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WITHIN TEMPTATION Covers SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA (Audio)

WITHIN TEMPTATION's cover version of the SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA track "Don't You Worry Child", which was premiered on the Q-Music web site, can now be streamed below. Ahead of WITHIN TEMPTATON's 15th-anniversary concert on November 13 at Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium, the band revealed a unique cover...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman's Hernia Surgery: Second Video Diary Posted Online

Guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD underwent successful surgery yesterday (Wednesday, November 14) at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota to repair his double inguinal hernia. The second in a series of video diaries documenting Flynn's operatio...

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ROADRUNNER RECORDS Names New GM

According to Billboard.biz, Mike Easterlin, head of promotion at Roadrunner Records, has been named the general manager of the label following departure of president Jonas Nachsin. Easterlin, who recently became GM of Fueled By Ramen, will oversee both Roadrunner and Fueled By Ramen and will work wi...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman's Hernia Surgery: Video Diary Posted Online

Guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD underwent successful surgery earlier today (Wednesday, November 14) at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota to repair his double inguinal hernia. A five-minute video diary of Flynn's operation can be seen below...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Taps Producer ANDY SNEAP For New Album Mix

Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE have tapped veteran British producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, TESTAMENT, EXODUS, ACCEPT, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE) to mix their new album for an early 2013 release via Roadrunner Records. The recording sessions for the CD were overseen by KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitari...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Undergoes Successful Hernia Surgery

Guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD underwent successful surgery earlier today (Wednesday, November 14) at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota to repair his double inguinal hernia. Several post-operation photos of Flynn can be seen below. Flynn...

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MELDRUM: Long-Awaited 'Lifer' Album To Be Released Next Week

"Lifer", the long-awaited third album from MELDRUM, the multinational hard rock/metal band formed by late ex-PHANTOM BLUE guitarist Michelle Meldrum, will be released on November 20 via Reversed Records. The CD was produced by Rob Shallcross (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, GWAR, ZIMMERS HOLE, WEST OF HELL) an...

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ROADRUNNER RECORDS President 'Steps Down'

After more than 20 years at Roadrunner Records, including 12 as president, Jonas Nachsin is stepping down from that post. In Nachsin's exit letter to his staff, which Billboard.biz has obtained, he wrote, "Twenty-plus years ago I was hired as U.S. director of sales and marketing at an upstart Europe...

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MACHINE HEAD Forced To Miss Nine Dates On DETHKLOK Tour Due To ROBB FLYNN's Health

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD are being forced to exit their current North American tour with DETHKLOK, ALL THAT REMAINS and THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER so that the band's frontman, Robb Flynn, can undergo emergency surgery. Flynn had planned to go under the knife in January 2013 after c...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman: 'I've Played Shows To 500 People That Were F**kin' Life-Changing'

Roadrunner Records recently conducted an interview with guitarists/vocalist Robb Flynn of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Roadrunner Records: There's a lot of crowd interaction on [MACHINE HEAD's new double live album, "Machine Fucking...

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MACHINE HEAD: New Video Interview With DAVE MCCLAIN

RichardThinks.Org conducted an interview with drummer Dave McClain of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD on November 2 at The Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland at the start of the band's North American tour with DETHKLOK. You can now watch the chat below. MACHINE HEAD will release a new...

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Legendary Metal Cover Artist ED REPKA Interviewed By METAL RULES! TV (Video)

Metal Rules! TV conducted an interview with legendary metal artist Ed Repka (MEGADETH, MISFITS, DEATH) at the end of last month at the Chiller Theatre toy, model and film expo in Parsippany, New Jersey. You can now watch the chat below. Repka's work not only speaks for itself, it screams for itself!...

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JESSE LEACH Completes Laying Down Vocals On New KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Album

Singer Jesse Leach has finished laying down vocals on the new album from Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, due in early 2013 via Roadrunner Records. In an interview with the "Brock And The Fatguy" radio show, Jesse stated about KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's new material, "People are gonna be really s...

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SOULFLY: New Video Interview Posted Online

Rithan of KLTV's EC Inspirasi recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY. You can now watch the chat below. SOULFLY's eighth album, "Enslaved", sold 5,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 82 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "Omen"...

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DEVILDRIVER Drummer Says Next Album Will Have 'Huge Emphasis' On 'Groove'

On October 31, Resident Rock Star conducted an interview with drummer John Boecklin of California metallers DEVILDRIVER. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about the musical direction of DEVILDRIVER's next album, which is tentatively due in September 2013, Boecklin said, "It's a step in a diffe...