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Ex-DIO Keyboardist On Playing With CAMPBELL, APPICE And BAIN Again: 'We Recaptured The Vibe'

Former DIO and current DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell revealed late last month that he is planning to join forces with three other original DIO members to play "some gigs" that will see the musicians performing material from the early DIO records that Campbell appeared on. Campbell, Vinny App...

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VEXT To Play Free Showcase Gig In New York City

VEXT — the new New Jersey/New York-based heavy rock band featuring singer Tommy Vext (DIVINE HERESY, SNOT),guitar virtuoso Angel Vivaldi, and the rhythm section of the now-disbanded MUTINY WITHIN (Andrew Jacobs on bass and Bill Fore on drums) — will play a free showcase concert on Friday, May 25 at...

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WEST OF HELL: 'Water Of Sorcery' Video Trailer

A trailer for "Water Of Sorcery", the new video from WEST OF HELL, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based band featuring ZIMMERS HOLE frontman Chris "The Heathen" Valagao, can be seen below. The track comes off the group's full-length debut, "Spiral Empire", which was released on May 8 via Re...

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SAINT VITUS Guitarist Discusses Making Of 'Lillie: F-65'

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with guitarist Dave Chandler of doom metal legends SAINT VITUS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: Your new album ["Lillie: F-65"] is your first studio release after a 17-year gap. That's a really...

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SIX FEET UNDER Frontman: 'We've Always Been Kind Of Different In How We Approached Things'

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chris Barnes of Florida death metal veterans SIX FEET UNDER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: Your new album is sounding pretty intense. Would you say it's probably one of the most...

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LAMB OF GOD's JOHN CAMPBELL On How He 'Invented' Three-String Bass

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with bassist John Campbell of Richmond, Virgina metallers LAMB OF GOD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: I read that you guys started writing for this album even before the touring cycle for the p...

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Video Of CONTRIVE Frontman's Performance With CAVALERA CONSPIRACY Posted Online

Melbourne, Australia-based power trio CONTRIVE recently completed a run of shows supporting CAVALERA CONSPIRACY. During the tour, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY's Max Cavalera invited longtime friend and CONTRIVE mainman Paul Haug to jam out the SEPULTURA classic "Territory". Video footage of the performance c...

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VINNY APPICE On Playing DIO Songs With VIVIAN CAMPBELL Again: 'It Was Tight As F**k'

Don de Leaumont of The Great Southern Brainfart recently conducted an interview with legendary drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, KILL DEVIL HILL). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Great Southern Brainfart: I want to talk about your playing on the KILL D...

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HUMANGLED: 'Needles Of The Blind' Video Released

Italian death metal act HUMANGLED have released a video for the track "Needles Of The Blind" from the band's forthcoming EP entitled "Odd Ethics", due out in mid-to-late May via Abyss Records. The clip was directed by Andrea Falaschi and points out the blindness of medical science, describing the un...

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FEAR FACTORY Frontman Talks Lineup Changes On FULL METAL JACKIE's Radio Show (Audio)

Vocalist Burton C. Bell of Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY was interviewed on the April 27-29 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, g...

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Guitarist JEFF HANNEMAN To Sit Out SLAYER's European Tour; GARY HOLT To Fill In

California thrash metal veterans SLAYER have released the following "open letter" to their "fans around the world": "SLAYER fans everywhere — it's time to let you know what is going on with our brother Jeff Hanneman [guitar]. "As you know, Jeff was bitten by a spider more than a year ago, but what y...

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WEST OF HELL: Another New Song Available For Streaming

"Demon Sent", a brand new song from WEST OF HELL, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based band featuring ZIMMERS HOLE frontman Chris "The Heathen" Valagao, can be streamed using the audio player below (courtesy of Stereokiller.com). The track comes off the group's full-length debut, "Spiral Em...

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VEXT: 'Impermanence' EP Cover Artwork Unveiled

The cover artwork of "Impermanence", the forthcoming debut EP from VEXT — the new New Jersey/New York-based heavy rock band featuring singer Tommy Vext (DIVINE HERESY, SNOT),guitar virtuoso Angel Vivaldi, and the rhythm section of the now-disbanded MUTINY WITHIN (Andrew Jacobs on bass and Bill Fore...

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STORMZONE: 'Zero To Rage' Video Released

"Zero To Rage", the new video from Irish metallers STORMZONE, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's latest album, "Zero To Rage", which was released in North America on January 17 via SPV/Steamhammer. The CD was made available in Europe last November. "Zero To Rage" track listing: 01. Whe...

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MESHUGGAH's TOMAS HAAKE Featured On Cover Of DRUM! Magazine

MESHUGGAH drummer, lyricist, and vertigo-inducer Tomas Haake is featured on the cover of Drum! magazine's May 2012 issue (#191),available at newsstands now. Assistant editor Andrew Lentz attanded the January listening party for the band's new album in Fullerton, California, braved the noise level a...