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RUTHLESS: Video Footage From Germany's KEEP IT TRUE Festival Posted Online

Video footage of reactivated Southern California metallers RUTHLESS performing at this year's Keep It True XII festival, which was held April 24-25, 2009 at the Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany, can be viewed below. RUTHLESS recently signed a deal with Italy's My Graveyard Production...

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EXODUS: New Audio Interview With TOM HUNTING Available

The "Black Night Meditations" metal radio show recently conducted an interview with drummer Tom Hunting of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans EXODUS. The program is now available for download as an MP3 audio file at this location. "Black Night Meditations", a four-hour metal show focusing on blac...

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SLIPKNOT's SID WILSON Interviewed In Montreal; Video Available

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT DJ Sid Wilson prior to the band's April 29, 2009 concert in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Watch the 12-minute chat below. SLIPKNOT's video for the song "Sulfur" was shot on March 9 in the Los Angeles area and was directed by band percussionist Shawn Crah...

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DAATH Guitarist To Guest On ASYLUM Debut

DAATH guitarist Emil Werstler will lay down a guest guitar solo on the upcoming debut album from ASYLUM, the Chicago-based band featuring Markus Johansson (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Johnny Rox (bass guitar). Johansson and Rox are joined on the CD album by drummer Kevin Talley (DAATH, CHIMAIRA, D...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO On Some Of His Favorite Rock/Metal Songs Of All Time

Rhapsody Blog recently got the chance to sit down with the legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO),who put together a playlist of some of his favorite songs. Among Dio's choices were the following: SOUNDGARDEN, "Spoonman" "I think Chris Corne...

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MASTODON Guitarist Talks About 'Crack The Skye' Recording Process

Andre Mihsin of ChartAttack.com recently conducted an interview with MASTODON guitarist Bill Kelliher. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ChartAttack.com: When I first heard that the new record ["Crack The Skye"] was going to be produced by Brendan O'Brien, I was a bit surprised becaus...

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HEAVEN & HELL's BUTLER Says RONNIE JAMES DIO 'Verbalizes The Music And The Riffs'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal bassist Geezer Butler (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH). An excerpt from the chat follows below. Classic Rock Revisited: BLACK SABBATH released "The Dio Years" with three new songs in 2007. At what point...

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SUPREME PAIN: Footage From HOUTEN DEATHFEST Posted Online

Video footage of Dutch brutal death metal band SUPREME PAIN's April 25, 2009 performance at the Houten Deathfest in Holland can be viewed below. Also appearing on the bill were UNMERCIFUL, INSIDIOUS DECREPANCY and DESPISE, among many others. The group's next gig will take place on May 8 at N201 in A...

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MASTODON's BILL KELLIHER: 'I Always Looked Up To' METALLICA

Kristen Dunleavy of myYearbook.com recently conducted an interview with MASTODON guitarist Bill Kelliher. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. myYearbook.com: Have you ever had an out-of-body experience? Kelliher: Yeah, the one I can remember best is when I was playing with [my old band]...

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MIND KEY To Release 'Pulse For A Graveheart' In July

Frontiers Records has set a July 3 European release date (August 11 in the U.S.) for the second album from the Italian progressive metal band MIND KEY, entitled "Pulse for a Graveheart". MIND KEY debuted in 2004 with "Journey Of A Rough Diamond", an album that showed the excellent potential of the N...

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GNOSTIC: 'Engineering The Rule' Track Listing, Final Artwork Revealed

Atlanta, Georgia-based metallers GNOSTIC — who feature in their ranks three members of the current lineup of ATHEIST — will release their debut album, "Engineering the Rule", in Europe on May 25 via France's Season Of Mist (July 14 in the U.S.). GNOSTIC's sound is described in a press release as fol...

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Report: Townspeople Thwart Cricket Invasion By Blasting LED ZEPPELIN

Discover magazine reports that residents of Tuscarora, Nevada are using the music of LED ZEPPELIN and THE ROLLING STONES to ward off the mormon crickets' semi-annual invasion. Mormon crickets are a real problem in northern Nevada and other parts of the Great Basin: They march in columns up to two mi...

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ONHEIL: New Album Details Revealed

"Razor", the long-awaited new album from Dutch blackened thrash/death metal band ONHEIL, will be released on May 15 via German metal label Cyclone Empire. The group's first studio effort in six years was recorded at the Final Focus Studios and was produced by Bart Hennephof (TEXTURES, BRUTUS) and Yu...

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EXODUS: Chicago Live Audio Recording Posted Online

High-quality audio of San Francisco Bay Area thrash legends EXODUS performing the song "Children Of A Worthless God" at their recent tour stop at the House Of Blues in Chicago, Illinois is available for streaming at The Daily Rock. EXODUS will perform its classic debut album, "Bonded By Blood", in i...

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KORN To Headline ROCK ON! FEST; Support Bands Needed

KORN is looking for regional bands to participate in the Rock On! Fest at The Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion in Gilford, New Hampshire on May 23. The Rock On! Fest is a tribute to the late founder of the venue, Bob Harding. It was Bob's passion to promote all genres of music and to help ...