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ANVIL's 'Juggernaut' Takes Top Honors In 'Metal On Metal' Listener Poll

ANVIL's "Juggernaut Of Justice" took the number one spot in WJCU's "Metal On Metal" Top 25 year-end album countdown show, which aired live on January 6. ANTHRAX's "Worship Music" finished a close second. "It feels like my hometown team just won the Super Bowl!" says "Metal On Metal" host Bill Peters...

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CORY SMOOT CD-Release/Memorial Show is Huge Success

On Saturday, January 7, the metal community took another step in dealing with the tragic death of longtime GWAR guitarist Cory Smoot by holding the first of two events in a three-show schedule of shows designed to support the Smoot Family Fund and honor the life of this prolific artist, who died of...

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DESASTER To Release 'The Arts Of Destruction' In February

German black/thrash commando DESASTER has finished recording its new album, "The Arts Of Destruction", for a February 28 release (one day earlier internationally) via Metal Blade Records. A landing page that includes "The Arts Of Destruction" pre-order links as well as the brand new song "Queens Of...

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GOATWHORE: New Album Details Revealed

"Blood For The Master", the new studio album from New Orleans, Louisiana's sons of American no-frills-black-metal-meets-death-'n'-roll GOATWHORE, will be released in North America on February 14 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was once again recorded at Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Flor...

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STEVEN TYLER Says AEROSMITH Sales Are Up 260% Since He Joined 'American Idol'

AEROSMITH singer Steven Tyler tells Access Hollywood that behind the scenes, his life has changed since he signed on to appear as a judge on "American Idol", despite his superstar rock 'n' roll status. "[Last season] it wasn't really accepted up front [with the rock community], mostly from my own ba...

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BLIND GUARDIAN: First Episode Of 'Guardian TV' Available

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have posted the first episode of Guardian TV in which they field questions submitted by their fans on Facebook. Check it out below. "Memories Of A Time To Come", the ultimate collection of BLIND GUARDIAN music from 1987 to 2011, will be released on January 20 vi...

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GOATWHORE And HATE ETERNAL Announce Co-Headlining Tour

GOATWHORE and HATE ETERNAL will join forces for a North American co-headlining tour in February/March. Support on the trek — which will take the bands from New Orleans to Brooklyn, with stops along the way in Hollywood, the Pacific Northwest and Canada — will come from FALLUJAH and CEREBRAL BORE. GO...

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KING OF ASGARD To Enter Studio In March

Swedish Viking death metallers KING OF ASGARD will enter Sonic Train studios in Varberg, Sweden with engineer Andy La Rocque (KING DIAMOND) in early March to begin recording their sophomore album. The follow-up to 2010's "Fi'mbulvintr" is due before the end of the year via Metal Blade Records. Comme...

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME: New Video Interview With PAUL WAGGONER

Great New Metal founder and publisher Brian Shields recently conducted an interview with guitarist Paul Waggoner of the North Carolina progressive rock band BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME. You can now watch the chat below. BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME's new album, "The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues", was r...

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THE GATES OF SLUMBER's 'Suffer No Guilt' To Be Reissued

THE GATES OF SLUMBER's "Suffer No Guilt" album will be reissued in a glorious six-panel, matte-finished digipak through Deep Send Records. THE GATES OF SLUMBER should be a household name to all lovers of true doom metal. To the uninitiated, their magnum sophomore album, "Suffer No Guilt", is the per...

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REVERENCE: Clip From Pre-Production Rehearsals Posted Online

REVERENCE, the new power metal band featuring vocalist Todd Michael Hall (JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR, HARLET),guitarist Bryan Holland (TOKYO BLADE, ARREST),drummer Steve "Dr. Killdrums" Wacholz (SAVATAGE, CRIMSON GLORY),bassist Frank Saparti (TOKYO BLADE, OVERLOADED, MINDCANDY),and lead guitaris...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Guitarist Talks To Brazil's 'Wikimetal' About 'Memories' Collection (Audio)

Brazil's Wikimetal podcast recently conducted an interview with guitarist Marcus Siepen of German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN about "Memories Of A Time To Come", the ultimate collection of BLIND GUARDIAN music from 1987 to 2011, which will be released on January 20, 2012 via Virgin/EMI. You can n...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Frontman Talks 'Memories Of A Time To Come' In New Audio Interview

Vocalist Hansi Kürsch of German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN was recently interviewed on Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock radio about "Memories Of A Time To Come", the ultimate collection of BLIND GUARDIAN music from 1987 to 2011, which will be released on January 20, 2012 via Virgin/EMI. A couple of e...

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SACRED STEEL Taps Producer BART GABRIEL For Next Album

German true metal act SACRED STEEL will enter MP Studio in Czestochowa, Poland in February 2012 with producer Bart Gabriel (JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR, CRYSTAL VIPER, LONEWOLF) to begin recording its eighth studio album, "The Bloodshed Summoning". A late 2012 release is expected. SACRED STEEL's last...

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Swedish Metallers FALCONER Featured In 'Mini Coupe' Commercial

Swedish metallers FALCONER are featured in a commercial/promotional film for the Mini Coupe, described as the first two-seater car in the Mini ranks. The two-minute clip, which contains a sample of FALCONER's music along with footage of what appears to be a "fake" FALCONER band performing on stage i...