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MACHINE HEAD's 'Through The Ashes Of Empires' Certified Silver In The U.K.

"Through The Ashes Of Empires" (2003),the fifth album by the San Francisco Bay Area metal band MACHINE HEAD, was certified silver by the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) on December 9, 2011 for sales in excess of 60,000 copies in the United Kingdom. MACHINE HEAD's new album, "Unto The Locust", s...

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GUNS N' ROSES Frontman Presented With Key To West Valley City

GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose was presented with a key to the city about one hour into the band's concert Wednesday night (December 14) at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah. Right before the group launched into its cover version of Paul McCartney's "Live And Let Die", Mayor Mike Winder...

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GENE HOGLAN: Drum-Cam Footage Of 'Crystal Mountain' Performance From 'Sick Drummer Camp'

Video footage of legendary extreme-metal drummer Gene "The Atomic Clock" Hoglan (TESTAMENT, DARK ANGEL, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, FEAR FACTORY, DETHKLOK) performing the DEATH song "Crystal Mountain" during the Sick Drummer Camp in early October in Northern California, about an hour north of San Francisco...

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SIGH To Release 'In Somniphobia' In March

Japan's SIGH will release its ninth album, "In Somniphobia", in March 2012 via Candlelight Records. According to a press release, the CD is "by far more musically varied" compared to the [band's] last two albums. Put heavy metal, classical music, jazz, Indian traditional music, Stockhausen, and Xena...

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NOCTEM: New Video Interview With EXO

On November 4, The Breathless Sleep conducted an interview with guitarist Exo of Spanish black/death metallers NOCTEM in Valencia. You can now watch the chat below. NOCTEM's sophomore album, "Oblivion", was released in June via Rising Records. The follow-up to 2009's "Divinity" was recorded at Ultra...

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SLAYER Guitarist JEFF HANNEMAN: 'I Was An Hour Away From Death'

SLAYER founding guitarist Jeff Hanneman — who in January contracted necrotizing fasciitis, likely caused by a spider bite, and has been undergoing surgeries, skin grafts and intense rehab since — spoke to U.K.'s Classic Rock magazine about his recovery which has seen him sit out an entire year's wor...

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BRUCE DICKINSON's Son Talks RISE TO REMAIN In New Video Interview

Spellbound Webzine conducted an interview with Austin Dickinson — the singer of the up-and-coming London, England metalcore outfit RISE TO REMAIN and the son of IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson — prior to RISE TO REMAIN's November 27, 2011 performance at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium as...

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MACHINE HEAD: Video Interview With PHIL DEMMEL

On November 13, Italian web site SpazioRock.it conducted an interview with guitarist Phil Demmel of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD before the band's sold-out show in Milan, Italy. You can now watch the chat below. MACHINE HEAD's new album, "Unto The Locust", sold more than 17,000 copi...

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LACUNA COIL: 'Trip The Darkness' Video Released

"Trip The Darkness", the new video from the Italian rock/metal band LACUNA COIL, can be seen below. The visually stunning performance clip was directed by Sitcom Soldiers (FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, THE BLACKOUT). "Trip The Darkness" is the first single from LACUNA COIL's forthcoming album, "Dark Adrenal...

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NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL 2012 Billing Announced

MassConcerts has announced that the 14th annual New England Metal & Hardcore Festival will take place the weekend of April 20-22, 2012. The New England Metal & Hardcore Festival, the largest and most successful metal festival in the United States, has presented some of the biggest and up-and...

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DEF LEPPARD Singer Leads Crowd In Singing 'Happy Birthday' To NIKKI SIXX (Video)

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx turned 53 yesterday (Sunday, December 11). During the CRÜE's performance last night at the Manchester Evening News arena in Manchester, England, Joe Elliott of MÖTLEY CRÜE's current tourmates DEF LEPPARD came out to congratulate Sixx before leading the crowd in singing...

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TWISTED SISTER: Quality Video Footage Of Huntington 'Christmas' Performance

Quality video footage of TWISTED SISTER performing the Yuletide anthem "Come All Ye Faithful" on December 2, 2011 at Paramount Theater in Huntington, New York can be seen below. The next 2011 presentation of "A Twisted Christmas" — a theatrical holiday extravaganza like no other — will be held on Sa...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX Turns 53

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx turns 53 today (Sunday, December 11). A photo of the cake Sixx received from his bandmates and road crew while on the road in the U.K. with DEF LEPPARD and STEEL PANTHER can be seen below. The California native was a major drug abuser during much of the band's first .....

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SEVEN WITCHES: New York City Footage Available

Grounzero magazine has posted video footage of SEVEN WITCHES' December 3, 2011 performance at Webster Hall in New York City as part of a three-date East Coast tour with ARMORED SAINT. You can now watch the clip below. Prior to the trek, SEVEN WITCHES mainman/guitarist Jack Frost stated about the opp...

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NOCTEM: 'The Arrival Of The False Gods' Video Released

"The Arrival Of The False Gods", the new video from Spanish black/death metallers NOCTEM, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's sophomore album, "Oblivion", which was released in June via Rising Records. The follow-up to 2009's "Divinity" was recorded at Ultrasound Studios 2 in Portugal w...