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CHIMAIRA Confirmed For Next Year's DUBAI DESERT ROCK Festival

Cleveland, Ohio metallers CHIMAIRA have been confirmed for next year's Dubai Desert Rock 2009, set to take place March 6-7, 2009 at Dubai Festival City, United Arab Emirates. The festival, which will take place at Dubai Festival City, will also feature the Swedish progressive metal band OPETH. A spo...

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ROB ZOMBIE Completes Work On WHITE ZOMBIE Box Set

Rob Zombie has completed work on the long-delayed WHITE ZOMBIE box set. In a posting on his MySpace page, he writes, "Well, I am now holding the finished newly master WHITE ZOMBIE box set in my hands. Yes, it is done! A long time coming but it is here. I'm not sure what the release ...

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Disgorge Mexico

After a prolific run of releases, Canada's FUCK THE FACTS landed a much-deserved deal with Relapse and released 2006's "Stigmata High-Five", a grinding metallic album featuring Topon Dos' nails-on-chalkboard riffs and Melanie Mongeon's scathing growls. Always a band with peculiar album titles, one w...

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ALICE IN CHAINS To Enter Studio In October

ALICE IN CHAINS will enter the studio in October to begin recording its first all-new studio effort since 1995's self-titled third album. According to an online posting by The Baldy — whose job is "to travel the world with ALICE IN CHAINS and send photos, videos and blog entries back to [the webmast...

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TESTAMENT, QUO VADIS Guitarists Featured On This Week's 'The Metal File'

TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick and QUO VADIS axeman Bart Frydrychowicz were interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. Download the show as an MP3 file at this location. TESTAMENT's latest album, "The Formation of Damnation", debuted at #59 on the Billboard Top...

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PRYMARY Parts Ways With Singer, Seeks Replacement

Huntington Beach, California-based progressive metallers PRYMARY have parted ways with vocalist Mike Di Sarro. Drummer Chris Quirarte states, "Mike has been with the band since 2001 and has played a big part in everything that we have done. We worked through the end of last year and the beginning of...

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AMON AMARTH: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'Twilight Of The Thunder God' Video Shoot Available

Behind-the-scenes footage from the video shoot for the title track off AMON AMARTH's new album, "Twilight of the Thunder God", can be viewed below. The clip filmed on the old Viking site, Jomsborg, home of the Jomsvikings in Wolin, Poland, with the Polish team Group 13 and director Dariusz Szermanow...

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SKYFIRE: 'Esoteric' Artwork Unveiled; Studio Video Footage Available

Swedish progressive death metallers SKYFIRE have unveiled the cover artwork (see below) for their fourth album, "Esoteric", due in early 2009 via Pivotal Rockordings. The cover art, which can only be described as "epic," was created by Pär Olofsson, who has previously worked with BRAIN DRILL, PSYCRO...

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WARREL DANE: 'Brother' Video Posted Online

NEVERMORE vocalist Warrel Dane's video for the song "Brother" can be viewed below. The clip, which was shot with up-and-coming director Max Gutierrez, is a very dark introspective piece focusing on the relationship between Dane and his brother following the death of their father. Comments Dane: "I'm...

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JUDAS PRIEST, TESTAMENT Interviewed In Vancouver; Video Available

ABORT TV caught up with metal legends JUDAS PRIEST and TESTAMENT when they performed on July 24 at the General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Watch the 10-minute clip below. JUDAS PRIEST is currently taking part in the "Metal Masters Tour" alongside TESTAMENT, HEAVEN AND HELL a...

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BOSTON: Tonight's Concert In Florida Cancelled

Classic rock legends BOSTON have issued the following statement: "Due to inclement weather caused by tropical storm Fay, the BOSTON concert scheduled for Friday, August 22, 2008 [at St. Augustine Amphitheatre in St. Augustine, Florida] has been cancelled. There is currently no make-up date for this...

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TESTAMENT: New Video Interview Available

HeavyMetalSource.com conducted an interview with veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT on August 15, 2008 at The Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. Watch the eight-minute chat below. As previously reported, TESTAMENT will be direct support for CHILDREN OF BODOM on October 9...

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FUNERAL: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Norwegian masters of doom FUNERAL will release their new album, "As The Light Does The Shadow", on September 22 via Indie Recordings. One of the tracks, "In The Fathoms Of Wit And Reason", features a guest appearance by Robert Lowe (CANDLEMASS, SOLITUDE AETURNUS) on vocals. "As The Light Does The Sh...

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AMON AMARTH: New Song Available For Streaming

A brand new AMON AMARTH track entitled "Twilight of the Thunder God" is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song is the title cut of the Swedish Swedish Viking metallers' new album and it features a guest appearance by CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist Roope Latvala. A video for the tr...

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THIS ENDING: New Album Delayed

THIS ENDING — the Stockholm, Sweden-based band formerly known as THE PLAGUE (before they were forced to change their name for legal reasons) — has issued the following update: "After a gruelling recording, mixing and mastering process during the early summer, [THIS ENDING's sophomore album] 'Dead Ha...