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RIVAL SONS: 'Head Down' Track Listing Revealed

Californian blues-rockers RIVAL SONS will release their new album, "Head Down", on September 17 via Earache Records. The CD was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with Grammy-nominated producer Dave Cobb (JAMIE JOHNSON, SHOOTER JENNINGS) and Grammy-wining engineer Vance Powell (JACK WHITE, THE WHITE S...

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ROB ZOMBIE's 'Mondo Sex Head' Due In August

On August 7, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) will release Rob Zombie's "Mondo Sex Head", featuring new and unique remixes of Rob Zombie classics by some of today's top DJs, including KORN's Jonathan "JDevil" Davis, Photek, the Bloody Beetroots, Drumcorps and Ki:Theory. "Mondo Sex Head" was curated...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: Video Footage Of 'Hall Of The Mountain King' 25th-Anniversary Warm-Up Show

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the Florida-based band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, is preparing to hit the road to celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of heavy metal's most iconic records, "Hall Of The Mountain King" by SAVATAGE, where Oliva himself was the singer and main songwriter from 1982 to 2002...

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THE DEFILED Preparing To Enter Studio

With hangovers still raging from last week's Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards, where THE DEFILED scooped the "Best New Band" award, London's saviors of alternative metal have revealed that they will begin work on the follow-up to last year's "Grave Times" album this summer. Funding the album themselv...

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, F**K THE FACTS Featured In Latest 'Extreme Metal Television' Episode

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, FUCK THE FACTS, THE NEW JACOBIN CLUB and WEST OF HELL are all featured in episode 14 of "Extreme Metal Television". Check out the 20-minute clip below. THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER's latest album, "Ritual", sold 13,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to l...

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DARK DAY SUNDAY Featuring FATES WARNING, SHADOWS FALL Members: Video Of Live Debut

DARK DAY SUNDAY, the old-school thrash band featuring FATES WARNING guitarist Frank Aresti and SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner, made its live debut this past Friday, June 15 at Main Street Armory in Rochester, New York as the support act for DREAM THEATER. Fan-filmed video footage of the performa...

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ATHEIST: New Audio Interview With KELLY SHAEFER

Vocalist Kelly Shaefer of reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST recently spoke to Freethought Radio about the band's formation; the group's late bassist Roger Patterson; Kelly's other band NEUROTICA; the ATHEIST reunion; the group's latest album, "Jupiter"; and future plans for the ba...

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SUTURE Roars Back Into Action

Baton Rouge-based lords of brutal death metal SUTURE are back with a vengeance. After years of dormancy, the band that once terrorized the swamplands of the Southern United States has re-emerged with one goal in mind — global domination. A recently re-recorded and remixed version of their 2008 relea...

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SIX FEET UNDER Interviewed On 'Headbangers Ball' (Video)

Jose Mangin, host/producer MTV.com's web-only show "Headbangers Ball" (and program director/DJ on SiriusXM Octane and Liquid Metal),recently conducted an interview with SIX FEET UNDER. You can now watch the chat below. SIX FEET UNDER's new album, "Undead", sold around 2,700 copies in the United Sta...

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RIVAL SONS: Video Interview Posted Online

Michelle of Total Rock conducted an interview with Californian blues-rockers RIVAL SONS at this year's Download festival, which was held June 8-10 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. RIVAL SONS will release their new album, "Head Down", in late Augu...

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KILL DEVIL HILL Members Explain How They Formed Their 'Supergroup' (Video)

AOL's Noisecreep has uploaded a six-minute video clip in which the members of KILL DEVIL HILL, the new band featuring legendary drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, KILL DEVIL HILL) alongside Rex Brown (PANTERA, DOWN) on bass, Mark Zavon (RATT, W.A.S.P., 40 CYCLE HUM) on guit...

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Previously Unreleased LAYNE STALEY Songs To Surface In New Movie

According to The Pulse Of Radio, two never-before-released songs from late ALICE IN CHAINS frontman Layne Staley appear on the soundtrack of a new film. The movie, called "Grassroots", is based on the true story of two Seattle music journalists who tried to shake up the local political scene despite...

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UNISONIC: New Audio Interview With KAI HANSEN Posted Online

On May 8, Jason Saulnier of the MusicLegends.ca web site conducted an interview with Kai Hansen (GAMMA RAY, ex-HELLOWEEN) about UNISONIC, Kai's new band with former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske, Dennis Ward (bass) and Kosta Zafiriou (drums) of Germany's PINK CREAM 69 and Swiss guitarist Mandy Me...

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Former ANTHRAX Guitarist Talks RED LAMB In New Audio Interview

On May 10, Jason Saulnier of the MusicLegends.ca web site conducted an interview with former ANTHRAX and current RED LAMB guitarist Dan Spitz. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. RED LAMB's self-titled debut album was released in February via iTunes. The 12-song effort was co-p...

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Three MARTY FRIEDMAN Albums To Receive Overdue North American Release

Three recent albums by pioneering guitarist Marty Friedman — whose groundbreaking work with MEGADETH and CACOPHONY continues to receive international acclaim to this day — will be released in North America by Prosthetic Records on August 14. Two of the titles — 2010's "Bad D.N.A." and 2008's "Future...