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HAMMERFALL, DRAGONLAND, DREAMLAND Members To Resurrect METAL MONARCHS For Live Shows

METAL MONARCHS, the Gothenburg, Sweden-based all-star heavy metal tribute band featuring members of HAMMERFALL, DESTINY, DREAMLAND and DRAGONLAND, will reunite to play a number of shows during 2013. METAL MONARCHS has been on hiatus for a couple of years, mainly due to HAMMERFALL's hectic schedule,...

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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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CENTURIAN: New Song Available For Streaming

Reunited Dutch death metallers CENTURIAN will release their much-anticipated new album, "Contra Rationem", on January 28, 2013 via Listenable Records. The CD was recorded at the We Are (Music) Junkies studio in Eindhoven with producer/sound engineer Jo Peeters (ABORTED, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, SEVERE TOR...

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HATEBREED Frontman To Take Part In Online Video Chat

Vocalist Jamey Jasta of Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED will take part in an online video chat with fans on Wednesday, December 19. Everyone using Facebook or Twitter may log in via their account and participate. The fan chat will start at 16.00 CET (10 a.m. EST / 3 p.m. UK time) at thi...

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HATEBREED Drummer Talks To 'Maximum Threshold' About 'The Divinity Of Purpose' (Audio)

Drummer Matt Byrne of Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED was interviewed on this past weekend's edition of the "Maximum Threshold" radio show. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. HATEBREED's new album, "The Divinity Of Purpose" is available for pre-order on iTunes (in...

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HATEBREED Frontman Talks New Album

Niclas Müller-Hansen of Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Jamey Jasta of Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metalshrine: The new album ["The Divinity Of Purpose"], where did the title come from? Jamey Jasta:...

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HATEBREED: 'The Divinity Of Purpose' Trailer Released

A two-and-a-half-minute trailer for "The Divinity Of Purpose", the new album from Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED, in which the band's frontman, Jamey Jasta discusses the CD's artwork, can be seen below. "The Divinity Of Purpose" is available for pre-order on iTunes (in the United State...

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CENTURIAN: New Album Details Revealed

Reunited Dutch death metallers CENTURIAN will release their much-anticipated new album, "Contra Rationem", on January 28, 2013 via Listenable Records. The CD was recorded at the We Are (Music) Junkies studio in Eindhoven with producer/sound engineer Jo Peeters (ABORTED, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, SEVERE TOR...

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KORN, SLAYER, STAIND, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Members Talk PANTERA

On December 8, it will be eight years since PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was tragically taken from us. However, ARTISTDirect.com editor-in-chief Rick Florino decided to ask a myriad of artists about PANTERA's impact on them. So many of them cite "Vulgar Display Of Power", celebrating i...

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LED ZEPPELIN Members Attend State Department Dinner For Kennedy Center Honors

Surviving LED ZEPPELIN members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones attended a State Department Dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors gala last night (Saturday, December 1) at the State Department in Washington. Joining them were other honorees, comedian and television personality David Lette...

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LED ZEPPELIN To Guest On 'Late Show With David Letterman'

On December 3, LED ZEPPELIN members John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant will guest on the "Late Show With David Letterman" when the program broadcasts from Washington D.C. LED ZEPPELIN, along with Letterman, are among the seven individuals who will receive the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors. Ot...

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STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA's HATRIOT: Audio Snippet Of New Single Available For Streaming

HATRIOT, the new San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band led by former EXODUS and LEGACY (pre-TESTAMENT) frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza, will release its debut album, "Heroes Of Origin", on January 25, 2013 via Germany's Massacre Records. The CD was recorded with producer Juan Urteaga (MACHINE HEAD,...

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MEGADETH Bassist: 'At Its Best, Metal Is A Wild Animal And Shouldn't Be Controlled'

Chris A. of Hardrock Haven conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson before the band's November 20 concert in Columbus, Ohio. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Hardrock Haven: On this tour, you've been playing the entire "Countdown To Extinction" record. Previously,...

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ANTHRAX Bassist Schedules German Clinics

ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello has scheduled two Hartke-sponsored clinics in Germany in late November and early December: Nov. 26 - Session Music - Frankfurt, Germany Dec. 01 - Hieber Lindberg - Munich, Germany More information can be found on the poster below. In a recent interview with Full Metal Jac...

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CRYPTOPSY: New Album Premiere

The self-titled new album from Canadian extreme metallers CRYPTOPSY is being released in the U.S. today (Tuesday, November 20) via Cryptopsy/Defen Society in association with Revolution Harmony/Candlelight Records. The cover artwork for "Cryptopsy" was created by Mircea Gabriel Eftemie (MNEMIC) and...