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Splinters

Greg Mackintosh from PARADISE LOST was obviously shaken to the core by the loss of his father. Mackintosh dedicated the first album of his brutal side project, VALLENFYRE, "A Fragile King", to his dad. Now Mackintosh conjures up "Splinters", a harsh, depressing and noisome affair designed for bloodl...

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Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves

Though "Tourniquets, Hacksaw and Graves" has been out a few months, it still seems like only yesterday AUTOPSY's previous album "The Headless Ritual" hit the metal masses. It as if AUTOPSY has set out to hurriedly make up for the lost time of their fifteen year hiatus. Since 2010, this band has chur...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Explains Decision To Leave MEGADETH: 'I Just Couldn't Go On Anymore'

In a brand new interview with Wondering Sound, former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman explained his decision to leave the band in 1999 in order to make the kind of music that he was passionate about: Japanese pop music, or J-Pop, which Friedman calls "embarrassingly happy." "I found myself touring...

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Bled White

NOVEMBERS DOOM just might have become America's official answer to ENSLAVED and OPETH, in a subtle way, of course. Having fostered their reputation in Europe, it's no surprise the Chicago-based death metallers could pass for a Euro or Scandinavian act. Now carrying more than twenty years under their...

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SATAN To Release 'Trail Of Fire - Live In North America' In October

British heavy metal legends SATAN will release a live album in October to celebrate their live debut appearances earlier this year on the North American soil in support of their latest and very succesful album "Life Sentence", released on Listenable in April 2013. Originating from Newcastle, England...

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TROUBLE Working On New Material

Metal Kaoz recently conducted an interview with guitarist Rick Wartell of Chicago doom metal legends TROUBLE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Kaoz: Have you done any writing or you just have some ideas? Where are you standing on that matter? Rick: I think we have 8 or 10 ...

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IX

Having themselves a busy 2012 with their self-titled album and the "Megalodon" EP, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY returns with their ninth recording, "IX". With this boisterous and slackened album, Mike Dean, Woody Weatherman and Reed Mullin move toward a dirtier, cruder and at-times faster vibe. "IX" ofte...

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Former CATHEDRAL Guitarist's DEATH PENALTY To Release Debut Album In September

When all is said and done, the art of making people bang their heads comes down to one central component: the riff. The riff has been refined and redefined so many times over the last four decades that ownership of a guitar and half a brain should be all that's required to at least have ...

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SATAN Interviewed By GetYourRockOut At France's HELLFEST (Audio)

GetYourRockOut conducted an interview with New Wave Of British Heavy Metal legends SATAN at this year's Hellfest, which was held June 20-22 in Clisson, France. You can now listen to the chat below. SATAN's latest album, "Life Sentence", was released on April 29, 2013 in Europe and May 21, 2013 in th...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN: 'Hyper Doom' Video Released

"Hyper Doom", the new video from former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman, can be seen below. The song is taken from Marty's new solo album, "Inferno", which sold around 2,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 186 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD was...

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GREAT WHITE Guitarist MARK KENDALL Says Rise Of Grunge in Early '90s Was 'Welcome Change'

In a recent interview with Myglobalmind webzine, GREAT WHITE guitarist Mark Kendall spoke about how the band's career was affected by the rise of grunge in the early '90s. "Really, the grunge movement, even though it affected Eighties rock, I wasn't really as bummed out as I thought I should have be...

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ORIGIN: Entire 'Omnipresent' Album Available For Streaming

Technical death metallers ORIGIN will release their new album, "Omnipresent", on July 8 in North America via Nuclear Blast (July 4 in Europe through Agonia). The CD was recorded with longtime producer/engineer Robert Rebeck at Chapman Recording in Lenexa, Kansas and was mixed and mastered at Menegro...

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PARADISE LOST's NICK HOLMES Speaks To SKYNET At Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING (Video)

Skynet conducted an interview with vocalist Nick Holmes of British gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST on June 29 at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium. You can now watch the chat below. From the harrowing doom of their 1990 debut, "Lost Paradise", to 1991's genre-defining "Gothic", to 199...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN: Teaser For 'Hyper Doom' Video

A teaser for "Hyper Doom", the new video from former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman, can be seen below. The song is taken from Marty's new solo album, "Inferno", which sold around 2,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 186 on The Billboard 200 char...

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ELECTRIC WIZARD: 'Time To Die' Album Artwork Unveiled

Visually intoxicating, uncompromisingly heavy and revered for making music and lifestyle one, ELECTRIC WIZARD will release its eighth full-length album, "Time To Die", later in the year via Spinefarm Records. Says ELECTRIC WIZARD founding member Jus Oborn: "All of our albums in the past have had a t...