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UNEARTH Announces Tour 'Fly-In' Contest

Massachusetts metal quintet UNEARTH has announced a very special "fly-in" contest centered around the October 30 New York City date of its recently announced U.S. headlining tour. One lucky fan of the band will win two round-trip tickets to New York City and two nights of hotel accommodations as wel...

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FATAL SMILE: 'S.O.B.' Video Posted Online

"S.O.B.", the new video from Swedish hard rockers FATAL SMILE, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Aestheticom's Bill Schacht, who has previously directed music videos for SAXON, DIO, KING DIAMOND, AMON AMARTH, LIBERTY X/REV RUN, ZAKK WYLDE and SISTER SIN, among others. The video, which in...

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X JAPAN Announces New Year's Eve, Christmas Performances

According to Jrock Revolution, the drummer and leader of the reactivated Japanese rockers X JAPAN, Yoshiki, announced at a press conference on Monday (September 15) that the band will play a "countdown concert" in Japan on December 31. An X JAPAN "Christmas event," which may be a classical concert,...

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THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER Dedicates Song To Canadian Troops

Canadian cult metal band THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER (a.k.a. PILEDRIVER) has dedicated the song "Battle Axe", from its upcoming album "Metal Manifesto", to the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces serving in Afghanistan. The band's first album in 22 years, "Metal Manifesto" was mixed by veteran Nei...

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BORN FROM PAIN: New Album Artwork Revealed

Dutch metallic hardcore heroes BORN FROM PAIN will release their new album, "Survival", in Europe on November 3 via Metal Blade Records (except Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, where it will arrive on October 31). The CD is said to be "musically [as] uncompromising as ever with an own twist...

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QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS: Video Of New Question-And-Answer Session Available

QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS recently took part in a question-and-answer session regarding their new album, "The Cosmos Rocks". Watch footage of the session below. "The Cosmos Rocks" will be released in Europe on September 15 via EMI and the U.S./Canada on October 14 through Hollywood Records/Universal . "T...

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PSYOPUS And F**K THE FACTS Cover METALLICA; Video Available

Every Friday on the current Grinding to Cataclysm tour, PSYOPUS and FUCK THE FACTS team up to rock out to a classic METALLICA cover. Two such clips have been posted exclusively on Metal Injection (see below). PSYOPUS recently announced the addition of vocalist Matt Dalberth (BURN EVERYTHING) to the...

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BEYOND POSSESSION: 1985 Demo Available For Download

The 1985 three-song demo cassette by Calgary punk-metal thrash pioneers BEYOND POSSESSION has been made available for download at the Bazillion Points metal demo blog. According to the blog post, "BEYOND POSSESSION from Calgary, Canada, have at least one molecule of a legacy, thanks to a legendary p...

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THE RED DEATH Calls It Quits

New York-based metallers THE RED DEATH have issued the following update: "So we're calling it a day and hanging up THE RED DEATH. It's been a fun ride and our thanks go out to Metal Blade Records for giving us the first opportunity to bring our music to a larger audience, Siege Of Amida and ...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD: Performance Footage Of 'Scream' From 'Live In The LBC' DVD Available

Video footage of Orange County, California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD performing the song "Scream", taken from the band's newly released DVD/CD package, "Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough", can be viewed below. Released on September 9, the "Live in the LBC & Diamonds in the Rough" live DVD fe...

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REVENANCE Signs Publishing Deal With SALEM ROSE MUSIC

Salem Rose Music Publishing has announced its cooperation with Long Island, New York's REVENANCE. The extremely brutal death metal group emerged in 2003 and has since laid down a punishing mix of pain-inducing riffs, slamming breakdowns and obscenely guttural vocals. Having released one album, "Omen...

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QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS: Audio Samples Of Entire 'The Cosmos Rocks' Album Available

QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS will release their new album, "The Cosmos Rocks", in Europe on September 15 via EMI and the U.S./Canada on October 14 through Hollywood Records/Universal . "The Cosmos Rocks" track listing: 01. Cosmos Rockin' 02. Time To Shine 03. Still Burnin' 04. Small 05. Warboys 06. We Belie...

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IRON FIRE Recording New Album

Vocalist Martin Steene of the Danish metal band IRON FIRE has issued the following update: "We have been in the studio on and off for a couple of months now, and the new album is coming along great. Vocals are almost done now and guitar solos are being recorded every day at Kirk's [Backarach, guitar...

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PRIMORDIAL Pulls Out Of Portugal's CAOS EMERGENTE Festival

Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL have cancelled their appearance at this year's Caos Emergente festival, set to take place September 12-14 in Recarei, Porto, Portugal. Commented vocalist Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill: "It is sad indeed to be writing the same blog twice in as many weeks but there is n...

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Centuries of Torment: The First 20 Years

If there is one band defines what death metal is all about, then it is surely CANNIBAL CORPSE, nitpicking and elitist assertions notwithstanding. Since 1987, the Buffalo band — the members themselves don't recognize the unit as a "Tampa band" — is arguably the world's most successful death metal ban...