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H.I.M. Draws Influences From 'SABBATH, Old-School METALLICA' For New CD

H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo told Spinner.com that the band's upcoming album, "Venus Doom", is a darker and heavier effort than its previous CD, 2005's "Dark Light". Valo explained, "There's...a lot of SABBATH and old-school METALLICA (in there). I wanted the album to be more aggressive, heavier and m...

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DEMIRICOUS' Equipment Ripped Off

According to IndyMetal.com, a stretch of recent robberies from the Shurgard Storage Center (now Public Storage),located at 933 North Illinois Street in downtown Indianapolis, have left numerous Indianapolis based bands in shambles. Tens of thousands of dollars' worth of music equipment is missing w...

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H.I.M.: New Song Available For Streaming

A brand new H.I.M. track, entitled "Passion's Killing Floor", is available for streaming at the H-I-M666.com web site (click on "Passion's Killing Floor" in the album track listing to start audio). "Passion's Killing Floor" will be included on the soundtrack album to Michael Bay's "Transformers", du...

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DAATH Guitarist To Guest On KNAC.COM's 'Manic Metal'

Guitarist/songwriter Eyal Levi of the Atlanta-based extreme metal band DAATH will be the featured guest on KNAC.COM's death/thrash metal specialty show "Manic Metal" (hosted by Manic Renee) on Sunday, July 1 between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. PST. DAATH has launched its own YouTube channel featuring a...

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LIFE OF AGONY, DEVILDRIVER, DROWNING POOL Photos From SERENGETI OPEN AIR Available

LIFE OF AGONY, DEVILDRIVER, DROWNING POOL, SPOILER NYC, IN THIS MOMENT and THE BOSSHOSS are among the bands that performed at the Serengeti Open Air festival on June 22 in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock (near Bielefeld),Germany. Check out photos from Lars Jansen at this location. ...

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AFTER FOREVER: New Video Interview Available

A new video interview featuring AFTER FOREVER vocalist Floor Jansen and keyboardist Joost van den Broek, conducted by the French network NRV TV, has ben posted online at this location. The interview is conducted in English with French subtitles. AFTER FOREVER's video for its new single, "Energize Me...

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EPICA: New Studio Report Available

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA have posted another studio report on their official forum. "This time [guitarist/vocalist] Mark [Jansen] wrote some things about his vocal recordings and the writing process," the band writes on its web site. Check out the report at this location (scrol...

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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN Discusses DIRTY LITTLE RABBITS Side Project

Midwest Excess recenty conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT percussionist M. Shawn Crahan and Stella Katsoudas of Crahan's side project DIRTY LITTLE RABBITS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Midwest Excess: Shawn, you've been through a couple of other singers, and then you came across Stel...

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DAATH Launches YouTube Channel

Atlanta-based extreme metal band DAATH has launched its own YouTube channel featuring a collection of videos and live performances. DAATH will release an exclusive remix of "Dead on the Dance Floor", a track from their debut Roadrunner release, "The Hinderers", via digital EP this summer. Due in Jul...

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H.I.M.: 'Venus Doom' Track Listing Revealed

According to a posting on the web site of the Los Angeles newspaper The Rockit, Finnish goth metallers H.I.M. have finished mixing their sixth studio album, "Venus Doom", at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. Once again, the band entered the studio with producer/mixer Tim Palmer (TIN MACHIN...

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H.I.M. To Film New Video This Month

Finnish goth metallers H.I.M. will film a new video on Thursday, June 21 and/or Saturday, June 23 in the Los Angeles area. Directing the clip will be Meiert Avis, who has previously worked with U2, AVRIL LAVIGNE, JENNIFER LOPEZ and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, in addition to helming H.I.M.'s "Wings of a Butte...

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Vancouver Condo Once Reportedly Owned by AXL ROSE Hits Market

According to Canada's The Globe and Mail, Vancouver's most expensive condominium unit — which was once reportedly owned by GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose — hit the market this week with an $18.2-million price tag. The penthouse apartment at 1000 Beach Ave. was sold for less than $3 million just thr...

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EPICA: 'The Divine Conspiracy' Artwork Revealed

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band EPICA has revealed the cover artwork for its new album, "The Divine Conspiracy", due in Europe on September 10 via Nuclear Blast Records (September 7 in Germany). Check it out at this location. "The Divine Conspiracy", which was mixed by Sascha Paeth, featur...

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WRETCH Records Song In Honor Of HEADBANGER'S OPEN AIR FESTIVAL

Cleveland band WRETCH has just completed a new song called "Make This Garden Burn". The track, which was written in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Headbanger's Open Air Festival, is dedicated to festival promoters Thomas Tegelhütter and Jürgen Hegewald (Hellion Records). The recording was done...

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U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival Was A Massive Success

To make this year's Download festival a reality, a staggering 15km of fencing had been erected, 130 water tankers and over 4 miles of water pipes. There were 2,200 members of staff, 273 concessions stalls ranging from tea and toast outlets, Thai food stalls and drum workshops, over 400 recycling bin...