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SEPULTURA Interviewed By France's SFR MUSIC (Video)

SFR Music conducted an interview with bassist Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. and drummer Jean Dollabella of Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA on June 18, 2010 at Hellfest in Clisson, France. You can now watch the chat below. SEPULTURA will return to the U.S. for two exclusive shows in 2011. Joining them...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Frontman Says MIKE PORTNOY Is 'Doing A Hell Of A Job' Performing With Band

The Pulse of Radio reports that AVENGED SEVENFOLD had a lot to celebrate this past week with its new album, "Nightmare", hitting No. 1 — marking the band's highest-charting debut. The success has likely been bittersweet for AVENGED SEVENFOLD, having lost drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan just last De...

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DERELICT Begins Writing New Material

Montreal technical death metal outfit DERELICT has begun writing material for its new album, tentatively due next year through Year Of The Sun Records. The CD will follow DERELICT's full-length debut, "Unspoken Words", which was released in 2009. Commented frontman Eric Burnet: "After a long tour an...

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GOTTHARD Singer's Guardian Angel

Vocalist Steve Lee of Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD has released the following statement: "I want to inform you that I have been involved in a horrible car crash in Italy on Saturday, August 7 while I was on my way home from a little vacation. A car crashed into us on the motorway near Firenze, ...

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SLIPKNOT's JOEY JORDISON Is 'The Greatest Drummer Of The Last 25 Years'

Seven days ago, U.K.'s Rhythm magazine kick-started an online poll to find out who its readers thought was the greatest drummer of the last quarter of a century. 102,000 votes later a winner has been crowned: none other than Joey Jordison of SLIPKNOT. Jordison received 37 percent of the votes, with...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD: Video Footage Of California Signing Session Available

AVENGED SEVENFOLD took part in a signing session on Friday, August 6 at Best Buy in Orange, California. Video footage of the event can be viewed below (shot and edited by Carl Alvarez). "Nightmare", the fifth album from AVENGED SEVENFOLD, sold 162,500 copies in the United States in its first week of...

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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Interviewed In Orangevale

Stinky of Capital Chaos conducted an interview with Mike Hranica (vocals) and Jeremy DePoyster (rhythm guitar, clean vocals) of the Dayton, Ohio Christian metalcore band THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA on July 23, 2010 at the Boardwalk in Orangevale, California. Watch the chat in two parts below. "Zombie, The...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD: 'Creep Show' Interview Available

Orange County, California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD recently sat down for an interview with the "Creep Show" podcast from AOL's Noisecreep. You can now watch the chat below. "Nightmare", the fifth album from AVENGED SEVENFOLD, sold 162,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut...

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SOULFLY To Headline 14th Annual 'D-Low Memorial' Concert

The 14th annual "D-Low Memorial" will take place on Saturday, August 28 at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona. Bands that are confirmed to perform at the event are SOULFLY, INCITE, HOWITZER, 49 TIL MIDNIGHT and NORTH OF NOWHERE. The "D-Low" show is held every year in memory of SOULFLY mainman Max...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Bassist On Topping BILLBOARD Chart

Bassist Johnny Christ of Orange County, California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD spoke to MTV News about how the band celebrated the news that its fifth album, "Nightmare", debuted at the top of The Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of over 162,000 copies. "I got the call from my manager last night,"...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's 'Nightmare' Tops BILLBOARD Chart

"Nightmare", the fifth album from Orange County, California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD, sold 162,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at the top of The Billboard 200 chart. AVENGED SEVENFOLD's self-titled fourth album opened with 94,000 units back in November 2007, nearly t...

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DREAM THEATER's MIKE PORTNOY: Like Father, Like Son

Video footage of DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy and his 11-year-old son Max playing the AVENGED SEVENFOLD song "Nightmare" can be viewed below. Portnoy made his live debut as AVENGED SEVENFOLD's current touring drummer on July 25 when the band played at the Heavy MTL festival in Montreal, Quebec...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD: 'Nightmare' Performance Footage From Wallingford Available

Fan-filmed video footage of AVENGED SEVENFOLD performing its new single, "Nightmare", on Friday, July 30 in Wallingford, Connecticut can be viewed below. AVENGED SEVENFOLD performed live for the first time since the death last December of drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan on July 25, when the band pl...

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SOULFLY Mainman Interviewed At U.K.'s SONISPHERE Festival

NME TV and Sonisphere TV conducted separate interviews with SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera at the U.K. edition of the Sonisphere festival, which is being held July 30 - August 1 at Knebworth Park. Watch the footage below. SOULFLY recently confirmed the departure of bassist Bobby Burns (as BLABBERMOUTH...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD: Tonight's Webcast Cancelled

Orange County, California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD has released the following statement: "Due to technical issues beyond our control, the [the previously announced July 31] webcast of AVENGED SEVENFOLD [from Syracuse, New York] has had to be canceled. We have been working non-stop to resolve these issues...