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AS I LAY DYING Named 'Artist Of The Year' At SAN DIEGO MUSIC AWARDS

San Diego metallers AS I LAY DYING were honored in the "Artist Of The Year" category at this year's San Diego Music Awards. The band also performed at the 18th annual awards ceremony, which was held September 17 in the beautiful outdoor setting of Viejas' Concerts in the Park. This year's "Artist Of...

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GOJIRA: New Audio Interview With JOE DUPLANTIER Available

Headbanger's Blog recently tracked down frontman Joe Duplantier of the French progressive-extreme metallers GOJIRA to discuss the creation of the band's new album, "The Way of All Flesh", what inspired him to write an LP about death, what he thinks awaits beyond the abyss, his contributions to the C...

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CYNIC's PAUL MASVIDAL Talks About Songwriting Process For 'Traced In Air'

Abort Magazine's UK correspondent John Norby recently conducted an interview with Paul Masvidal of the reunited progressive metallers CYNIC. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Abort: What inspired you to write [the new CYNIC album] "Traced In Air"? Paul Masvidal: An absolute surrender to the cr...

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OPETH: Vancouver Signing Session Announced

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will take part in a signing session in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at Scrape Records (323 East Broadway; 604.877.1676) on Friday, October 3 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Finland's HardcoreSounds.Net conducted an interview with OPETH guitarist/vocalist Mikael...

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AMON AMARTH: 'Twilight Of The Thunder God' Video Posted Online

The video for the title track off AMON AMARTH's new album, "Twilight of the Thunder God", can be viewed below. The clip was filmed on the old Viking site, Jomsborg, home of the Jomsvikings in Wolin, Poland, with the Polish team Group 13 and director Dariusz Szermanowicz. The song features a guest ap...

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AMON AMARTH: 'Twilight Of The Thunder God' Video To Premier Tomorrow

The video for the title track off AMON AMARTH's new album, "Twilight of the Thunder God", will receive its online permiere tomorrow (Tuesday, September 16) on MySpace. The stream will be available beginning at 10 a.m. CET, 1 a.m. PST, 4 a.m. EST. The clip was filmed on the old Viking site, Jomsborg,...

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CYNIC: Video Footage Of WACKEN OPEN AIR Press Conference Available

Video footage of CYNIC's press conference at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany, can be viewed below (clip shot and uploaded by the Clairvoyant webzine). Season of Mist is currently taking pre-orders for a special CYNIC package featuring...

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CYNIC: Special 'Traced In Air' Package Available

Season of Mist is currently taking pre-orders for a special CYNIC package featuring the reunited progressive metallers' new album, "Traced In Air", in acrylic DVD case, t-shirt, USB stick, guitar pick and 10 exclusive stickers. See a photo of the package below. "Traced In Air" will be released on Oc...

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AMON AMARTH: New Song Posted Online

Swedish metallers AMON AMARTH have uploaded a new song titled "Guardians of Asgaard" on their MySpace page. The track comes off he group's new album, "Twilight of the Thunder God", which will be released on September 19 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy; September 22 in the rest of Europe;...

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WATAIN Frontman: 'The Devil Always Wins'

The October 2008 issue of Metal Maniacs features a special tour preview with bassist/vocalist Erik Danielsson of WATAIN, who will be headlining the Black Metal Magic U.S. tour with WITHERED and BOOK OF BLACK EARTH starting October 3. Excerpts follow: Metal Maniacs: What sort of rituals /preparation...

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URIAH HEEP Guitarist Talks About Making Of 'Wake The Sleeper'

Greg Prato of GuitarSite.com recently conducted an interview with URIAH HEEP founding guitarist Mick Box. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GuitarSite.com: How do you compare URIAH HEEP 2008 to earlier versions of the group? Box: Ah, that is a tough one. I would say though that this l...

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AMON AMARTH: Swedish Signing Sessions, CD-Release Party Announced

Swedish metallers AMON AMARTH have scheduled the following in-store signing sessions, as well as a CD-release party in Stockholm, for their new album, "Twilight Of The Thunder God": Sep. 18 - Club Distorsion (Pub Anchor) - Stockholm, Sweden (Release Party) Sep. 19 - Bengans - Stockholm, Sweden (Sign...

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Wake the Sleeper

If memory serves, the last URIAH HEEP album I owned was 1982's "Abominog" and the last one I recall hearing was 1985's "Equator". So yes, it has been awhile. Mick Box and the boys certainly haven't waited for me to catch up and continued releasing albums, just like they've been doing since 1970. Tha...

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OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Interviewed At ANKKAROCK; Video Available

Finland's HardcoreSounds.Net conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of the Swedish progressive metallers OPETH at the Ankkarock festival, which was held August 2-3 in Korso, Vantaa, Finland. Watch the nine-minute chat below. OPETH will embark on a European headlining tour in...

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CYNIC Guitarist/Vocalist Explains 'Traced In Air' Album Art

Reunited progressive metallers CYNIC — whose 1993 album "Focus" is regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/progressive metal — will release their new album, "Traced In Air" on October 28 via Season of Mist Records (one day earlier internationally). The CD contains eight songs, and t...