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MACHINE HEAD: 'Unto The Locust' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed
San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD will release their new album, "Unto The Locust", on September 27 via longtime label Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded at JingleTown Studios in Oakland, with frontman Robb Flynn producing. The mixing duties were handled by Flynn and Juan Urteaga (EX...July 28, 2011
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NIGHTWISH, Ex-YES Members Featured On New GRNHOLM Album
Lion Music has set a September 16 release date for GRNHOLM's sophomore album, "Silent Out Loud". Featuring 10 tracks full of infectious vocal melodies over dynamic musical backdrops, the CD is an impressive collection of songcraft topped off with a powerful production and mix. GRNHOLM is built aroun...July 28, 2011
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Dedicated to Chaos
Time to tell it like it is. QUEENSRŸCHE's "Dedicated to Chaos" is a sure bet to have fans and critics fiercely divided. The Seattle stalwarts have damn sure earned the right to experiment, push boundaries, and do whatever the heck else they want to do. And that is essentially what they've done since...July 28, 2011
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The Forbidden Gates Beyond
BLACK SEPTEMBER's "The Forbidden Gates Beyond" is a USBM album that you need to hear; that is, if you like your black metal brawny, hooky, and death injected. You can call it blackened death metal, deathly black metal, or black/death metal, all that matters is that the collision happened and out cam...July 27, 2011
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Nekropsalms
What we have here is one of the better AUTOPSY worshippers you'll hear, a sentiment that should be read in complimentary terms. Throw in a little early INCANTATION doom/death and a fresh sense of identity, and you've got yourself and old school death metal rager. Influenced playing alone would mean...July 27, 2011
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Generation Wild
It is totally derivative of a potpourri of '80s glam rock and hair metal bands, including the glammed up look of the band members themselves; the album clearly one for fans of that definitively love-hate era. And it would seem that's exactly what Sweden's CRASHDIET intended with new album "Generatio...July 27, 2011
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A Bigger Boat
Hipsters and pretentious pricks masquerading as legitimate punk-juiced rockers? Not AMERICAN SPEEDWAY, not even close. Well, the "punk-juiced rockers" part is correct and legitimately so. On "A Bigger Boat" what you hear from these Philadelphia rabble rousers on their sophomore release is the genuin...July 27, 2011
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD: We Urged MIKE PORTNOY Against Quitting DREAM THEATER
AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarists Zacky Vengeance and Synyster Gates were interviewed for the September 2011 issue of Guitar World magazine (see cover below). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitar World: Do you believe it was Mike's [Portnoy, ex-DREAM THEATER drummer who played on AVENG...July 27, 2011
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DIRGE WITHIN To Release 'Absolution' EP In August
Chicago's DIRGE WITHIN will release a new digital EP, "Absolution", on August 16. The three-song effort will give fans a taste of what's to come from the band's forthcoming sophomore album, due out in early 2012. According to a press release, "Absolution" "showcases what fans of DIRGE WITHIN have gr...July 25, 2011
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JUDAS PRIEST: 'Rock Landmarks: British Steel' Book Due In September
Wymer Publishing has set a September 12 release date for "Rock Landmarks: Judas Priest's British Steel". This book is the second in Wymer's CD-sized series on "landmark" rock albums and documents JUDAS PRIEST's seminal 1981 release "British Steel", a pivotal album in the band's career. JUDAS PRIEST'...July 24, 2011
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ORIGIN To Film 'Expulsion Of Fury' Video
American death metallers ORIGIN will film a music video for the song "Expulsion Of Fury" at the band's co-headlining hometown show with EXHUMED at Aftershock in Merriam, Kansas later this week. Fans are encouraged to come down to the venue on Thursday, July 21 at 7:00 p.m. to be a part of the shoot....July 18, 2011
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Reunited SWORD Plays First Show In More Than 20 Years; Photos, Video Footage Available
Reunited '80s Montreal power metallers SWORD (not to be confused with Texas-based luminaries THE SWORD) played their first show in more than 20 years on July 8 in La Baie, Quebec, Canada, in front of a select few hundred screaming fans. According to the Capitale du Metal web site, "The show lasted f...July 10, 2011
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THE QUILL: 'Black Star' Video Released
"Black Star", the new video from Sweden's THE QUILL, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Full Circle", which was released on June 24 in Europe and will be made available on July 26 in North America via Metalville Records. According to a press release, the CD "is packed wit...July 7, 2011
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BLEEDING THROUGH's DAVE NASSIE Teaches You EDDIE VAN HALEN-Style Licks
Guitarist Dave Nassie of Orange County, California's BLEEDING THROUGH recently taped an instructional video for NextLevelGuitar.com on some basic Eddie Van Halen techniques (tapping slides and whammy-bar tricks). Nassie's lead guitar work is featured on BLEEDING THROUGH's 2010 self-titled album for...July 6, 2011
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PANTERA 'Metalhead Baby' Is A YouTube Hit
A new video clip of pint-sized PANTERA fan Jonah headbanging to the band's classic song "Fucking Hostile" has gone viral, having already been viewed nearly 100,000 times. In addition to thrashing about to the tune, Jonah's routine "is a masterpiece of choreography," according to Carbonated.tv, "as h...June 29, 2011
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