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SOULFLY's MAX CAVALERA Talks About His Early Musical Influences In New Interview

Tom Murphy of Denver Westword recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Denver Westword: How did you first get into heavy music growing up in Brazil? Max Cavalera: My first experience with music was QUEEN, when they played in...

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DORO PESCH Surprises MOTÖRHEAD With Anniversary Cake (Photos)

German metal queen Doro Pesch surprised MOTÖRHEAD mainman Lemmy at the opening show of their joint European tour on November 30, 2010 at Philipshalle in Düsseldorf, Germany by presenting him with a 40x70cm, 2.5 pound MOTÖRHEAD cake made of marzipan, mock cream and a whiskey center. "Otherwise Lemmy...

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NONPOINT Frontman Performs 'The Promise' With IN THIS MOMENT (Video)

Video footage of IN THIS MOMENT performing the song "The Promise" on November 27, 2010 at Magic Stick in Detroit, Michigan — with special guest appearances by NONPOINT frontman Elias Soriano and male vocalist Adrian Patrick of the band OTHERWISE — can be viewed below. IN THIS MOMENT guitarist Chris...

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LEMMY: 'If I Do Die Sooner Rather Than Later, I'll Be Satisfied With What I've Done'

Nick Duerden of the U.K.'s The Independent recently conducted an interview with legendary MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On mortality: Lemmy: "In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal. In your forties, y...

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ACCEPT Guitarist: 'I'm Honestly Surprised How Quickly The New Songs Are Catching On'

Mark Kadzielawa of 69 Faces Of Rock recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and vocalist Mark Tornillo of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. 69 Faces Of Rock: The original ACCEPT did bunch of festival appearances back in 2005. H...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Explains His Absence From DIMEBASH

Elliot Levin of the NY Hard Rock Music Examiner recently conducted an interview with Philip Anselmo (DOWN, PANTERA, SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ARSON ANTHEM). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Examiner: Looking back, as the singer, and in your current role now for Housecore [Records] as a prod...

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IN THIS MOMENT Performs Acoustic Version Of 'The Promise' On 101.7 THE FOX (Video)

On November 15, IN THIS MOMENT was joined by male vocalist Adrian Patrick of the band OTHERWISE for an acoustic performance of the song "The Promise" on Santa Rosa, California's 101.7 The Fox radio station inside the "Less Is More Lounge." Watch footage of the band's appearance below. Guitarist Chri...

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DISTURBED To Tour Australia, New Zealand With TRIVIUM, AS I LAY DYING

Chicago heavy rockers DISTURBED will embark on the Australian/New Zealand leg of their "Music As A Weapon Tour" in April 2011. Support on the shows will come from TRIVIUM, AS I LAY DYING and FORGIVEN RIVAL (except where otherwise noted). The dates are as follows: Apr. 20 - Perth, AUS - Burswood Dome...

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BRO JOVI: Debut Album Release Date Announced

BRO JOVI, a "rabid, alcohol-fueled beast" featuring current and former members of ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, ABORTED and SYSTEM DIVIDE, has set November 16 as the digital release date for its first LP, "Songs To Crush Beers To Vol. I: Slippery When Blacked". The album will be available on iTunes, Amazon, CDb...

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Heavy Metal Thunder: The Movie

Wow, where do you even start with this one? How about with the audacious statement that SAXON is one of history's greatest heavy metal bands in the truest sense. Over 30 years running and in the last decade releasing some of the best music of its career, the story of the New Wave of British ...

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Frozen Storm Apocalypse

Back in the 1980s, Christian traditionalists wrote books warning parents of the evil in disguise that was "Christian rock", claiming it was just a sly trick by Ol' Scratch to help dirty, nasty rock and roll gain entry into otherwise God-fearing homes. These guys had a problem with bands like PETRA,...

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Warfare

In our attempts to make things all highbrow and literary around here, we rarely fall back on that moth-eaten metal review staple known as The If. You know what I'm talking about: "if BAND A stole BAND B's lunch money at Famous Metal Guy's house while BAND C videotaped the whole thing with their pant...

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The Nemesis Construct

In its purest form it is called Swedish melodic death metal, which in and of itself isn't all that pure and rarely Swedish these days. Though varying in its tried and true form, melodic metalcore as heard through an Americanized filter through which the likes of AT THE GATES and IN FLAMES have passe...

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Relentless Retribution

There's a fine line ya gotta tread, when you're an old band bringing new material to the table (especially an act reuniting after a layoff). You wanna be relevant and create music that stands up with stuff that stands with the current crop of metal, but ratchet up the intensity too far and your old-...

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STRYPER Frontman: 'We'll Go To The Grave Making A Bold Stand For Christ'

"The Covering", the much-anticipated covers album from Christian hard rockers STRYPER, will be released in early 2011 via Big3 Records. "The Covering", produced by frontman Michael Sweet, will be unlike any previous STRYPER recording in that it's a collection of cover songs from bands that inspired...