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DAYLIGHT MISERY: Debut Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Greek death metal band DAYLIGHT MISERY has completed work on its debut album, "Depressive Icons". The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Intro 02. Meadows Of Desire 03. Depressive Icons 04. Miserablia 05. Infinity 06. Endless Fairytale 07. Stealing Flowers From A Grave 08. Soul Embraced 09....

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DEFIANCE: More Video Footage Of First Show In 15 Years Posted Online

Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE played their first show since 1994 on December 19, 2009 at Blake's on Telegraph in Berkeley, California. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below. DEFIANCE's current lineup includes the band's latest additions, Shawn Bozarth on g...

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MUDVAYNE: New Album Cracks U.S. Top 50

MUDVAYNE's self-titled album sold around 34,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 50 on The Billboard 200 chart. MUDVAYNE's previous LP, "The New Game", opened with 48,000 copies in November 2008 to land at No. 15. This was less than one third of the o...

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The Close of a Chapter: Live in Quebec City

SUFFOCATION represents death metal's mighty roar; everything from Frank Mullen's patented microphone-eating growl to the thick/dry/palm-muted riffs, to the impossibly heavy rhythm section all scream "brutal death!" While clearly evident on the studio recordings, even with a history of uneven product...

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The Reel

The Mooose has returned, extra "o" and all. When we last discussed St. Louis' VAMPIRE MOOOSE it was in the context of reviewing sophomore album "Serenade the Samurai", a muscularly percussive, aggressive collection of caustic grooves that most folks had difficulty pigeonholing, although hard core an...

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OPETH Guitarist Interviewed In Melbourne

Barbara of Melbourne, Australia's "1700" conducted an interview with guitarist Fredrik Åkesson of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH when the band played in Melbourne on November 25, 2009. Watch the chat below. OPETH will commemorate its twentieth anniversary in spring 2010 with six exclusive shows...

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MUDVAYNE Guitarist Talks About Making Of New Album

Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with MUDVAYNE guitarist Greg Tribbett. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: When we last spoke, you were recording "The New Game" album. At that time you said you already had another record in the ca...

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Former SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Bassist Speaks

Former SUICIDAL TENDENCIES bass player Bob Heathcote, who played on the "How Will I Laugh Tomorrow" album and appeared in the "Trip At The Brain" and "How Will I Laugh" videos with the band, was recently interviewed by the Suicidal Maniac blog. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Suicid...

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MUDVAYNE Singer: Not Touring Behind New Album Is 'Our Biggest Trick'

Chad Bowar of About.com recently conducted an interview with MUDVAYNE/HELLYEAH vocalist Chad Gray. An excerpt from the chat follows below. About.com: After using Dave Fortman as the producer on the last couple albums, you went with Jeremy Parker. How come? Chad: Dave is still listed as a producer. J...

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KATATONIA Lineup Changes

Fredrik "North" Norrman (guitar) and Mattias "Kryptan" Norrman (bass) have both left Sweden's KATATONIA. The band states, "We respect their decision and would like to take the opportunity to collectively thank them both for all the years gone by, all the ups and downs we shared out on the road, in t...

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DEFIANCE Plays First Show In 15 Years; Video Available

Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE played their first show since 1994 this past Saturday, December 19 at Blake's on Telegraph in Berkeley, California. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below. DEFIANCE's current lineup includes the band's latest additions, Shawn B...

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MUDVAYNE: 'Scream With Me' Video Released

"Scream With Me", the new video from MUDVAYNE, can be viewed below. The clip was helmed by director Frankie Nasso (ALL THAT REMAINS, HATEBREED, EMMURE, BRIAN "HEAD" WELCH) and is one of three conceptually linked videos (along with "Beautiful And Strange" and "Heard It All Before") that were filmed t...

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NONPOINT: Acoustic Performance Of 'Victim' Available

Video footage of Southern Florida's NONPOINT performing an acoustic version of the song "Victim" at Best Buy in Madison, Wisconsin on December 12, 2009 can be viewed below. NONPOINT released an acoustic digital EP, "Cut The Cord", on December 8 via the band's own 954 Records in partnership with Rock...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM To Tour Europe In April

Arizona-based metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM are working on a European tour that will take place between April 1 and April 12, 2010 and which will include stops in Holland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Turkey and Greece. More information will be made available soon. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM...

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MUDVAYNE And PLUGD Go Beyond The Page With First-Ever Collaborative Album Review

MUDVAYNE has partnered with Plugd to give their fans the opportunity to unite and become official critics for their upcoming self-titled release, due December 22 from Epic Records. Plugd is a promotional tool that allows artists to share their music in exchange for digital word of mouth (i.e., a Fac...