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INVERLOCH Signs With RELAPSE RECORDS

Relapse Records has announced the signing of Melbourne, Australia's doom dwellers INVERLOCH. Featuring one half of the legendary diSEMBOWELMENT, INVERLOCH (Matthew Skarajew - guitar, Paul Mazziotta - drums, Ben James - vocals, Mark Cullen - guitar, Tony Bryant - bass) pick right up where diSEMBOWELM...

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IHSAHN To Guest On Ex-NEVERMORE Guitarist's New Solo Album

Former EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Sverre Tveitan) will make a guest appearance on the sophomore solo album from ex-NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis. The CD, which is being produced by Aaron Smith (7 HORNS 7 EYES),is scheduled for release later in the year via Century Media Records. C...

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PORTNOY, SHEEHAN, MACALPINE, SHERINIAN Perform At 'Sabian Live' (Video)

Drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB),bassist Billy Sheehan (STEVE VAI, DAVID LEE ROTH),guitarist Tony Macalpine (neo classical-metal style, STEVE VAI) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, PLANET X, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION) headlined SABIAN Live on Frid...

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BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI Given Cancer Boost With Guitar Therapy

According to Birmingham Mail, a music craftsman in Birmingham, England has just delivered a cherry red SG guitar to cancer-stricken BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi. He is now working on another, which will be ready for Tony — who is battling lymphoma — in two months. Both are replicas of Tony's f...

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Heavy Metal Musicians 'Review' JULIET's 'My First Hardcore Song' Video

Juliet, an eight-year-old Brisbane, Australia girl, has become an Internet sensation after releasing a "brutal" video for "My First Hardcore Song", a track about her pet fishes and dog. According to Ninemsn, Juliet's mother Kristina Childs uploaded the video, which was put together by Queensland pro...

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MINISTRY: 'Double Tap' Single Due Next Month

Deep in the heart of Hell Paso Texas, MINISTRY's Al Jourgensen re-opened the doors of his industrial compound studio in fall 2011 and invited his favorite co-conspirators Mike Scaccia (RIGOR MORTIS),Tony Campos (STATIC-X),Tommy Victor (PRONG) and Casey Orr (RIGOR MORTIS, GWAR) to climb on board th...

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SOULFLY: Final 'Enslaved' Track Listing Revealed

SOULFLY will release its eighth album, "Enslaved", on March 13 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded at TallCat Studios in Phoenix, Arizona and was produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris, the seasoned knob twiddler behind some of the most notable bands in metal today, such as SHADOWS FALL, HATEBREED...

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BLACK SABBATH Bassist: IOMMI Has Written Two New Songs Since Being Diagnosed With Cancer

BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler has issued an update on the recording sessions for original SABBATH lineup's first album together in 33 years. SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi was diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, it was revealed earlier this month. Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphocytes...

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RIOT: Tonight's Show Tonight In West Springfield Canceled

Tonight's RIOT concert at Jaxx in West Springfield, Virginia has been canceled. According to a press release issued by the band's publicist, Freeman Promotions, "When the band arrived at the venue today, they were informed by the venue that the venue did not have their permits in place to have a sho...

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SOULFLY To Tour With FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH

SOULFLY will support FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH on the following dates: Mar. 22 - San Diego, CA - 4th & B (no FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, SOULFLY headlining) Mar. 23 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint Mar. 24 - Pomona, CA - The Fox Theater Mar. 26 - Fresno, CA - Rainbow Ballroom Mar. ...

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MARK REALE-Less RIOT Performs In New York City; Video Available

Legendary U.S. metal band RIOT played its first show without founding guitarist Mark Reale last night (Wednesday, January 18) at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. Reale was admitted to a San Antonio hospital last week in...

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AXEMASTER Continuing Work On New Album

Ohio-based metallers AXEMASTER are making good, steady progress on the final writing and recording sessions for their new album. Guitarist Joe Sims is producing the CD and has completed early mixes of the guitar and drums for five songs, which "so far sound 100 percent better than any of the band's...

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BLACK SABBATH Still Intends To Perform At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

According to The Pulse Of Radio, organizers of England's Download festival are saying that BLACK SABBATH still intends to perform at the event, scheduled for June 8-10, despite guitarist Tony Iommi's cancer diagnosis. SABBATH was reportedly also slated to play at this April's Coachella festival in C...

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MIKE PORTNOY Interviewed At 'Drum-Off' Event (Video)

Drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB),bassist Billy Sheehan (STEVE VAI, DAVID LEE ROTH),guitarist Tony MacAlpine (neo classical-metal style, STEVE VAI) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, PLANET X, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION) performed this past Saturday...

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BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART: 'Forever' Video Released

Rowdy shred-metal connoisseurs BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART are nearly ready to drop "Feel The Power", a pulse-raising, headbang-inducing, '80s-influenced slab of fun, glam-tastic metal, that will hit stores a week from today — January 24 — from Tooth & Nail Records. As one last bit of excitement f...