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SLIPKNOT's '.5: The Gray Chapter' Headed For No. 1 On Next Week's BILLBOARD Chart

SLIPKNOT's long-awaited fifth studio album, ".5: The Gray Chapter", is likely to sell between 100,000 and 110,000 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 compiled after the record arri...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Stars In 'Metal Grasshopper' Weekly Series: Second Episode Posted Online

Former PANTERA and current DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo stars in "Metal Grasshopper", a web series produced and directed by Chris Lee, the SUPAGROUP guitarist-and-singer-turned-web–series-producer, who is married to Sean Yseult, the former WHITE ZOMBIE bassist. The series, which was shot mostly at A...

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MACHINE HEAD Members Get Strung Up And Hung For 'Now We Die' Video Shoot

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD filmed a video for the song "Now We Die" on October 3 in Oakland, California. The clip is being helmed by director Mike Sloat, who has previously worked with TESTAMENT and HATRIOT. Photos from the video shoot can be seen below. "Now We Die" is taken from...

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Hear Alternate Mix Of LED ZEPPELIN's Classic 'Rock And Roll'

An alternate mix of LED ZEPPELIN's seminal classic "Rock And Roll", which features a different blend of guitars, can be streamed below, courtesy of RollingStone.com. "'Rock And Roll' has just got that cheeky energy about it," guitarist Jimmy Page tells RollingStone.com. "It's a party. 'It's been a l...

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DIAMOND HEAD Singer NICK TART Quits

Vocalist Nick Tart has quit NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD, admitting that he made it difficult to work with the rest of the band by "moving to the other side of the world" to Brisbane, Australia. He said in a statement: "After 11 years of being the singer for DIAMOND...

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MACHINE HEAD: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From UK Tour

Fiaz Farrelly of www.fiazfarrelly.com has uploaded a three-minute collection of clips from MACHINE HEAD's summer 2014 UK tour. Check it out below. MACHINE HEAD's new album, "Bloodstone & Diamonds", will be released on November 10 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The CD was recorded in part at GR...

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KING DIAMOND: Video Footage Of North American Tour Rehearsals

Video footage of the Dallas, Texas rehearsals for KING DIAMOND's upcoming North American tour can be seen below. The trek is scheduled to kick off tonight (Saturday, October 11) in Atlanta, Georgia. KING DIAMOND played its first show with new bassist, Swedish musician Pontus Egberg (THE POODLES, LIO...

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LED ZEPPELIN: 'Houses Of The Holy' Super Deluxe Edition Unboxing Video

The LED ZEPPELIN reissue campaign got off to a remarkable start in June as deluxe editions of "Led Zeppelin", "Led Zeppelin II" and "Led Zeppelin III" debuted in the top 10 of The Billboard 200 chart. The albums achieved similar international success with debuts near the top of the charts in more th...

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KING DIAMOND: 'I Don't Take Tomorrow For Granted'

Danish heavy metal singer King Diamond, who underwent open-heart triple-bypass surgery in November 2010, says that he was never particularly concerned about the financial setback incurred due to high expenses of surgery and recuperating during convalescence period. He told "The Metal Voice" in a new...

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PAUL BOSTAPH Is 'Getting A Little Tired Of Hearing' DAVE LOMBARDO's Version Of What Happened With SLAYER

SLAYER drummer Paul Bostaph says that he is "a little tired" of hearing Dave Lombardo's version of what the ex-SLAYER skinsman has contributed to the songwriting process for the band's next album, explaining that he "didn't see [Dave] anywhere around when [Paul] was working on the music" for the upc...

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KING DIAMOND: 'Dreams Of Horror' Best-Of Collection Due In November; Details Revealed

"Dreams Of Horror", a 2xCD collection of KING DIAMOND songs, newly enhanced into ultimate editions by King Diamond and Andy La Rocque themselves, will be released by Metal Blade Records on November 11. "Dreams Of Horror" is the only "best-of" album covering the band's entire career. King Diamond and...

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Does GHOST Sound Like MERCYFUL FATE? KING DIAMOND Doesn't Think So

In a brand new interview with Musik Universe, Danish heavy metal legend King Diamond was asked for his opinion on recent comparisons that have been drawn between Swedish occult metallers GHOST and both KING DIAMOND and MERCYFUL FATE in terms of the overall sound and stage presentation. "I've seen a...

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Report: Suspected Terrorist Volunteer Was Bangladeshi Death Metal Singer

According to The Telegraph, the man who was arrested in Bangladesh for being a suspected volunteer for the self-proclaimed Islamic State was was a singer with the death metal band JAHILIYYAH, named after the period of history in Arabia before the rise of Islam. Asif Adnan, 26, was arrested in Bangla...

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KING DIAMOND Best-Of Collection Due In November

Danish heavy metal singer King Diamond has revealed to Full Metal Jackie that a comprehensive "best-of" collection from his namesake band will be made available on November 11 via Metal Blade Records. The musician, who is also working on a new studio album from KING DIAMOND, says: "Metal Blade got t...

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ENTOMBED A.D.'s L.G. PETROV Gets Weak In The Knees When Meeting KING DIAMOND

In a recent interview with the "Metal Hammer Magazine Show", vocalist Lars Göran Petrov of Swedish metallers ENTOMBED A.D. spoke about his encounter with Danish heavy metal legend King Diamond (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE). "[We played some shows with KING DIAMOND] a couple of years ago," he said. "...