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From Mars to Sirius

GOJIRA have, on their third album, unleashed an epic. This is a masterpiece on par with anything MESHUGGAH or MASTODON have released, that sort of massive, lumbering, seething wall of sound that the listener just can't help but become immersed in. "From Mars to Sirius" is a journey that'll take many...

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MASTODON And BLOODSIMPLE Brothers To Guest On BBC Radio 1's 'The Rock Show'

On Tuesday, December 13 between 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. GMT, you can hear BLOODSIMPLE bassist Kyle Sanders (bass) and his brother, Troy Sanders (bass, vocals) from MASTODON, play and talk about their favorite music on the BBC Radio 1 "The Rock Show". Click here for more information. MASTODON are ten...

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MASTODON Drummer Says New Album Will Be 'More Progressive' And 'Thrashier'

MASTODON drummer Brann Dailor recently spoke to Revolver magazine about the group's upcoming Warner Bros. debut, tentatively due late summer 2006. "We want the whole thing to flow together as one big piece of music, where the end of one song links up with the beginning of the next one," he said. "We...

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'New Wave Of American Heavy Metal' Book Documents Over 600 Bands

Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector has just published "New Wave of American Heavy Metal", a 376-page book with over 90 photos, featuring over 600 U.S. and Canadian alternative metal, emocore, hardcore, math metal, metal, metalcore, neo-thrash and screamo bands. In the mid-'90s, in the wake of grunge...

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EYES OF FIRE: 'Prisons' Cover Art Posted Online

Orange County-based quintet EYES OF FIRE have posted the following update on their official web site: "EYES OF FIRE has seen the first edit for the video for 'It All Dies Today' and the band is really impressed with the outcome. The edit the band was able to see is the version that will be ...

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KIRK HAMMETT: 'METALLICA Have A Lot More To Say'

In the latest issue of Guitar World, which is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of METALLICA's landmark "Master of Puppets" album, METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett gets quizzed by the magazine readers and a host of metal luminaries, including MASTODON, LAMB OF GOD, EXODUS, EVERY TIME I...

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DEAD TO FALL Prepare To Enter Studio

Chicago metalcore mammoths DEAD TO FALL are scheduled to enter Trax East studio in South River, NJ at the end of the month to begin recording their third album, tentatively titled "Death and Rebirth", with producer Eric Rachel. Paul Ramano (MASTODON, GODFLESH) will once again be handling the artwork...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, JUDAS PRIEST, DEF LEPPARD Concert Attendance Figures Revealed

The following are a few select recent heavy metal/hard rock concert attendance figures, as reported by Billboard magazine: Artist/Event: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, BRAND NEW SIN Venue: Electric Factory City/State: Philadelphia, Pa. Date: Oct. 22, 2005 Attendance: 1,758 Capacity: 2,250 Artist/Event: BLACK...

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YAKUZA: Release Date Set For 'Samsara'

Prosthetic Records has set a March 7, 2006 release date for the new album from the Chicago-based experimental jazz/metal quartet YAKUZA, entitled "Samsara". "Samsara" was self-financed, then shopped around to various labels in search of a partnership with a company that fully understood YAKUZA's for...

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MASTODON: More 'The Workhorse Chronicles' DVD Details Revealed

Atlanta hard rock giants MASTODON will issue their first official DVD and a collection of their earliest recordings in February through Relapse Records. The DVD, entitled "The Workhorse Chronicles", features over three hours of exclusive MASTODON footage. The set contains in-depth interviews with ea...

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HIGH ON FIRE Announce North American Headlining Tour

HIGH ON FIRE have announced the plans for a full North American headlining tour starting in January. The Decibel magazine-sponsored tour, in support of the band's critically acclaimed album "Blessed Black Wings", includes special guests THE BRONX, BIG BUSINESS and labelmates BURIED INSIDE. The new y...

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SOILENT GREEN: First-Ever Video To Receive MTV2 World Premiere

SOILENT GREEN will see their video for "Leaves of Three" make its MTV2 world premiere on this week's edition of "Headbanger's Ball". "Headbanger's Ball" airs Saturdays from 10-12 p.m. EST on MTV2. This is the first video ever from the New Orleans, LA quintet. The clip, the first single from the band...

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MASTODON: Limited-Edition 'Remission' And 'Leviathan' Cover Art Prints Available

Acclaimed extreme music artist and Decibel magazine contributor Paul Romano (MASTODON, THE RED CHORD, TRIVIUM) has just released limited-edition signed and numbered prints of the cover art from MASTODON's "Remission" and "Leviathan" albums. Sizes range from 36" x 36" to 18" x 18". To view photos of...

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MASTODON: Collection Of Early Recordings, Three-Hour DVD Due In February

MASTODON's former record label, Relapse Records, wil be issuing a compilation of the band's earliest recordings and a full-length DVD in February. Due on February 7, 2006, "The Call of the Mastodon" is a collection of MASTODON's first-ever forays into the recording studio, which exposes the humble b...

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Special 'Masters Of Horror' Edition of 'Headbanger's Ball' To Air This Weekend

Be sure to tune in to the Halloween edition of MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" on Saturday, October 29 at 10:00 p.m. EST as artists from the "Masters of Horror" soundtrack take over the show. Special guest hosts will include members of NORMA JEAN, IT DIES TODAY, and Buckethead (ex-GUNS N' ROSES),as well...