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TWISTED TOWER DIRE Parts Ways With Singer, Announces Temporary Replacement

Virginia's "classic metal" act TWISTED TOWER DIRE have parted ways with vocalist Tony Taylor. "Because of some personal problems he's been having, we asked him to take a break from the band and not do the string of shows we have lined up throughout the fall," guitarist Scott Waldrop writes on the gr...

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Frontman Performs With MASTODON In Los Angeles

According to MTV.com, Josh Homme of QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE joined MASTODON onstage at the Music Box @ Fonda in Los Angeles Friday night (Sept. 29). The unpredictable metal band ran through "The Colony of Birchmen" with Homme on vocals, dipping into new "Blood Mountain" material elsewhere with seari...

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The Black Flame

When WOLF first came onto the scene, their self-titled album cover sported a freaky-looking lupine fella, sort of a denim-and-leather Disco Stu as imagined by Maurice Sendak. Musically, the band stuck out like a fistful of sore thumbs, too — the power metal revival was kicking into high gear, but ma...

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EYEHATEGOD Schedules Two New Orleans Shows

EYEHATEGOD is confirmed to play two shows at the Chickie Wah Wah in New Orleans on October 27-28. More information is available at this location. EYEHATEGOD frontman Mike Williams played a short surprise set with his ARSON ANTHEM project — also featuring Philip Anselmo (DOWN, SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-P...

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HARDCORE SUPERSTAR And WOLF Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Kick-Off Party

HARDCORE SUPERSTAR and WOLF have been confirmed to perform at the Sweden Rock Festival kick-off party, which is scheduled to take place Saturday, December 2 at Nalen in Stockholm. During the party, the organizers of the annual Sweden Rock Festival will announce the first confirmed artists for next s...

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MEGADETH: 'Washington Is Next' Lyrics Revealed

The lyrics to the new MEGADETH song "Washington Is Next", taken from the group's upcoming "United Abominations" album, have been released. A video of MEGADETH performing the song live in Toronto, Ontario on Monday, September 25 can be viewed at YouTube.com. The lyrics are as follows: Washington Is N...

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Ex-MANOWAR Guitarist ROSS THE BOSS Replaces FLOTSAM AND JETSAM At KEEP IT TRUE Festival

Former MANOWAR guitarist Ross The Boss has replaced FLOTSAM AND JETSAM on the billing of the Keep It True VII Festival, set to take place November 4 at Sporthalle in Dittigheim, Germany. "Ross The Boss will play another 'Night Of Early Manowar' with a complete different setlist at Keep It True VII,"...

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USURPER Hard At Work On New Material

Chicago's USURPER is currently busy rehearsing new material for its sixth full-length album, which the band plans to record in early 2007. New songtitles include "Talons of Steel", "Rebel Wolf", "Planet of the Humans", "Zombie Revolution" and "Replicants of the Apocalypse". In other news, USURPER gu...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Storms Off Stage In Toronto

A BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the name of Tom has submitted the following report from last night's (Sept. 25) Gigantour stop in Toronto, Ontario: "The [third] song into [headliners MEGADETH's] set ('The Scorpion') Dave [Mustaine, MEGADETH guitarist/vocalist] kept poking at his ear a lot, moving his...

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NAPALM DEATH To Headline 'Death By Decibels Tour'

British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH will hit the road with A LIFE ONCE LOST, DEAD TO FALL and ANIMOSITY this November/December as part of the Death By Decibels Tour (sponsored by Decibel magazine). IMPALED and ARSIS will also be appearing on select dates. The details are as follows Nov. 25 - Buf...

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MASTODON Drummer Talks About Touring With SLAYER, Band's Songwriting Process

David Pehling of KTVU.com recently conducted an interview with MASTODON drummer Brann Dailor. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: KTVU.com: MASTODON has played with SLAYER in the past. Does playing with them still force you to elevate your game onstage? Brann Dailor: The first SLAYER tour we...

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WOLF: 'I Will Kill Again' Video Posted Online

WOLF's video for the song "I Will Kill Again" has been posted onliine at this location (Quicktime required; 12 MB). The song comes off the Swedish metallers upcoming album, "The Black Flame", due in Europe on September 25 via Century Media Records (October 3 in the U.S. through Prosthetic Records)....

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Blood Mountain

MASTODON fully lives up to its name and cements its status as one of the best newer American metal bands out there with, of all things, its major label debut. The band's third studio offering is an immense slab of brutally heavy rock that veers wildly between all-out thrash on cuts like opener "The...

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Reincarnated

CONSPIRACY is the solo project of Ukrainian Carpathian Wolf (the guy's hometown is in fact in the Carpathian Mountains, although he now resides in the Netherlands). A couple of demos were released in late '80s/early '90s, but "Reincarnated" marks the first official studio release. The album was wort...

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MEGADETH: Water Bottle Incident Nearly Derails Salt Lake City Concert

MEGADETH's concert in Salt Lake City Friday night (Sept. 15) as part of Gigantour 2006 came to a sudden halt a couple of songs into the band's set after an unidentified "fan" reportedly threw a water bottle at the soundboard, which caused the equipment to malfunction. "Dave [Mustaine, MEGADETH mainm...