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Video: BATTLECROSS Rehearsing With Drummer KEVIN TALLEY

Video footage of Detroit thrashers BATTLECROSS rehearsing with SIX FEET UNDER drummer Kevin Talley for their performances at the New England Metal & Hardcore (April 19) and Orion Music + More (June 8-9) festivals can be seen below. Talley, who has also played with DAATH, CHIMAIRA, MISERY INDEX,...

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Video: SLAYER Drummer's PHILM Performs In Athens

Fan-filmed video footage of PHILM's April 20 concert at Second Skin in Athens, Greece can be seen below. PHILM is the Los Angeles-based experimental post-hardcore triumvirate featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (SLAYER),guitarist/vocalist Gerry Nestler (CIVIL DEFIANCE),and bassist Pancho Tomaselli (WA...

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DEATHDESTRUCTION: More Video Footage From The Studio

Swedish metallers DEATHDESTRUCTION recorded their sophomore album, tentatively titled "Death Is The Winner", between November 17, 2012 and January 10 2013 at Bohus Sound studios in Kungälv, Sweden with producer Roberto Laghi (IN FLAMES, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, LOK, SONIC SYNDICATE). Laghi also mixed the...

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WOODS OF YPRES Wins 'Metal/Hard Music' JUNO Award

WOODS OF YPRES was honored in the "Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year" category at this year's Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards),which is being held in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. WOODS OF YPRES mainman David Gold was killed in December 2011 in a car accident near Barrie,...

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OPETH Guitarist Interviewed By 'The Metallic Onslaught' (Video)

On April 18, Randy Smith of "The Metallic Onslaught" conducted an interview with guitarist Fredrik Åkesson of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo, New York. Fredrik spoke about the band's latest CD, "Heritage"; hitting the road with KATATONIA for the current leg of th...

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RINGWORM Begins Recording New Album

Cleveland, Ohio metal/hardcore veterans RINGWORM have entered Spider Studios in their hometown with producer Ben Schigel (CHIMAIRA, WALLS OF JERICHO) to begin recording their new album for a late 2013 release via Relapse Records. Formed in 1990, RINGWORM has previously released six full-length album...

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Study: Anxiety, Depression High Among Young Heavy Metal Fans

According to Pacific Standard, newly published research has found "significantly higher levels of anxiety and depression among listeners of heavy metal/hard rock music, as compared with non-listeners." A sample of 551 college students was assessed on music preference and on symptoms of depression, a...

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OPETH Schedules 'Record Store Day' Signing, Acoustic Performance

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will celebrate "Record Store Day" with a free acoustic performance and signing on April 20 at 3:00 p.m at Newbury Comics in Leominster, Massachusetts. Newbury Comics 31 Sack Blvd. Leominster, MA (978) 537-9517 NewburyComics.com Founded in 2007 and officially kicke...

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BATTLECROSS Taps Ex-THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Drummer For New Album

Detroit thrashers BATTLECROSS are putting the finishing touches on their sophomore album for a summer release via Metal Blade Records. The drum tracks on the CD were laid down by Shannon Lucas (ex-THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER) following the departure of Mike Kreger earlier in the year. The follow-up to 2...

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FIREWIND: Live Album Title Revealed

Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND, who feature in their ranks current OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G., will celebrate their 10th anniversary by releasing a live album on June 24 via Century Media Records in Europe. Entitled "Apotheosis - Live 2012", the CD will contain 17 songs recorded at special ann...

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PSY:CODE To Release 'Cause And Neglect' In June

Danish metal quintet PSY:CODE will release its second album, "Cause And Neglect", on June 10 via Mighty Music. The follow-up to 2010's "Delusion" contains 12 new tracks that blend technical riffing, atmospheric passages, progressive structures and hardcore metal. Lyrically, the album gives the liste...

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Not to be confused with the classic rock unit out of St. Louis, the much heavier ARBOGAST from Chicago might as well be considered prog-crunk. Their hyperactive songwriting theories calls to mind KYLESA, MADE OUT OF BABIES and the barest traces of HELMET, but with a lot more thrash, punk and progres...

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Bushcraft

Vancouver 'core metallers (as opposed to the more watered-down metalcore) BAPTISTS have bounced forth from a primer 7 inch from last year with their debut album, "Bushcraft". If some noisome chaos is what you're after to turn loose your inner beast in an industrious manner, you just might want to st...

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I Versus the Glacier

At first glance, levity seems a natural, dominant feature of CLAMFIGHT's sophomore album, "I Versus the Glacier" - just look at the Viking pin-up girls gracing that cover art and, well, the band IS called CLAMFIGHT! But, as was similarly the case with the New Jersey quartet's first opus, released so...

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BEYOND DISHONOR: 'Heisenberg' Video Released

Trenton, New Jersey metalcore mainstays BEYOND DISHONOR have released a music video for their first single, entitled "Heisenberg". The song comes off the band's upcoming EP, "Generations", set to drop in June. Any fan of the hit television drama "Breaking Bad" will immediately recognize that "Heisen...