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CANDLEMASS' LEIF EDLING Offers Track-By-Track Breakdown Of AVATARIUM Debut

AVATARIUM, the new project led by Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, will release its self-titled debut album on November 1 via Nuclear Blast. In addition to Edling, AVATARIUM features Marcus Jidell (ROYAL HUNT, EVERGREY) on guitar, Lars Sköld...

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CARCASS Guitarist: 'We're Drawing From The Same Pool Of Influences That We Always Drew From'

Chad Bowar of About.com Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with guitarist Bill Steer of reactivated British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. About.com Heavy Metal: After getting back together, at what point did you decide you wanted to write n...

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SLIPKNOT's JOEY JORDISON Talks To SOUNDSPHERE About SCAR THE MARTYR (Audio)

Dom Smith of Soundsphere magazine recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT and SCAR THE MARTYR drummer Joey Jordison. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. The self-titled debut album from SCAR THE MARTYR sold around 3,300 copies in the United States in its first wee...

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Former TROUBLE Singer's BLACKFINGER Announces New Bassist

BLACKFINGER, the band featuring former TROUBLE vocalist Eric Wagner, has announced the addition of Chicago bassist Willie Max to the group's ranks. Willie, a member of long-running Chicago metal outfit SHADOZ EDGE, as well as SPILLAGE (featuring EARTHEN GRAVE's Tony Spillman),replaces Ben Smith, wh...

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AVATARIUM: Video Footage From Debut Album Recording Sessions

AVATARIUM, the new project led by Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, will release its self-titled debut album on November 1 via Nuclear Blast. A short video clip featuring footage from the CD's recording sessions can be seen below. In addition...

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MACHINE HEAD Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST ENTERTAINMENT

After over a year of dialogues with various record labels, San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD have decided on a new home with the newly launched arm of Nuclear Blast Records, Nuclear Blast Entertainment, headed by the band's longtime friend and former Roadrunner A&R guru Monte Conner....

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SAMMY HAGAR's 'Friends' Album Cracks U.S. Top 25

Sammy Hagar's first-ever rock collaborations album, "Sammy Hagar And Friends", sold around 15,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 23 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on September 24 via Frontiers Hagar enlisted three legendary mus...

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LEIF EDLING's AVATARIUM: 'Moonhorse' Lyric Video Released

AVATARIUM, the new project led by Leif Edling, founding bassist and main songwriter of Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, will release its self-titled debut album on November 1 via Nuclear Blast. In addition to Edling, AVATARIUM features Marcus Jidell (ROYAL HUNT, EVERGREY) on guitar, Lars Sköld...

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ALICE COOPER Completes Work On Covers Album

On September 26, Chad Tyson of the 98.7 The Gater radio station in West Palm Beach, Florida conducted an interview with legendary rocker Alice Cooper. You can now listen to the chat below. Cooper has just completed work on a covers album featuring songs that were originally written and recorded by T...

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SAMMY HAGAR Answers Fan-Submitted Questions In Google+ Hangout (Video)

Sammy Hagar answered fan-submitted questions this past Tuesday, September 24 as part of a live Google+ Hangout event. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. Hagar's first-ever rock collaborations album, "Sammy Hagar And Friends", is likely to sell between 13,000 and 15,000 copies i...

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SAMMY HAGAR's 'Friends' Album Projected To Sell 13K-15K First Week

Sammy Hagar's first-ever rock collaborations album, "Sammy Hagar And Friends", is likely to sell between 13,000 and 15,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the re...

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DUFF MCKAGAN To Deliver Keynote Speech At CBGB MUSIC & FILM FESTIVAL CONFERENCE

Duff McKagan (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER, LOADED) will deliver the CBGB 2013 music festival keynote at the CBGB Music & Film Festival Conference, which will be held October 8-13 at Lower Manhattan's Landmark Sunshine Theater with performances at venues throughout New York City and Brooklyn....

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SHINEDOWN Guitarist Talks To 105.7 THE POINT (Video)

Ashley "Lux" Elzinga of the 105.7 The Point radio station in St. Louis, Missouri conducted an interview with SHINEDOWN guitarist Zach Myers. You can now watch the chat below. According to The Pulse Of Radio, Loudwire asked Myers what SHINEDOWN has coming up next on its schedule after this summer's C...

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DEVILDRIVER Frontman Interviewed On New Zealand's 'The Sick Room' (Audio)

Caleb Smith of "The Sick Room" radio in New Zealand recently conducted an interview with vocalist Dez Fafara of Californian metallers DEVILDRIVER. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. DEVILDRIVER's sixth album, "Winter Kills", sold around 11,000 copies in the United States in it...

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NICK CATANESE: How I Got The BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Gig (Video)

In the four-minute segment below, guitarist Nick Catanese explains to JamPlay.com how he got the gig with Zakk Wylde and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's new live DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital Video, "Unblackened", will be released on September 24 by Eagle Rock Entertainment. BLACK LABEL SOCIE...