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MAX CAVALERA: Reunion Of Classic SEPULTURA Lineup 'Almost Happened'

On May 16, Altsounds.com conducted an interview with former SEPULTURA and current SOULFLY/CAVALERA CONSPIRACY frontman Max Cavalera. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Altsounds.com: Was "Omen" a difficult album for you to write? Max: It was difficult in a sense that I tried to make it...

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SOULFLY's 'Omen' Projected To Sell 10K-15K First Week

According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, SOULFLY's new album, "Omen", is on track (based on one-day sales reports) to sell between 10,000 and 15,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. SOULFLY's last album, "Conquer", opened with...

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SOULFLY Mainman Talks About His Favorite 'Omen' Tracks

Video footage of SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera offering insight into three of his favorite tracks from the band's new "Omen" album — "Bloodbath And Beyond", "Rise Of The Fallen" and "Jeffrey Dahmer" — can be viewed below. SOULFLY's new album, "Omen", was released on May 25 via Roadrunner Records. The...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Taps WAYNE ISHAM For 'Nightmare' Video

Southern California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD recently tapped famed video director Wayne Isham to helm the clip for the band's new single, "Nightmare". Wayne Isham, 52, is an American movie director who has directed music videos of many popular artists such as METALLICA, MÖTLEY CRÜE, SIMPLE PLAN, PANTERA,...

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MAX CAVALERA Talks New CAVALERA CONSPIRACY Album; Audio Available

Max Cavalera of SOULFLY and CAVALERA CONSPIRACY was interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "The Racket". Listen to the program in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: The first part of the Cavalera interview begins around the 36-minute mark). Check out the pro...

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MAX CAVALERA Says New CAVALERA CONSPIRACY Album Makes Debut 'Sound Like Pop Music'

Peter Hodgson of the I Heart Guitar blog recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY/CAVALERA CONSPIRACY mainman Max Cavalera. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. I Heart Guitar: The new [SOULFLY album, "Omen"] album really kicks ass, and it's full of lots of old-school energy. Was tha...

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Project Featuring ÅKERFELDT, WILSON, PORTNOY Begins Work On Music

PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson revealed to Chordstruck Magazine that he has begun work on material for his much-anticipated collaboration with Mikael Åkerfeldt from OPETH and Mike Portnoy from DREAM THEATER. "I started writing with Mikael last month, finally," he said. "It's still in the very early...

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ACHERON Officially Laid To Rest; Festival Appearances Cancelled

After 22 years of existence, black/death metal band ACHERON has officially calledit quits. The group has released five original full-length albums, three mini-CDs, one covers CD and a number of other underground releases. Commented mainman Vincent Crowley: "After a 22-year run, I am finally putting...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's 'Nightmare' No. 1 Most Added Track At Active Rock Radio

"Nightmare", the new single from Southern California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD, is the No. 1 most added track at Active Rock radio in the United States this week. It is also the No. 1 rock song on iTunes in the United States, selling over 23,666 units in its first day. Additionally, across the pond in the...

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SOULFLY's MAX CAVALERA Talks 'Omen' In KERRANG! Video Podcast

U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine conducted an interview with SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera prior to the band's May 17, 2010 concert at at O2 Academy Islington in London, England. Watch the chat below. SOULFLY's new album, "Omen", is scheduled for release on May 25 via Roadrunner Records. The CD is now availa...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Nearly Split Up After Drummer's Death

In an interview for this week's Kerrang! magazine, the surviving members of Southern California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD speak openly and frankly about the death of their drummer and "brother," Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan. "We were all ready to quit for the first week after [The Rev's death]," reveals guita...

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Exclusive: SOULFLY's 'Omen' Available For Streaming In Its Entirety

SOULFLY's seventh album, "Omen", is now available for streaming in its entirety at this location. The CD will be released on May 25 via Roadrunner Records. Frontman Max Cavalera fuels "Omen" with the same blood, fire and spirit that made him a genre icon with SEPULTURA, SOULFLY and CAVALERA CONSPIRA...

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MIKE PORTNOY 'Sings' SABBATH, DIO Classics At TRANSATLANTIC's Milan Concert; Video Available

According to the news blog Musica Metal, TRANSATLANTIC — the progressive rock supergroup featuring DREAM THEATER's Mike Portnoy, MARILLION's Pete Trewavas, THE FLOWER KINGS' Roine Stolt and Neal Morse (ex-SPOCK'S BEARD) — paid homage to the late Ronnie James Dio by performing a "jam" version of "Hea...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Frontman Discusses New Single

The Pulse of Radio reports: AVENGED SEVENFOLD releases the first single and title track from its upcoming album, "Nightmare", to radio stations on Monday (May 17). Singer M. Shadows told The Pulse of Radio that the album started out as a concept record, but that idea was dropped after the death of t...

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AEON: Another New Song Posted Online

Swedish death metallers AEON will release their third album, "Path Of Fire", on May 25 (one day earlier internationally) via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded in September 2009 at Empire Studio in Östersund, Sweden and was mixed the following month at Mana Recording Studios in St, Petersburg,...