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CRYSTAL VIPER: New Album To Feature Guest Appearances By VADER, HELL Members

Polish female-fronted traditional heavy metal act CRYSTAL VIPER will release its new album, "Crimen Excepa", in Europe on April 27 and in the U.S. on April 24 via AFM Records. The concept effort about holy inquisition, black magic and witches, where fiction is mixed with historical facts, was produc...

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MATT SORUM: VERNE 'MINI-ME' TROYER Partied Harder Than Any Full-Grown Man

Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES, THE CULT) was interviewed in early December on Sydney, Australia's Triple M radio station when he was in town for the Hard Rock Café opening down in Darling Harbour, a locality of the city center of Sydney. In the two-minute clip below, Sorum recalls his t...

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MATT DEVRIES Quits SIX FEET UNDER

Former CHIMAIRA guitarist Matt DeVries has decided to leave his post as the touring bassist for Florida-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER to pursue other musical endeavors. Details on who will be stepping in as the permanent bassist will be announced in the coming months. SIX FEET UNDER is curren...

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Birmingham Councillors Say OZZY OSBOURNE Deserves City's Top Honor

According to the Birmingham Mail, leading city council members in Birmingham, England want to bestow on legendary BLACK SABBATH singer Ozzy Osbourne the city's highest honor, the Freedom Of The City. Freedom Of The City is granted to persons of distinction and those who have rendered eminent service...

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FURYON: Making Of 'Gravitas' Part 2 (Video)

The second in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Gravitas", the debut album from U.K. metallers FURYON, can be seen below. The CD will be released on March 23 in Europe and March 27 in North America via Frontiers Records. FURYON is a new band from the U.K...

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JOHN 5: 'God Told Me To' Trailer Available

ROB ZOMBIE/ex-MARILYN MANSON guitarist John 5's sixth solo studio instrumental album, "God Told Me To", will be released on April 10. The cover art, which features a painting of John 5 by Rob Zombie, can be seen below. Also available is a 35-second video trailer for the effort. According to John 5,...

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TRIVIUM Frontman: 'We're The Only Band That Had To Come Out And Grow Up In The Public Eye'

EspyRock recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy of Florida metallers TRIVIUM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. EspyRock: Did you ever worry in the early days, as you set yourself out to be a career band, that the statements you released about being the big...

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4ARM: 'Submission For Liberty' Video Released

"Submission For Liberty", the new video from the Australian metal outfit 4ARM, can be seen below. The clip was shot five hours out of Melbourne over two days in blistering heat amongst wheat fields and salt lakes, capturing concepts of both the song itself and the album artwork. Once again the video...

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WYKKED WYTCH's Cover Of METALLICA's 'Fade To Black' Available For Streaming

South Florida-based female-fronted extreme metallers WYKKED WYTCH have released their cover version of the METALLICA classic "Fade To Black". You can listen to it using the SoundCloud player below. WYKKED WYTCH's version of "Fade To Black" comes off the band's fifth full-length album, "The Ultimate...

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OBSESSION Completes Work On New Album

Reactivated classic early '80s metal band OBSESSION has completed work on its long-awaited new album, "Order Of Chaos", for a 2012 release. The group's current lineup is as follows: Michael Vescera - Vocals John Bruno - Guitar Scott Boland - Guitar Chris McCarvill - Bass BJ Zampa – Drums Video foota...

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CHIMAIRA: New Rehearsal Footage For Upcoming Tour

Video footage of CHIMAIRA members Matt Szlachta (guitar),Jeremy Creamer (bass) and Emil Werstler (guitar) going over the band's material in preparation for the group's upcoming appearance at Australia's Soundwave Festival and European headlining tour can be seen below. CHIMAIRA's "Chimaira Christma...

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SIX FEET UNDER Frontman: New Album Will Have 'Most Disturbing Lyrics I've Written In Years'

Florida-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER are currently mixing their new album at Audiohammer studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Mark Lewis (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, WHITECHAPEL, DEVILDRIVER, TRIVIUM). The band's frontman, Chris Barnes, writes on Twitter, "Typing all my lyrics and credits...

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HOLY GRAIL Checks In From the Studio

California-based traditional metal revivalists HOLY GRAIL, who have spent the past couple of months in the studio with Grammy-award winning producer Matt Hyde (SLAYER, CHILDREN OF BODOM) working on the follow-up to 2010's "Crisis In Utopia", have confirmed a string of U.S. dates in March. The shows...

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DIRGE WITHIN: 'There Will Be Blood' Cover Artwork Unveiled

Chicago's DIRGE WITHIN will release its sophomore full-length album, "There Will Be Blood", on April 10 via Rocket Science Ventures/THC: Music. The CD was recorded at Mercenary Studios in Zion, Illinois with engineer Scott Creekmore and producer Ari Mihalopoulos and is currently being mixed at Inner...

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IZEGRIM: 'Victim Of Honor' Video Released

"Victim Of Honor", the new video from Dutch female-fronted thrashers IZEGRIM, can be seen below. The clip, which features the "Dutch playmate Tanja and alcoholic scumbag Maarten," was produced and edited by Arno Zuidgeest. "Victim Of Honor" comes off IZEGRIM's latest album, "Code Of Consequences", w...