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BUTCHER BABIES To Release 'Lilith' Album In The Fall; Cover Artwork Unveiled

BUTCHER BABIES will release their third album, "Lilith", in the fall via Century Media. The follow-up to 2015's "Take It Like A Man" was produced by Steve Evetts (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SEPULTURA, SUICIDE SILENCE) and marks the band's recording debut with new drummer, Chase Brickenden, who repla...

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SCORPIONS Guitarist On Split With Drummer JAMES KOTTAK: 'You Can't Really Count On Somebody Who Is Not Stable'

In a brand new interview with "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon", Rudolf Schenker spoke about the addition of former MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee to the SCORPIONS ranks. Last September, the Swedish musician was named as a permanent replacement for SCORPIONS' longtime drummer James Kottak, who was dismisse...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Lawsuit With WARNER BROS. To Go To Trial In December

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the lawsuit brought against AVENGED SEVENFOLD by its former label, Warner Bros. Records, could set a new legal precedent if it actually comes to trial in December. Warner Bros. sued AVENGED SEVENFOLD in late 2015 after the band left the label by citing the Califo...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL On His Cancer Battle: 'I Am One Of The Lucky Ones'

In a recent interview with "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon", DEF LEPPARD and LAST IN LINE guitarist Vivian Campbell spoke about his continuing battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma, with which he was diagnosed in 2013. "Well, I'm very lucky, but it's still ongoing for me," he said. "For the last two years, I'v...

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SAMI HINKKA Says Viking Metal 'Has Nothing To Do' With ENSIFERUM

The Duke of WSOU 89.5 FM recently conducted an interview with bassist Sami Hinkka of Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM. You can listen to the full chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the whether the band's forthcoming "Two Paths" album h...

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SCORPIONS On Drummer MIKKEY DEE's Addition To Band: 'The Chemistry Between Us Is Fantastic'

SCORPIONS singer Klaus Meine and guitarist Matthias Jabs spoke to Poland's Life Festival Oświęcim earlier this year about the addition of former MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee to the group's ranks. "Mikkey's with us since May last year when we picked up the tour in America, Klaus said (see video below...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND: Heavy Metal 'Is Possibly The Most Sexless Genre That You Could Find'

Kristina Wolf of Allschools conducted an interview with Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend at this year's edition of the Summer Breeze festival, which was held August 16-18 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if hair is directly related to "metal sexiness," Devin...

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER To Tour North America With SUFFOCATION, DECREPIT BIRTH

This fall, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will embark on a North American tour in support of its upcoming album, "Nightbringers", due out October 6 via Metal Blade. The trek will run from October 6 through November 11 with a stop at this year's edition of Ozzfest Meets Knotfest on November 5. Support will...

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GWAR Unveils 'The Blood Of Gods' Album Details, Releases 'F**k This Place' Video

GWAR will release its new album, "The Blood Of Gods", on October 20 via Metal Blade. The disc was produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Ronan Chris "Lord God" Murphy and will be made available in standard CD, 2LP colored vinyl and digital formats. The video for the first single, "Fuck This Place...

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER To Release 'Nightbringers' Album In October; Watch Video For Title Track

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will release its eighth full-length album, "Nightbringers", on October 6 via Metal Blade Records. The official music video for the disc's title track can be viewed below. Rather than meticulously plan things out or stick rigidly to any kind of template, when it comes to writ...

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HATEBREED To Celebrate 20 Years Of 'Desire' And 15 Years Of 'Perseverance' With Fall Headline Tour

Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED released their first full-length, the modern hardcore classic "Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire", back in November of 1997. The album set the tone for the type of moshable metal that would eventually go on to define the '00s. 2002's "Perseverance" was...

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Video: LOUDNESS Performs In Oslo, Norway

Fan-filmed video footage of LOUDNESS's August 2 concert at Hard Rock Cafe in Oslo, Norway can be seen below. LOUDNESS will release its new album, "Rise To Glory", on January 26, 2018. The follow-up to 2014's "The Sun Will Rise Again" will be made available in Japan via Ward Records and throughout Eu...

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I live about 45 minutes from Laurel, Maryland, and frequently end up in the District of Columbia. You pass through, or by, Laurel to get to D.C., and though I almost never speak of it to anyone riding with me—unless, as rock fans, they can grasp the significance of it—I always think the same thing:...

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It appears that there is no love lost between VENOM INC.'s bassist/vocalist Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan and the line-up of the long-running, still active Conrad "Cronos" Lant-fronted version of VENOM. But the new incarnation is hardly new at all. In VENOM INC., Dolan is joined by original VENOM guit...

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DANI FILTH Says New CRADLE OF FILTH Members 'Excite' And 'Inspire' Him To Come Up With Ideas

Metal Wani's Fernando Bonenfant conducted an interview with frontman Dani Filth of U.K. extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH. You can watch the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he thinks music videos are as helpful to an album's promotion as the...