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Video Premiere: AT THE GATES' 'The Book Of Sand (The Abomination)'

"The Book Of Sand (The Abomination)", the new video from Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES, can be seen below. The clip was created by Costin Chioreanu, who was already responsible for the challenging artwork concept of the band's comeback album, "At War With Reality", as well as the...

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GHOST Lands First-Ever U.S. Top 10 Album With 'Meliora'

According to Billboard.com, "Meliora", the third album from the Swedish occult rock band GHOST, has entered The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 8 with first-week sales of just over 29,000 units — nearly all from pure album sales. The set follows the No. 28-peaking "Infestissumam", which was rele...

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SOILWORK Felt 'Healthy Pressure' During 'The Ride Majestic' Songwriting Process

Australia's The Rockpit recently conducted an interview with vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid of Sweden-based metallers SOILWORK. An excerpt from the chat follows below. The Rockpit: The first thing we should talk about is the new album that's coming out, "The Ride Majestic". I just heard a preview of t...

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Former CARCASS Guitarist's MONSTRANCE Taps Ex-DIMMU BORGIR/CRADLE OF FILTH Drummer

MONSTRANCE, the new band featuring former CARCASS guitarist Carlo Regadas and vocalist Tony Glover (ex-DEVOID),has parted ways with drummer Ian Treacy (ex-BENEDICTION, MEATHOOK SEED, ABSOLUTE POWER) and has replaced him with Nicholas Barker (BENEDICTION, CRADLE OF FILTH, DIMMU BORGIR, TESTAMENT). S...

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No New KREATOR Studio Album Before 2017, Says MILLE PETROZZA

Romania's Metal Maniac conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza of German thrash metal veterans KREATOR on August 6 at the Brutal Assault festival in Josefov, Czech Republic. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On when...

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EXTREME/Ex-VAN HALEN Singer GARY CHERONE's HURTSMILE: 'Hello I Must Be Going' Video Premiere

"Hello I Must Be Going", the new video from HURTSMILE, the band led by the third VAN HALEN frontman, Gary Cherone (also of EXTREME),who took over when Sammy Hagar left the group (or was fired, depending on whom you ask) in 1996, can be seen below. The song is taken from HURTSMILE's sophomore album,...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN: Everybody Wants Me To Play Aggressive, Crazy, Heavy, Wild, Intense Music

Metal Temple magazine recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the musical direction of his latest solo album, "Inferno": "When I decided...

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Video: JOHNNY DEPP, GENE SIMMONS, NUNO BETTENCOURT, GILBY CLARKE Rock For Kids' Charity

International film star and musician Johnny Depp joined Gene Simmons (KISS),Nuno Bettencourt (EXTREME) and Gilby Clarke (GUNS N' ROSES) on stage last night (Sunday, August 16) at Lucky Strike in Hollywood, California as part of a charity concert for Mending Kids, an organization that provides corre...

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Shadow World

Disbanding all of his prior units BEFORE THE DAWN, BLACK SUN AEON, THE FINAL HARVEST, DAWN OF SOLACE and ROUTASIELU, multi-instrumentalist Tuomas Saukkonen created WOLFHEART in 2012 as his one-man show. Now with a full ensemble behind him for the entity's second offering, "Shadow World", WOLFHEART s...

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Video: ACE FREHLEY, SEBASTIAN BACH, GILBY CLARKE Take Part In All-Star Jam At CATHOUSE LIVE AT IRVINE MEADOWS

Ace Frehley (KISS),Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW),Gilby Clarke (GUNS N' ROSES),Evan Seinfeld (BIOHAZARD),Michael Starr (STEEL PANTHER),Nuno Bettencourt (EXTREME) and Phil Lewis (L.A. GUNS) are among the musicians who took part in an all-star jam at last night's (Saturday, August 15) Cathouse Live At...

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HATE ETERNAL: Entire 'Infernus' Album Available For Streaming

"Infernus", the sixth full-length album from Florida-based extreme metallers HATE ETERNAL, can be streamed in its entirety using the SoundCloud widget below. Due on August 24 via Season Of Mist, the CD was recorded at HATE ETERNAL founder and principal member Erik Rutan's (guitar, vocals) Mana Recor...

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Video: MESHUGGAH Performs At HEAVY MONTREAL Festival

Video footage of Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH performing on August 7 at the Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below (clip filmed and uploaded by Peter McCabe of Montreal Gazette). In a recent interview with RockSverige.se, MESHUGGAH guitarist Mårten...

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DEATH ANGEL's ROB CAVESTANY Says European Audiences 'Seem To Be More Receptive To Music In General'

Italy's "Heavy Demons" radio show recently conducted an interview with guitarist Rob Cavestany of San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what fans can expect on DEATH AN...

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LUCIFER's JOHANNA SADONIS: The Breakup Of THE OATH Was 'Shocking'

Jimmy Cabbs conducted an interview with Berlin, Germany-based heavy metal blues rockers LUCIFER before their July 31 performance at Echoplex in Los Angeles, California. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the breakup of her previous band, THE OATH, and the formation of LUCIFER, singer J...

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MANTAS Regrets Giving CRONOS The 'Okay' To Continue VENOM Without Him

Jimmy Kay of Canada's The Metal Voice conducted an interview with VENOM INC., the new band featuring original VENOM members Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (guitar) and Anthony "Abaddon" Bray (drums) alongside ex-VENOM bassist/vocalist Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan, at this weekend's Heavy Montreal festival in Mon...