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COHEED AND CAMBRIA: New Album Details Revealed

New York progressive rockers COHEED AND CAMBRIA have announced details of their upcoming sixth studio album, a double concept album entitled "The Afterman", to be released in two separate full-length volumes. The first volume, "The Afterman: Ascension", will be available on both physical and digital...

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THE INSURGENCE Signs With INNERSTRENGTH RECORDS

Innerstrength Records has announces the signing of THE INSURGENCE. The band's new album, "Elimi-Nation", was recorded at Soundhouse by Jack Endino (NIRVANA, HIGH ON FIRE, ZEKE, VALIENT THORR, SKELETONWITCH, BLACK TUSK) and is scheduled for release on September 29 on CD, colored vinyl, and digitally....

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STOLEN BABIES To Release 'Naught' In September

"Naught", the new album from the avant-garde metal band STOLEN BABIES, will be released digitally on September 18 and physically on October 16 via No Comment Records. The CD art was illustrated by artist Crab Scrambly and can be viewed below. "In continuing our collaboration with artist Crab Scrambl...

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DETHKLOK's BRENDON SMALL Interviewed On 'Freethought Radio' (Audio)

Freethought Radio recently conducted an interview with Brendon Small, co-creator of "Metalocalypse", the smash hit animated series on Adult Swim featuring the fictitious metal band DETHKLOK. He discusses how he got into music and metal, going to music school and comedy-writing school, creating "Meta...

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TODD KERNS: SLASH Is 'One Of The Kindest People I Know'

Jim Barber of The Belleville Intelligencer recently conducted an interview with Todd Kerns, the bassist and backup vocalist in Slash's band as well as a member of SIN CITY SINNERS. On how excited he still gets before some gigs: Todd: "[Slash] always laughs because I am like, 'Wow, there's Rick Niels...

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IRON MAIDEN Singer Teams Up With Star Of History Television's 'Ice Pilots NWT'

According to the Edmonton Journal, IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson is teaming up with Joe McBryan, owner and operator of Buffalo Airways, who is also a star of the History Television reality-TV show "Ice Pilots NWT". The singer will get a chance to fly one of Buffalo's Second World War-era plan...

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BLACK SABBATH Bassist GEEZER BUTLER Joins HARTKE Family

Hartke has announced the addition of legendary bassist Geezer Butler to its family of artists. Best known as the co-founder of the iconic band BLACK SABBATH, Butler has been a mainstay in the hard rock community for over 40 years. A prolific songwriter, Butler is credited with being the first bassis...

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POISON Singer To Make Movie About His Life

POISON singer Bret Michaels revealed in a new interview with The Columbus Dispatch that he is planning to make a movie about his life, starting with his youth in Pittsburgh, where he overcame his childhood health issues, first picked up a guitar and formed his first bands. "I want to tell the story,...

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SHINING Frontman Says He Is Bipolar, Schizophrenic With A Split Personality

Pete Woods of Ave Noctum recently conducted an interview with vocalist Niklas Kvarforth of Swedish extreme metallers SHINING. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On interviews: Niklas: "I am going to do special interviews in the future maybe for, like, Bizarre and stuff like that but I have d...

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Afghanistan's First Heavy Metal Band: 'We Live Under The Constant Fear Of Sudden Death'

Reuters published a story today focusing on the growing influence of American rock music on Afghan youth. DISTRICT UNKNOWN, which is said to be Afghanistan's first heavy metal band, is one of a handful of groups to emerge with mentoring from Afghanistan's first school of rock, Kabul's "Sound Centre"...

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LIV KRISTINE: 'Libertine' Audio Sample Available

An audio sample of "Libertine", the forthcoming fourth solo album from Norwegian singer Liv Kristine (LEAVES' EYES, ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY),can be streamed on her Facebook page. "Libertine" will be released via the Napalm Records subsidiary Black Rose Productions on the following dates: North Americ...

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SLASH Revisits GUNS N' ROSES' 'Appetite For Destruction' In FUSE TV Interview

Video footage of Slash talking to Fuse TV about the 25th anniversary of GUNS N' ROSES' classic debut album, "Appetite For Destruction", can be seen below. Slash reveals the dirty alternate lyrics for "Paradise City" and talks about how "Welcome To The Jungle" became the LP's anchor. "'Appetite' is n...

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SYBREED: 'God Is An Automaton' Studio Footage Posted Online

A three-minute video clip featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "God Is An Automaton", the fourth album from Swiss metallers SYBREED, can be seen below. Due on September 24 in Europe and October 2 in North America via Listenable Records, the follow-up to 2010's "The Pulse Of Awakeni...

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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: New Video Interview With ANDY TRICK

Loudwire's Anne Erickson conducted an interview with bassist Andy Trick of the Dayton, Ohio Christian metalcore band THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA at a recent stop on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour. You can now watch the chat below. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA released a live CD/DVD, "Dead & A...

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DUST BOLT: 'Violent Demolition' Audio Samples Available

A six-minute YouTube clip containing audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on "Violent Demolition", the debut album from German thrashers DUST BOLT, can be seen below. The CD, which features a guest appearance by SEPULTURA frontman Derrick Green, will be released on July 27 via Napa...