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Waiting for the End to Come

Maurizio Iacono posits "If I Was God I'd Burn it All" on KATAKLYSM's eleventh studio album, "Waiting for the End to Come". Far more introspective a metal prospectus than your standard theme of flushing Mother Earth into an eternal conflagration at the cloven hooves of the deceiver. Rather than letti...

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South of the Earth

Two men calling Maryland their home have kept the torch for doom burning long before its resurgence. One, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, has well received his come-uppance as a figurehead of the genre, yet riff machine "Iron" Alfred Morris, III has been playing the game for decades and his dedication is no...

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MORBID ANGEL's VINCENT Says Level Of Enthusiasm For 'Covenant' Anniversary Tour 'Has Been Off The Chart'

Chris Loomis of SoCalMusicToday.com recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist David Vincent of Florida death metal veterans MORBID ANGEL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. SoCalMusicToday.com: You are currently about three quarters of the way through the 20th-anniversary t...

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Video: Reunited Original Lineup Of TORCH Performs At ROCK AT SEA (Video)

After a couple of false starts, the original lineup of classic Swedish metal band TORCH finally reunited and played one of its first gigs on November 15 at Rock At Sea. This marked the first time the original lineup of TORCH has performed together since 1986. Check out fan-filmed video footage below...

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HARK: 'Crystalline' Cover Artwork Unveiled

Welsh heavy rock power trio HARK has finished recording its forthcoming Season Of Mist debut, entitled "Crystalline". The album was tracked at Monnow Valley Studios (BLACK SABBATH, RUSH, JUDAS PRIEST, PORTISHEAD) in Wales, and mixed by CONVERGE guitarist Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE, HIGH ON FIRE, KVELERTA...

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Skeletons

Referred to by their fans as S&S or SandS, Rochester. New York's SIRENS & SAILORS are amassing a solid following for their semiautomatic-echoing style of metalcore. A lot of the band's success rides on feverish blast beats and crashing thrash parts administered by Doug Court. The rest of wha...

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VINCE NEIL: MÖTLEY CRÜE's Decision To Embark On Farewell Tour Has Nothing To Do With MICK MARS' Health

Sally Steele, publisher of Vegas Rocks! Magazine, conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil at the November 5 VIP party for Vince Neil's Tatuado Eat-Drink-Party!, described as "the ultimate definition of Neil's Tatuado brand and outrageous lifestyle," in Las Vegas, Nevada. You can no...

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EXODUS Singer ROB DUKES To All The Haters: 'Go F**k Yourself'

Jay Nanda of San Antonio Metal Music Examiner recently conducted an interview with EXODUS and GENERATION KILL singer Rob Dukes. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. San Antonio Metal Music Examiner: Fans who know you strictly from EXODUS will get to hear [GENERATION KILL] songs that stil...

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MONSTER MAGNET's DAVE WYNDORF: 'The Whole Leather-Pants, Big-Rock Thing Was A Lot Of Fun'

John Serba of MLive.com recently conducted an interview with MONSTER MAGNET mainman Dave Wyndorf. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MLive.com: Are you representing rock 'n' roll as it stands right now? Are you carrying the torch for it? Wyndorf: It's much more personal with me. I carr...

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WATAIN Mainman: 'The Devil Always Wins And The Devil Always Finds His Way'

The Great Southern Brainfart recently conducted an interview with Erik Danielsson of Swedish black metallers WATAIN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Great Southern Brainfart: So I have to be honest. Aside from listening to VENOM as a kid, I was never much of a black metal fan, a...

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SLIPKNOT's JOEY JORDISON Has No Interest In Seeing BLACK SABBATH Without BILL WARD

U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine recently got the chance to chat to SLIPKNOT and SCAR THE MARTYR drummer Joey Jordison and asked him for his thoughts on some of metal's big-hitters that have been grabbing headlines this year. Here’s what he had to say. On AVENGED SEVENFOLD: Jordison: "Honestly, I don't...

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MEGADETH: Fan-Filmed Video Footage Of Entire Austin Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of MEGADETH's entire September 10 performance at at Austin360 Amphitheatre in Austin, Texas as the support act for IRON MAIDEN can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Hangar 18 02. Wake Up Dead 03. In My Darkest Hour 04. Sweating Bullets 05. Kingmaker 06. T...

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MEGADETH Bassist Interviewed On 'Los Angeles Nista' (Audio)

Earlier this week, "Los Angeles Nista", the Internet radio show hosted, produced and created by Eddie Solis, conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. You can now listen to the chat at this location. It is also available for streaming below. (Note: The Ellefson interview begins ar...

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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Bassist: 'It Feels Good To Be Productive Again'

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS bassist Robert DeLeo recently spoke to The Star-Ledger about the band's split with vocalist Scott Weiland and addition of LINKIN PARK's Chester Bennington. "[Chester has] made it clear that he grew up on our music," said DeLeo. "He knows it well. But the thing that sold me was th...

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Virtue & Vice

Tag-team collaborators Rick Ritzler and Paul Jones have been knocking duffs around the underground with a MOTORHEAD-meets-eighties power metal attack under the guise of ROBOT LORDS OF TOKYO. Primarily a two-man operation, Ritzler (drums and guitar) and Neil Fallon acolyte, Jones (vocals and guitar)...