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HELLOWEEN Guitarist Talks '7 Sinners' In New Interview

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Weikath of German power metallers HELLOWEEN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: Your new album, "7 Sinners", is going to be released in October. How are you feeling at this p...

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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist On 'Abrahadabra': 'We Feel That We Have Topped Ourselves'

Brendan Crabb of Utopia.com.au recently conducted an interview with guitarist Silenoz (real name: Sven Atle Kopperud) of Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Utopia.com.au: The last album (2007's "In Sorte Diaboli") featured many orchestr...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: PANTERA 'Helped Change The Production Of Heavy Metal Records'

U.K.'s The Skinny recently conducted an interview with DOWN/ex-PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Skinny: Is [PANTERA's] "Cowboys From Hell" an album you can listen back to and appreciate as a listener today? Anselmo: To be honest with you, when we we...

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METHODS OF MAYHEM's 'Public Disservice' Enters BILLBOARD Chart At No. 153

"A Public Disservice Announcement", the brand new album from MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee's METHODS OF MAYHEM project, sold 2,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 153 on The Billboard 200 chart. "A Public Disservice Announcement" was released on Sept...

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Beyond the Lighted Stage

If asked "what artist is ranked third in consecutive gold or platinum albums after THE BEATLES and THE ROLLING STONES" how would you answer? Pretty obvious given the title of this review that it is RUSH, but the vast majority of people would not think to guess the legendary Canadian trio. That in la...

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The Atomic Clock

The idea of a non-drummer reviewing an instructional drum DVD might seem a daunting task to most critics, but such thoughts evaporate into thin air upon viewing Gene Hoglan's "The Atomic Clock". While a certain familiarity with metal drumming is necessary, Hoglan makes the experience so entertaining...

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Live Voodoo

Has it really been 20 years since JANE'S ADDICTION stood atop the "alt rock" mountain with "Ritual De Lo Habitual" and then split at the top of their game in 1991? There were reunions in 1997, 2004, and 2008 and even a new studio album ("Strays") in 2003, but the late '80s/early '90s JANE'S ADDICTIO...

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Lords of Depravity: Part II

Seems like I should have received some kind of certificate in the mail for completing the 380-minute SODOM history course that is presented in two chapters: "Lords of Depravity: Part I" and "Lords of Depravity: Part II". And that's not even including the lengthy performance discs, which in the case...

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Ashes to Ashes

Whatever your thoughts concerning the exit of Messiah Marcolin and his replacement by SOLITUDE AETURNUS's Robert Lowe, you must at least admit that CANDLEMASS career has been on the upswing since the Texan joined the Swedish doomsters. Much of that has to do with the release of a couple of great alb...

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Audio Secrecy

Since the future of SLIPKNOT hangs in the balance, Corey Taylor and Jim Root fans are going to have to turn to the duo's lighter side to feed their jones for the time being. While the last two STONE SOUR albums would have caused yours truly to throw in the towel on Taylor, "Audio Secrecy" ...

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Triumvirate

One cannot help but wonder how many fans and critics have consciously or otherwise knocked BLACK ANVIL down a few notches in assessments of "Triumvirate" solely due to the fact that the trio is made up of former members of New York hardcore act KILL YOUR IDOLS. Leave your preconceived notions of "kv...

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Coordinates of Confusion

How many Slovenian heavy metal albums do you have in your collection? What about the collections of your friend, coworkers, acquaintances and the people at which you've shot bottle rockets from a moving vehicle? That's what I thought. Here's your big chance to be the first on your block to own a Slo...

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Tenebrae... / Krohm

As far as atmospheric/suicidal/depressive black metal experiences go, this 42-minute split release from Italy's TENEBRAE IN PERPETUUM and Numinas' (a.k.a. Dario Derna, also of USDM quarter DRAWN AND QUARTERED) one-man U.S. band KROHM is more than a fair and musically solid representation of the form...

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Last Station on the Road to Death

As we've discussed in past reviews, the French have a way of twisting and crumpling conventional modes of black metal into something that is often more poisonous and almost always a tad askew. But once in a while along comes a French black metal album that remains firmly attached to traditional genr...

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Ashen

As far as Napalm Records releases go, it is hardly a shock to see a band like SHADOWGARDEN on the roster and an album like "Ashen" being released by the label. The vehicle travels right down the middle of a road with the light of pop-infected melodies and keyboard sprinkles on one side and the ...