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GRAND MAGUS: Another New Song Available For Streaming

"Valhalla Rising", a brand new song from Swedish heavy rockers GRAND MAGUS, can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. The track comes off the band's new album, "The Hunt", which will be released in Europe on May 25 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD's cover artwork was created by Arik Roper...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Bassist Joins PRONG On Stage In U.K.; Video Available

PRONG is currently in the middle of a short European tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of its landmark "Beg To Differ" album. Decibel magazine has lauded that LP for "breaking sacred ground and directing where heavy music would inevitably head for the rest of the '90s." In addition, they are pla...

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SOULFLY/PRONG Bassist Interviewed In New York City (Video)

Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks! recently conducted an interview with Tony Campos (SOULFLY, POSSESSED, STATIC-X, ASESINO, MINISTRY, ATTIKA 7) before SOULFLY's April 27 concert at the Gramercy Theater in New York City. You can now watch the chat below. SOULFLY's eighth album, "Enslaved", sold 5,900 cop...

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3 INCHES OF BLOOD: 'Metal Woman' Video Released

"Metal Woman", the new video from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada metallers 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Long Live Heavy Metal", which was released on March 27 via Century Media Records. For "Long Live Heavy Metal", 3 INCHES OF BLOOD reunited wi...

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STORMLORD: New Album Details Revealed

Italian extreme epic metal act STORMLORD have issued the following update: "Legions of the storm, first of all, we want to show you our deepest gratitude for having so much patience. It's been a while since our last update and now we're ready to unveil some details about our next album. "In the last...

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PRONG Mainman Interviewed On 'Saturday Night Scream' (Audio)

Guitarist/vocalist Tommy Victor of PRONG was recently interviewed by Joe D, host of the metal show "Saturday Night Scream", which airs every Saturday night from 9:00 p.m. to midnight on WAQX (95X) in Syracuse, New York. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. Interview...

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SLASH Kicks Off U.S. Tour In Baltimore; Video Footage, Photos Available

Legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) and his solo band kicked off their U.S. tour last night (Thursday, May 3) at Rams Head Live! In Baltimore, Maryland. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Mean Bone 02. Dirty Little Thing 03. Ghost 04. Nightrain 05. Rocket Queen 06. Bac...

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GRAND MAGUS: Official 'The Hunt' Lyric Video Released

The official lyric video for "The Hunt", the title track of the new album from Swedish heavy rockers GRAND MAGUS, can be seen below. Due in Europe on May 25 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD's cover artwork was created by Arik Roper (CATHEDRAL, HIGH ON FIRE, SLEEP),who also handled the art on GRAND...

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PRONG's TOMMY VICTOR Interviewed On KASC THE BLAZE 1330 AM (Audio)

KASC The Blaze 1330 AM (web site) recently conducted an interview with PRONG mainman Tommy Victor. The chat is now available for streaming using the SoundCloud player below. PRONG's new album, "Carved Into Stone", sold around 1,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD lan...

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PRONG: 'Carved Into Stone' First-Week Sales Revealed

PRONG's new album, "Carved Into Stone", sold around 1,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 13 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never ap...

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SLASH Talks About Recording Process For 'Apocalyptic Love' (Video)

Legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) invited MusiciansFriend.com to Barefoot recording studios in Hollywood, California, where he was finishing his upcoming album, "Apocalyptic Love", and gave the site a little insight into his gear and recording process. Check out the foota...

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Long Live Heavy Metal

3 INCHES OF BLOOD is a known quantity in the world of metal, but I'm not sure the Canadians always get the attention they deserve from all corners of the traditional heavy metal community. Perhaps it is the purists that haven't invested any time in the band's four albums for juvenile reasons that in...

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Concerning Old-Strife and Man-Banes

Kansas City's STONEHAVEN have singlehandedly reignited my fire for black metal with a scorcher called "Concerning Old-Strife and Man-Banes". Not only has this 59-minute album of Scandinavian-rotted, traditional black metal kept my interest from one end to the other, it has been without hesitation th...

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THE SWORD: Previously Unreleased 'Age Of Winters'-Era Track Available On iTunes

In advance of Friday's premiere of this year's highly anticipated movie "Marvel's The Avengers", Austin, Texas metal luminaries THE SWORD have announced the release of "Hammer Of Heaven", an early track dating back to 2003 that was not included on "Age Of Winters", which the band submitted for inclu...

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Reunited Canadian Metallers SWORD Perform At Germany's KEEP IT TRUE Festival (Video)

Reunited '80s Montreal power metallers SWORD (not to be confused with Texas-based luminaries THE SWORD) performed this past Friday night (April 27) at the Keep It True XV festival Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. SWORD playe...