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DEADWALK: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"Scandalous", the new album from DEADWALK — the Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based hardcore/metal outfit which now features ex-TOO PURE TO DIE frontman Greg Kepka — is being streamed in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. DEADWALK has also announced that founding bassist Gates Pompizzi has rejoined...

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OCTOBER FILE To Release New Album In April

U.K. hardcore act OCTOBER FILE will release its long-awaited third album, "Our Souls To You", on April 5, 2010 via Candlelight Records. The CD is described in a press release as "a raging assault of post-apocalypse sonic heaviness on the senses from start to finish. . . Dark, aggressive, angular and...

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ANTHRAX, EVERY TIME I DIE, FALL OUT BOY Members Join Forces In THE DAMNED THINGS?

U.K.'s Rock Sound magazine reported earlier today (note: the article has since been removed from the web site) that members of FALL OUT BOY, EVERY TIME I DIE and ANTHRAX have teamed up to form the metal side-project THE DAMNED THINGS. The band is said to include FALL OUT BOY guitarist Joe Trohman .....

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DARK FUNERAL: New Album To Receive U.S. Release In January

"Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus", the new album from Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL, will be released in North America on January 26 via Regain Records. The CD, which is being made available in most European countries between November 18 and November 27, was recorded at Abyss Studio in Grangärde, S...

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DÉTENTE Parts Ways With Singer, Announces Replacement

Reunited California metallers DÉTENTE — featuring original members Dennis Butler (drums),Caleb Quinn (guitar) and Steve Hochheiser (bass) — have parted ways with vocalist Ann Boleyn (HELLION) and have replaced her with Tiina Teal(pictured below). Having originally started out behind the kit as a dr...

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THROWDOWN Interviewed On FULL METAL JACKIE's Radio Show

Orange County, California's hardcore/metal act THROWDOWN were the featured guests on the November 13-15 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. The interview is now available for streaming using the audio player below. "Deathless", the new album from THROWDOWN, sold 2,600 co...

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TRIVIUM Frontman: 'I've Been Listening To Mainly Classical Music'

Kristen Dunleavy of myYearbook recently conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy of Florida metallers TRIVIUM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. myYearbook: Are you writing potential TRIVIUM songs on this tour? Heafy: We have about 30 songs written for the next record...

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THIS IS HELL Recording PANTERA Cover For METAL HAMMER's DIMEBAG Tribute

Long Island-based hardcore/metal band THIS IS HELL has recorded a cover version of an as-yet-undisclosed PANTERA song for the forthcoming "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) tribute album. The collection, which is being put together by U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine for a special issue that...

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KORN Rumored To Headline Next Year's ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL

KORN drummer Ray Luzier told Unwired TV in a recent interview (see video below) that the band might headline next year's edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour. Also rumored to take part in the trek are Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED, whose frontman, Jamey Jasta, tol...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Wants To Take You On A Tour Of His Tokyo Neighborhood

NHK World has begun its broadcast of "Tokyo Eye", a special program in which former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman gives the viewers a personal look at some of his favorite places in his neighborhood. This is a unique and fun trek throughout Tokyo. Broadcast dates and times vary by country, so ch...

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MORBID ANGEL Signs With SEASON OF MIST

Legendary Florida death metallers MORBID ANGEL have inked a worlwide deal (excluding Japan) with France's Season of Mist. "I am truly looking forward to our new relationship with Season of Mist," bassist/vocalist David Vincent states. "Michael Berberian has a lot of artistic vision and is a real mus...

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SOULFLY Drummer Talks About Next Studio Album

Sick Drummer Magazine recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY drummer Joe Nunez. A couple of exerpts from the chat follow below. Sick Drummer Magazine: What's the latest with the new SOULFLY record? How far along are you guys? Joe: Max [Cavalera, guitar/vocals] has put together the songs and pi...

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ALL ENDS Drummer Checks In From The Studio

Swedish hard rock band ALL ENDS entered the studio on November 2 to begin recording its second full-length album for an early 2010 release. The forthcoming CD will mark the recording debut of the group's new singer, Jonna Sailon, who replaced Emma Gelotte (sister of IN FLAMES guitarist Björn Gelotte...

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OBITUARY Bassist: We've Never Tried To Sound Like METALLICA Or SLIPKNOT

Simon Milburn of The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with bassist Frank Watkins of Florida death metallers OBITUARY. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On whether he thought OBITUARY would still be going hard at it at more than 20 years since the band's inception: "That's a...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN: Tour, Album News

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will team up with Taiwanese superstar A-MEI for a tour of Asia and Australia starting late November. The ever-evolving pop diva will launch a bold new image by collaborating with Marty to show her yet-unseen aggressive side. The tour is an elaborate stage pro...