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HELLOWEEN Bassist Interviewed By METAL STORM (Video)

Metal Storm conducted an interview with bassist Markus Großkopf of German power metallers HELLOWEEN when the band played at the at Hard Rock Hell IV festival in Prestatyn, Wales, U.K. on December 4. You can now watch the chat intwo parts below. "7 Sinners", the 13th studio album from HELLOWEEN, regi...

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1349 Drummer: 'We Are Pushing The Level Of Ambition All The Time'

The Scream Queen recently conducted an interview with drummer Kjetil-Vidar "Frost" Haraldstad of Norwegian black metallers 1349 and SATYRICON. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Scream Queen: How do you believe 1349 is perceived through the eyes of your fans? Frost: I think that we...

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Twilight of the Gods

The pain…she's a comin' strong! That the blackening of the power source we call the sun is not the stuff of joyful celebration is inarguable. "Twilight of the Gods" by Glasgow misery mongers BLACK SUN is sludgy, abrasively post-punk, and noisy as hell. It is torment set to music. The players are voc...

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WYKKED WYTCH Vocalist Launches Hot Sauce

Just in time for the holiday season, WYKKED WYTCH fans can purchase vocalist Ipek's Wykked Hot Sauce. According to a press release, Ipek's Wykked Hot Sauce was "designed because of Ipek's love of the hot and spicy. She could never find the sauce that was hot enough for her and is never satisfied wit...

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DREAM THEATER's JORDAN RUDESS Announces 'Musical Mind Meld' Supergroup Event

DREAM THEATER's keyboardist Jordan Rudess and drum great Marco Minnemann appear on the BandCrashers.com platform in a two-hour live online streaming performance on December 15, 2010, from Chicago's premier Plant 10 Studios, at 8 p.m. CST (9 p.m. EST and 6 p.m. PST). The "Musical Mind Meld" features...

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BOLT THROWER Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

British extreme metal pioneers BOLT THROWER have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 18-20, 2011 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ARCH ENEMY BOLT THROWER CALIBAN KVELERTAK PR...

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Ex-EMPEROR/ZYKLON Guitarist Discusses THE WRETCHED END Project On 'Focus On Metal' Podcast

Episode 12 of the Focus On Metal weekly podcast features a brand new interview with guitarist Samoth (THE WRETCHED END, EMPEROR, ZYKLON). You can now listen to it below. Focus On Metal podcast (audio):

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DØDHEIMSGARD, EXHUMED Confirmed For Norway's INFERNO Festival

Norway's DØDHEIMSGARD and California's EXHUMED have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Inferno festival, set to take place April 20-23, 2011 at the Rockefeller and John Dee venues in Oslo, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALCEST ATHEIST AURA NOIR DØDHEIMSGARD EXHUMED...

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MORBID ANGEL/DIVINE HERESY Drummer TIM YEUNG Interviewed (Video)

Rick Horton of The Metallic Onslaught conducted an interview with acclaimed extreme-metal drummer Tim Yeung (MORBID ANGEL, DIVINE HERESY, ALL THAT REMAINS, NILE, HATE ETERNAL and VITAL REMAINS) on November 6, 2010 when Yeung took part in a drum clinic at The House Of Guitars in his hometown of Roche...

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PARADISE LOST Forced To Pull Out Of Macedonia's TAKSIRAT FESTIVAL

Due to "extreme weather conditions," British gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST have been forced to cancel their appearance at the Taksirat Festival in Skopje, Macedonia on Saturday, December 4. Commented singer Nick Holmes and guitarist Greg Mackintosh: "To all our Macedonian fans who traveled to...

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MARY FORSBERG WEILAND's Book To Be Released In Paperback

"Fall To Pieces: A Memoir Of Drugs, Rock 'N' Roll, And Mental Illness", the new book from STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland's wife Mary Forsberg Weiland, will be released in paperback December 7 via It Books/HarperCollins Publishers (list price $14.99). In "Fall To Pieces",...

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VINNY APPICE Interviewed On CHOM-FM's 'The Metal File' (Audio)

Legendary drummer Vinny Appice (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, DIO) was interviewed for on the latest edition of "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. You can stream the show using the audio player below. Appice told "Metal Shop"'s Ralph Cartel in a recent new interview that he has la...

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LOCK UP: New Song Posted Online

Extreme metal supergroup LOCK UP has uploaded the first new piece of music in eight years, a track titled "Life of Devastation", to the band's official MySpace page. The song is set to appear on a split seven-inch single with MISERY INDEX early next year.

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman Interviewed By Holland's FaceCulture (Video)

Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH. You can now watch the chat in five parts below. CRADLE OF FILTH will return to the studio later this month to resume work on its next project, an orchestral album titl...

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DRAGONFORCE Guitarist Says Band Has Yet To Choose New Lead Singer

DJ Marco Garavelli of the Italian web site LineaRock conducted an interview with Herman Li, guitarist, songwriter and producer of the Grammy-nominated British extreme epic power metal band DRAGONFORCE, in late November during Li's Italian clinic tour. When asked about DRAGONFORCE's split with lead s...