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FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE Frontman On 'Veleno': 'Diversity Makes The Album More Varied And Dynamic'

Josh Rundquist of That Drummer Guy recently conducted an interview with vocalist Francesco Paoli of Italian orchestral-death giants FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE about the band's forthcoming new studio album, "Veleno". You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer Thinks 'The Verdict' Is 'A Great Representation Of Where The Band Is Creatively Today'

QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Todd La Torre recently spoke with TNT Radio Rock. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's new album, "The Verdict": Todd: "We all wrote together as a band and came up with what we feel is a really go...

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NEW YEARS DAY Vocalist Talks Mixing Pop And Metal On New Album 'Unbreakable': 'I Wanted To Experiment'

Vocalist Ash Costello and guitarist Nikki Misery of NEW YEARS DAY recently spoke with James Wilson-Taylor of the British magazine Rock Sound. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the inspiration behind the title of the group's new al...

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University Professor Dismisses Suspected Murderer's Claim 'Nordic Heavy Metal' Drove Him To Kill

A university professor has shot down a suspected murderer's claim that he was driven by heavy metal music to commit his crime. 31-year-old Cody Lutz told a Mansfield, Ohio police detective that "Nordic heavy metal music" caused him to stab 90-year-old Omar Brown to death with a piece of a broken, wo...

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Watch Fifth Episode Of ALICE IN CHAINS' 'Black Antenna' Movie Project

ALICE IN CHAINS has released the fifth episode of "Black Antenna", a dark sci-fi thriller set against the backdrop of the band's Grammy-nominated album "Rainier Fog" (BMG). Further episodes will be released throughout the coming months. The dramatic films come ahead of the band's highly anticipated...

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A decade ago, as folk metal enjoyed its somewhat expected commercial explosion in Europe, the genre tag swiftly became synonymous with a kind of semi-comedic party metal. Not that there is anything wrong with TURISAS, FINNTROLL or even the relentlessly daft KORPIKLAANI, but there was always more to...

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Video Premiere: AMON AMARTH's 'Crack The Sky'

"Crack The Sky", the new video from Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Berserker", which will be released on May 3 via Metal Blade Records. The disc was recorded at Sphere Studios in North Hollywood, California with producer Jay...

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TOM MORELLO Agrees That Black Hole Should Be Named After SOUNDGARDEN's CHRIS CORNELL

Chris Cornell's AUDIOSLAVE bandmate Tom Morello says that he "would be happy" to add his name to the online petition to re-name the recently photographed black hole after the late singer. The very first image of the cosmic phenomenon was revealed last week — and some music fans want it named in trib...

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TRACII GUNS Recalls Seeing MICK MARS Perform For First Time: 'At The Time, There Was No One Like Him'

In an exclusive interview with Rock Scene, L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns looks back on his early experiences with music. He remembers being a young boy and sitting in the back of his mother's boyfriend's car in 1971 and hearing LED ZEPPELIN's "Whole Lotta Love" for the first time. "It was overwhel...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION: 'Mad World' Lyric Video

The official lyric video for "Mad World" from Dutch metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's latest album, "Resist", which arrived on February 1. The disc is the band's first release through Spinefarm Records, the specialist hard rock label of Universal Music...

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POSSESSED's JEFF BECERRA Recounts 1989 Armed Robbery Attempt That Left Him Paralyzed And Wheelchair-Bound

Californian death metal pioneers POSSESSED originally split in 1987, leaving behind a short but highly influential legacy, most notably their 1985 "Seven Churches" debut, widely considered to be the first-ever death metal album. Internal tensions after the release of 1987's "The Eyes Of Horror" EP l...

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NITA STRAUSS: 'I Haven't Taken A Day Off Since January 3rd'

On April 8, Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, took part in an "Ask Anything Chat" where she answered a number of fan-submitted questions. Asked if she ever gets to relax at home when she is not touring, Nita said: "Not so much relaxing. Here's a little-kn...

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MY DYING BRIDE: 'A Harvest Of Dread' Box Set To Include Rarities And Previously Unheard Pre-Production Demos

Peaceville will release MY DYING BRIDE's "A Harvest Of Dread" on May 24. It is described as "a deluxe 12-inch 92-page hardback book five-disc set celebrating the rise of the U.K. doom metal legends." The book features interviews with band members past and present plus others associated with the scen...

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311 To Release 'Voyager' Album In June; First Two Songs, 'Good Feeling' And 'Don't You Worry', Now Available

311 has released the first two tracks — "Good Feeling" and "Don't You Worry" — from its upcoming album, "Voyager" (BMG). Both "Good Feeling" and "Don't You Worry" are available as instant downloads when you pre-order "Voyager" ahead of its June 28 release. In addition, everyone who pre-orders the al...

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TRONOS Feat. NAPALM DEATH's SHANE EMBURY, MEGADETH's DIRK VERBEUREN: EPK For 'Celestial Mechanics' Album

U.K.-based outfit TRONOS has released an EPK-style interview video for its debut album, "Celestial Mechanics", which has just been made available via Century Media Records. In the clip, TRONOS members Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH, BRUJERIA) and Russ Russell (AT THE GATES, DIMMU BORGIR, NAPALM DEATH) d...