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ZAKK WYLDE To Release 'Book Of Shadows Volume II' On 20th Anniversary Of Original Album

Barbaranne Wylde, the wife of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY leader and former OZZY OSBOURNE axeman Zakk Wylde, who also helps run Zakk's career as his as his co-manager, has revealed to Examiner.com that the guitarist/vocalist will enter the studio after his "Unblackened" spring 2015 tour to record "Book Of S...

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DORO PESCH Says She Never Felt Different Being A Woman In Heavy Metal

In a brand new interview with the Phoenix New Times, German metal queen Doro Pesch was asked if she could recall a memory when she first realized that the industry was embracing more females in heavy metal. "I love music and I loved the fans right from the start," she responded. "I had ...

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MAX CAVALERA: 'I Love Metal Today More Than I Ever Did In My Entire Life'

Metalpaths.com recently conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, SEPULTURA, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, KILLER BE KILLED). You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Speaking about what keeps him focused on making new music after more than 30 years of playing in metal bands, Max...

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JUDAS PRIEST's IAN HILL: 'We've Always Tried To Take A Little Step Forward Here And There'

In a brand new interview with Music Feeds, JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill was asked if he ever gets frustrated with the clichéd metalhead closed-mindedness. "It's always been there though, hasn't it?" he responded. "I think in a way, human beings are partisan, aren't they? Yeah, you follow a band or...

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Icelandic Heavy Metal Drama 'Metalhead' Available On Demand In April

Boasting a soundtrack of '80s/'90s headbanging classics, Icelandic director Ragnar Bragason's intense drama "Metalhead" will be available On Demand starting April 3. Distributed by Cinelicious Pics, the VOD release will arrive shortly after a handful of special screenings are held nationwide, includ...

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MIKE PORTNOY On His New Metal Project: 'This Album Is Really Kind Of The History Of Metal'

Rick Triana of MikePortnoyWarriors.com conducted an interview with drummer Mike Portnoy (THE WINERY DOGS, DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB) during this year's ShipRocked cruise, which sailed roundtrip between Port Miami and Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas February 2-6 onboard Norweg...

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Former METAL MANIACS Editor KATHERINE LUDWIG Dies After Battle With Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Former Metal Maniacs editor Katherine Ludwig died yesterday (Friday, January 30) a little after 1:00 p.m. at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, New York. She passed very quickly and peacefully, surrounded by family and friends. CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's Reed Mullin had this to say about Katherine Ludw...

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SLIPKNOT's CHRIS FEHN: 'People Don't Really Care Anymore About Sound Quality'

SLIPKNOT percussionist Chris Fehn says that "it's incredibly difficult" for newer bands to get a good record deal nowadays, explaining that "record labels are struggling" because "people don't really care anymore about sound quality." During a brand new interview with Rock Sins, Fehn was asked how h...

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Back from the Abyss

Long one of the inarguable best of the doom-stoner sect is ORANGE GOBLIN. You either know them or you don't, and you if you do know them, dissatisfaction is not a part of the intake. Their latest project, "Back from the Abyss", is everything ORANGE GOBLIN fans are craving: a bit of BLACK SABBATH, a...

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Video: 9-Month-Old Baby 'Plays Along' To PANTERA Song On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

Former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott is sending a mini-metalhead starter kit to the 8-month-old Wyatt, who was seen in a viral video faux-jamming (there's an adult moving his arms) to the PANTERA classic "5 Minutes Alone". Vinnie tells TMZ.com he was so blown away by Wyatt'...

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EXODUS: 'Blood In Blood Out' Video Released

"Blood In Blood Out", the video for the title track of the new album from San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Shan Dan Horan of the Shadow Born Group (BUCKCHERRY, CARNIFEX, WINDS OF PLAGUE) and it features hundreds of dedicated Bay Area fa...

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ROB HALFORD Says Listening To Canadian Singer MICHAEL BUBLÉ Is 'Exciting' And 'Inspiring'

In a recent interview with the New York Post, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford spoke about his love for Canadian singer Michael Bublé. "Even though I'm a metal singer, the fact that I’ve been able to appreciate other types of performers has probably paid dividends," Halford said. "When I listen to Mi...

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SYMPHONY X's New Album Will Really Please The Band's Old Fans

American progressive metal veterans SYMPHONY X have entered the studio to begin recording the follow-up to 2011's "Iconoclast" for an early 2015 release. Regarding the musical direction of the new SYMPHONY X material, SYMPHONY X bassist Michael LePond told the "Talking Metal" podcast (hear audio bel...

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ACCEPT And DESTRUCTION Members Join Forces In PANZER; Debut Album Due In November

Nuclear Blast has announced the signing of the true Teutonic heavy metal trio PANZER. The new German supergroup is comprised of three undisputed genre legends: vocalist and bassist Schmier, best known as frontman of DESTRUCTION, guitarist Herman Frank (ACCEPT, VICTORY) and drummer Stefan Schwarzmann...

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SYMPHONY X To Begin Recording New Album This Week

American progressive metal veterans SYMPHONY X will enter the studio this week to begin recording the follow-up to 2011's "Iconoclast" for an early 2015 release. "We're gonna start the drums on Tuesday [September 9], and with all the recording and then the promotion, we hope to have a new album out...