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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM 'Four Songs Into Pre-Production' For New Album

Long-running Arizona metallers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM are "four songs into pre-production" for their new album, tentatively due in late 2012/early 2013. The band is hoping to complete all songs by the middle of the summer. Several photos from the studio can be seen at this location. Funding for the next...

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MASTODON Schedules Vancouver In-Store

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will take part in a meet-and-greet on May 1 at Scrape Records in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. More information is available at this location. MASTODON has just released a split seven-inch single with Canadian singer-songwriter Feist to celebrate Record...

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Former QUIET RIOT Singer: 'I Think I Was Doing One Hell Of A Job'

Former QUIET RIOT lead singer Mark Huff tells SleazeRoxx.com's Ruben Mosqueda that he found out he was fired from the band via the Internet while he was in the hospital waiting for a brain surgery. "I've never had any problems like this in my life," Mark said. "I woke up on January 1st ...

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GREAT WHITE Members Fire Back At JACK RUSSELL In Battle Over Band Name

GREAT WHITE lead guitarist Mark Kendall, drummer Audie Desbrow and guitarist/keyboardist/backing vocalist Michael Lardie have fired back at the group's estranged singer, Jack Russell, after Jack filed a lawsuit against his former bandmates claiming that they kicked him out of the band and stole the...

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MICHAEL KISKE: 'I Can't Really Listen To Myself' On HELLOWEEN's 'Keeper' Albums

On April 20, Aniruddh Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with with former HELLOWEEN and current UNISONIC singer Michael Kiske. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: Did you feel that the songwriting [for the UNISONIC debut album] went through a big change when K...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Guitarist Explains 'Trespass America' Festival Concept

Introducing Trespass America, a newly-minted music festival set on revitalizing the metal scene with some of the most current and credible bands in hard rock/metal. A co-production with Trespass America and Metal Hammer, the biggest metal magazine in the U.K., the tour kicks off July 13 at the 1st B...

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'Summer Slaughter Tour': Complete Details Revealed

CANNIBAL CORPSE, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME and THE FACELESS are among the confirmed bands for the sixth annual Summer Slaughter Tour, which will run from July 20 through August 25. There will also be special guests in each city such as THE CONTORTIONIST, RINGS OF SATURN, FALLUJAH and more. Commented...

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MEGADETH Bassist Talks About 'Countdown To Extinction' 20th-Anniversary Celebration (Video)

MEGADETH will perform its 1992 album, "Countdown To Extinction", in its entirety on September 7 at Teatro Caupolican in Santiago, Chile. Speaking to the Artisan News, Ellefson stated about the LP, "'Countdown' was really one of my favorite records of the whole MEGADETH catalog... for a number of rea...

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MASTODON, FEIST Collaboration Available For Streaming

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have just released a split seven-inch single with Canadian singer-songwriter Feist to celebrate Record Store Day. This very exclusive and highly anticipated pressing features MASTODON covering the Feist song "A Commotion", while Feist covers MASTODON's "Black T...

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VINNY APPICE Says His Reunion With BLACK SABBATH Is 'Not Gonna Happen'

Former BLACK SABBATH, DIO, HEAVEN & HELL and current KILL DEVIL HILL drummer Vinny Appice says that it would be hard to turn down the opportunity to play with BLACK SABBATH again if he was asked to replace original SABBATH drummer Bill Ward , who announced in February that he could not participa...

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MASTODON Members Talk About FEIST Collaboration In New Video Interview

Guitarist Bill Kelliher and drummer Brann Dailor of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON stopped by the Rolling Stone studio recently to explain how they connected with Canadian singer-songwriter Feist to record a split single for Record Store Day, and why they cast aside the complicated structure...

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BUSH Frontman Interviewed On DC101 (Audio)

Mike Jones of the Washington D.C. radio station DC101 recently conducted an interview with BUSH frontman Gavin Rossdale. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. According to The Pulse Of Radio, Rossdale called people who read gossip tabloids "sour vicarious-living parasites" in...

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Former NOTHINGFACE Bassist's IN FOR THE KILL: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"This Is The Sweetest Kind Of Lie... You Are The Deadliest Surprise", the sophomore full-length album from former NOTHINGFACE bassist Bill Gaal's IN FOR THE KILL project, can be streamed in its entirety at InForTheKillBand.com. The CD will be released on April 17 via S6 Records. IN FOR THE KILL's me...

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AS I LAY DYING Taps Producer BILL STEVENSON For New Album

San Diego, California metallers AS I LAY DYING have enlisted Bill Stevenson to produce their next album. Stevenson has played drums for both the DESCENDENTS and BLACK FLAG and is one of the most highly renowned producers in rock. His production credits include work on records by RISE AGAINST, NOFX,...

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MASTODON's TROY SANDERS Interviewed On 'The House Of Zazz' (Audio)

On April 10, Sam "Blammymatazz" Hatch, host of the Hartford, Connecticut metal radio program "The House Of Zazz", conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON prior to the band's performance on Heritage Hunter Tour in Wallingford, Connecticut. T...