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SANCTITY To Support BLACK LABEL SOCIETY On U.S. Tour

North Carolina-based classic metal quartet SANCTITY has been tapped to open for BLACK LABEL SOCIETY on their forthcoming U.S. tour. A list of upcoming tour dates can be found at this location. The cover artwork for SANCTITY's upcoming album, "Road to Bloodshed", has been posted online at this locati...

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DREAM THEATER Signs With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Roadrunner Records has announced the signing of progressive metal pioneers DREAM THEATER. A new studio album, "Systematic Chaos", is due in June. DREAM THEATER will hit the road in support of the album for a world tour, including major festival appearances in Europe. Since their first studio release...

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Finland's DAY ELEVEN To Release New Single Next Week

Finnish alternative rock/metal group DAY ELEVEN will release the first single, "Whenever You Say You Love Me", off its upcoming album on February 14. The single includes the title track (which has already garnered major airplay on Finnish radio),accompanied by two versions of the song "Dissonance F...

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STORMLORD Working On First-Ever DVD

Italian "extreme epic metal" act STORMLORD is currently working on its first-ever DVD. Entitled "The Battle Of Quebec City: Live In Canada 2006", the disc was recorded during the band's 15th anniversary Canadian tour and will include the complete show in Quebec City, plus two bootleg songs from Toro...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY: New Album Details Revealed; Audio Sample Available

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers DARK TRANQUILLITY triumphantly return with "Fiction" in April 2007, a scorching effort that will undoubtedly add an exhilarating new chapter to the genre's storied history. The album was mixed by the acclaimed Tue Madsen (HIMSA, THE HAUNTED) and encompasses all o...

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INSOMNIUM's Video To Premiere On 'Headbanger's Ball'

Finnish metal band INSOMNIUM will make its national video premiere this coming weekend when "Headbanger's Ball" broadcasts the group's video for the song "Mortal Share" from their current album, titled "Above the Weeping World". Released October 17, "Above the Weeping World" was recorded at renowned...

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INTO ETERNITY To Debut New Video On 'Headbanger's Ball' This Weekend

INTO ETERNITY's video for the track "Severe Emotional Distress" will make its "Headbanger's Ball" debut Saturday night, January 27 on MTV2 at 10:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. PST. The clip, shot by up-and-coming director Kevin Wildt ("Set Your Goals", "The Warriors"),is a conceptual piece with a storyline...

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METALLICA's 'Master Of Puppets' Tops List Of Most Influential Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time

METALLICA's classic 1986 album "Master of Puppets" has been selected by Spence D. and Ed Thompson of IGN Music as the "most influential" heavy metal album of all time. In the accompanying blurb explaining their choice, Spence writes, "Heavy metal fans no doubt have argued till blue in the balls abou...

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FIREWIND Guitarist Comments On NAMM Appearance

The brand new album, "Allegiance", from the Greek metal powerhouse FIREWIND was released today in the U.S. and features the young guitar phenomenon known as Gus G. (ex-DREAM EVIL, NIGHTRAGE, MYSTIC PROPHECY, ARCH ENEMY). Gus — who turned heads with his stunning "Betcha Can't Play This" feature in Gu...

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OCEANS OF SADNESS Signs With SCARLET RECORDS

Belgian progressive metallers OCEANS OF SADNESS have inked a deal with Italy's Scarlet Records. The group's fourth album, "Mirror Palace", was produced by Jens Bogren (OPETH, KATATONIA, AMON AMARTH) at Fascination Street Studio in Örebro, Sweden and features 10 tracks, including a cover version of A...

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Gloria

It's been a while since we've been given a front-row seat as a band self-destructs this spectacularly. MORGOTH going from bleak death metal to KILLING JOKE in the mid-1990s… the "black metal to weird industrial" metamorphosis of bands like MAYHEM and COVENANT a few years later… and of course, loomin...

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OPETH Mainman Slams 'New Breed Of Idiot Fans' For Questioning His Judgment

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has slammed the "new breed of idiot OPETH 'fans'" for questioning the abilities of the group's current drummer, Martin Axenrot (BLOODBATH, WITCHERY, NIFELHEIM),when compared to that of Axenrot's predecessor, Martin Lopez. Lopez officially left OPETH in May 2006 after...

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NORA To Enter Studio This Month

Trustkill Records recording artists NORA will enter the studio this month in New Jersey to begin recording their next album, entitled "Save Yourself". The band has once again tapped Eric Rachel (ATREYU, LIFETIME, EVERY TIME I DIE) to produce the new CD following their collaboration on 2003's "Dreame...

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SANCTITY: 'Road To Bloodshed' Artwork Posted Online

The cover artwork for SANCTITY's upcoming album, "Road to Bloodshed", has been posted online at this location. Due on April 10, "Road to Bloodshed" is the Asheville, North Carolina-based classic metal quartet's debut for Roadrunner Records, which signed the group back in January 2006. SANCTITY forme...

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METAL INJECTION Uploads 30 Hours Of Footage Into 'Video Vault'

Metal Injection has uploaded over 30 hours of archival footage into its "Video Vault". Before becoming the first metal video-on-demand network, "Overdose", Metal Injection would release weekly episodic episodes featuring the best in underground videos as well as interviews with today's big stars and...