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WATCHTOWER: Footage From KEEP IT TRUE Festival Posted Online

Video footage of Austin, Texas technical metal godfathers WATCHTOWER performing their 1985 classic "Social Fears" at this year's Keep It True festival at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany can be viewed in two parts below. Footage of the band's cover of Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" f...

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HADES: Pro-Shot Footage Of Reunion Show Available

Professionally filmed video footage of the HADES reunion show on April 21, 2010 at Dingbatz in Clifton, New Jersey can be viewed below. The band's first concert in over eight years was to be the first with the "Resisting Success" lineup since 1986. However, HADES bassist Jimmy Schulman was ill at th...

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QUEEN, AEROSMITH, OZZY OSBOURNE, KISS, DEF LEPPARD Covered On 'Punk Goes Classic Rock' Album

Fearless Records has set an April 27 release date for "Punk Goes Classic Rock", a selection of the best up-and-coming alternative rock bands, including MAYDAY PARADE, THE ALMOST, FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS and NEVER SHOUT NEVER, doing their own cover versions of classic tracks by such bands as JOURNEY...

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CANDLEMASS Pulls Out Of Germany's KEEP IT TRUE XIII Festival

Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS have cancelled their appearance at this year's Keep It True XIII festival, set to take place April 23-24, 2010 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. According to the festival organizers, "[The members of CANDLEMASS] fear they will not make it in t...

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BROKEN TEETH: 'Viva La Rock, Fantastico' Video Released

BROKEN TEETH's video for the song "Viva La Rock, Fantastico" can be viewed below. The track is the title cut of the band's new album, "Viva La Rock, Fantastico", which was released on January 26 via Perris Records. The clip was shot throughout the streets of the band's hometown of Austin during this...

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WATCHTOWER: 'The Size of Matter' Available On Amazon.com

"The Size of Matter", the first new offering from Austin, Texas technical metal godfathers WATCHTOWER since their seminal 1989 release "Control and Resistance", has been added to the Amazon.com download store and can be purchased at this location. Engineered and mixed by Ron Jarzombek, with vocals m...

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WATCHTOWER Releases First New Song In 20 Years

Austin, Texas technical metal godfathers WATCHTOWER have released a preliminary mix of a song from their upcoming album "Mathematics", now streaming exclusively on their MySpace page. The track features the lineup from the legendary "Control and Resistance" album, with Alan Tecchio (vocals) joining...

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WHIPLASH Pulls Out Of Germany's KEEP IT TRUE XIII Festival

Reactivated New Jersey thrashers WHIPLASH have been forced to cancel their appearance at this year's Keep It True XIII festival, set to take place April 23-24, 2010 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. According to the festival organizers, "the lawyer of one bandmember cancelled all...

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ROTTING CORPSE Interviewed By SOULFLY Bassist

SOULFLY bassist Bobby Burns conducted an interview with reactivated '80s thrashers ROTTING CORPSE at a recent stop on the two bands' current joint U.S. tour (also featuring PRONG and INCITE). Watch the chat below. ROTTING CORPSE recently posted several new demo tracks on its newly launched MySpace p...

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OBSCURA Guitarist Says 80% Of New Album Is Already Written

Guitarist Christian Muenzner of the German extreme technical death metal act OBSCURA has issued the following update: "The tour is going great so far! Being halfway through now, we must say that we are overhelmed by the reactions of our American fans. It's a great pleasure to play for such dedicated...

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OBSCURA: New Audio Interview With STEFFAN KUMMERER Posted Online

On February 27, Jarad Haggard of GrindingTheApparatus.Net conducted an interview guitarist/singer Steffan Kummerer of the German extreme technical death metal act OBSCURA at The Social in Orlando, Florida. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below.

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CULT OF LUNA: Entire Tallinn Concert Posted Online

Video footage of CULT OF LUNA's February 28, 2010 performance at Club Tapper in Tallinn, Estonia can be viewed below. The entire concert is available at Tyronehood.tv. CULT OF LUNA released a hardback book/audiobook called "Eviga Riket" on February 23 via C.O.L Press. According to the band, the book...

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BROKEN TEETH: 'Blackheart' Video Available

BROKEN TEETH's video for the song "Blackheart" can be viewed below. The track comes off the band's new album, "Viva La Rock, Fantastico!", which was released on January 26 via Perris Records. BROKEN TEETH is the Austin-based hard rock quintet featuring DANGEROUS TOYS/WATCHTOWER vocalist Jason McMast...

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OBSCURA's HANNES GROSSMANN Offering Online Drum Lessons

Hannes Grossmann, drummer of the extreme technical death metal band OBSCURA, is offering customized video online lessons via his newly launched official web site. Hannes, who also played the drums on the critically acclaimed NECROPHAGIST album "Epitaph", states, "I want to give some insights in my p...

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RON JARZOMBEK Discusses BLOTTED SCIENCE Project

The Spinelanguage blog recently conducted an interview with acclaimed guitarist Ron Jarzombek (BLOTTED SCIENCE, WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Spinelanguage: Before BLOTTED SCIENCE, a lot of metal fans didn't know who Ron Jarzombek was. Sure, they might ha...