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PUSCIFER Takes On 'Trumpzilla' In 'The Arsonist' Video

PUSCIFER, the Arizona-based electro-rock band fronted by TOOL's Maynard James Keenan, has released the video for the song "The Arsonist". The animated clip finds Keenan and his bandmates joined by a special group of female fighters as they take on Trumpzilla. When asked about the clip, Keenan offere...

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ERIC PETERSON: 'In TESTAMENT, We Like To Keep Things Pretty Real'

Matt Coe of Dead Rhetoric recently conducted an interview with guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Dead Rhetoric: "Brotherhood Of The Snake" is the newest TESTAMENT album. What was the mindset going into the songwrit...

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TRIVIUM To Re-Release Hard-To-Find Debut 'Ember To Inferno'

Florida metallers TRIVIUM have spent the past decade-plus building their reputation and steadily rising to prominence, becoming one of the main torchbearers of heavy metal in the modern era. With millions of albums sold globally and numerous world tours (from Ozzfest, Mayhem and Download to opening...

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SOUNDGARDEN, A PERFECT CIRCLE Members Among Moderators For MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN's Book Tour

Maynard James Keenan, frontman of A PERFECT CIRCLE, PUSCIFER and TOOL, will be joined by fourteen friends — including SOUNDGARDEN's Kim Thayil, A PERFECT CIRCLE's Billy Howerdel and the FLAMING LIPS' Steven Drozd — over the course of his forthcoming "A Perfect Union of Contrary Things" book tour. Ke...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: 'Making Records Nowadays Is A Much More Sporadic Undertaking Than It Used To Be'

Lars Ulrich says that METALLICA's "looser" approach to making albums nowadays has contributed to the delay in getting the band's new disc, "Hardwired...To Self-Destruct", completed and ready for release. "Hardwired... To Self-Destruct" will arrive next month, marking the band's first full-length col...

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Low Country

Last year, I hung a perfect ten rating upon THE SWORD's dazzling and frankly ballsy "High Country" album. I stand by it a year later as THE SWORD takes the unplugged route with a mostly acoustic companion piece, "Low Country". To set the record straight about "Low Country", the ten songs revamped in...

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Next TRIVIUM Album Will 'Definitely' Be Released In 2017

Adam Messler of Soundwave Brigade recently conducted an interview with TRIVIUM guitarist Corey Beaulieu. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On joining TRIVIUM in 2003: Corey: "I was a fan of the band before they got signed. Living in the...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman's DEVILMENT: First Trailer For 'II: The Mephisto Waltzes' Album

DEVILMENT — the British band led by vehement frontman Dani Filth of CRADLE OF FILTH, will release its new album, "II: The Mephisto Waltzes", on November 18 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The first trailer for the CD — in which Filth and DEVILMENT's Lauren Francis talk through the album's concept a...

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Video: ACT OF DEFIANCE Covers METALLICA's 'Seek & Destroy'

Fan-filmed video footage of ACT OF DEFIANCE performing a cover version of the METALLICA classic "Seek & Destroy" on September 29 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on in Sioux City, Iowa can be seen below. ACT OF DEFIANCE is the band featuring former MEGADETH members Shawn Drover (drums) and Chris...

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ANIMALS AS LEADERS: New Song 'The Brain Dance' Available For Streaming

"The Brain Dance", a brand new song from instrumental modern progressive pioneers ANIMALS AS LEADERS, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's highly anticipated fourth album, "The Madness Of Many", which will be released on November 11 via Sumerian Records. The CD was produced by t...

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Reunited DOKKEN Performs In Sioux Falls, South Dakota: Video Footage, Photos

The reunited classic lineup of DOKKEN — singer Don Dokken, guitarist George Lynch, bassist Jeff Pilson and drummer "Wild" Mick Brown — played its only U.S. show Friday night (September 30) at Badlands Pawn Guns Gold And Rock 'N' Roll in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The concert was a warm-up gig for th...

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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD: 'We Stay Away From Politics And Religion'

METALLICA spoke to BBC 6 Music 's Matt Everitt about the band's forthcoming album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct", which is scheduled to arrive on November 18. Asked what is different about this record, drummer Lars Ulrich said: "I'm still kind of tripping on the sonics. It just sounds really good an...

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Listen To New CROWBAR Song 'Plasmic And Pure'

New Orleans sludge masters CROWBAR will release their eleventh album, "The Serpent Only Lies", on October 28. The cover artwork was created by renowned artist Eliran Kantor, who has previously worked with bands like HATEBREED, SOULFLY and KATAKLYSM. The second song from "The Serpent Only Lies", titl...

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SOUNDGARDEN Has 'Rough Demos Of A Dozen Or So Songs' For Next Studio Album, Says KIM THAYIL

SOUNDGARDEN guitarist Kim Thayil says that the band has "rough demos of a dozen or so songs" for the follow-up to 2012's comeback album, "King Animal". The group started work on a new record last year, but took a break while frontman Chris Cornell toured last fall and earlier this year in support of...

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SLIPKNOT, LINKIN PARK, Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Members Schedule KINGS OF CHAOS Shows In Las Vegas

KINGS OF CHAOS, the part-time all-star rock 'n' roll collective that includes former and current members of GUNS N' ROSES, SLIPKNOT, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and LINKIN PARK, will perform at the House Of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 1, December 2 and December 3. KINGS OF CHAOS's lineup for the...