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ICED EARTH Mainman JON SCHAFFER Interviewed By METAL INJECTION (Video)
Metal Injection correspondent Noa conducted an interview with ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer during the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise — which set sail from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on January 24 and returned four days later. You can now watch the chat below. ICED EARTH is hard at work on its...February 17, 2011
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MASTODON Guitarist Talks Next Album In New Interview
Brad Olsen of The Silver Tongue recently conducted an interview with guitarist Bill Kelliher of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Silver Tongue: Is there any new material in the works for MASTODON? Bill: Yeah it's been a while since our last...February 16, 2011
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ROTTEN SOUND: 'Hollow' Video Released
"Hollow, the new video from Finland's ROTTEN SOUND, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Casper Haugegaard of Jawbreaker Productions. The song comes off the band's new full-length album, "Cursed", which will be released on March 15 via Relapse Records (except in Finland, where it will arriv...February 16, 2011
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NEVERMORE Bassist To Undergo Surgery To Remove Benign Brain Tumor
Bassist Jim Sheppard of Seattle metallers NEVERMORE will undergo surgery today (Wednesday, February 16) to remove a benign brain tumor. The band's vocalist, Warrel Dane, says, "Please, all metalhead brothers and sisters, send your positive energy for our brother." Sheppard in 2006 missed a number of...February 16, 2011
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NECRONAUT Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL
NECRONAUT, the solo project of former DISMEMBER/CARNAGE drummer Fred Estby, has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-11, 2011 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. NECRONAUT is no ordinary project. When the celebrated, eponymous debut album was rel...February 16, 2011
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CROWBAR: 'Sever The Wicked Hand' First-Week Sales Revealed
"Sever The Wicked Hand", the new album from New Orleans sludge metal legends CROWBAR, sold around 3,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 4 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developin...February 16, 2011
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OGEN: New Album Track Listing, Cover Art Revealed
Italian avantgarde black metal project OGEN will release its debut EP, "Black Metal Unbound", in the spring via Kolony Records. The CD is currently being recorded at Elfo Studio in Italy with producer Daniele Mandelli (FORGOTTEN TOMB, DARK HORIZON). It features a guest appearance by BE'LAKOR lead si...February 16, 2011
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BARREN EARTH Keyboardist Interviewed By METAL ASSAULT (Audio)
On February 12, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with keyboardist Kasper Mårtenson of Finland's BARREN EARTH. The chat can now be streamed using the audio player below. BARREN EARTH is the new Helsinki, Finland-based project featuring members of KREATOR, MOONSORROW, S...February 15, 2011
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INTO ETERNITY Continuing Work On 'Epically Triumphant' New Music
Drummer Steve Bolognese of Canadian extreme progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY has issued the following update: "It's a tremendous honor to be invited back to teach at Berklee College Of Music for the spring semester. I always have a great time at the school. There are so many aspiring students get...February 15, 2011
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Sever The Wicked Hand
So let me get this straight. For two decades a self-medicated Kirk Windstein (vocals/guitar) was making with CROWBAR some of the most enormously riffed, supremely composed NOLA misery metal albums ever recorded, up to and including 2005's "Lifesblood For The Downtrodden". Then the guy gets clean and...February 14, 2011
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Black Masses
An album like "Black Masses" is a pointed example of why ELECTRIC WIZARD have become and will forever be known as one of the best doom/stoner bands in the history of heavy metal. Whether the quintessence of "Dopethrone" or the new-level of growth achieved on "Witchcult Today", vocalist/guitarist Jus...February 14, 2011
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The Collective
If the music of SCALE THE SUMMIT is what we can expect from graduates of Los Angeles' Musicians Institute, then some of us better start paying a lot more attention to the talent coming out of there. After the overachieved, underappreciated, and self-released "Monument" debut, the Houston-based quart...February 14, 2011
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PRIMORDIAL Frontman Discusses Forthcoming Album
Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL have finished recording their seventh studio album, "Redemption At The Puritan's Hand", with producer Chris Fielding (NAPALM DEATH, ELECTRIC WIZARD) for an April 26 release (three days earlier in Europe) via Metal Blade Records. Commented PRIMORDIAL vocalist Alan...February 14, 2011
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SCALE THE SUMMIT: New Song Available For Streaming
"Gallows", a brand new song from Houston-based progressive instrumentalists SCALE THE SUMMIT, can be streamed at this location. The track comes off the band's third album, "The Collective", which will released on March 1 via Prosthetic Records. The follow-up to 2009's "Carving Desert Canyons" was re...February 14, 2011
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HELLOWEEN Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
German power metallers HELLOWEEN have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6, 2011 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ACCU§ER ALB...February 14, 2011
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