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VISION DIVINE: 'Mermaids From Their Moons' Video Released

"Mermaids From Their Moons", the new video from Italian power/progressive metallers VISION DIVINE — founded by guitarist/songwriter Olaf Thorsen (LABYRINTH) and singer Fabio Lione (RHAPSODY OF FIRE) — can be seen below. The song comes off the band's seventh studio album, "Destination Set To Nowhere"...

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SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR Frontman Honored With 'Legend' Award At 'Metal Hammer Award Show' (Video)

SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor was honored with the "Legend" award at this year's installment of the Metal Hammer Award Show, which was held this past Friday, September 14 at Kesselhaus in Berlin, Germany. Former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. singer Udo Dirkschneider presented the award...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer Says New Songs Are Heavier Than Anything The Band Has Put Out In Years

New QUEENSRŸCHE singer Todd La Torre has revealed that he is currently laying down vocals on demo versions of some of the band's new material. He says, "[I am] loving the new songs. [They are] refreshing, not dated, and heavier than anything put out in years! Oh yeah!" La Torre, who says that QUEENS...

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VENOMOUS MAXIMUS To Release 'Beg Upon The Light' In October

Texas occult metal band VENOMOUS MAXIMUS will release its new album, "Beg Upon The Light", on October 30 via Occulture Records. The CD was recorded at Origin Sound in Houston with a head space described as "somewhere between a Alejandro Jodorowsky film and a New Orleans voodoo den." "Beg Upon the Li...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND: 'It Always Takes About A Year For People To Understand The Prior Record'

Mxdwn recently conducted an interview with Devin Townsend, Canadian multi-instrumentalist and ex-STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Mxdwn: So the big topic of course is your new album, "Epicloud", coming out this month. It has a big epic sound. Is that w...

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LUNAR PATH Parts Ways With Bassist

Finnish melodic gothic metal/rock band LUNAR PATH have parted ways with bassist Jesse Mäläskä. Commented the group: "We are sad to inform that our bass player, Jesse Mäläskä, has decided to leave the band. The decision was fully understood by both parts and there was absolutely no drama involved. Je...

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THERION's 'Long-Term Plans' Revealed

Christofer Johnsson of Swedish progressive/experimental metallers THERION has issued the following update: "Ten years ago or something, I started to work on an opera, but I never managed to finish it. I wrote most of the highlights (the hit parts),but I never managed to write the bridges between th...

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LOCK UP: New Video Interview Posted Online

Brazil's "Stay Heavy" show conducted an interview with LOCK UP guitarist Anton Reisenegger at this year's edition of the Tuska open-air metal festival, which was held June 29 - July 1 in Helsinki, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. LOCK UP bassist Shane Embury (also of NAPALM DEATH) was unab...

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MEGADETH's 'Countdown' Expanded 20th-Anniversary Reissue Rocks Times Square

A photo of the upcoming expanded, commemorative 20th-anniversary reissue edition of MEGADETH's "Countdown To Extinction" album being advertised on the world's largest digital display system located in New York's Times Square via the 126-foot-wide, 47-foot-tall Reuters sign can be seen below. The 7,4...

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COHEED AND CAMBRIA: Inside The New Album Concept (Video)

A one-minute video explanation of the concept of the new album from New York progressive rockers COHEED AND CAMBRIA can be seen below. COHEED AND CAMBRIA's sixth studio album, a double concept album entitled "The Afterman", will be released in two separate full-length volumes. The first volume, "The...

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KAMELOT Guitarist Says Bringing Back Melodic Elements On New Album Was Important

Bryan Reesman of The Aquarian Weekly recently conducted an interview with guitarist Thomas Youngblood of American/German/Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On KAMELOT's new singer Tommy Karevik: Youngblood: "He was capturing the essence of KAMELOT...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY: Video Interview With JONNY DAVY

PureGrainAudio.com conducted an interview with vocalist Jonny Davy of Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY backstage at the Heavy T.O. festival on August 12 at Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. JOB FOR A COWBOY's new album, "Demonocracy", sold 4,900...

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RIVAL SONS: 'Head Down' EPK Released

"Head Down", the new album from California blues rockers RIVAL SONS, will be released in Europe on September 17 via Earache Records. The CD, which will be made available in the U.S. via iTunes on September 18, was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with Grammy-nominated producer Dave Cobb (JAMIE JOHNS...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND: New Audio Interview Available

KSSU Loud Rock director Daniel Cordova recently conducted an interview with Devin Townsend, Canadian multi-instrumentalist and ex-STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind. You can now stream the chat using the SoundCloud player below. "Epicloud", the next album from Devin Townsend to be released under the DEV...

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TAPROOT: 'The Everlasting' Video Released

"The Everlasting", the new video from the Ann Arbor, Michigan hard rock band TAPROOT, can be seen below. The clip is an ongoing story from TAPROOT's previous music video, "No Surrender". "The Everlasting" comes off TAPROOT's new album, "The Episodes", which was released on April 10 via Victory Recor...