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MASTODON: Cover Of METALLICA's 'Orion' Posted Online

MASTODON's cover of METALLICA's "Orion", which was recorded for the recently released Kerrang! magazine tribute to the METALLICA album "Master of Puppets", has been posted online at www.myspace.com/mastodon. Also available at the same location are pictures and videos from the recording sessions for...

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QUEENSRŸCHE, POISON, LACUNA COIL Land In BILLBOARD's Top 30

QUEENSRŸCHE's "Operation: Mindcrime II" has sold 44,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at No. 14 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. This is more than half of the total sales tally registered by the band's last studio album, 2003's "Tribe", which sold 20,000 co...

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VENOM: New BBC Session Posted Online

British black metal pioneers VENOM's brand-new session for the BBC, which was recorded last month at London's Maida Vale studios, was broadcast on Radio 1 on April 11 during Mike Davies' "Rock Show". This is the second recording by VENOM since 1985, when they laid down four tracks for Tommy Vance's...

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MACHINE HEAD: The Making of 'Battery' Part 2 Now Available

Go behind the scenes for the making of MACHINE HEAD's cover of METALLICA's "Battery" with part two of a two-part series, now available exclusively on the band's MySpace page. MACHINE HEAD's cover of "Battery" was recorded for the recently released Kerrang! magazine tribute to the METALLICA album "Ma...

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ARCH ENEMY, DRAGONFORCE Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA OPEN AIR Festival

ARCH ENEMY, DRAGONFORCE, SUBURBAN TRIBE and PAIN CONFESSOR have been confirmed for the ninth annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, set to take place June 30 – July 2 at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 32 bands will perform on three stages over the course of three days. In addition,...

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FATES WARNING: 'Spectre Within' Special Collectors' Edition Artwork Available

Dangerous Age Graphics has announced a very limited edition (only twenty canvas originals!) canvas prints of FATES WARNING's "Spectre Within" artwork, hand-retouched and signed by cover artist Ioannis (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, BIOHAZARD, DEEP PURPLE, ALLMAN BROTHERS, UFO, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN)....

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The Ultimate Destroyer

You knew it would only get bloodier after Chicago's LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR (LOTM) hacked and stabbed with murderous metal rage and old school spirit on 2004's "Carnage". On "The Ultimate Destroyer", lyrical themes based on the savage end of Greek Mythology (with poetic license liberally taken) once ag...

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THREAT SIGNAL To Release 'Under Reprisal' In May

Canadian metallers THREAT SIGNAL will release their debut album, "Under Reprisal", in Europe on May 26 via Nuclear Blast Records. An August 22 North American release is expected. THREAT SIGNAL recorded "Under Reprisal" this past fall with producer Christian Olde Wolbers of FEAR FACTORY. "Under Repri...

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SKYCLAD: 'Jig-a-Jig' EP Artwork Posted Online

British "folk metal" act SKYCLAD have posted the cover artwork of their new EP, 'Jig-a-Jig', at this location. The disc features a brand new recording of the instrumental track "Jig-a-Jig", along with the songs "The Roman Wall Blues", "They Think It's All Over - Well Is It Now?" and "Mr Malaprope" f...

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SPEED\KILL/HATE Seek Bassist For Tour

Bassist Derek Tailer will be unable to join SPEED\KILL/HATE on their upcoming Metal Crusaders North American tour due to "personal reasons." As a result, the band are currently auditioning bass players to fill in for Derek on this trek. Backing vocals are "a MUST!!!" Interested parties can contact t...

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DEVILDRIVER Frontman: 'We're Bringing In Some Unadulterated Metal'

George Dionne of Rock Is Life recently conducted an interview with DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara (ex-COAL CHAMBER). An excerpt from the chat follows: Rock Is Life: Why do you think other nu-metal bands just faded away? Dez: "It took them almost ten years to put a label on what COAL CHAMBER did, be...

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VENOM Confirmed For Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST

British black metal pioneers VENOM have been confirmed for the 2006 edition of the Earthshaker Fest, set to take place July 21-22 in Kreuth. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ANNIHILATOR ARCH ENEMY BRAINSTORM CALIBAN COMMUNIC DEATHSTARS DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER...

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7000 DYING RATS Sign With HEWHOCORRUPTS INC

Hewhocorrupts Inc has announced the signing of 7000 DYING RATS to its roster. 7000 DYING RATS will release its first full-length in over five years, entitled "Season In Hell", on November 6, 2006. 7000 DYING RATS' brand of comedic grindcore can be summed up with many key marketable terms: diversifie...

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GRIND INC. To Release Second Album In June

German brutal death metallers GRIND INC. will release their second full-length album, entitled "Inhale the Violence", on May 25 via Morbid Records. The CD was recorded at Ezy studios in Krefeld, Germany and the artwork was created by Deather of In Deed Hell, who was also responsible for the artwork...

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AMORPHIS, DRAGONFORCE, 10 YEARS Confirmed For Italy's GODS OF METAL Festival

AMORPHIS, DRAGONFORCE, HELLFUELED and 10 YEARS have been confirmed for the tenth edition of the Gods Of Metal festival, set to take place June 1-4 at Idroscalo in Milan, Italy. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: Thursday, June 1: VENOM DIMMU BORGIR OPETH DOWN TESTAMENT NEVERMORE SATY...