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MESHUGGAH And CYNIC Launch Joint Online Video Channel In Support Of Tour

Early next month, two of the finest acts in extreme music, the mighty Swedes of MESHUGGAH and prog-metal forefathers CYNIC, will embark on a three-week North American tour sponsored by MySpace Music. This run of dates will feature far more than one of the strongest bills in recent memory, as CYNIC a...

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HAMMERFALL Singer: 'Our Music Is Timeless And Not Dated'

Denmark's Antenna recently conducted an interview with vocalist Joacim Cans of Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Antenna: You're [about] to release a new album, "No Sacrifice, No Victory", your tenth [counting the live album "One Crimson Night", a...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: I Love The Way 'Death Magnetic' Sounds

Greg Kot of ChicagoTribune.com recently conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ChicagoTribune.com: "Death Magnetic" was portrayed as a conscious return to the style of your '80s albums. Do you agree? Ulrich: It didn't start that wa...

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The Age of Nero

If you haven't liked SATYRICON's grimward slide toward dry, minimalist, sardonic post-genre permafrost, you're gonna just keep on hating them for "The Age of Nero". Stylistically, it picks up where "Now, Diabolical" left off, all brittle, haughty vocals and skeletal bare-wire riffing. But if that's...

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The Resting Sonata

It is not a question of ROSE FUNERAL's inability to write decent songs and play a fairly convincing form of modern down-tuned 'n chunky death metal. It is just that the continual aping of a beaten-to-death style makes it difficult to appreciate an album like "The Resting Sonata", if only because you...

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GORGOROTH Frontman Discusses His Homosexuality; Video Available

Vocalist Gaahl of Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH was recently asked by Holland's FaceCulture if he thinks people will see him and his music differently now that he has publicly acknowledged his homosexuality. "Mankind is known to be narrow-minded, so… maybe some [will have a negative reaction],...

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GORGOROTH's GAAHL Is Confident About Outcome Of Upcoming Trial

Holland's FaceCulture has posted a short interview clip (see below) with vocalist Gaahl of the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH. Gaahl discusses the legal battle between him and bassist King ov Hell on one side and the group's estranged guitarist Infernus on the other side over the rights to the...

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TO/DIE/FOR To Tour Mexico, South America In The Spring

Finnish gothic metallers TO/DIE/FOR will embark on a tour of Mexico and South America between May 7, 2009 and June 7, 2009. The trek will kick off with three shows in Mexico and will include stops in such countries as Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Brazil. More information...

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ROBOTIC EMPIRE RECORDS Launches 'Robotic Obscurities'

After being a record label for nearly 10 years, Robotic Empire has accumulated a lot of obscure, rare, demo, live and/or otherwise unreleased or hard-to-find audio. This mostly pertains to the bands and artists we've worked with over the years, and now the label has set up a site to share some of th...

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Beware The Circling Fin

A metaphorically appropriate name on many levels, EARLY MAN is a musical translation of that scene from "2001: A Space Odyssey" where the prehistoric ape-man discovers that the leg bone of his fallen comrade made for a handy weapon and proceeded use the blunt instrument to bash the living fuck out m...

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Slaves for Life

This one is a behemoth. "Slaves for Life" by Israel's AMASEFFER is a 77-minute progressive/orchestral metal/rock album about the plight of the Israeli people as told in the Old Testament. Part one of a planned trilogy, it is mind boggling to think that AMASEFFER has two whole albums left in them to...

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AXL ROSE Takes Part In Another Online Chat, Says There Are 'No Plans' For GN'R Tour Right Now

Reclusive GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose took part in yet another online chat Friday night (December 12),this time via the GUNS N' ROSES fan community ChineseDemocracy.com. BLABBERMOUTH.NET has compiled the most interesting bits from the question-and-answer session and is re-posting them here for yo...

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SAMMY HAGAR Cancels 'Cabo Wabo Cantina' License In Fresno

Entrepreneur and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar announced today that he is cancelling the licensing agreement with Fresno Rock Taco, LLC for the Cabo Wabo Cantina in Fresno, California. Hagar issued a statement on November 7, 2008 that commented on certain unsatisfactory claims which have b...

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AXL ROSE Breaks Silence On 'Chinese Democracy', Original GN'R Reunion, DR PEPPER And BRIAN MAY

Reclusive GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose broke his silence last night (Thursday, December 11) by answering fan questions on the message boards of two of the most popular GUNS N' ROSES fan sites on the Web — MyGNR.com and Here Today… Gone To Hell! BLABBERMOUTH.NET has collected some of the ...

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JON SCHAFFER Says ICED EARTH Was A 'Paycheck' For Former Singer TIM OWENS

Jeffrey Easton of Metal Exiles recently conducted an interview with ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Exiles: You mentioned consistency with your record labels so you could release the records right. What about consistency between "Framing Armage...