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Silverthorn

A few years back, I was stranded outside a venue as guest of a band opening for symphonic metallers KAMELOT. My hosts had been detained at customs on the same day as the gig, hence their late arrival. Fortunately for me, I'd interviewed former KAMELOT vocalist Roy Khan a week prior and the band spie...

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Temporal

It's hard for me not to interject a personal note whenever discussing ISIS, so humor me a minute, if you will. To me, this was never a "post metal" band, a stupid, supercilious term I've always objected to in the first place. ISIS was an empirical, cinematic symposium of darkness and light, a sterli...

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WhoCares

This release may be a few months old already, but in the season of giving, it's perhaps prudent to shine the light on a benefit project if for nothing else, to serve as a reminder that music does serve a higher purpose when it wants to. Last year, Ian Gillan and Tony Iommi joined audile ...

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Be 3

No, this isn't the black metal band, KRUK, albeit, if you hang out long enough with this one, you'll hear an out-of-place death whoop crash into "Master Blaster" on their latest album, "Be 3". This incarnation of KRUK hails from Poland and while they do boast an album in their catalog titled "Before...

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Former THE HAUNTED Drummer's DEEP ARCHITECTURE: First Song Posted Online

"The Watcher", the first song from DEEP ARCHITECTURE, the new "musical collaboration" between former THE HAUNTED drummer Per Møller Jensen and Danish musician Carsten Lender, can be streamed at this location. Per Møller Jensen quit THE HAUNTED in October. He said in a statement released to BLABBERMO...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Guitarist Has Learned To Ignore Internet 'Haters'

Rhythm guitarist Mike Martin of Massachusetts metallers ALL THAT REMAINS told Christina Fuoco Karasinski of MLive.com during a recent interview that he has learned to just ignore the armchair critics and focus on what his band does best. "We've always just done whatever feels right to us and done wh...

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KAMELOT's CASEY GRILLO Selling 'One-Of-A-Kind' Drum Kit Used On 2012 U.S. Tour

KAMELOT drummer Casey Grillo is selling a "one-of-a-kind" Pearl Welder Tour Select drum kit via eBay. He says: "This drum kit was custom made for me to use on KAMELOT's 2012 U.S. tour while opening up for NIGHTWISH. I would love to hang on to it but I have so many kits at ...

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DEVILDRIVER Tracking New CD At Florida's AUDIOHAMMER

California metallers DEVILDRIVER have entered Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida to begin recording their upcoming sixth album for a tentative August 2013 release via Napalm Records. In a recent interview with Loudwire, DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara stated about the music direction of the ban...

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DEVILDRIVER Guitarist Interviewed By 'Toronto Metal Music' (Audio)

Toronto Metal Music conducted an interview with guitarist Mike Spreitzer of California metallers DEVILDRIVER on November 24 at the Sound Academy in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. In a recent interview with Loudwire, DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara stated...

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It's Official: Heavy Metal Is A Bigger 'Religion' In U.K. Than Scientology

According to The Guardian, more than 6,000 citizens of of England and Wales have registered the religion they actively follow as "heavy metal" in the most recent U.K. census. More people registered heavy metal than they did Satanism, with only 1,893 declaring that they follow the church of Satan. At...

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DEVILDRIVER: New Video Interview With MIKE SPREITZER

Pittsburgh Music Magazine conducted an interview with guitarist Mike Spreitzer of California metallers DEVILDRIVER on November 26 at Mr. Smalls in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. You can now watch the chat below. In a recent interview with Loudwire, DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara stated about the band's...

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Guitarist KERI KELLI Rumored To Be Joining GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE

According to Metal Sludge, Keri Kelli (SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, ALICE COOPER, RATT) is rumored to be joining vocalist Geoff Tate's newly assembled version of QUEENSRŸCHE as the replacement for the recently departed Glen Drover (MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND). Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE also includes bassist Rudy Sarzo (O...

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CHARIOTS OF THE GODS To Release 'Tides Of War' In January

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's deathcore thrashers CHARIOTS OF THE GODS will release their new full-length album, "Tides Of War", on January 29, 2013. Produced by award-winning producer/engineer/mixer Glen Robinson, who has worked with RAMONES, AC/DC, GWAR, ANNIHILATOR and VOIVOD, the CD delivers 14 epic...

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MOB RULES: 'Lost' Video Released

"Lost", the new video from German metallers MOB RULES, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's seventh album, "Cannibal Nation", which was released on October 19 via AFM Records. According to a press release, the CD "is a varied, hook-oriented and energetic record. By building their own stu...

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AUDREY HORNE: 'Youngblood' Release Dates Announced

Norwegian rock band AUDREY HORNE will release its fourth studio album, "Youngblood", via Napalm Records on the following dates: Norway: January 25, 2013 Sweden, Finland, Espania: January 30, 2013 Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux: February 1, 2013 Rest Of Europe: February 4, 2013 USA, Canada: F...