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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...

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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION: Video Footage From The Studio

The members of BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, the English-American rock band featuring the talents of bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, TRAPEZE, BLACK SABBATH),blues rock guitarist/vocalist Joe Bonamassa, drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN),and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER),have...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH: Video Interview With JASON HOOK

Dave Kim of the Grand Rapids, Michigan radio station WGRD 97.9 FM conducted an interview with guitarist Jason Hook of Las Vegas metallers FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH at this year's Rock On The Range festival, which was held May 18-20 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. You can now watch the chat...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: New Album Title Revealed

Long-running Arizona metallers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have set "Ugly Noise" as the title of their new album, which the band is currently writing for a tentative late 2012/early 2013 release. Funding for the next FLOTSAM AND JETSAM album is being aided by the PledgeMusic.com project, which encourages fan...

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ALICE COOPER: 'I Never Had A Struggle With Alcohol'

Amy Harris of CityBeat recently conducted an interview with legendary rocker Alice Cooper. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. CityBeat: I have interviewed many of your past guitarists, Jason Hook and Al Pitrelli and people that have toured with you and everybody always has spectacular...

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ICARUS WITCH To Release 'Rise' In July

On July 3, Cleopatra Records will release the fifth studio record from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based melodic metallers ICARUS WITCH. "Rise" is an epic twelve-track display of songwriting and musicianship from one of the most-watched heavy music bands of the decade. From the driving, anthemic "(We A...

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BUTCHER BABIES' 'Slut Metal' Live At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival; Performance, Interview Footage

Merlin Alderslade of Metal Hammer TV conducted an interview with BUTCHER BABIES 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. Also available is footage of BUTCHER BABIES' June 9 performance at the eve...

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CHARM CITY DEVILS Sign With EONE MUSIC

Baltimore, Maryland-based rock band CHARM CITY DEVILS (formerly known as FORTY ACRES and CHOSEN SON),has inked a worldwide deal with eOne Music. The band will release its second album, "Sins", on July 31. "We are so excited to be part of the eOne family! We can't thank Dave Cash at Fat Lady Music f...