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EPICA Singer On Being A 'Sex Symbol': 'I Also Have A Brain! I Don't Have Just Tits And An Ass'

Ofir Messer of Metalist Magazine recently conducted an interview with frontwoman Simone Simons of the Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA leading up to the band's second visit to Israel. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metalist Magazine: It seems 2008 has been a busy year for you and es...

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MASTODON: New Album Concept Revealed

Patrizia Mazzuoccolo of the "Tinitus" radio show, which airs every Wednesday on Norway's NRK P3, spoke to MASTODON drummer Brann Dailor in late November prior the band's concert in Oslo as part of the "Unholy Alliance: Chapter III" tour with SLAYER, TRIVIUM and AMON AMARTH. Although MASTODON's new a...

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Profano Ad Regnum

The year 2008 is one marked by a resurgence of not just retro thrash, but old school, doomy death metal. We have seen superb releases from Australia's IGNIVOMOUS (vinyl releases at that),Norway's EXECRATION, Sweden's NECROVATION, and Greece's DEAD CONGREGATION, while Seattle's DRAWN AND QUARTERED b...

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Freedom Metal

How about those Chicago boys? In keeping with Cruz Del Sur's legacy of releasing some of the world's best heavy metal (in the most traditional sense),the Italian label can take pride in BIBLE OF THE DEVIL's fifth full-length album, "Freedom Metal". It does not disappoint. The Windy City quartet bri...

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Your Drug of Choice

Here we have the (eighth? ninth? do we count that remix album?) full-length effort of muscled down, grown up thrash metal from these Swiss scene veterans (anyone remember POLTERGEIST, besides me and whoever empties the dumpsters at Century Media?). GURD may have zero profile here in the States, but...

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AXL ROSE Takes Part In Another Online Chat, Says There Are 'No Plans' For GN'R Tour Right Now

Reclusive GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose took part in yet another online chat Friday night (December 12),this time via the GUNS N' ROSES fan community ChineseDemocracy.com. BLABBERMOUTH.NET has compiled the most interesting bits from the question-and-answer session and is re-posting them here for yo...

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MEGADETH's MUSTAINE: 'It's Time To Tell You The Truth About What Is Happening In The Studio'

MEGADETH is in the final stages of the songwriting process for the band's new album, which is tentatively expected sometime next year via Roadrunner Records. The CD is once again being helmed by acclaimed British producer Andy "Undie" Sneap, who produced MEGADETH's last album, "United Abominations"...

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LACUNA COIL: 'Shallow Life' Due In The Spring

Italian hard rock band LACUNA COIL, which offers the dual vocals of male singer Andrea Ferro and female vocalist Cristina Scabbia, has set "Shallow Life" as the title of its new album, due in the spring via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded earlier this fall at a studio in Los Angeles with...

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BRING ME THE HORIZON: New Video Interview With LEE MALIA Available

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with lead guitarist Lee Malia of the U.K.'s BRING ME THE HORIZON on December 9, 2008 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Watch the chat in two parts below. "Suicide Season", the new album from BRING ME THE HORIZON, was issued in the U.K. on October 6 via Visible Noise an...

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COBALT Completes Work On New Album

Colorado-based avant-garde extreme metal outfit COBALT has completed work on its new album, "Gin", for a March 17, 2009 release via Profound Lore Records. The follow-up to 2007's "Eater of Birds" sees COBALT "forge a markedly darker and rougher edged path, carving out a surreal outburst of intense s...

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BRING ME THE HORIZON: Montreal Footage Available

HardTimes.ca has uploaded video footage of BRING ME THE HORIZON's December 9, 2008 concert in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Watch the clips below. "Suicide Season", the new album from BRING ME THE HORIZON, was issued in the U.K. on October 6 via Visible Noise and in the U.S. on November 18 through Epita...

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GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist's SEXTAPES Schedules Hollywood Gig

SEXTAPES, the Hollywood, California-based band featuring GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Chris Pitman on vocals and guitar synth, will perform with PIGMY LOVE CIRCUS and STURGEON at the Key Club in Hollywood, California on February 5, 2009. According to Pitman, "There is talk of a future major tour with a...

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GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist CHRIS PITMAN Releases SEXTAPES

SEXTAPES, the Hollywood, California-based band featuring GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Chris Pitman on vocals and guitar synth, released its self-titled debut album on November 11, 2008 via ToneRiot Records. The CD was made available through iTunes (worldwide),Best Buy stores, FYE, Borders Books, Where...

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ARCHITECTS: More 'Hollow Crown' Preview Clips Available

Two more preview clips for "Hollow Crown", the highly anticipated new album from the British quintet ARCHITECTS can be viewed below. The CDwas produced by John D. Mitchell (BRING ME THE HORIZON, ENTER SHIKARI). To show fans a bit of what can be expected with the new record, the band has uploaded a t...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's Zippers Are At 'Half Mast' Following Strip Club Fire

According to the Los Angeles Times, faulty electric wiring seems to have been the source of the fire that burned on Wednesday (December 3) through the roof of The Body Shop, a landmark Sunset Boulevard strip club best known as the location for the video of MÖTLEY CRÜE's hit "Girls, Girls, Girls" (se...