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AMORPHIS: New Video Interview With ESA HOLOPAINEN Posted Online

Metalpaths conducted an interview with guitarist Esa Holopainen of Finnish metallers AMORPHIS when the band played Greece last fall. Watch the chat at this location. AMORPHIS will release its first-ever live DVD in the spring of 2010, in time for the band's 20th anniversary. The filming took place o...

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SEPULTURA's 'A-Lex' To Be Re-Released With Two New Tracks

Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA will have their latest album, "A-Lex", re-released in April via SPV/Steamhammer with two brand new songs. The two new tracks were completed during the "A-Lex" recording session but were not released. SEPULTURA is planning to film a new concert DVD in 2010. It w...

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SONIC SYNDICATE Begins Recording New Album

Swedish modern metallers SONIC SYNDICATE have entered Bohus Sound studios in Kungälv, Sweden with producer Toby Wright (KORN, SLAYER, MÖTLEY CRÜE, KISS, FEAR FACTORY, IN FLAMES, STONE SOUR, OZZY OSBOURNE) to begin recording their new album for a tentative May release via Nuclear Blast Records. Comme...

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SEPULTURA To Support METALLICA In Brazil

Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA will support METALLICA on January 30 and January 31 at Morumbi Stadium in São Paulo, Brazil. Each of the two concerts is expected to be attended by 60,000 people. "A-Lex" — SEPULTURA's first LP to be recorded without either of the founding Cavalera brothers (Ma...

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ZONARIA Preparing To Enter Studio

Swedish death/black metal band ZONARIA has completed the songwriting process for its new album and will soon enter the Abyss studio in Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY, SONIC SYNDICATE, HYPOCRISY, CENTINEX, CARNAL FORGE) to begin recording the effort for a spring/summer release. C...

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OVERKILL Frontman: 'We're A Self-Managed Band, So We Own The Low Points'

Sonic Excess recently conducted an interview with vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Sonic Excess: Why three years in between releases? OVERKILL has had a consistent schedule...tour, release, tour. Seems like you...

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THROES OF DAWN: New Album Details Revealed

Long-running Finnish "dark metal" band THROES OF DAWN will release its fifth album, "The Great Fleet of Echoes", via Firebox Records during the Finnish Metal Expo on February 19. The CD will be made available as both a digiback CD and a limited double LP with 24-bit mastering. The double LP will inc...

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FIVE YEAR STARE Guitarist Launches PILLBUSTER

FIVE YEAR STARE/ex-CODED guitarist Joe Festa has teamed up with drummer Josh Adkisson and bassist Desmond Hollister to create PILLBUSTER. The members of PILLBUSTER merged together in the fall of 2009, ranging from the muddy back roads of Tennessee to the concrete jungle of New York, all converging o...

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On The Road With KISS: German-Language TV Report Available

Andreas Renner of Germany's Focus Online went behind the scenes on the road with KISS. You can see the band backstage, at soundcheck, live and more. Watch the German-language report below. KISS' new album, "Sonic Boom", entered The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 2. This marked the band's highes...

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FINNTROLL Frontman Interviewed In Madrid

Spanish metal webzine Metalaakko conducted an interview with vocalist Mathias Lillmåns of Finnish folk metallers FINNTROLL on November 13, 2009 when the band played in Madrid. The chat can now be viewed in two parts below. FINNTROLL's new album, "Nifelvind", will be released via Century Media Record...

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OCTOBER FILE: 'Our Souls To You' E-Card Available

U.K. hardcore act OCTOBER FILE will release its long-awaited third album, "Our Souls To You", on April 5 via Candlelight Records. The CD is described in a press release as "a raging assault of post-apocalypse sonic heaviness on the senses from start to finish. . . Dark, aggressive, angular and downr...

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PAMELA MOORE Collaborates With CHAKRAH On New Song

Singer Pamela Moore, best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE's 1988 epic release "Operation: Mindcrime" and 2006's sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II", recently collaborated with the Italian rock/metal band CHAKRAH on a song called "Here I Am". A two-and-a-half-minute sample of the...

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ABSCESS: 'Dawn Of Inhumanity' Release Dates Announced

ABSCESS, the California-based band consisting of Chris Reifert (drums/vocals; ex-DEATH/AUTOPSY),Clint Bower (guitar/vocals; ex-HEXX),Danny Coralles (guitar; ex-AUTOPSY),and Joe Allen (bass; ex-VON),will release its eighth album, entitled "Dawn Of Inhumanity", on February 22 in Europe and March 9...

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SONIC SYNDICATE: New Video Interview Posted Online

Vocalist Richard Sjunesson of Swedish/British modern metallers SONIC SYNDICATE was interviewed by Peter Bailey of the Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom-based "Metalheadz" radio show on December 6, 2009 in Manchester during the band's U.K. headlining tour. You can now watch the chat below. SONIC SYNDICA...

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SONIC SYNDICATE Replaces DARK TRANQUILLITY At Sweden's CLOSE-UP BÅTEN

SONIC SYNDICATE has replaced DARK TRANQUILLITY on the billing of the Close-Up Båten cruise. DARK TRANQUILLITY will embark on a U.S. tour with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA in February. As a result, DARK TRANQUILLITY was forced to cancel its previously announced appearances in Sweden (i...