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WOLF's 'Ravenous' Released On Vinyl

"Ravenous", the latest album from Swedish heavy metallers WOLF, is now available as a luxurious LP, including a poster, a killer gatefold sleeve and the entire album on CD as a bonus, strictly limited to 500 copies! The "Ravenous" LP edition is only available in Sweden, Germany and the U.K., so viny...

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AMORPHIS: 'Skyforger' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Skyforger", the new album from Finnish metallers AMORPHIS, sold around 1,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.) The CD landed at position No. 33 on the Top New Artist Albu...

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DEVILDRIVER: New Song Available For Streaming

A new DEVILDRIVER track entitled "Back With A Vengeance" is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the Santa Barbara, California metallers' fourth full-length album, "Pray For Villains", which is scheduled for release on July 14 via Roadrunner Records. The effort — wh...

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DEVILDRIVER Guitarist Interviewed At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

ThrashHits.com conducted an interview with guitarist Mike Spreitzer of Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER at this year's Download festival, which was held June 12-14 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. Watch the four-minute chat below. "Pray For Villains", the new video from DEVILDRIVER,...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND: 'I'm In This Weird Position Right Now That Kind Of Condemns Me To Obscurity'

Darren Cowan of Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with acclaimed Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR). A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Blistering.com: Lately, I've talked to a lot of friends who didn't kno...

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ENFORCER: New Demo Track Posted Online

Hot on the heels of the release of their critically acclaimed album "Into The Night", Swedish metallers ENFORCER unleash a preview of things to come with a new demo track from their upcoming album, tentatively scheduled for release mid-2010. The song, entitled "Roll The Dice", is available for strea...

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Former MEGADETH Bassist Issues Post-TIM ' RIPPER' OWENS Tour Update

Former MEGADETH and current F5 bassist David Ellefson has issued the following update: "I just arrived back in the USA from the Tim 'Ripper' Owens [JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR] tour of Europe. Ripper and I have worked on a lot of things lately, including our band HAIL!, h...

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DEVILDRIVER: 'Pray For Villains' Video Available

"Pray For Villains", the new video from Santa Barbara, California's DEVILDRIVER, can be viewed at MetalSucks. The clip was shot on April 9 with director Nathan Cox (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, MARILYN MANSON, LINKIN PARK). "Pray For Villains" is the title track of DEVILDRIVER's fourth full-length album...

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RAINTIME Parts Ways With Guitarist, Prepares To Enter Studio

Italian melodic metallers RAINTIME have issued the following update: "RAINTIME is pleased to unleash some news on the long-awaited new album scheduled to be released in the beginning of 2010. After the release of the successful and the critically acclaimed second album, 'Flies & Lies', the new w...

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MACHINES OF GRACE Featuring SAVATAGE, METAL CHURCH Members; New Song Available

The song "Innocence" from MACHINES OF GRACE — the new band featuring drummer Jeff Plate (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SAVATAGE, METAL CHURCH),lead singer Zak Stevens (CIRCLE II CIRCLE, SAVATAGE),guitarist Matt Leff (guitar) and bassist Chris Rapoza (bass) — is available for streaming on the group's M...

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SUIDAKRA: First-Ever Show In China Cut Short; Video Available

German melodic folk/death metallers SUIDAKRA have issued the following update: "We played our first show here in China a few days ago (June 14) in Shenyang. Everything started perfectly as there were a lot more people than we expected and everybody obviously enjoyed our performance. Unfortunately, t...

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THE HAUNTED Guitarist Talks About Upcoming WITCHERY Album

Guitarist Patrik Jensen of THE HAUNTED and WITCHERY was interviewed for this week's edition of "The Governor's Ball". during the chat, Jensen divulges exclusive details on the upcoming WITCHERY album currently in production. You can download the program at this location. WITCHERY's last album, "Don'...

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DEVILDRIVER: Tale Of The Missing Trailer

According to U.K.'s Rock Sound magazine, Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER had a lucky escape from on-the-road carnage en route to their Download festival warm-up show in Newport, South Wales after an equipment trailer detached from their tour bus at high speed. "I've never had anythin...

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NITEFALL's 'Red Moon Rising' Due This Week

Stormspell Records will release NITEFALL's "Red Moon Rising" album on June 16. NITEFALL — which was named after the classic CANDLEMASS album from 1987 — is a mystical metal trio which was formed out of the ashes of one of the most cult '80s thrash acts from Ohio, SEVERE WARNING. Although they shared...

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Former SENTINEL BEAST Guitarist Releases FISCHEL'S BEAST Debut

FISCHEL'S BEAST, the solo project of ex-SENTINEL BEAST guitarist Barry Fischel, will release its debut EP, "Commencement", on June 16 via Stormspell Records. The CD consists entirely of material written in 1987 for the second SENTINEL BEAST album, which — due to the band's untimely demise — never go...