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THE ACACIA STRAIN Gear Up For Touring, Video Shoot

New England's purveyors of all things heavy THE ACACIA STRAIN have tacked on a three-week run with SOILENT GREEN and DEMIRICOUS to the band's itinerary to support the June 13 release of "The Dead Walk". Prior to that, the band will provide support for THE RED CHORD on a handful of dates in select ma...

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SLAYER To Release New Song Via Exclusive HOT TOPIC EP

Wes Orshoki of Billboard.com is reporting that SLAYER will preview their first album in five years with an EP exclusively available at Hot Topic stores. The album will include "Cult", the lone new song the band plans to play live on the upcoming Unholy Alliance tour. "People are probably going to th...

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Kalas

A bruising slab of ponderous metal riffing from this San Franciscan supergroup, helmed by Matt Pike (HIGH ON FIRE, SLEEP) on vocals. The band's aesthetic is uniformly slow, plodding, dirty and dirge-y, Pike yowling quasi-tunefully over pork-fisted riffs and thudding rhythms. The effect is somewhere...

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SLAYER To Play Two Pre-UNHOLY ALLIANCE Shows in Early June

According to a posting on the SLAYER fan site SlayerSaves.com, SLAYER have officially confirmed that they will be playing two warm-up shows along with MASTODON and THINE EYES BLEED prior to their Unholy Alliance Tour. The warm-up dates are as follows: Jun. 02 - Sparks, NV @ New Oasis Jun. 03 - Chico...

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SLAYER Confirmed For U.K.'s READING And LEEDS Festivals

Thrash metal kings SLAYER are among the latest names to be added to the bill for the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds festivals, set to take place August 25-27 at Reading's Richfield Avenue and Leeds' Bramham Park in the United Kingdom. Also confirmed for the summer event are AUDIOSLAVE, PEARL JAM...

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JUCIFER Sign To RELAPSE RECORDS

Relapse Records has announced the signing of one of rock's most enigmatic duos: JUCIFER. "We are really looking forward to working with everyone at Relapse," commented JUCIFER frontwoman Amber Valentine. "It feels like everyone there is in it for the right reason — loving the hell out of music." She...

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TRIVIUM: Cover Of METALLICA's 'Master Of Puppets' Posted Online

TRIVIUM's cover of METALLICA's "Master of Puppets", which was recorded for the recently released Kerrang! magazine tribute to the METALLICA album "Master of Puppets", has been posted online at www.myspace.com/trivium. As previously reported, "Remastered" was packaged with a special issue of Kerrang!...

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Bestial

Let's begin by giving thanks to the fine people at At a Loss Recordings for continuing to dredge up some of the angriest, angular, and utterly mind-fucking sonic trample in the universe. The trend ain't dead either. Now comes a two-man project called BLACK COBRA that fills every nook and cranny with...

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BLACK SABBATH Drummer BILL WARD: IN FLAMES Interview To Air This Weekend

BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward will feature part three of his interview series with IN FLAMES on the April 22 edition of his "Rock 50" radio show, which airs on WPMD, a college radio station at Cerritos College in California. Also on deck are tracks from ROB ZOMBIE, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, IMMOR...

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EYES OF FIRE: 'It All Dies Today' Video Posted Online

Orange County ambient-metal quintet EYES OF FIRE's video for the track "It All Dies Today" — the first single off the group's sophomore disc, "Prisons" — has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). "I'm just glad there's not a whole lot of us in it," EYES OF FIRE frontman Dan Kaufman .....

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SLAYER Finish Recording New Album; Mixing To Begin This Week

More dates have been confirmed for the SLAYER-headlined "Unholy Alliance Tour - Preaching to the Perverted" which will kick off on 6.6.06 in San Diego, CA (see entire itinerary below). The seven-week trek boasts what has got to be the genre's coolest line-up — joining SLAYER will be LAMB OF GOD, MAS...

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MASTODON: Cover Of METALLICA's 'Orion' Posted Online

MASTODON's cover of METALLICA's "Orion", which was recorded for the recently released Kerrang! magazine tribute to the METALLICA album "Master of Puppets", has been posted online at www.myspace.com/mastodon. Also available at the same location are pictures and videos from the recording sessions for...

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TRIVIUM, IN FLAMES, OPETH Among METAL HAMMER GOLDEN GODS Nominees

The nominations for the fourth annual Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards — which this year takes place on Monday, June 12 at Koko in Camden, North London — were announced today. In keeping with the "Valhalla" theme of this year's awards, Metal Hammer magazine have teamed up with the crew of the "Hammer...

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STARKWEATHER: New Song Preview Available

Candlelight Records is currently streaming "Machine Rhythm" from STARKWEATHER's forthcoming album, "Croatoan", at the label's official MySpace page. Produced by Pierre Remillard (CRYPTOPSY),"Croatoan" features artwork by renowned artist Paul Romano (MASTODON, EARTH, GODFLESH),and is scheduled for...

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LAMB OF GOD Finish Tracking Drums For New CD

LAMB OF GOD have finished tracking the drums for their new CD at Spin Recording studios in Long Island City, New York. Produced by Machine (CLUTCH, KING CRIMSON) and engineered by Josh Wilbur, the follow-up to 2004's "Ashes of the Wake" is tentatively scheduled for release in late August via Epic Re...