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Killswitch Engage

To avoid any confusion, no this is not a re-release of the first self-titled KILLSWITCH ENGAGE album (which is considered more of an EP by the band),but another self-titled album from the band which spearheaded the metalcore movement. While I can't really applaud the recycling of an old album title...

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Former MISFITS Guitarist Issues New EP, Pays Tribute To LEMMY

Former MISFITS guitarist Bobby Steele has returned with "I Made A Monster", the new EP from his long-running band THE UNDEAD. The group's first domestic release in nine years, "I Made A Monster" includes three songs, including a cover of "I Go Ape" by THE ROCKIN' VICERS, the band best known for intr...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: Audio Interview With JOEL STROETZEL Posted Online

Wrexham, Wales-based "Metalheadz" show conducted an interview with guitarist Joel Stroetzel of Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE at this year's Download festival, which was held June 12-14 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. You can now listen to the chat using the player below. According to...

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Former JOURNEY Singer Remembers MICHAEL JACKSON

According to Fan Asylum, former JOURNEY frontman Steve Perry was contacted by various media outlets for his thoughts on the untimely death of Michael Jackson. His comments follow below. Q: What are some of your memories of working with Michael Jackson on "We Are The World". Steve Perry: "I was origi...

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CANDIRIA To Release Four-Volume Set Of Rarities And Remixes

Brooklyn's jazzed-infused-metal experimentalists CANDIRIA are back and once again ready to cross the lines of convention as they release a four-volume set of rarities and remixes, "Toying With The Insanities". Volumes one and two of "Toying With the Insanities" will be made available on September 9...

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SOULFLY Frontman Recalls 'Puking' On EDDIE VEDDER

In a revealing interview with author Joel McIver for Performing Musician magazine, SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera discusses the art of playing live, the rigors of touring — and an unfortunate incident involving PEARL JAM. "I puked on Eddie Vedder once," Cavalera told McIver. "It was on a SEPULTURA an...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE, ORDER OF ENNEAD Members Featured In 'Shockwaves Skull Sessions'

The 25th installment of the "Shockwaves Skull Sessions" podcast is an hour-long discussion about extreme/technical death metal, featuring host Bob Nalbandian, CANNIBAL CORPSE founding bassist Alex Webster and ORDER OF ENNEAD bassist Scott Patrick, along with "Skull Sessions" regular and author Joel...

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Former MINISTRY/NINE INCH NAILS Member Launches Music Business School

As the next step in a career that has already seen stints in some of the most legendary acts in alternative music (including NINE INCH NAILS, MINISTRY, KILLING JOKE, PIL and PIGFACE),drummer and music industry educator Martin Atkins has launched Revolution Number Three, a new music business school...

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METALLICA Now Selling First-Ever CLIFF BURTON Biography

METALLICA is currently selling "To Live Is To Die: The Life And Death Of Metallica's Cliff Burton", the first-ever Burton biography, via the band's official web site. Written by U.K.-based author Joel McIver and published by Jawbone Press, the book includes a foreword by Cliff's close friend in META...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: Video Interview With JOEL STROETZEL Posted Online

ThrashHits.com conducted an interview with guitarist Joel Stroetzel of Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE at this year's Download festival, which was held June 12-14 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. Watch the five-minute chat below. As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported yesterday, KILLSWITCH E...

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STIR THE SILENCE Announces New Bassist

STIR THE SILENCE, the new Dallas, Ft. Worth, Texas-based band featuring former members of WITHIN CHAOS, has announced the addirtion od bassist Joel Bailey (ex-SOCIETY'S FINEST) to the group's ranks. The band will enter GDP Studios at the end of the summer with Gabe Ayala to record a new EP. A full-l...

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TOXIC HOLOCAUST: First Two Records Now Available Digitally

TOXIC HOLOCAUST's first two full-length albums, "Evil Never Dies" (2003) and "Hell On Earth" (2005),are available now for the first time digitally via iTunes. TOXIC HOLOCAUST is in the middle of a cross-Canada headlining tour, working its way west from Ontario. Upon comletion of this trek, TOXIC HO...

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HEAVEN SHALL BURN: 'Bildersturm - Iconoclast II' First-Week Chart Positions

Century Media Records and HEAVEN SHALL BURN have announced a double chart entry in Germany for the German death metal and hardcore fusionists' first official DVD/live release, "Bildersturm – Iconoclast II (The Visual Resistance)". The release entered the German DVD chart at No. 3 (behind IRON MAIDEN...

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SOULFLY's MAX CAVALERA Interviewed For ABORT Magazine; Audio Available

Ninjaspy's Joel Parent last week conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSIRACY, SEPULTURA) for ABORT Magazine. Listen to a seven-minute excerpt from the chat at this location. Regarding the songwriting process for the next SOULFLY album, Max said in a recent interview, "I am...

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LAETHORA Completes Mixing New Album

LAETHORA, the Swedish death/grind band featuring DARK TRANQUILLITY guitarist Niklas Sundin, has finished mixing its second album, "The Light In Which We All Burn", for a late summer release. The group says, "Despite the computer crashes, equipment failures and multiple bouts of sickness, we're extre...