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HIGH ON FIRE To Tour New Zealand, Japan With MELVINS

HIGH ON FIRE has announced plans to tour both New Zealand and Japan with the MELVINS. The world renowned trios will kick off the New Zealand live dates on February 11. Both bands will then take part in the 2011 installment of Soundwave, an annual music festival held in major cities around Australia....

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MASTODON: More 'Live At The Aragon' DVD + CD Details Revealed

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will release their first-ever live experience package, entitled "Mastodon: Live At The Aragon", on March 15 via Reprise Records. The set will contain a CD and DVD which captures the band's sonic assault recorded and filmed live on October 19, 2009, at the Arago...

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MASTODON To Release 'Live At The Aragon' DVD/CD

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will release a new live DVD/CD, "Live At The Aragon", on March 15 via Reprise. The set was filmed/recorded during the band's October 17, 2009 concert at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois and it features a performance of the "Crack The Skye" album, along...

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ROB ZOMBIE, DISTURBED, APOCALYPTICA, ALTER BRIDGE, Others Confirmed For France's HELLFEST

ROB ZOMBIE, APOCALYPTICA, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, DISTURBED, ALTER BRIDGE, MONSTER MAGNET, THE CULT, MORBID ANGEL, MESHUGGAH and SUICIDE SILENCE are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's edition of Hellfest, set to take place June 17-19, 2011 in Clisson, France. The festival billing is as fol...

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IWRESTLEDABEARONCE Begins Recording New Album

IWRESTLEDABEARONCE — the Shreveport, Louisiana quintet now transplanted to Birmingham, Alabama — proved that metal could be fun and still be devastating with the release of its debut effort, "It's All Happening". Since then, the band has become one of the hottest groups in the American metal scene,...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO's Widow Recounts His Final Days

Kory Grow of Revolver magazine recently conducted an interview with Wendy Dio, the widow and manager of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, DIO, RAINBOW, ELF). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Revolver: We were really honored to have [Ronn...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Members Remember PETER STEELE In New Issue Of REVOLVER Magazine

Jon Wiederhorn of Revolver magazine recently sat down with TYPE O NEGATIVE members Josh Silver (keyboards),Johnny Kelly (drums) and Kenny Hickey (guitar) to remember the band's lost leader, Peter Steele, who died in April. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Revolver: A couple of years ago, Pet...

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Wife: PAUL GRAY 'Wasn't Just A Drug Addict'

Brenna Gray, the widow of SLIPKNOT bassist Paul Gray, has paid tribute to her late husband in the new issue of Revolver magazine, which remembers many of hard rock and metal's most dearly departed. Paul Gray's body was found on May 24 in a hotel room in a Des Moines, Iowa suburb. A coroner ruled ...

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WEEDEATER: New Album Details Unveiled

After over two incredibly action/drama/injury/tour-soaked years of constant insanity, North Carolina sludge crusaders WEEDEATER have completed their long-delayed, yet more anticipated-than-ever, fourth full-length release. The intoxicating ten-track brutalizer, dubbed "Jason... The Dragon", has been...

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MELVINS: Spaceland Residency Detailed

The MELVINS will perform each Friday throughout January at Spaceland in Silver Lake, California with a different set and featured albums including the band's current lineup, a 1983 incarnation with Mike Dillard and several albums in their entirety. The band's most recent release, "The Bride Screamed...

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New Issue Of REVOLVER Magazine Pays Tribute To Hard Rock And Metal's Fallen Heroes

As we bid farewell to a year full of tragedy, the new issue of Revolver magazine — available on newsstands everywhere on December 21 — remembers many of hard rock and metal's most dearly departed. The cover features a stunning painting by legendary comic-book artist J.G. Jones (Superman, Batman, Wan...

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Resurrected TRUST To Perform Songs From First Three Albums At France's HELLFEST

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST and resurrected '80s French hard rockers TRUST have been confirmed for next year's edition of Hellfest, set to take place June 17-19, 2010 in Clisson, France. TRUST is the only French hard rock band to have attained worldwide success in the '80s with its hit...

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High as the Sun

Good stoner rock/doom albums often have a way of slowly but surely overtaking the listener until you — at the risk of sounding terribly cheesy and cliché — become one with the album. Long trips down the existential highway in and of themselves accomplish nothing, except fatigue, earache, and dementi...

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16: Digital Reissues Unveiled

Los Angeles, California's 16 has seen the digital reissue of its "Blaze of Incompetence" (1997) album and the digital release of "The First Trimester", which includes the 1998 Scott Case collection of rare tracks that has been rearranged to include a cover of SLAYER's "At Dawn The Sleep". Additional...

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OZZY OSBOURNE, SCORPIONS, OPETH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Confirmed For France's HELLFEST

OZZY OSBOURNE, SCORPIONS, OPETH, ANATHEMA, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and KREATOR are among the newly confirmed bands for next year's edition of Hellfest, set to take place June 17-19, 2010 in Clisson, France. Latest additions : OZZY OSBOURNE SCORPIONS OPETH ANATHEMA BLACK LABEL SOCIETY KREATOR BOLT THROWE...