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WINDS OF PLAGUE: 'The Great Stone War' First-Week Sales Revealed

"The Great Stone War", the new album from Los Angeles metallers WINDS OF PLAGUE, sold 6,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 73 on The Billboard 200 chart. WINDS OF PLAGUE album recently shot a video for the song "Approach The Podium" with up-and-comi...

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MARDUK: 'Wormwood' Trailer Available

A short video trailer for "Wormwood", the eleventh album from Swedish black metallers MARDUK, can be viewed below. "Wormwood" will be released in the U.S. on October 13 via Regain Records. The CD, which will be made available in Europe on September 24, was recorded at Endarker Studios in Norrköping,...

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DREAM THEATER's PORTNOY Performs With ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA In NYC; Video Available

Fan-filmed video footage of DREAM THEATER's Mike Portnoy taking over lead vocals and sitting behind the kit for two FRANK ZAPPA songs — "Bobby Brown Goes Down" and "Willie the Pimp" — during ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA's August 9, 2009 concert at the Beacon Theater in New York City can be viewed below (courte...

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MAYHEM's HELLHAMMER Recording Drums For DEATH OF DESIRE Debut In October

MAYHEM's Hellhammer (a.k.a. Jan Axel Blomberg) will lay down the drums on "ANTI-human", the debut album from German extreme metallers DEATH OF DESIRE, beginning in mid-October at Knut's (ARCTURUS) Mølla Studio in Norway. The studio is said to be an old mill from the 1700s where such acts as AURA NOI...

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MARDUK: New Audio Interview Available

Anthony Chowanec of All Metal Music conducted an interview with guitarist Morgan Håkansson of Swedish black metallers MARDUK on August 15, 2009 at Blender Theater in New York City. You can now listen to the chat below. MARDUK will release its eleventh album, "Wormwood", in the U.S. on October 13 via...

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MASTODON To Play 'Secret' Show For San Diego Radio Station

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have agreed to play a "secret show" for a select group of "insiders" (registered members) of the San Diego, California radio station FM 94/9 when the band is in town for the Street Scene festival on Friday, August 28. To be eligible to win a chance to see the p...

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MAEL MÓRDHA: New Album Samples Available

A 90-second YouTube clip featuring audio samples from "Manannán", the forthcoming album from MAEL MÓRDHA — the world's only "Gaelic doom metal" band — is available below. The CD was recently mastered and is due for release before the end of the year via Grau. Regarding the upcoming CD, the group rec...

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MARDUK Lands On U.S. Soil

Following a last-minute visa issue that forced the band to sit out the Blackenedfest tour earlier this summer, Swedish black metallers MARDUK were allowed to enter the U.S. earlier today ahead of their three-date East Coast tour. Said guitarist Morgan Håkansson from Baltimore: "Finally, after so man...

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WINDS OF PLAGUE Films 'Approach The Podium' Video

Los Angeles metallers WINDS OF PLAGUE album recently shot a video for the song "Approach The Podium" with up-and-coming director Nic Izzy of Reconstructed Media (DESPISED ICON, PROTEST THE HERO). Commented vocalist Johnny Plague: "On our one day off in between the 'Summer Slaughter' tour and the 'De...

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EVILE Filming 'Infected Nation' Video

British thrashers EVILE have commenced filming the music video for the track "Infected Nation", from the band's sophomore album, "Infected Nations". The clip is being shot at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England — a notorious studio in which many iconic films, such as "Alien", have been shot. EVILE...

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MARDUK: 'Wormwood' U.S. Release Date Confirmed

Swedish black metallers MARDUK will release their eleventh album, "Wormwood", in the U.S. on October 13 via Regain Records. The CD, which will be made available in Europe on September 24, was recorded at Endarker Studios in Norrköping, Sweden with engineer/producer Magnus Devo Andersson. The album's...

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BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST, MOTÖRHEAD, MÖTLEY CRÜE Featured On 'Brütal Legend' Soundtrack

GameDaily.com has revealed the complete track listing for the Brütal Legend video game, whcih will be available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and the PlayStation computer entertainment system on October 13 in North America and on October 16 in Europe. "This soundtrack took yea...

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MARDUK: New York Signing Session, Meet-And-Greet Announced

Swedish black metallers MARDUK will take part in a signing session and meet-and-greet on Friday, August 14 at Duff's Brooklyn in Williamsburg, New York beginning at 9:00 p.m. The address is: Duff's Brooklyn 168 Marcy Avenue (between S 5th & Broadway) Williamsburg, New York **Note: This is a 21-a...

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OPETH: Video Footage Of ARTMANIA FESTIVAL Press Conference Available

Radio Lynx has posted video footage of OPETH's press conference at this year's Artmania Festival, which was held July 17-19 in Sibiu, Romania. The question-and-answer session can be viewed below. OPETH will take part in the European installment of DREAM THEATER's Progressive Nation tour, set to take...

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EVILE Frontman Discusses Lyrical Themes On 'Infected Nations'; Second Clip Available

Matt Drake, frontman for British thrashers EVILE, recently took the time to discuss some of the lyrical themes from the band's upcoming album, "Infected Nations". With a wider variety of topics such as modern society and classic science-fiction, "Infected Nations" sees EVILE taking the blueprints fr...