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DRAKKAR: 'When Lightning Strikes' Audio Teaser Available

Italian epic power metallers DRAKKAR will release their new album, "When Lightning Strikes", on January 16, 2012 via My Kingdom Music. The CD — which was recorded and mixed at Elnor Studio by Mattia Stanciou (LABYRINTH, CROWN OF AUTUMN) and mastered at House Of Audio by Jürgen Lusky (ANGRA, PINK CRE...

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AMORPHIS Guitarist: 'We Hope To Bring Some Freshness And New Ideas Into Our Music'

Mark Holmes of Metal Discovery conducted an interview with guitarists Esa Holopainen and Tomi Koivusaari of Finnish melancholic dark rock/metal icons AMORPHIS on November 27, 2011 in London, England. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Discovery: The new album, "The Beginning Of T...

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COREY TAYLOR: Footage Of Atlanta 'Evening With' Tour Stop

STONE SOUR and SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor played at the Masquerade in Atlanta, Georgia on December 12, 2011 as part of his solo tour. Called "An Evening With Corey Taylor", the concerts featured Taylor doing both spoken-word and acoustic performances, along with question-and-answer sessions with...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's 'The Warning' To Be Reissued On Limited-Edition 180-Gram Audiophile Vinyl

QUEENSRŸCHE's classic first full-length album, "The Warning", which was originally released on September 7, 1984, will be reissued on limited-edition 180-gram audiophile vinyl with a gatefold cover on February 14, 2012. You can now pre-order the item at Amazon.com. "The Warning" was re-released on M...

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Swedish Metallers FALCONER Featured In 'Mini Coupe' Commercial

Swedish metallers FALCONER are featured in a commercial/promotional film for the Mini Coupe, described as the first two-seater car in the Mini ranks. The two-minute clip, which contains a sample of FALCONER's music along with footage of what appears to be a "fake" FALCONER band performing on stage i...

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KREATOR: Photos From Rehearsal Studio Posted Online

German thrash metal veterans KREATOR will enter Fascination Street studio in Örebro, Sweden in January with producer Jens Bogren (OPETH, AMON AMARTH, PARADISE LOST) to begin recording their new album for a late spring 2012 release. A couple of photos from the band's rehearsal studio can be seen belo...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer Announces West Coast Solo Dates

After touring extensively in 2011 with his band QUEENSRŸCHE, lead singer Geoff Tate has announced that he will do a handful of acoustic solo dates, billed as GEOFF TATE AND FRIENDS, beginning on Thursday, January 26 at Anthology in San Diego, California. What can fans expect on the brief run of date...

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COREY TAYLOR Interviewed On 'Headbangers Ball' (Video)

Jose Mangin, host/producer MTV.com's web-only show "Headbangers Ball" (and program director/DJ on SiriusXM Octane and Liquid Metal),recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor in New York City. You can now watch the chat below. Taylor earlier in the month gave...

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NIGHTWISH 'Imaginaerum' Movie Director Issues Update

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH recently spent time not only putting finishing touches to their new album, "Imaginaerum", but also planning a movie of the same name. "Imaginaerum" is one of the projects which recently received grants from the Finnish government institution called the F...

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BUCKCHERRY Frontman: 'A Major Record Label Is Really Just A Bank'

Johnny Price of RockAndMetalNews.com recently conducted an interview with BUCKCHERRY frontman John Todd. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RockAndMetalNews.com: How did signing with Eleven Seven Music change you guys? Did it free you up and give you more creative control? What was beh...

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GOJIRA: Third Studio Webisode Available

The third in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the new album from French progressive metallers GOJIRA can be seen below. The CD is currently being recorded at Spin Recording Studios in Long Island City, New York with co-producer Josh Wilbur (LAMB OF GOD) fo...

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SNOWY SHAW 'Is Alive!'

Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw has set "Snowy Shaw Is Alive!" as the title of his new live album, due just a few days before Christmas via iTunes. A "super-deluxe, limited-edition" double vinyl version of the record will be made available in early 2012. "Snowy Shaw Is Alive!" was recorde...

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Måsstaden

One might assume from the cover art of "Måsstaden" and band name (to English readers anyway) that VILDHJARTA is some sort of pagan/black metal band. Not so; not even close in fact. Instead what we get is an album five years in the making from a band bent on creating something unique, but ends up ...

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True Traitor, True Whore

This is the sound of venomous contempt, to say the very least. One-man black metal boundary-pusher Jef Whitehead (aka "Wrest") returned to the scene to use LEVIATHAN to express his deepest hatred toward the individual that he claims turned his life upside down with her allegations. There is need to...

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COREY TAYLOR Answers Fan-Submitted Questions, Performs Live For iHeartRadio (Video)

SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor answered fan-submitted questions and performed live for iHeartRadio on December 12. You can now watch video footage of the session below. Taylor last week gave Sami Jarroush of the Rock It Out! Blog some more details about STONE SOUR's fourth album, whic...