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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: We 'Are Pleased To Be Nominated For A GRAMMY'

Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE have notched a 2014 Grammy nomination. The band's song "In Due Time", the lead single from this year's critically acclaimed "Disarm The Descent" album, which marked the return of original singer Jesse Leach after a decade-long absence, has been recognized in...

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GHOST Speaks To BERLIN METAL TV (Video)

Berlin Metal TV recently conducted an interview with one of the Nameless Ghouls from Swedish occult rockers GHOST. You can now watch the chat below. GHOST's new covers EP, "If You Have Ghost", sold around 5,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 87 on T...

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DREAM THEATER: To Be Nominated For A GRAMMY For A Second Time Is Just Mindblowing

DREAM THEATER's spirit of adventure and fearless musical virtuosity continues to reap dividends for the progressive metal titans who've just earned their second Grammy nomination, this time for "Best Metal Performance" for their single "The Enemy Inside" from their current self-titled album on Roadr...

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Tres Cabrones

30 years in the life and what a mondo bizarro ride it's been for the MELVINS. It's only appropriate they mark the occasion with a distorto-huffing nutjob album featuring the 1983 lineup. Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover reunite with original drummer Mike Dillard for the sometimes messy, always loud "Tre...

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The Paradigm Shift

It seems weird that KORN now carries senior status in the metal scene, but here we are on album eleven, nearly two decades following their crusty and tense self-titled debut. In that time, KORN has partaken quite a journey that has seen them cast as heroes and rogues, depending on whether you carry...

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Destiny of the Gods

The Detroit-based metal troupe COVEN from the mid-Eighties is not to be confused with the more notable Seattle thrashers of the same name arriving shortly after these guys. Having originally hung up their leathers in the early nineties after releasing one album, "Worship New Gods", the renamed COVEN...

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BLACK SABBATH, DREAM THEATER, ANTHRAX, VOLBEAT, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Among GRAMMY AWARDS Nominees

BLACK SABBATH, DREAM THEATER, ANTHRAX, VOLBEAT and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE are among the nominees for the 56th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on January 26, 2014 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The nominees in the "Best Metal Performance" category are as follows: ANTHRAX - "T.N.T." Track from:...

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Video: In The Studio With IN FLAMES

Swedish metallers IN FLAMES recently entered Hansa Studios (DAVID BOWIE, DEPECHE MODE, U2) in Berlin, Germany to begin recording their eleventh album for an early 2014 release. Video footage from the studio — courtesy of the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet — can be seen below. IN FLAMES lead singer, A...

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MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN On Next CD: 'It Needs To Be A Timeless Album'

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn's latest installment of his online blog, "The General Journals: Diary Of A Frontman... And Other Ramblings", reads as follows: "As you may have noticed, there aren't any, 'Hey, we're in the recording studio' updates happening. That's because we're not! "A few journal...

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CYNIC: 'Kindly Bent To Free Us' Track Listing Revealed

Legendary progressive rock innovators CYNIC — consisting of guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal, drummer Sean Reinert and bassist Sean Malone — will release their new album, "Kindly Bent To Free Us", on February 14, 2014 via Season Of Mist. The CD was produced by CYNIC at L.A.'s Perfect Sound Studios....

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ELUVEITIE Parting Ways With Longtime Violinist MERI TADIC

ELUVEITIE will amicably part ways with longtime violinist Meri Tadic at the end of 2013. The "Eluveitie & Friends III" festival, which will take place on December 28 in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, will mark her final appearance with the Swiss folk metal act. States the band: "'There is an end to al...

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GHOST's Nameless Ghoul Talks To PitCam TV (Video)

PitCam TV recently conducted an interview with one of the Nameless Ghouls from Swedish occult rockers GHOST. You can now watch the chat below. GHOST's new covers EP, "If You Have Ghost", sold around 5,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 87 on ...

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Video: IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON Quizzed About Eclipse 550 Twin-Engine Business Jet

Corporate Jet Investor recently quizzed IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson — who in October joined Aeris Aviation, the European distributor of Eclipse aircraft, as non-executive chairman — on how much he knew about the Eclipse 550 twin-engine business jet. You can find out how he did in the video be...

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WOLFPACK44: 'The Scourge' Cover Artwork Unveiled

WOLFPACK44, the new band featuring Ricktor Ravensbruck (THE ELECTRIC HELLFIRE CLUB, ACHERON),Julian Xes (KULT OF AZAZEL) and Paul Collier (ANGELCORPSE, PESSIMIST),will release its debut album, "The Scourge", before the end of the year via the French label Deadlight Entertainment. The CD was record...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: 'We're A Rock Band That's Comprised Of Christians'

John Knowles of Metal Exiles recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers STRYPER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Exiles: ["No More Hell To Pay"] is the heaviest STRYPER album, period. Is this what came out of you guys natura...