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SLIPKNOT Struggled To Find 'Exact Wording' For New Album Dedication To Late Bassist

SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor says that the band wanted to pay tribute to its late bassist Paul Gray with the group's fifth studio album, ".5: The Gray Chapter", but struggled to get the right wording for the CD title. "We had a handful of [ideas] that we were kind of bandying about," Taylor told Mis...

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DREAM THEATER: 'Strange Déjà Vu' Performance Clip From 'Breaking The Fourth Wall' DVD

Progressive metal giants will release "Breaking The Fourth Wall (Live From The Boston Opera House)", a live Blu-ray/DVD set of the band's one-of-a-kind performance from the Boston Opera House on March 25, 2014. Produced by the band's own John Petrucci, filmed and directed by Pierre and François La...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Ecuador

Vocalist Jesse Leach of Massachussets metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE has uploaded behind-the-scenes footage of the band's August 15 performance in Quito, Ecuador. Check it out below. Due to a family emergency, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Joel Stroetzel was forced to sit out the group's tour dates at th...

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FEAR FACTORY Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST ENTERTAINMENT; New Album In The Works

Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment for the release of their next studio album, tentatively due in early 2015. The band will enter the studio in October with longtime producer/collaborator Rhys Fulber to begin recording the CD, which will be mi...

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New SLIPKNOT Bassist's Identity Revealed?

The new SLIPKNOT bassist, who is featured in the band's just-released video for the song "The Devil In I", is believed to be Alessandro "Vman" Venturella, who has served as a guitar tech for MASTODON, FIGHTSTAR and COHEED AND CAMBRIA and was also a member of KROKODIL. A recent interview with Venture...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR: '.5: The Gray Chapter' Is 'Moody', 'Artistic' And 'Heavy As Hell'

Sid Black of the 94.3 KILO radio station in Colorado Springs, Colorado has just conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On SLIPKNOT's touring plans in support of the...

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OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT On Possibility Of Second STORM CORROSION Album: 'It Has To Be Something Natural'

Journalist and musician Barbara Caserta of Italy's Linearock recently conducted an interview with Mikael Åkerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if there are any plans to release a second album from STORM CORROSION (pictured),the...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE: 'I Really Wanna Get My Paws On Scoring A Film'

MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee was interviewed on a recent edition of "Rover's Morning Glory", a syndicated hot-talk/comedy radio show airing weekday mornings on Cleveland rock station WMMS (100.7 FM). You can now listen to the chat below. Asked what his plans are for after MÖTLEY CRÜE completes its...

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Is This First Glimpse Of SLIPKNOT Singer COREY TAYLOR's New Mask?

As with every album cycle, the members of SLIPKNOT are expected to unveil brand-new masks to coincide with the release of their fifth studio CD, ".5: The Gray Chapter", which will arrive on October 21 via Roadrunner. What appears to be the first glimpse (sort of) of SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor's ne...

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TOMMY LEE On His Post-MÖTLEY CRÜE Plans: 'It Won't Be Something You've Heard Or Seen Before'

MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee says that he is "not done" after the completion of the band's "The Final Tour" and he claims to be planning a project that will be unlike anything "you've heard or seen before." While announcing the first details of "The Final Tour" at a Los Angeles press conference in...

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OPETH's 'Pale Communion' Cracks U.S. Top 20

"Pale Communion", the eleventh studio album from Swedish progressive metallers OPETH, sold around 13,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 19 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "Heritage", opened with 19,000 units back in September 201...

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BLACK STAR RIDERS' SCOTT GORHAM Talks Upcoming Sophomore Album, Bassist Change (Video)

MetalTalk's Mark Taylor recently conducted an interview with BLACK STAR RIDERS and THIN LIZZY guitarist Scott Gorham. You can now watch the chat below. 2014 has proved itself a landmark year for BLACK STAR RIDERS. The men in black took their acclaimed live show on the road in Europe and then stormed...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's MIKE D'ANTONIO Talks To HARD EDGE RADIO (Video)

On August 9, Howie D. of Hard Edge Radio conducted an interview with bassist Mike D'Antonio of Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE at this year's Dirt Fest in Burch Run, Michigan. You can now watch the chat below. Due to a family emergency, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Joel Stroetzel was forced...

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NICKELBACK To Release 'No Fixed Address' In November

Canadian rockers NICKELBACK will release their eighth studio album, "No Fixed Address", on November 4 through the band's new deal with Republic Records. "No Fixed Address" track listing: 01. Million Miles An Hour 02. Edge Of A Revolution 03. What Are You Waiting For? 04. She Keeps Me Up 05. Make Me...

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CAVALERA CONSPIRACY: 'Pandemonium' Track Listing Revealed

CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, the band led by brothers and founding SEPULTURA members Max (also of SOULFLY) and Igor Cavalera, will release its third album, "Pandemonium", on November 4 (one day earlier internationally) via Napalm Records. The CD was produced by John Gray, who has previously worked with SOUL...