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LINKIN PARK, AC/DC, GODSMACK, DISTURBED Among Top-Selling Hard Rock Albums Of 2010

Billboard magazine has published a list of the top-selling hard rock and metal albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Not all the albums on the list were actually released during 2010.) It is as follows: 01. Dark Horse - NICKELBACK 02. A Thousand Suns - LINKIN PARK 03....

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CHILDREN OF BODOM: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Unveiled

CHILDREN OF BODOM, the hard partying Finnish heavy metal band that features frontman and modern-day guitar hero Alexi Laiho, will release its new album, "Relentless Reckless Forever", on March 8, 2011 via Universal Music. Recorded in Finland's Petrax Studios with famed rock producer Matt Hyde (SLAYE...

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SLAYER Drummer, QUEENSRŸCHE Singer To Guest On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

Drummer Dave Lombardo will talk about SLAYER and his PHILM project, and QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate will discuss the 20th anniversary reissue of the band's "Empire" album on the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". The two separate interviews will take place during the Sunda...

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BIOHAZARD Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS For World Outside U.S.

The reunited original lineup of one of the most influential hardcore punk/metal bands, BIOHAZARD, has inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records for the world outside North America. The group's tenth studio album is scheduled for an early 2011 release. The follow-up to 2005's "Means To An End" is being...

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Today Marks Six-Year Anniversary Of DIMEBAG DARRELL's Death

Today (Wednesday, December 8) marks the six-year anniversary of the death of PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Abbott, one of the most beloved and respected musicians in hard rock, was shot onstage during a DAMAGEPLAN concert at the Alrosa Villa club in Columbus, Ohio by a 2...

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SONIC SYNDICATE: Newcastle Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Swedish/British modern metallers SONIC SYNDICATE performing on November 30, 2010 at the Academy in Newcastle, England can be viewed below. In a recent interview with Sonic Shocks, SONIC SYNDICATE's British singer Nathan Biggs stated about former co-vocalist Richard Sjunne...

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APOCALYPTICA: More Acoustic Performance Footage From Berlin

PitCam Production has uploaded more video footage of the Finnish rock cello quartet APOCALYPTICA performing acoustically on October 24, 2010 at Hard Rock Café in Berlin, Germany. Check out the clips below. APOCALYPTICA's latest album, "7th Symphony", sold around 13,000 copies in the United States in...

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MEGADETH Mainman: We're Going To Have Some 'Big' Shows Coming Up

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has revealed via his Twitter account that "a huge announcement is coming for next summer in the States and in Europe and the U.K." He added in a separate posting, "Just went through a couple weeks of hell arranging something special for summer. Stay tuned! We're going...

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Infernal Earthly Divine

If you've not yet felt the tremors created by this one, you soon will. An album that registers this high on the Richter scale will not go unnoticed. One of the best Pulverised releases of at least the past year, CRUCIFYRE's "Infernal Earthly Divine" comes with at team of heavyweight death metal play...

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SLAYER Drummer In Snowboard Movie; Video Available

SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo has contributed to the soundtrack of "9191", a sideways introspective into the bewildering snow-covered dreamscape of international time traveler and mystic of the shred — Gigi Rüf. Every year, Gigi circles the stratosphere in the name of snowboarding and "9191" is the a...

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METALLICA Frontman Interviewed On Australia's 'The 7PM Project' (Video)

Fitzy of Channel Ten's "The 7PM Project" conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield during the band's recent Australian tour. You can now watch the chat below. METALLICA wrapped up its two-year-long "World Magnetic" tour on November 21 with the last of three shows in Mel...

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SLAYER Drummer Interviewed By BVTV (Video)

BVTV conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo during the band's recent "American Carnage" tour with MEGADETH. You can now watch the chat below. A harrowing "end-of-the-world" song, "World Painted Blood", the title track from SLAYER's most recent release, has been nominated for a Gram...

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ANTHRAX: More High-Quality, Multi-Camera Footage From Columbus

High-quality, multi-camera video footage of ANTHRAX performing the song "Indians" on October 10, 2010 in Columbus, Ohio during the Jägermeister Music Tour with SLAYER and MEGADETH can be viewed below. ANTHRAX released the "Live At The Sonisphere" 10-inch single — a picture disc featuring the tracks...

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SLAYER Frontman Comments On Latest GRAMMY Nomination

A harrowing "end-of-the-world" song, "World Painted Blood", the title track from SLAYER's most recent release, has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of "Best Metal Performance." This is the band's fifth Grammy nod, with the band having taken home the prize twice, first for "Eyes of t...

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SOULFLY's MAX CAVALERA Talks About His Early Musical Influences In New Interview

Tom Murphy of Denver Westword recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Denver Westword: How did you first get into heavy music growing up in Brazil? Max Cavalera: My first experience with music was QUEEN, when they played in...