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MUSHROOMHEAD Interviewed By BACKSTAGE ENTERTAINMENT (Video)

Jeremy Lafrentz of Backstage Entertainment conducted an interview with Waylon Reavis and Jeffrey Nothing of the Cleveland, Ohio art-metal collective MUSHROOMHEAD before the band's December 13, 2010 concert at Knickerbockers in Lincoln, Nebraska. You can now watch the chat below. MUSHROOMHEADs new al...

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XERATH: Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

U.K.-based experimental/progressive extreme metallers XERATH entered Foel Studio (PORCUPINE TREE, NAPALM DEATH, ELECTRIC WIZARD, PRIMORDIAL, PAUL ROGERS) in Wales at the end of November to begin recording their sophomore album for an early 2011 release. The CD will be mixed and mastered by Jacob Han...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION Announces U.S. Headlining Tour

Florida-based death metal veterans MALEVOLENT CREATION will embark on the "United Hate Across America Tour" in February with support from FULL BLOWN CHAOS, THE ABSENCE, HAVOK and BEYOND TERROR BEYOND GRACE. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 11 - Tampa, FL - Brass Mug Feb. 12 - Raleigh, NC - Volum...

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HELLOWEEN Drummer Interviewed By U.K.s SONIC SHOCKS (Video)

Sonic Shocks conducted an interview with drummer Dani Löble of German power metallers HELLOWEEN at the Hard Rock Hell IV festival, which was held December 3-5, 2010 at Pontins in Prestatyn, North Wales, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. "7 Sinners", the 13th studio album from HELLOWE...

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ILLDISPOSED: New Album Release Date Announced

Massacre Records has set a March 25, 2011 European release date for the as-yet-untitled new album from Danish extreme metallers ILLDISPOSED. The band will enter the studio on January 8, 2011 to begin recording the CD. ILLDISPOSED's last album, "To Those Who Walk Behind Us", entered the official char...

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ROB HALFORD On JUDAS PRIEST's Farewell Tour: We Want To Leave On Respectable Terms

George Varga of SignOnSanDiego.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST/HALFORD frontman Rob Halford. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. SignOnSanDiego.com: Does it feel like the start of a new chapter with the second decade of the HALFORD band starting, and the looming en...

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GOJIRA Frontman Discusses Upcoming EP On FULL METAL JACKIE's Radio Show (Audio)

Guitarist/vocalist Joe Duplantier of French extreme/progressive metallers GOJIRA was interviewed on the December 3-5, 2010 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program...

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KATAKLYSM Uploads First Song To 'Rock Band Network' To Feature Double-Bass Application

Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based extreme metallers KATAKLYSM have uploaded another song to the Rock Band Network, a downloadable content service designed by Harmonix Music Systems with the help of Microsoft to allow musical artists and record labels to make their music available as playable tracks for...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Undergoing Surgery

Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, GUNS N' ROSES) is undergoing surgery on his sinuses after he developed a hole (perforation) in the cartilage of his nasal septum as a complication from years of cocaine use. His wife Susan writes on her Twitter profile, "[I] am thankful and bless...

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CRUACHAN Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Irish folk metal band CRUACHAN has inked a deal with Candlelight Records. The group's new album, "Blood On The Black Robe", will be released in early 2011. An audio sample of the new CRUACHAN track "I Am Warrior" — taken from "Blood On The Black Robe" — is available for streaming using the Soundclou...

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HINDER's 'All American Nightmare' Cracks U.S. Top 40

"All American Nightmare", the third album from Oklahoma hard rockers HINDER, sold 35,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 37 on The Billboard 200 chart. Co-produced by drummer Cody Hanson and Kevin Churko (AT THIS MOMENT, OZZY OSBOURNE),"All America...

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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist On Musical Inspiration, Lineup Changes And Songwriting Process

Brandon Marshall of Sonic Excess recently conducted an interview with guitarist Silenoz (real name: Sven Atle Kopperud) of Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sonic Excess: How did the second generation of black metal affect you growing...

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NEVERMORE Guitarist To Guest On KEITH MERROW Album

Guitarist Jeff Loomis of Seattle, Washington metallers NEVERMORE has recorded a guest appearance on the new album from the Portland, Oregon studio musician Keith Merrow. The 10-song CD is tentatively due sometime in 2011. Video footage of Loomis in the studio laying down his track can be viewed belo...

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VINNY APPICE: New Audio Interview Posted Online

Jason Wellwood of Hellbound.ca recently conducted an interview with legendary drummer Vinny Appice (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, DIO). You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. Interview Part 1: Interview ...

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RICK ROZZ's M INC. Project Schedules Live Debut

M INC., the new Orlando, Florida-based band featuring former DEATH/MASSACRE guitarist Frederick "Rick Rozz" DeLillo, will make its live debut as the support act for OBITUARY on Friday, January 21 at State Theater in Saint Petersburg, Florida. M INC. was formed last year by Rozz, Terry Shrock (SHINE;...