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FEAR FACTORY Schedules German Dates

The new version of FEAR FACTORY — featuring the band's original members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C. Bell (vocals) alongside bassist Byron Stroud (who played on the last two FEAR FACTORY albums in addition to touring and recording with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and ZIMMERS HOLE) and legendary drumm...

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SPINAL TAP To Perform On 'The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien'

England's "loudest heavy metal band" SPINAL TAP will be the featured musical guest on "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" on Monday, June 15. Check local listings for more information. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the cult classic film "This is Spinal Tap", and SPINAL TAP, is celebratin...

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ARKAEA: Debut Album To Receive European Release Via CENTURY MEDIA

ARKAEA — the new band featuring (former?) FEAR FACTORY members Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) alongside vocalist Jon Howard (THREAT SIGNAL) and bassist Pat Kavanaugh (THREAT SIGNAL) — will release its debut album, "Years In The Darkness", in Europe through Century Media...

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ATHEIST: Footage From MARYLAND DEATHFEST Posted Online

Video footage of reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST performing at this year's Maryland Deathfest on May 23, 2009 at the Sonar in Baltimore, Maryland can be viewed below. ATHEIST and Atlanta, Georgia's GNOSTIC — the band featuring three members of ATHEIST — will team up with German...

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I stuck with SAMAEL longer than most people I know, but after "Passage", the former Swiss black metal heroes lost me with their sardonic drum-machine electro-frippery. I never hated them, but I lost interest, and it's been years since I gave anything but their 1994 masterpiece "Ceremony of Opposites...

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SACRIFICE: 'The Ones I Condemn' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

The cover artwork for "The Ones I Condemn", the much-anticipated new album from reunited Canadian thrashers SACRIFICE, can be viewed below. Commented guitarist/vocalist Rob Urbinati: "Our recording process was real, so we didn't feel comfortable going too far into the digital realm for the cover. Ou...

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METALLICA Frontman Gets Personal In New Interview

METALLICA's James Hetfield has spoken to Classic Rock about loneliness, his relationships and the drug habits of his band-mates in one of his most revealing interviews ever. The full, warts-and-all interview will be published in their forthcoming issue, on sale May 27. In this excerpt, the METALLICA...

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Norwegian Black Metallers PANTHEON I Stream Track From Horror Movie

"I'll Come Back As Fire" a track written by Norway's PANTHEON I for the soundtrack to the horror film "Someone's Knocking At The Door", is now available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The film itself, which is described in promotional material as a "genre-defying grindhouse throwback," wa...

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MOTOGRATER Is Back!

MOTOGRATER is back with a new lineup, including original guitarist Nuke, motograterist Bruce, Twitch on drums, Mylon on bass, Tyler on guitar, and brand new vocalist Angel (real name: Michael E. Woodruff),formerly of RELEVENT. MOTOGRATER has been locked away in the hills of Sacramento this past yea...

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SAHG To Perform Entire New Album At Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

SAHG, the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks current/former members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE, will play their forthcoming third album in its entirety when they kick off this year's Hole In The Sky festival on August 25 at Garage in Bergen, Norway. The CD is tentatively...

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TWISTED SISTER Frontman On 'Still Hungry', His Workout Regimen And Possibility Of New Music

David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com recently conducted an interview with TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. BackstageAxxess.com: Can you tell us about the re-release of TWISTED SISTER's "Stay Hungry" CD? Dee: That's funny because I just got...

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CANDLEMASS, SAHG, ABSU, CYNIC Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

CANDLEMASS, SAHG, ABSU and CYNIC are among the newly confirmed bands for the Hole in the Sky festival (a.k.a. Bergen Metal Fest X),set to take place August 26-29, 2009 in Bergen, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Tuesday, August 25 - Hole in the Sky: Incoming SAHG KVELERTAK DER...

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GORGOROTH To Play Special Tribute Set At Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

After a two-year absence from the live arena, Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH — led by guitarist Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) — will headline the last night of the 10th-anniversary Hole in the Sky metal festival on August 29, 2009 in Bergen, Norway, with none other than U.S. doom legends P...

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MASTODON Guitarist Says BRENT HINDS Is 'A Delicate Artist'

Christopher Porter of Washington Post Express recently conducted an interview with MASTODON guitarist Bill Kelliher. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Washington Post Express: "Crack the Skye" came out in so many iterations: CD, CD plus DVD, single LP, double audiophile LP, digital an...

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ASPHYX: 'Death...The Brutal Way' Artwork, Track Listing Unveiled

Reformed Dutch death metal outfit ASPHYX — Martin van Drunen (vocals),Wannes Gubbels (bass/vocals),Paul Baayens (guitar) and Bob Bagchus (drums) — will release its comeback album, "Death...The Brutal Way", on June 22 via Century Media Records. War Anthem Records will release the LP version of the...