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SKID ROW Founder Wants To Record New Album With SEBASTIAN BACH

Brendan "Brush" Shiels, founding member of the late 1960s/early 1970s Irish blues-rock act SKID ROW — which is best known as legendary guitarist Gary Moore's first professional band — has posted a YouTube video in which he invites Sebastian Bach, the former frontman of the American rock group SKID R...

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ELUVEITIE: Third 'Helvetios' Trailer Released

The third trailer for "Helvetios", the new album from Swiss folk metallers ELUVEITIE, can be seen below. Due on February 10 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD was recorded at New Sound Studio in Pfäffikon, a municipality in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland, with producer Tommy Vetterli (a.k.a. Tom...

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UNISONIC: A Committed Band Hard At Work

A five-and-a-half-minute video clip which shows "what happens when you ask a serious and dedicated band like UNISONIC to film some promotional clips to promote their new album and the debut EP, 'Ignition'," can be seen below. UNISONIC is the band featuring former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske and...

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BLACK SABBATH: Going Back To Where It All Started

BLACK SABBATH's official Facebook page has been updated with a message about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's new album following the revelation earlier this month that guitarist Tony Iommi was diagnosed with cancer. "The guys have moved writing sessions from Los Angeles to Bi...

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BEHEMOTH, WATAIN, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD: Tour Dates Announced

Decibel magazine is launching the maiden edition of its annual earth-scorching tour this April. The inaugural Decibel Magazine Tour will feature not just the long-awaited stateside return of Polish BEHEMOTH, Swedish black metal provocateurs WATAIN, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD and IN SOLITUDE. Beginning in Apr...

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TESSERACT To Release Acoustic EP

U.K. progressive metallers TESSERACT are working on an acoustic EP, tentatively titled "Perspective", for a spring release via Century Media Records. The effort will contain reworked versions of tracks from the band's debut album, "One", plus "a very special" cover version. Commented TESSERACT bassi...

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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN To Star In 'The Devil's Carnival'

SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan will make his acting debut in "The Devil's Carnival", the new project Darren Lynn Bousman is directing that is being seen as a companion piece of sorts to "Repo! The Genetic Opera". Commented Crahan: "I am very honored to have been asked to be a part of th...

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'Megadeth: Another Time, A Different Place' Photography Book Due In March

Due on March 13 via MTV Press, "Megadeth: Another Time, A Different Place" gives the audience a front-row seat into the early days and meteoric rise of this young band who would become one of the most influential groups of all time and, with ANTHRAX, SLAYER, and METALLICA, consistently touted among...

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MASTODON Confirms North American Tour With OPETH, GHOST

Bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON has confirmed that the band will team up with Sweden's OPETH and GHOST for a North American tour in April (as first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET on January 14). Sanders gave out the information during an interview yesterday (Thu...

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ADRENALINE MOB: Debut Album To Be Released In Europe Via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

"Omertá", the full-length debut from ADRENALINE MOB — the band featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD),SYMPHONY X frontman Russell Allen and guitar virtuoso Mike Orlando (SONIC STOMP) — will be released in Europe on March 19 in Europe via Century Media Records. The CD will...

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It's Official: BEHEMOTH, WATAIN, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD To Team Up For U.S. Tour

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on January 17, Decibel magazine is launching the maiden edition of its annual earth-scorching tour this April. The inaugural Decibel Magazine Tour will feature not just the long-awaited stateside return of Polish BEHEMOTH, Swedish black metal provocateurs WATAIN, T...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON Reveals His Daily Survival Guide for GIGANTOUR

Gigantour — the critically acclaimed package festival founded in 2005 by esteemed hard rockers MEGADETH — will make its highly anticipated return for the first time since 2008. The multi-artist bill — with metal heavyweights MOTÖRHEAD, VOLBEAT and LACUNA COIL all personally picked by MEGADETH frontm...

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Former NOTHINGFACE Bassist To Release New IN FOR THE KILL Album

Former NOTHINGFACE bassist Bill Gaal will release "This Is The Sweetest Kind Of Lie...You Are The Deadliest Surprise", the new album from his IN FOR THE KILL project, sometime this spring. The cover artwork for the CD can be seen below. A track from the effort, "The Gold And The Gun", will be made a...

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TRIVIUM Frontman: SOPA Would Set Our Country Back Into The Informational Dark Ages

Guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy of Florida metallers TRIVIUM has posted the following message on his official blog: "SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) "The movement to end all online piracy for the music and movie worlds and restore order? "Hardly. "SOPA is an explosive-device tucked between the legs of a...

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ADRENALINE MOB: 'Undaunted' Video Released

"Undaunted", the new video from ADRENALINE MOB — the band featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD),SYMPHONY X frontman Russell Allen and guitar virtuoso Mike Orlando (SONIC STOMP) — can be seen below. The song comes off the group's debut album, "Omertá", which will be relea...