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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...

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SADUS Drops Off DESTRUCTION Tour, INTO ETERNITY Steps In

According to a posting on DESTRUCTION's official web site, veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers SADUS have dropped off the upcoming "Thrash Till Death Over North America" tour featuring DESTRUCTION, MUNICIPAL WASTE and HIRAX. "We are still waiting for an official statement from the band and the...

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OPETH Frontman Begins Writing New Album, Commences Work On Side-Project

According to a posting on OPETH's official web site, the group's frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has started writing material for what is supposed to be the ninth OPETH record, tentatively due before the end of the year. In addition, he is working on an as-yet-unnamed side-project. More information will b...

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LULLACRY Guitarist Keeping Things Heavy And Melodic

LULLACRY guitarist Sami Vauhkonen has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Boys and girls! Now it's time get in some action! For me it's always been easier to write music when it's dark outside. Yeah, I know you're looking at the damn picture and mumbling that it's not sooo...

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FIREBALL MINISTRY: Live Video Available

A video clip of FIREBALL MINISTRY playing their track "Choker" at Mohawk Place in Buffalo, NY earlier this year during The Triple Threat Tour with ARTIMUS PYLDRIVER and VAINS OF JENNA has been posted online at the Underground Video Television web site. The Triple Threat Tour was FIREBALL MINISTRY's...

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OPETH Mainman: 'I Will Practice My Playing Like An Idiot'

OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt has issued the following update: "OK, just a brief note to say thanks to everyone that came and saw us during the 'Ghost Reveries' world tour 2005/2006. 19 months of touring, pretty much. We're gonna post all the dates on Opeth.com soon and it will loook insane! What t...

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DAY ELEVEN: New Album Sample Available

Finnish alternative rock/metal group DAY ELEVEN is offering a sample from their new album, to be released in Finland in March 2007. Check out the track "Dissonance Fading" on the band's MySpace page. After recording their first album by themselves, the band decided this time to work with producers J...

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BLACK SABBATH In The U.K.'s SUN Tabloid

In an almost unprecedented move for a tabloid newspaper, the Sun — the world's biggest-selling English-language newspaper, with over eight million readers a day — has acknowledged the world of heavy metal by reviewing a BLACK SABBATH biography in glowing terms. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", the new SABB...