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AMON AMARTH And SABATON To Join Forces For North American Tour In The Fall

AMON AMARTH and SABATON will join forces for a North American tour this fall. The trek kicks off on September 25 in Riverside, California and visits a total of 35 North American cities before coming to an end on November 9 in Tucson, Arizona. Thrash metal band SKELETONWITCH will open each show, exce...

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Dutch Death Metallers DICTATED Sign With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of Dutch death metallers DICTATED. The band's new album, "The Deceived", will be released on August 15. Comments DICTATED: "DICTATED is very honored and proud to have signed with the mighty Metal Blade Records! "We have just finished our album, 'The Dece...

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WHITECHAPEL's ALEX WADE Talks Gear, 'Our Endless War' Album (Video)

DiMarzio, Inc., the Staten Island, New York-based company that manufactures magnetic pickups for electric guitars, has posted a four-and-a-half-minute video clip of guitarist Alex Wade of Knoxville, Tennessee death metallers WHITECHAPEL talking about his DiMarzio D Activator 7 pickups, his signature...

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ICED EARTH's JON SCHAFFER To Undergo Neck Surgery In September

On May 14, Groovey of Groovey.TV conducted an interview with ICED EARTH guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer at Summit Music Hall in Denver, Colorado. You can now watch the chat below. Asked what he plans to do during ICED EARTH's break following the band's appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival in Au...

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AS I LAY DYING Guitarist NICK HIPA Says TIM LAMBESIS Is 'A Sociopathic Narcissist In Definite Need Of Rehabilitation'

AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis — who will spend six years in prison after being sentenced last Friday (May 16) for hiring a hit man to kill his estranged wife, Meggan — spoke to AltPress.com about the case, his troubled marriage and his future in music. During the long interview, he ...

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AS I LAY DYING's TIM LAMBESIS Explains How He Started Entertaining The Idea Of Having His Wife Killed

AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis — who will spend six years in prison after being sentenced earlier today (Friday, May 16) for hiring a hit man to kill his estranged wife, Meggan — spoke to AltPress.com about the case, his troubled marriage and his future in music. Asked how things get ...

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METALLICA's ROBERT TRUJILLO To Resurrect MASS MENTAL Project For 'Warwick Open Day' Performance

METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo will resurrect his MASS MENTAL project for an exclusive reunion concert at Warwick in Markneukirchen, Germany. The show will take place on Saturday, September 6 on the Framus & Warwick grounds, during the Warwick Open Day 2014, the crowning conclusion of the Bas...

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FALCONER: New Song 'Halls And Chambers' Available For Streaming

Swedish folk metal forerunners FALCONER return to glory with their new album, "Black Moon Rising", which is scheduled for release on June 9 in Europe and June 10 in North America via Metal Blade Records. After the release of FALCONER's last album, "Armod", in 2011, the band first effort sung entirel...

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WHITECHAPEL: 'Our Endless War' Video Released

The official video for "Our Endless War", the title track of the fifth full-length album from Knoxville, Tennessee metallers WHITECHAPEL, can be seen below. The clip features livee performance footage directed by Naughty Mantis. "Our Endless War" was issued on April 29 via Metal Blade. The CD sold a...

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Bassist AKIHIRO YOKOYAMA Of Japan's UNITED Dead At 49

Akihiro Yokoyama, the leader and bass player of veteran Japanese metallers UNITED, passed away last night (Tuesday, May 13) at the age of 49. Since he joined UNITED in 1983, Yokoyama participated in the recording of nine full-length albums, two EPs and two singles, and appeared alongside his bandmat...

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WOVENWAR Featuring AS I LAY DYING Members: First Clip From The Studio

WOVENWAR, the new band featuring the talents of Jordan Mancino (drums),Nick Hipa (guitar),Phil Sgrosso (guitar) and Josh Gilbert (bass) of San Diego, California based metal act AS I LAY DYING, and Shane Blay (vocals) of OH, SLEEPER, documented the recording process of its self-titled debut album....

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM's MICHAEL GILBERT Interviewed By THE MUSICIAN'S VOICE (Audio)

Mark Uricheck of The Musician's Voice recently conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Gilbert of Arizona metallers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM recently parted ways with guitarist Edward Carlson and bassist Jason Ward...

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VAN HALEN's DAVID LEE ROTH Recording A Cappella Version Of 'Happy'

VAN HALEN frontman David Lee Roth attended the April 20 concert in Tokyo, Japan by NATURALLY 7, an American music group with a distinct a cappella style they call "vocal play." Roth visited NATURALLY 7 backstage and joined them in singing "Happy", U.S. singer and producer Pharrell Williams' hit from...

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WHITECHAPEL's 'Our Endless War' Cracks U.S. Top 10

"Our Endless War", the fifth full-length album from Knoxville, Tennessee metallers WHITECHAPEL, sold around 16,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 10 on The Billboard 200 chart. The self-titled fourth CD from WHITECHAPEL opened with around 9,200 unit...

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ALLEGAEON To Release 'Elements Of The Infinite' In June

Colorado-based modern melodic death metallers ALLEGAEON will release their new album, "Elements Of The Infinite", on June 24 in North America (one day earlier internationally) via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded, mixed and mastered in February-April 2014 by Dave Otero at Flatline Audio in C...