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MASTODON To Perform On 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien', Open For TOOL

MASTODON will make its first national television appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" on November 1. With a Wednesday night viewership of 2.4 million, this is major television exposure for the Atlanta fan favorites, whose critically acclaimed Reprise Records debut album, "Blood Mountain", h...

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TODAY IS THE DAY's STEVE AUSTIN Announces More SUPERNOVA Details

Groundbreaking musician and renowned producer Steve Austin has announced the launch of his own label, SuperNova Records. Hailed since the mid-'90s as an icon of extreme individuality, Austin now takes one further step toward total independence with the launch of his own label. As a musician, Austin...

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THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD To Headline U.S. Tour This Fall

South Carolina's THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD, fresh off its hugely successful run on UNEARTH's "Sanctity of Brothers" tour, has revealed plans for a headlining trek from November 16 to December 16. Sponsored by Draven and Decibel magazine, the tour will see THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD joining forc...

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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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RAUNCHY, ILLDISPOSED, MERCENARY Among Nominees At DANISH METAL AWARDS

The nominees have been announced for the Danish Metal Awards 2006, which will be held on November 18 at Amager Bio in Copenhagen, Denmark. IN FLAMES, MERCENARY, ILLDISPOSED and THE PSYKE PROJECT will be performing live at the event. The nominees are as follows: Best Metal Album: ILLDISPOSED – Burn M...

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ANTHRAX / 'Battlestar Galactica' Special Podcast Posted Online

TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 99 of their "Talking Metal" podacast. In this ANTHRAX / "Battlestar Galactica" special recorded partly at the Circus bar in New York City's Hell's Kitchen, hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy are joined by Frankie Bello and Scott Ian of ANTHRAX as well as ANTHRAX...

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OZZFEST 2006 Episode Of UVTV Now Online

This week's episode of UVTV is hosted by Jamey Jasta of HATEBREED and Devin Townsend of STRAPPING YOUNG LAD. The show features music videos of HATEBREED, EXODUS, GWAR, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, UNEARTH and more as well as new never-seen-before live performances of SHADOWS FALL and BANE. There is also liv...

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EYES OF FIRE Parts Ways With Guitarist

Orange County ambient-metal quintet EYES OF FIRE has posted the following message on its official web site: "EYES OF FIRE have had yet more line-up changes since we've last updated you all. Bobby Thomas [guitar] has decided to leave the band on his own accord. "EYES OF FIRE wish him the best of luck...

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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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MASTODON To Support TOOL In Europe

Atlanta's MASTODON has reportedly been confirmed as the support band for the entire TOOL European tour. A list of upcoming TOOL dates can be found at Toolshed.down.net. MASTODON's "Blood Mountain" sold over 24,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release — significantly more than the...

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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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PAPA ROACH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, MASTODON First-Week Sales Revealed

PAPA ROACH's "The Paramour Sessions" sold nearly 37,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release — a drop from the 52,000 first-week performance of 2004's "Getting Away with Murder" — to debut at position No. 16 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. Meanwhile, BLACK LABEL SOCIE...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer Responds To MASTODON's 'Stupid Remarks'

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has responded to remarks made by MASTODON's Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher in the November 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine in which they stated that DREAM THEATER "have a little Chinese girl playing bass" and "dress all gay." Hinds also went on to say, "They wea...

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MASTODON: DREAM THEATER 'Dress Gay' And 'Have A Little Chinese Girl Playing Bass'

Guitar World magazine interviewed MASTODON's Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher for its November 2006 issue. An excerpt from the chat follows: Guitar World: Let me posit something: You guys definitely have prog elements to your sound, and yet you're exciting and valid — you're cool. Why do you think you'...

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ANNUNAKI Prepares To Record Debut Album

ANNUNAKI, the New Jersey-based blackened death metal band featuring ex-BLOOD FEAST drummer Kevin Kuzma, will be performing at Deathtoberfest 2006 in support of DEICIDE on October 20 at NorthSix in Brooklyn, New York. Also on the bill are NACHTMYSTIUM, DAATH, EMBALMER, DESOLATION, GODLESS RISING, and...