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DROWNING POOL's New Lineup Interviewed On 'Custom Trends' TV Show (Video)

Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL were recently interviewed on the "Custom Trends" TV show on the Kpxb-ION Network. You can now watch the chat below. DROWNING POOL's video for the song "Saturday Night" was directed by Jon Bertorelli and produced by Daniel Livschultz, both of Vulpine Films. The track...

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ANCIENT VVISDOM: New Song Available For Streaming

Texas-based acoustic rockers ANCIENT VVISDOM will release their new album, "Deathlike", on February 5, 2013 via Prosthetic Records. The band will promote the CD by embarking on a North American tour as the support act for Norwegian progressive extreme metallers ENSLAVED. The three-week trek, which a...

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Mother Of Ailing DEFTONES Bassist Gives Update On His Condition

According to The Pulse Of Radio, the mother of DEFTONES bassist Chi Cheng has posted a lengthy message online giving an update on Cheng's condition and the possibility of new treatments for him. Cheng has been in a semi-comatose state for more than four years after being seriously injured in a car a...

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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE To Perform Entire 'Operation: Mindcrime' Album On Upcoming Tour

QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Geoff Tate will take his newly assembled version of the band on the road next year to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the group's epic 1988 release, "Operation: Mindcrime". The tour — with dates slated to begin in April — will feature the arsenal of bassist Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OS...

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DIAMOND PLATE Announces New Vocalist/Bassist, Begins Work On Sophomore Album

Chicago thrashers DIAMOND PLATE have recruited Matt Ares as their new vocalist and bassist, following the departure of Jon Macak. The band has started working on the follow-up to 2011's "Generation Why?" for a 2013 release via Earache Records. Commented DIAMOND PLATE in a statement: "Over the past f...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE To Release 'Seasons Will Fall' In January

CIRCLE II CIRCLE, the band led by ex-SAVATAGE frontman Zak Stevens, will release its sixth studio album, "Seasons Will Fall", on January 25, 2013 via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group. Formed in 2001, CIRCLE II CIRCLE has always reinvented itse...

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Koi No Yokan

On their previous album, "Diamond Eyes", the DEFTONES turned more than a few heads for reinventing a few of their crunky wheels. Dynamics were a large part of that album's success, making it one of the DEFTONES' most crucial releases along with "White Pony" and "Around the Fur". This year, they come...

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A War You Cannot Win

Not everyone appreciates the directions Phil Labonte and Oli Herbert have swerved ALL THAT REMAINS over the path of their careers, but they hardly seemed affected by criticism. If anything, they're more resolved than ever to doing whatever they please, which is to toss a platter of metallic scramble...

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Former SOULFLY And BORKNAGAR Drummer Selling All Of His Equipment

Since quitting SOULFLY and retiring from music last month, drummer David Kinkade — who has also played with BORKNAGAR, ARSIS and MALEVOLENT CREATION — has made the decision to sell all of his equipment. He says: "I no longer need any of it; therefore I would like to make it available to everyone. I...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: Audio Samples Of Two New Songs Available For Streaming

Audio samples of two new songs — "Ugly Noise" and "Play Your Part" — from Arizona metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM can be streamed below. The tracks come off the band's new album, "Ugly Noise", which will be released on December 4. Funding for the new FLOTSAM AND JETSAM CD was aided by the

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Frontman: Next CD Will Contain 'Some Of The Heaviest Sounds We've Ever Made'

AVENGED SEVENFOLD frontman M. Shadows has hinted at the direction of the band's next studio album, saying that it will contain "some of the heaviest" material that band has ever composed. The new disc is the first that AVENGED is writing without drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan, who died in December...

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GLEN DROVER Quits GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE

Former MEGADETH and KING DIAMOND guitarist Glen Drover has left the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE before playing a single show with the band. He says in a statement: "I am really sorry to say that I have decided to bow out of Geoff Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE. I was very excited about doing this...

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SNOWY SHAW Sings KING DIAMOND, DIMMU BORGIR Classics At Special Halloween Concert (Video)

Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw was joined by bassist Sharlee D'Angelo (ARCH ENEMY, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, ILLWILL, MERCYFUL FATE),legendary MERCYFUL FATE/KING DIAMOND guitarist Michael Denner and former KING DIAMOND guitarist Pete Blakk during Snowy's special concert event on November 3 at Sp...

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DICK WAGNER To Guest On New MARYANN COTTON Album

ALICE COOPER guitarist/collaborator Dick Wagner will make a guest appearance on the sophomore album from Danish rock singer Maryann Cotton (born Jackie Patino),the son of KING DIAMOND bassist Hal Patino. Maryann (pictured below),who calls Wagner "one of my biggest heroes and inspirations ever," is...

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KING DIAMOND, GRAVEYARD Confirmed For Swedish Metal-And-Soccer Event

KING DIAMOND, GRAVEYARD, RETURN and CORRODED are the latest confirmed bands for the fifth edition of Metallsvenskan, the annual metal soccer tournament held in Örebro, Sweden. The event will take place May 25-26, 2013. Also scheduled to appear are AT THE GATES, BULLET, THE KRISTET UTSEENDE, FKÜ, HAR...