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Bazillion Points Authors Honor 25th Anniversary of BATHORY's 'Under The Sign Of The Black Mark'

On May 11, Bazillion Points Books honors mainman Quorthon and the memory of black metal's most influential band, BATHORY, on the 25-year anniversary of the group's incomparable third album, "Under The Sign Of The Black Mark". Says Jon Kristiansen, author of "Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries": "For l...

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DOKKEN: 'Broken Bones' Due In The Fall

Frontiers Records has announced that it will release DOKKEN's new album, "Broken Bones", in the fall. The drums for the CD were laid down at MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee's The Atrium studio in Calabasas, California. DOKKEN frontman Don Dokken stated in a recent interview about the new album title,...

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ICED EARTH Mainman: 'RONNIE JAMES DIO And I Had Talked About Doing A Project Together'

Metal Shock Finland's Mohsen Fayyazi recently conducted an interview with ICED EARTH guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. A couple of excerpts follow. On whether he knew Ronnie James Dio personally and if he ever had any dreams of collabor...

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DIAMOND PLATE Vocalist Forced To Leave OVERKILL Tour

Bassist and lead vocalist Jon Macak of Chicago, Illinois-based thrashers DIAMOND PLATE will leave the band's current tour with OVERKILL and GOD FORBID to return home due to a recent family emergency. His bandmates have decided to continue on with the remainder of their trek with tour manager and clo...

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THREAT SIGNAL: 'Uncensored' Video Released

"Uncensored", the new video from Canadian metallers THREAT SIGNAL, can be seen below. Commented THREAT SIGNAL vocalist Jon Howard: "The video for 'Uncensored' captures my lyrical inspiration for the song almost exactly. "People walk around every single day with their eyes closed; they are censored f...

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DREAM THEATER Guitarist To Be Backed By MIKE MANGINI, DAVE LARUE On 'G3' Tour

DREAM THEATER's John Petrucci will be backed by DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Mangini and DIXIE DREGS bassist Dave LaRue on the upcoming South American edition of the G3 tour in October. Also scheduled to appear are Joe Satriani (CHICKENFOOT) and Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE). Confirmed dates so far are as...

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IAN GILLAN, TONY IOMMI To Release New WHOCARES Album In July

DEEP PURPLE's Ian Gillan and BLACK SABBATH's Tony Iommi took everybody by surprise in 2011 by releasing a charity single, "Out Of My Mind", renewing the collaboration that led the pair to record an album in 1984, "Born Again", under the BLACK SABBATH moniker. For the occasion, the two rock legends c...

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CRYPTOPSY Performs Brand New Song In Windsor; Video Available

Canadian extreme metallers CRYPTOPSY debuted a brand new song, "Amputated Enigma", during their April 29 concert at The Dominion House in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. CRYPTOPSY in January tapped bassist Olivier Pinard (NEURAXIS, VENGEFUL) a...

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SOIL: Another 'Re-LIVE-Ing The Scars' DVD Preview Clip Posted Online

Chicago heavy rockers SOIL will release their first-ever DVD, entitled "Re-LIVE-Ing The Scars", on May 8 via Bieler Bros. Records. The two-disc set, which was recorded live on October 14, 2011 at Electric Ballroom in London, England, will contain an audio CD version of the same concert. Also include...

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1349: 'When I Was Flesh' Video Released

"When I Was Flesh", the new video from Norwegian black metallers 1349, can be seen below. The performance footage for the clip was filmed at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway on September 10, 2011. The video was directed and edited by S.A Destroyer at Necrolab Studio and was produced by Concept Machine I:...

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ATTACKER Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

New Jersey metallers ATTACKER have announced the addition of bassist Jon Hanemann to the group's ranks. Hanemann replaces outgoing original bassist Lou Ciarlo, who decided to step aside due to other musical comittments and his lack of real interest in continuing in the metal world. According to ATTA...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY: Drum-Cam Footage From Illinois

Sick Drummer Magazine has uploaded drum-cam footage of Jon "Charn" Rice of Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY playing the song "Black Discharge" during the band's April 12 concert at Pop's in Sauget, Illinois. Check it out below. JOB FOR A COWBOY's new album, "Demonocracy", sold 4,900 copies...

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CRYPTOPSY To Debut New Material At This Weekend's Shows

Canadian extreme metallers CRYPTOPSY will debut some of their brand new material at the following shows: April 28 - The Rockpile - Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada April 29 - The Dominion House - Windsor, Ontario, Canada The band states, "We will be playing some new songs from our upcoming release for the...

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NILE: New Album Cover Artwork Unveiled

South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE will release their seventh full-length album, "At The Gate Of Sethu", in Europe on June 29 and in the U.S. on July 3 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2009's "Those Whom The Gods Detest" was once again produced and mixed by Neil K...

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Ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singer MARK BOALS To Guest On New ADRIAN GALYSH Album

Guitarist Adrian Galysh, whose previous releases have been mainly instrumental fare, has enlisted former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ROYAL HUNT and ULI JON ROTH singer Mark Boals to contribute vocals to Adrian's new album. While the CD is currently in pre-production, listeners can still expect Galysh's tastef...