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DVD About Former DECAPITATED Singer COVAN To Be Made Available Later This Year

On October 29, 2007, a tour bus accident claimed the life of DECAPITATED drummer Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka, and gravely injured the band's lead singer, Adrian "Covan" Kowanek, who has yet to make a full recovery. After he underwent what was deemed to be "successful" neurosurgery, a 36-hour pharmacolog...

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VOLBEAT Frontman: Performing With KING DIAMOND 'Was One Of The Best Experiences'

Vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen of Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT has issued the following update: "At this year's Sweden Rock Festival, I had one of the best experiences and I'm still very much up in the air about it; it was a great emotional ride. King Diamond gave me an amazing opportun...

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THE SMASHING PUMPKINS: 'Oceania' Cracks U.S. Top 5

"Oceania", the first new album in five years from THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, sold 53,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 4 on The Billboard 200 chart. Although the material on "Oceania" is part of the PUMPKINS' in-progress 44-song cycle, "Teargarden By K...

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ENSIFERUM: 'Unsung Heroes' Cover Artwork Unveiled

Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM will release their fifth album, "Unsung Heroes", on August 27 via Spinefarm Records. The CD was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, SENTENCED) at Petrax studio (CHILDREN OF BODOM, NIGHTWISH) in Hollola, Finland and other locations in the Hämeenlinna area. According to...

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IHSAHN Interviewed On 'Black Night Meditations' (Audio)

WSCA 106.1 FM's "Black Night Meditations" recently conducted an interview with former EMPEROR vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. "Black Night Meditations" is a four-hour metal show focusing on black, death, thrash, folk, shred, prog and power meta...

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SLAYER Drummer: How I Broke My Leg

Dries Van Damme of the Belgian national radio station Studio Brussel conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo at this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, which took place June 22-24 in Dessel, Belgium. You can now watch the chat below. When asked about how he broke his leg last December, L...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT: Another Performance Clip From 'By A Thread - Live in London 2011'

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) played four shows in London in November 2011 dedicated to his tetralogy album concept — a great journey through Devin's different states of musical moods — which he started in 2009 with the al...

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Lawsuit Filed Over Canceled 'Rock 'N' Roll Allstars' Concert In Venezuela

According to the Courthouse News Service, Dallas attorney-turned-international concert promoter Gabe Reed of Gabe Reed Productions is being sued for $270,000 over a canceled stadium show in Caracas, Venezuela. Evenpro Entertainment Holding claims that in March it agreed to pay Reed $270,000 for a tw...

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JACKYL To Release 'Best In Show' Album Next Month

Kennesaw, Georgia-based rockers JACKYL will release their new album, "Best In Show", on July 31 via Mighty Loud Entertainment, with distribution from Fontana Distribution, LLC. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Best in Show (4:04) 02. Encore (3:55) 03. Screwdriver (4:08) 04. Horns...

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BULLET: 'Full Pull' Track Listing, Cover Artwork Revealed

Swedish hard rockers BULLET will release their new album, "Full Pull", on September 14 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Gutterview Recorders in Solna, Sweden with producers Nicke Andersson (HELLACOPTERS, ENTOMBED) and Fred Estby (DISMEMBER). The band states, "We think this is going...

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JACKYL To Release 'Screwdriver' Single

Kennesaw, Georgia-based rockers JACKYL will release their new single, "Screwdriver", next week. An audio sample of the song is available at Amazon.co.uk. Video footage of guitarist Roman Glick of JACKYL laying down the theramin on the "Screwdriver" track can be seen below. JACKYL ended 2010 with a b...

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SERJ TANKIAN Working On 'Occupied Tears' Video

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet and political activist Serj Tankian is working on a video for his song "Occupied Tears" with Eric Nazarian, the Armenian-American film director whose first feature film as writer-director, "The Blue Hour", was awarded four prizes in 2008: the Golden Ap...

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SLAYER Drummer Interviewed At Finland's PROVINSSIROCK Festival (Video)

On June 17, Kaaos TV conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo at the Provinssirock festival in Seinäjoki, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. In a recent interview with MTV's "Alternative Nation", SLAYER guitarist Kerry King stated about fellow SLAYER axeman Jeff Hanneman's cu...

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URIAH HEEP Comments On RADIOHEAD Crew Member's Death In Stage Collapse

A member of RADIOHEAD's crew who was killed on Saturday (June 16) when a stage collapsed before the band's scheduled concert in Toronto that evening. 33-year-old drum technician Scott Johnson died when the top portion of the stage fell on him as he was setting up the band's equipment. Johnson also w...

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VINNY APPICE: RONNIE JAMES DIO Was 'Like No Other Person You Met'

Michele Derrough of GlideMagazine.com recently conducted an interview with legendary drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, KILL DEVIL HILL). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GlideMagazine.com: What would you say was the greatest thing you learned from Ronnie Ja...