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Set in Stone

In these days of mix-and-match metal preceded with words like "post" or followed far too often with 'core, when an album is released that is difficult to describe as being anything but metal, albeit of the extreme sort, it is almost as though something new has been invented. It hasn't, which is exac...

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VINCE NEIL On 'Evil' SHARON OSBOURNE And NIKKI SIXX's 'Dumb' Business Decisions (Audio)

MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil was interviewed last Wednesday (September 22) on "The BJ Shea Morning Experience" show on the Seattle radio station KISW 99.9 FM. The chat can now be streamed using the audio player below. When asked about the revelation that in his newly released 320-page hardcover a...

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DISAVOWED Introduces New Drummer At Switzerland's MOUNTAINS OF DEATH (Video)

Dutch brutal death metallers DISAVOWED played their first show in three years — and their first with new drummer Kevin Foley (BENIGHTED, F STANDS FOR FUCK YOU!!!) — at the tenth edition of Switzerland's most extreme and biggest metal festival, Mountains Of Death, which was held August 19-21, 2010 in...

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NON OPUS DEI: 'Eternal Circle' Out Now

Polish black metallers NON OPUS DEI have just released their sixth album, "Eternal Circle", via Witching Hour Productions. The "30-minute extreme black metal punch in the face" features nine songs "filled with anger, passion and electrifying atmosphere," according to a press release. The recording s...

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UNLOCKED: Three Songs From Debut Album Available For Streaming

Three songs from from the upcoming debut album by UNLOCKED, the band featuring members of PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT, VISCERAL BLEEDING, GORGOROTH and ENTHRONED, are available for streaming on the group's MySpace page. Check out the tracks "Bloodcult", "The Puppeteer" and "Dysphoros" at this location....

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KATAKLYSM Frontman Says New Album Is 'Much More Aggressive' Than Its Predecessor

Denise Falzon of Exclaim! recently conducted an interview with vocalist Maurizio Iacono of Canadian extreme metallers KATAKLYSM. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Exclaim!: What was the musical direction behind new album "Heaven's Venom"? Iacono: We just had a very tough three years internally...

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COREY TAYLOR's 'Seven Deadly Sins': Official Book Cover Revealed?

Amazon.co.uk has released what appears to be the official cover (see below) for "Seven Deadly Sins", the forthcoming book from Corey Taylor. Taylor is the hard-living, hard-talking frontman of the bands SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR. Renowned for his flamboyant and disturbing stage presence, Corey has liv...

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MUSHROOMHEAD: 'Come On' Video Preview Available

A preview of "Come On", the new video from the Cleveland, Ohio art-metal collective MUSHROOMHEAD, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by David "House" Greathouse and Robert Kurtzman's Creature Corps. Creature Corps is an award-winning, full-service special make-up, creature, character, and vi...

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SYSTEM DIVIDE: 'The Conscious Sedation' First-Week Sales Revealed

"The Conscious Sedation", the full-length debut from SYSTEM DIVIDE — the extreme modern metal act featuring Sven De Caluwé (ABORTED) and Miri Milman (ex-DISTORTED) on vocals, Cole Martinez (ex-YEARS OF FIRE, ANTENORA) and Joseph Spiller (ex-THE BINARY CODE) on guitars, Andrew Lenthe (ANTENORA) on ba...

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ENSLAVED's IVAR BJØRNSON Discusses 'Axioma' Album In New Interview

Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with rhythm guitarist/songwriter Ivar Bjørnson of the progressive/psychedelic Norwegian black metallers ENSLAVED. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Blistering.com: "Vertebrae" was so well received, so how did you not only adapt to its suc...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: Another New Song Posted Online

A preview of a new track from "Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa", the forthcoming album by British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH, is now streaming on the album's mini-site. The track, titled "The Cult Of Venus Aversa", is also playing on the band's new iPhone app, which launched this week. The free...

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ENSLAVED's 'Axioma Ethica Odini' Track-By-Track Breakdown - Part 7

In the seventh of nine installments, bassist/vocalist Grutle Kjellson and rhythm guitarist/songwriter Ivar Bjørnson of the progressive/psychedelic Norwegian black metallers ENSLAVED offer a track-by-track commentary on the songs that will appear on the band's new album, "Axioma Ethica Odini", which...

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FINNTROLL Frontman Launches THE INIQUITY DESCENT

Vocalist Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns of Finnish folk metallers FINNTROLL has launched a brand new extreme-metal project called THE INIQUITY DESCENT. The band recently spent time in the studio recording 11 songs, four of which will make up the group's debut release. THE INIQUITY DESCENT will return to t...

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ROTTING CHRIST: South American Tour Canceled Again

Greek extreme metallers ROTTING CHRIST have issued the following update: "Being victims of an unprofessional treatment from our South American agency, we are in the very uncomfortable situation to announce for another one time the cancellation of the so expected tour in Latin America. We assure you...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: Special Fan Edition Of 'Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa' In The Works

Vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH has issued the following update: "We are currently working like rabid dogs on the extra-special fan edition of the [new CRADLE OF FILTH] album ['Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa']. The final details of what exactly will be in this...