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ROYAL HUNT: More New Album Details Revealed

Danish/American hard rockers ROYAL HUNT will release their twelfth studio album, "A Life To Die For", on November 29 in Europe and December 3 in North America via Frontiers. The CD is described in a press release as "a concept album not in the lyrical sense but musically, which sees the band expand...

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GENE HOGLAN Discusses 'Experience' Shows, Upcoming 'Atomic Clock' DVD

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with legendary extreme-metal drummer Gene Hoglan (TESTAMENT, DEATH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DARK ANGEL, DETHKLOK). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: Coming to your "Gene Hoglan Experience" stuff that...

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SAXON: 'Unplugged And Strung Up' Cover Artwork Unveiled

British heavy metal legends SAXON produce a series of alternative takes on classic favorites to herald a worthy new entry to the Saxonian Institute of Metal. There is always feral beauty in a raging beast…and with "Unplugged And Strung Up", SAXON's selection of unique, fresh and adventurous interpre...

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New AMBERIAN DAWN Studio Album Is Ready To Be Recorded

Finnish female-fronted symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN have issued the following update: "We have some great news from AMBERIAN DAWN's headquarters here in Finland. "Many of you are waiting for a new AMBERIAN DAWN studio album. Tuomas [Seppälä; keyboards, guitar] has already penned 10 new awesome...

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ROYAL HUNT: 'A Life To Die For' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Danish/American hard rockers ROYAL HUNT will release their twelfth studio album, "A Life To Die For", in November through Marquee/Avalon (Japan and Southeast Asia) and Frontiers (Europe and North America). The material has been described as a continuation of the band's last CD, "Show Me How To Live"...

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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: '8:18' First-Week Sales Revealed

"8:18", the fifth studio album from the Dayton, Ohio Christian metalcore band THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, sold around 16,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 20 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on September 17 via Roadrunner THE DEVIL W...

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The Mediator Between Head and Hand Must Be the Heart

Before you get caught up trying to decipher the sprawling title of SEPULTURA's 13th album, "The Mediator Between Head and Hand Must Be the Heart", the core principle behind it is inspired by dystopian themes conveyed in the 1927 silent film classic, "Metropolis". This sort of delving should be no su...

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Godslayer

Chicago sludge-thrashers LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR are hardly shy. If you've ever seen their gonzo "War Master" video, you know just about anything goes with these guys, so long as one, it's brutally heavy and two, it's contained within the realm of pulp fantasy. Gore, T&A, sword-cleaving mayhem in "...

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ROYAL HUNT: Second Video Clip From The Studio

Danish/American hard rockers ROYAL HUNT are continuing work on their new album, tentatively due in November through Marquee/Avalon (Japan and Southeast Asia) and Frontiers (Europe and North America). The material has been described as a continuation of the band's last CD, "Show Me How To Live", but...

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SAXON Interviewed By LoudGuitars.com (Video)

Darkman of LoudGuitars.com conducted an interview with British heavy metal legends SAXON on September 15 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. There is always feral beauty in a raging beast…and with "Unplugged And Strung Up", SAXON's selection of unique, fresh and adventurou...

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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Talks To ARTISAN NEWS About '8:18' Album (Video)

Artisan News recently conducted an interview with vocalist Mike Hranica and guitarist Chris Rubey of the Dayton, Ohio Christian metalcore band THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA. You can now watch the report below. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA's fifth studio album, "8:18", is likely to sell between 18,000 and 22,000 co...

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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA's '8:18' Projected To Sell 18K-22K First Week

"8:18", the fifth studio album from the Dayton, Ohio Christian metalcore band THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, is likely to sell between 18,000 and 22,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports...

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SAXON To Release Collection Of Reworked Classics

British heavy metal legends SAXON produce a series of alternative takes on classic favorites to herald a worthy new entry to the Saxonian Institute of Metal. There is always feral beauty in a raging beast…and with "Unplugged And Strung Up", SAXON's selection of unique, fresh and adventurous interpre...

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'The Art Of Metal' Book Due Next Month

Few genres of music have been more entwined with the imagery that the music invokes more than heavy metal. Since the late 1960s, the imagery of the heavy metal genre has been closely connected with the music itself. Classic albums evoke memories of famous cover artwork; metal bands have become forev...

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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: One-Hour Video Chat Posted Online

Dayton, Ohio Christian metalcore band THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA took part in a live video chat with fans earlier today (Tuesday, September 17) via the Roadrunner Records YouTube channel . You can now watch the entire one-hour question-and-answer session below. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA's new album, "8:18",...