been fairly common, Guy Bell and Rob Hartley have kept the band together for ten years and two albums. In 2006 the rest of Australia will get to check Enforce out when they tour nationally with Cryptopsy.
From Mandurah, south of Perth, Plague has carved out a name for themselves as a killer live band. They also have two albums to their credit and a string of supports to some of Australia's best-known metal and rock acts.
The McDougall Brothers are Dan, owner of A&D Printing t-shirts and the creator of the original Dimebag tribute tee that sold around the world in early 2005, and Ando, bass player with Melbourne's Dreadnaught . Dan provides the voice and guitar and Ando everything else on their take on 'War Nerve' from The Great Southern Trend Kill.
Aeturnus Dominion come from the NSW Central Coast, north of Sydney with members drawn from an array of other acts from the same area. Together the band has well over a decade of experience and the last three years have seen Aeturnus Dominion featuring prominently on the Sydney live metal circuit.
Black Steel is one of Perth's most seasoned acts. Featuring the former bass player of thrash legends Allegiance and veteran guitarist Jamie Page (Black Alice, Trilogy), Black Steel has supported Deep Purple and Judas Priest and released two albums through the SteelHeart label as well as appearing at the Big Day Out in 2004.
Combining Alice Cooper-style theatrics with a classic sleaze delivery, The Deadthings typify over-the-top and is currently arguably Melbourne's most explosive rock act - literally! Fortunately, the band also has the musical chops to back it up, releasing a debut album in 2005. Extensive touring is to follow in 2006.
Synthetic Breed is a cyber-death metal band from Melbourne, which in only a very short time has become a band to watch in that city's vibrant scene. After releasing an EP, Synthetic Breed supported Arch Enemy in November 2005 and were hand-picked to play at the With Full Force Festival in Germany in 2006.
Transcending Mortality is a Sydney-based band formed in 2003 as a solo act by former Baraka guitarist Jonathan Talan. Since then TM has taken shape and in less than two years of gigging become one of Sydney's most upwardly-mobile metal bands, currently recording a debut album for release later in 2006.
Featuring members drawn from a bunch of short-lived Sydney thrash bands including Descend, Apolyom and Abortus, MurderWorld is a new band that has already unleashed a debut album in early 2006. Their contribution to the album is an original song, written by guitarist Shayne Querruel on December 10, 2004.
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Member Since: 4/16/2006
Band Members: This album features tracks by LORD, Transcending Mortality, Black Steel, Plague, Malignant Monster, The Deadthings, Switchblade, Enforce, Aeturnus Dominion, Imminent Psychosis, Synthetic Breed, MurderWorld and the McDougall Brothers.
Record Label: DarkStar Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Sydney Dime Show

The show on Saturday night went off! Thanks to Kim and Craig for putting it on and all the crazy fuckers who turned up!
Posted by The Art of Shredding on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:50:00 PST

Happy 41st Dime

And to celebrate, we are getting royally shattered next Saturday night at the Lansdowne in Sydney with AETURNUS DOMINION, MURDERWORLD, BLACK ASYLUM and HEAD HAMMER. Plus, after AD there'll be an open ...
Posted by The Art of Shredding on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:15:00 PST

Interview with Brian about TAOS!

Jason from RockZone did an interview with us about the album! Check it out on his myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/rockzoneone
Posted by The Art of Shredding on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:14:00 PST

Apologies/Do Not Forget!

Our apologies for not updating in a while. If you've been on our pending friends list, you should be approved now. Don't forget, if you're in Sydney and over 18, the Dimebag Tribute night is on Augus...
Posted by The Art of Shredding on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:02:00 PST

Dimebag Memorial Show

DarkStar Records is proud to be associated with the Dimebag Memorial Show that's to be held at the Lansdowne Hotel, Sydney on August 25, 2007. Playing will be Aeturnus Dominion, MurderWorld, Headhamme...
Posted by The Art of Shredding on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:03:00 PST

Where to buy

For those of you who are asking, there are still copies of the CD floating around. In Sydney you can get them from Utopia on Broadway or at Repressed Records in Penrith. In Melbourne, Metal Mayhem has...
Posted by The Art of Shredding on Tue, 08 May 2007 02:21:00 PST

New Review!

Another review of the CD has been posted here: Pyromusic.net. Cheers to Pyro for the support!...
Posted by The Art of Shredding on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:01:00 PST

Hail and Kill @ The Metro

Hail and Kill is an end of year metal assault playing at the Metro in Sydney on Saturday, December 23. LORD, Transcending Mortality and Switchblade are all playing, along with Lycanthia, Darker Half a...
Posted by The Art of Shredding on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:30:00 PST

Read the first album review!

The first online review of the album is here: http://www.blastwave.co.uk/reviews/arevs/show_album_review.a sp?ID=1235 Awesome.  ...
Posted by The Art of Shredding on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:09:00 PST

R.I.P. Dimebag

R.I.P. Dime.It's been two years since we lost Dime. I hope you all have a Black Tooth Grin in his memory today.
Posted by The Art of Shredding on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:59:00 PST