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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Interviews Himself; Video Available

A nine-minute tongue-in-cheek video clip of SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian conducting an interview with himself can be viewed below. As previously reported, Tankian has asked a collection of video and film directors, painters, and digital artists to each create a video for one of the 12 trac...

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CRASHDIET To Perform On Swedish TV

Swedish/Finnish glam rockers CRASHDIET will perform on the Swedish TV show "Nyhetsmorgon" (which airs on TV4) Thursday morning (September 6). CRASHDIET recently posted its new single, "In the Raw", on the group's MySpace page. The song comes off the band's sophomore album, "The Unattractive Revoluti...

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S.S.S.: New Video Interview Available

A video interview with Liverpool, England's crossover thrash monsters S.S.S. (SHORT SHARP SHOCK) conducted on August 7, 2007 can be viewed below. The close of 2006 saw the release of S.S.S.'s "Short Sharp Shock" — the debut 16-track CD and 12" wax, limited to 1,000 copies on Dead & Gone. The CD...

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COSMOSQUAD: Tour Dates Announced

Heralded Southern California-based metal fusioneers COSMOSQUAD, featuring acclaimed guitarist Jeff Kollman (GLENN HUGHES, UFO) and Canadian drummer Shane Gaalaas (B'Z, DIESEL MACHINE),will kick off their 2007/2008 tour with a performance at their favorite Los Angeles-area club, the world-famous Bak...

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CRASHDIET: New Single Posted Online

Swedish/Finnish glam rockers CRASHDIET have posted their new single, "In the Raw", on their MySpace page. The song comes off the group's sophomore album, "The Unattractive Revolution", which was mixed in the States by Kevin Churko. The CD is due in Scandinavia on October 3 and in the rest of Europe,...

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An Ocean Between Us

Admittedly, I was nonplussed with 2005's "Shadows are Security" from metalcore heavyweights AS I LAY DYING. It is not that it is a sub par album, and it is better than many similar albums in what has become a morass of mediocrity, but seemed to lack the vibrancy and sharp edges of its predecessor, "...

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RAVEN To Begin Recording Vocals Next Week

Legendary British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN will return Assembly Line Studios next week with engineer/mixer Kevin 131 (PROJECT: FAILING FLESH, DECEASED, DYSRYTHMIA, GARDEN OF SHADOWS) to begin laying down vocals for their new album, tentatively titled "Walk through Fire". A spring release is e...

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THE ABSENCE Offering 'Free Metal Upgrade'

Tampa, Florida-based melodic thrashers THE ABSENCE have issued the following update: "FREE METAL UPGRADE! Bring your TRIVIUM shirt to an ABSENCE show and swap it out for a shirt from THE ABSENCE for free! We're touring all over America and Canada so come out, swap out that TRIVIUM shirt and show the...

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Sharp Drop In Underage Drinking At PROJEKT REVOLUTION PNC Concert

Kevin Penton of the Asbury Park Press reports: Of the 26 people arrested at the Projekt Revolution concert Wednesday (August 29) at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey, only five were cited for underage drinking, police said. The number charged with underage drinking during Wednesday's c...

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THE CONFESSION To Film 'Dance With The Devil' Video

THE CONFESSION, championed by Alternative Press as one of "100 Bands You Need To Know in 2007," pounded audiences this summer on the Vans Warped Tour. Blazing through tracks from their debut CD, entitled "Requiem", produced by AVENGED SEVENFOLD's M. Shadows, the Dana Point, California band is now re...

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RAVEN To Headline Holland's MARIO'S METAL MEETING

Legendary British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN has been confirmed as the headliner of the first edition of Mario's Metal Meeting, set to take place November 11, 2007 at 013 in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: RAVEN DREAMLAND DIVINE RUINS DOUBLE DIAMOND IMPE...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: 'We Are Going To Wake Up Your Senses, Your Ears And Make You Think!'

JON OLIVA'S PAIN drummer Christopher Kinder has issued the following update: "Fifteen songs have been completed [for the new JON OLIVA'S PAIN album] and are now in their rehearsal format for Kevin [Rothney; bass] and I to begin our final preparations before hitting Audio Lab [studios] in September....

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BENEATH THE MASSACRE: 'Society's Disposable Son' Video Posted Online

BENEATH THE MASSACRE's first music video — for the track "Society's Disposable Son" — can be viewed below. Taken from the album "Mechanics of Dysfunction", the video was directed by Kevin Custer (LIGEIA, ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE) of Toaster In The Tub in New York earlier this summer. The 10 new tracks on "...

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STEEL ASSASSIN's 'War Of The Eight Saints' Due In September

New Jersey power metal label Sentinel Steel (ATTACKER, AXEHAMMER, SACRED OATH, MANILLA ROAD, GOTHIC KNIGHTS, etc.) has set a September 12 release date for Brockton, MA-based band STEEL ASSASSIN's "War of the Eight Saints" CD. States Sentinel Steel owner Denis Gulbey: "Being originally from Mass myse...

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CHRIS And RICH ROBINSON Of THE BLACK CROWES To Release 'Brothers Of A Feather' CD/DVD

In April 2006 during a break in THE BLACK CROWES' touring schedule that ultimately encompassed 106 band shows, Chris and Rich Robinson performed a string of their first-ever full-length acoustic duo dates — in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Austin. Billed as "Brothers Of A Feather: An Acou...