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JASON NEWSTED's PAPA WHEELIE To Open For KYUSS! LIVES In San Francisco

PAPA WHEELIE, the "stoner punk metal" crew consisting of former METALLICA/VOIVOD bassist Jason Newsted (a.k.a. Jaylor) on guitar/vocals, Steven Wiig (a.k.a. Swiiglor) on drums and Joe Ledesma (a.k.a. Joefus) on bass, will open for KYUSS LIVES! on Saturday, November 19 at The Regency Ballroom in San...

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OVIF To Enter Studio In October

Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based thrash metal band OVIF, which features former members of MELODYACT, will enter the studio on October 1 to begin recording its sophomore album for a January 2012 release. The group previously described the new material as "thrash galore." OVIF's debut album, "Devast", w...

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SLEEP, OM Confirmed For Holland's ROADBURN Festival

Roadburn festival organizers have announced that West Coast stoner metal legends SLEEP have been confirmed as the headliners at of next year's event. Also newly added to the festival's billing is OM, the band formed in 2003 by the rhythm section of SLEEP. Commented the organizers: "SLEEP are irrefut...

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Warriors of Ice

The sound of VOIVOD is as distinctive today as it was 25 years ago. That's what happens when the only item left behind after VOIVOD arrived from outer space onto sovereign Canadian land and turned metal world upside down was a broken and battered mold. Check out the 15-track set recorded live at Mon...

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VOIVOD Drummer Interviewed On 'Radioactive Metal' (Audio)

Drummer Michel "Away" Langevin of Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD was interviewed on the August 18, 2011 edition of "Radioactive Metal". You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. "Radioactive Metal" is broadcast on Pure Rock Radio Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. EST at www.pureroc...

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VOIVOD To Curate ROADBURN Festival 2012

Roadburn has announced the curator for the 17th edition of the festival: VOIVOD. After the band's widely acclaimed and artistically inspiring performances at the 2011 festival, VOIVOD has agreed to curate our festival on Friday, April 13, 2012. As curator, VOIVOD will personally select the bands tha...

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VOIVOD Drummer Interviewed On SKULL RADIO

DJ Skully of Skull Radio recently conducted an interview with drummer Michel "Away" Langevin of Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD. The 30-minute chat is now available for streaming in the Ustream clip below. In a recent interview with Exclaim.ca, Away stated about the new VOIVOD live album, "Warriors...

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VOIVOD Drummer Talks Live Album, Upcoming Studio CD (Audio)

KASC The Blaze 1330 AM (web site) recently conducted an interview with drummer Michel "Away" Langevin of Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD. The chat is now available for streaming using the SoundCloud player below. In a recent interview with Exclaim.ca, Away stated about the new VOIVOD live album, "W...

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VOIVOD Drummer Interviewed By METAL ASSAULT (Audio)

On August 9, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with drummer Michel "Away" Langevin of Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD. You can now listen to the 11-minute chat below. In a recent interview with Exclaim.ca, Away stated about the new VOIVOD live album, "Warriors Of Ice"...

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END OF LEVEL BOSS: 'Thee Absurd' Video Released

Britain's purveyors of eccentric rock and roll END OF LEVEL BOSS have just released a raging new video for "Thee Absurd", the fourth song from the outfit's newly-released third album, "Elkectric". Instead of utilizing a well-known major rock video producer to capture their vision on film, the band w...

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FATES WARNING: Athens Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of FATES WARNING's August 2, 2011 concert at Terra Vibe in Athens, Greece as the support act for DREAM THEATER can be seen below. FATES WARNING will spend the remainder of the year working on material for a new studio album, tentatively due in 2012. FATES WARNING 2011 is: Ra...

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3 Completes Work On New Album

Woodstock, New York's 3 has been working on their new album throughout 2011. They are finally emerging from Applehead Studios (COHEED AND CAMBRIA, MORNINGWOOD, STRAYLIGHT RUN) to do some East Coast and Canadian tour dates. On July 14, 3 will play one of the biggest shows of their career as part of F...

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VOIVOD Drummer Says New Songs Are Reminiscent Of 'Dimension Hatross' Era

Greg Pratt of Exclaim.ca recently conducted an interview with drummer Michel "Away" Langevin of Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the new VOIVOD live album, "Warriors Of Ice", featuring three-fourths of the band's classic lineup Langevin, bassist J...

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FATES WARNING To Begin Work On New Album

Progressive metallers FATES WARNING will play a handful of shows in Europe this summer, including a support slot at DREAM THEATER's August 2 concert at Terra Vibe in Athens, Greece. Commented guitarist Jim Matheos: "We're looking forward to playing in Europe again this summer, particularly Headbange...

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IAN GILLAN Talks About WHOCARES Project In New Video Interview

Artisan News recently spoke to DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan about WHOCARES the renewed musical union between Gillan and legendary heavy metal guitarist Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL). You can now watch the chat below. WHOCARES will release its debut CD single in North America on June...