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Nachash

This British metal super group is going to receive a lot of attention and not necessarily for their merits. As the confirmed bassist for SLIPKNOT, KROKODIL guitarist Allesandro "Alex" Venturella (also previously in CRY FOR SILENCE) has brought this band to the global radar in a hurry. Not to be conf...

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For the Journey

"…but this you know that the journey is good". This proclamation found in the liner notes of THRESHOLD's latest album "For the Journey" is telling where this band is and where they've come from. A journey these guys have been on, and for them to take an upbeat stance following the death of longtime...

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EUROPE To Release 'War Of Kings' Album In March

Swedish hard rock veterans EUROPE will release their tenth album, "War Of Kings", in March 2015 via UDR Music. Recorded at the brand new PanGaia Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, produced by Dave Cobb (RIVAL SONS) and engineered by John Netti, the CD sees the classic rocking quintet confidently creating...

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EKTOMORF: 'Whisper' Video Released

"Whisper", the new video from Hungarian extreme metallers EKTOMORF, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's latest album, "Retribution", which was released on January 31 via AFM Records. The follow-up to 2012's "Black Flag" is described in a press release as a "first-class fist-in-your...

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EXODUS Drummer TOM HUNTING Holds Master Class Clinic At Old Bridge Music Center

This past Sunday, November 30, students at the Old Bridge Music Center in Old Bridge, New Jersey, were treated to a special master class clinic with EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting. The event was part of the school's ongoing "Meetings With Masters” series that offers young music students the chance to le...

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Bloodstone & Diamonds

With the smoke cleared and lawsuits settled between MACHINE HEAD and departed co-founder Adam Duce, the band moves forward with new label Nuclear Blast and things are business as usual. That is to say, MACHINE HEAD keeps on seeking their own path in a metal market subdivided and sullied between clic...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER Explains 'Spirit On A Mission' Album Title

Legendary German guitarist Michael Schenker (SCORPIONS, UFO) took part in a press conference on December 1 at Hard Rock Cafe in Paris, France. You can now watch the question-and-answer session in two parts below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how he would describe...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's ZOLTAN BATHORY Announces Signature DIAMOND Guitar

In 2014, Jeff Diamant's group of companies experienced a rapid expansion and hit some major milestones: first the expansion of Diamond Amplification, Inc., second by rebranding his very successful guitar company (n/k/a Diamond Guitars, f/k/a DBZ/Diamond) and third, by launching Diamond Tactical, a t...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist ALEX SKOLNICK's PLANETARY COALITION: Audio Snippets Of Last Five Songs

Audio samples of the last five songs from PLANETARY COALITION's 14-track debut album, which was released on November 11, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. An ethnically flavored collective of diverse musicians from all over the world, PLANETARY COALITION is driven by the acoustic guitar of...

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Video: Reunited Original Lineup Of EXCITER Performs In Porto Alegre

Video footage of the reunited original lineup of Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER — guitarist John Ricci, drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler and bassist Allan Johnson — performing on October 5 in Porto Alegre, Brazil can be seen below. On episode 475 of the "Talking Metal" podcast, Mark Strigl condu...

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SOUNDGARDEN: 'Storm' Video Released

On November 24, SOUNDGARDEN released the long-awaited 3-CD rarities collection "Echo Of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path". Among the set's seven unreleased tracks is a brand-new recording, "Storm", recorded in May this year with producer Jack Endino in Seattle. You can now see the video for t...

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Video: MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK Performs New Song 'Vigilante Man' In Bordeaux

Fan-filmed video footage of MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK, the band led by legendary German guitarist Michael Schenker (SCORPIONS, UFO),performing a brand new song, "Vigilante Man", on November 20 in Bordeaux, France can be seen below. The track will appear on MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK'...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK Performs 'Lord Of The Lost And Lonely' At UK's PLANET ROCK (Video)

MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK, the band led by legendary German guitarist Michael Schenker (SCORPIONS, UFO),performed the song "Lord Of The Lost And Lonely" at the studios of the UK digital radio station Planet Rock. Check out video footage below. MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK's next studio...

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Back from the Abyss

Long one of the inarguable best of the doom-stoner sect is ORANGE GOBLIN. You either know them or you don't, and you if you do know them, dissatisfaction is not a part of the intake. Their latest project, "Back from the Abyss", is everything ORANGE GOBLIN fans are craving: a bit of BLACK SABBATH, a...

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CANCER BATS' 'Searching For Zero' To Be Released In U.S. Via METAL BLADE

Canadian hardcore-punk-metal band CANCER BATS will release its fifth studio album, "Searching For Zero", in the U.S. on March 10, 2015 via Metal Blade Records. The CD features 10 tracks, includign the first single, "Arsenic In The Year Of The Snake", for which the lyric video can be seen below. The...