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MELIAH RAGE: 'Hour Glass' Video Posted Online

Veteran Massachusetts metallers MELIAH RAGE recently shot a video for the song "Hour Glass", the first single off the band's upcoming album, "Masquerade". The clip, which was directed by Brad Piche and produced by Branden Maxham, is now available for viewing below. "Masquerade" will be released in l...

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RAZORMAZE Changes Album Name, Hits Studio

Boston thrash outfit RAZORMAZE, which achieved cult status through its relentless touring and widely traded demos, is ready to unleash its debut full-length upon the masses and ravage a town near you. The band, which has been melting faces since late 2007, quickly gained in popularity and was signed...

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AEROSMITH, ZZ TOP: More Tour Dates Revealed

AEROSMITH will hit the road in June for the first time in nearly two years. 40 North American dates with ZZ TOP are currently planned with the possibility of also playing in South America and Japan. The tour — presented by Guitar Hero: Aerosmith — kicks off June 10 in St. Louis. ZZ TOP join ...

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BURY YOUR DEAD To Release New Album Next Month

Boston, Massachusetts-based hardcore/metal band BURY YOUR DEAD will release its new album, "It's Nothing Personal", on May 26 via Victory Records. Guitarist Brendan "Slim" MacDonald previously stated about the group's new material: "I say it every time we go into the studio: 'This is the best thing...

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Ex-Cop Accused Of Urinating On METALLICA Fans Admits Guilt In Plea Deal

CapeCodOnline.com reports that former Brewster, Massachusetts police officer Joseph Houston (pictured below) pleaded guilty on Wednesday (April 8) in Boston Municipal Court to several charges associated with his actions at a METALLICA concert in January. Houston was in court for two separate cases s...

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ZAKK WYLDE Interviewed On WAAF; Audio Available

Mistress Carrie of the Worcester/Boston, Massachusetts radio station WAAF conducted an interview this week with Zakk Wylde of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and OZZY OSBOURNE. The chat is now available for streaming at this location. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's new "greatest-hits" collection, "Skullage", which is du...

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THE RED CHORD Frontman Interviewed In Montreal; Video Available

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with Guy Kozowyk, vocalist of the Boston, Massachusetts death metal/grindcore band THE RED CHORD and Black Market Activities label owner, on March 24, 2009 when the group performed at the Underworld in Montreal, Quebec with WALLS OF JERICHO. Watch the 17-minute ch...

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ZOROASTER, THE GATES OF SLUMBER, SERPENTCULT To Team Up For North American Tour

Avant-garde psych metal band ZOROASTER, Indianapolis doom metal trio THE GATES OF SLUMBER and Belgian "über doom" unit SERPENTCULT will team up for the "North America is Doomed" tour this summer. The 14-city trek will kick off on August 1 in Chicago, Illinois and will hit major markets, including Ne...

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SLAPSHOT Documentary To Premier This Month

"Chip On My Shoulder", the documentary of the Boston hardcore band SLAPSHOT produced by Killswitch Productions and Taang! Records, is being released. It will premier at the Independent Film Festival of Boston on Friday, April 24 at 9:45 p.m. at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. There...

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MONGREL To Support FEAR On Northeast Tour

Massachusetts-based aggressive punk/metal band MONGREL will support punk legends FEAR on their upcoming Northeast U.S. tour. MONGREL, which has been called "the hardest-working band in Boston" (Metal Edge magazine),is putting the finishing touches on its new album and EP at SFW studios in Mancheste...

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AEROSMITH To Tour With ZZ TOP

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: Health issues and touring commitments have combined to postpone AEROSMITH's next album, according to guitarist Joe Perry. Perry tells Billboard.com that the record sessions — for the group's first album since 2004's "Honkin' on Bobo" and first of all-original mat...

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JAMES HETFIELD On ARMANI Photo: I Was Holding My Wife's Bag

Seth Colter Walls of Newsweek.com recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Newsweek: How about this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame business? Is that really "metal?" Hetfield: It certainly wasn't in my mind, even tw...

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LAMB OF GOD Schedules More In-Store Appearances

Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD have scheduled the following in-store appearances: April 8 - Vancouver - 5-6pm Scrape Records 323 E. Broadway Vancouver, BC V5T 1W5 Ph: 604-877-1676 April 12 - Saskatoon - 5-6pm CD Plus - Saskatoon The Centre Mall 3510-8th Street East Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W6 Ca...

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SHADOWS FALL Frontman Discusses New Album

Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL have completed work on their sixth album — the band's first to be released through their own label in conjunction with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group and Ferret Music. Tentatively due in September, the CD was recorded primarily at Planet Z in Hadley...

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ISIS: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'Wavering Radiant' REcording Sessions Posted Online

ISIS, the innovative Los Angeles-by-way-of-Boston-based band, will release its fifth full-length album, "Wavering Radiant", on May 5 via Ipecac Recordings. The CD, produced by Joe Baressi (TOOL, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE),will receive a limited-edition vinyl release on April 21. TOOL's Adam Jones con...