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Isolate and Medicate

Once modest champs of the grunge underground, SEETHER have risen through the ranks of AOR to become trusty rock venue fillers. Some would argue this commercial favorability has come at much cost to their original sound and there's evidence of that claim on the trio's latest album, "Isolate and Medic...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Says There Are No VELVET REVOLVER Singer Auditions Being Held

In a brand new interview with VH1 Radio Network's Dave Basner, VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan was asked if the band will ever become active again, more than six years after the dismissal of the group's original frontman Scott Weiland. "You know, that band was so good and really started with al...

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NONPOINT: 'The Return' Trailer Available

NONPOINT will release its eighth studio album, "The Return", on September 30 via Razor & Tie (one day earlier internationally via Metal Blade Records). A 26-second trailer for "The Return" is available below. After 17 years in the game, the Florida quintet sustains the same energy that sparked i...

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SLIPKNOT: Official 'The Negative One' Video Released

The official video for the new SLIPKNOT song titled "The Negative One" can be seen below. The clip was directed by the band's co-founder, conceptualist and percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan. The track is expected to appear on the group's upcoming album, which is due out in October via Roadrunner...

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SAVATAGE To Reunite For Appearance At Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Classic American metal band SAVATAGE, which was active from 1978 until 2002, will reunite for an exclusive European appearance at next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2015 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear at the event is TRANS-SIBERIA...

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SLIPKNOT: New Song 'The Negative One' Available For Streaming

A brand new SLIPKNOT song titled "The Negative One" is available for streaming on the band's official web site. The track is expected to appear on the group's upcoming album, which is due out sometime this fall via Roadrunner. **Note**: After listening to "The Negative One" for the first time, you m...

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White Devil Armory

What's to be said about OVERKILL that hasn't been already? Perhaps we'll let Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth do some talking about the band's latest album, "White Devil Armory". States Blitz in a recent press release, "We don't have an identity crisis. We know what we are. We do this because we like it, fir...

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Builders of the Future

Spider One never accepts defeat. So professed on the opening track "Invade, Destroy, Repeat" from POWERMAN 5000's new album, "Builders of the Future". POWERMAN 5000 has come many miles since "The Blood Splat Rating System" and "Mega! Kung-Fu Radio", even if the current mark on the destination map sw...

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SEETHER's 'SiriusXM Artist Confidential' Performance Available Online (Video)

As part of the "SiriusXM Artist Confidential" series, SEETHER stopped by Octane to perform its new song "Crash" and a cover version of the DEFTONES' "Change (In The House of Flies)". Check out video footage below. "Crash" is taken from SEETHER's new album, "Isolate & Medicate", which sold around...

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DRAGONFORCE Singer Says 'Maximum Overload' Album Contains Some 'Thrashier' Elements

Norway's Metal Express Radio recently conducted an interview with vocalist Marc Hudson of British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE about the band's forthcoming album, "Maximum Overload". You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. On whether DRAGONFORCE has explored any new musical...

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KORN's MUNKY: The Band Really Needed BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH For A Long Time

The Michigan Times journalist Alex Hinson took part in a roundtable interview with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer at the July 17 stop of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhen Festival at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. Asked...

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NONPOINT: 'The Return' Track Listing Revealed; 'Breaking Skin' Single Streaming

NONPOINT will release its eighth studio album, "The Return", on September 30 via Razor & Tie (one day earlier internationally via Metal Blade Records). After 17 years in the game, the Florida quintet sustains the same energy that sparked its foundation back in 1997. The riffs crack with intensit...

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NONPOINT To Release 'The Return' Album In September

NONPOINT will release its eighth studio album, "The Return", on September 29 via Metal Blade Records (excluding North America). After 17 years in the game, the Florida quintet sustains the same energy that sparked its foundation back in 1997. The riffs crack with intensity, the bass and drums forge...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's JOEL STROETZEL Sitting Out Tour Dates Due To 'Family Emergency'

Due to a family emergency, guitarist Joel Stroetzel of Masachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE will be forced to sit out the band's tour dates this week. The group states: "We will be performing some songs as a four-piece and some songs with the talented and entertaining Ken Susi from UNEARTH. "Our...

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HAL PATINO To KING DIAMOND: 'Your Real Problem Is That You Are A Tired, Bitter, Old Man'

Former KING DIAMOND bassist Hal Patino has released a statement calling the band's frontman and namesake "a tired, bitter, old man" and denying that he has a drug problem, despite the singer's implications to the contrary. After King announced Hal's exit from KING DIAMOND, Patino released a statemen...