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'The Ultimate Metallica' Photos Featured In New Book From ROSS HALFIN

Chronicle Books has just released "The Ultimate Metallica" book of photographs by legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin. Halfin has documented METALLICA for nearly 25 years, from their beginnings as a scrappy, furious garage band to their current status as the heaviest and most popular metal band...

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CHTHONIC Bassist Named 'Goremate Of The Year'

Bassist Doris Yeh of Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC was voted "Goremate Of The Year" at the inaugural Gorezone Awards in London, England. Held at the Prince Charles Cinema in the West End, this was the first such ceremony put together by the monthly horror/ entertainment magazine Gorezone. Voted for b...

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EVANESCENCE/BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Drummer Interviewed On 'Rockin' Metal Revival'

EVANESCENCE/BLACK LABEL SOCIETY drummer Will Hunt was interviewed for the latest edition of "Rockin' Metal Revival". You can now stream the entire three-hour program in three parts below. In a recent interview with Radio Metal, Hunt was asked about the status of the recording sessions for EVANESCENC...

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KROKUS Releases Statement Regarding GOTTHARD Singer's Passing

Swiss hard rock legends KROKUS have released the following statement regarding the passing of GOTTHARD singer Steve Lee: "KROKUS and management would like to extend our sincere condolences to Steve Lee's family as well as to the band GOTTHARD. "Chris Von Rohr [KROKUS bassist] produced many of the GO...

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SLIPKNOT's '(Sic)nesses' DVD Tops 'Music Videos' Chart

SLIPKNOT's "(sic)nesses" DVD sold 9,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 1 on Billboard's Top Music Videos chart. SLIPKNOT headlined the annual Download festival in the U.K., performing in front of 80,000 of their rabid fans. The performance was absol...

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GOTTHARD's Record Label Releases Statement Regarding Singer's Passing

GOTTHARD's record label, Nuclear Blast Records, has released the following statement regarding the passing of the band's singer, Steve Lee: "The world has lost one of its greatest rock singers: GOTTHARD frontman Steve Lee was killed accidentally during a motorcycle trip in the USA on Interstate 15 b...

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FIRST BLOOD To Release 'Silence Is Betrayal' In November

San Francisco, California's FIRST BLOOD will release its sophomore album, "Silence Is Betrayal", on November 9 on Bullet Tooth, the new headquarters of Josh Grabelle from Trustkill Records. Featuring 15 songs of musical devastation and lyrical condemnation, FIRST BLOOD's new CD "relights the flame a...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE: New Video Interview

Bryan Odell, a 20-year-old reporter from Lincoln, Nebraska, recently conducted an interview with drummer Michael "Moose" Thomas and guitarist/vocalist Matt Tuck of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE. You can now watch the chat below. BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE recently tapped award-winning filmmak...

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VENGEFUL To Enter Studio In November

Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based band VENGEFUL will enter the studio on November 15 with producer Chris Donaldson (CRYPTOPSY, THE LAST FELONY, NEURAXIS) to begin recording its third album for an early 2011 release. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Delusional", "Malice", "Decay" and "Distant...

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KORN Drummer RAY LUZIER: Video Interview, Clinic Photos Available

Italian news blog Musica Metal conducted an interview with KORN drummer Ray Luzier when he took part in a drum clinic on September 21 in Busto Arsizio (VA),Italy. You can now watch the chat — which touches on such topics as the joys of teaching, his status as the "ex-drum slut" of Los Angeles ...

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MEMFIS: Legal Issues Resolved, New Album Coming Soon

Swedish progressive metal band MEMFIS has finally worked out its legal issues with Dental Records (which released the group's 2006 debut, "The Wind-Up") and is planning to release a new CD in the not-too-distant future on an as-yet-undisclosed new label. MEMFIS' follow-up to "The Wind-Up" was record...

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MONSTER MAGNET: 'Gods And Punks' Video Released

"Gods And Punks", the new video from MONSTER MAGNET, can be viewed at this location. It is also available below. The clip was directed by Nathan "Karma" Cox (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, LINKIN PARK, HIM) and tells the story of "a super villain down on his luck" whose "life's mission is to ...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Films Two New Videos

Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE recently tapped award-winning filmmaker Nigel Dick (GUNS N' ROSES, BLACK SABBATH, DEF LEPPARD, NICKELBACK) to direct the videos for their songs "Fever" and "Bittersweet Memories". BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE kicked off a 32-date North American headlining tour on S...

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GEEZER BUTLER Talks To 'The Metal File' About 40th Anniversary Of 'Paranoid', Future Plans

BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler was interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. You can stream the show using the audio player below. Due on November 15, "The Ozzy Years - Complete Albums Box Set (Limited Collectors Edition)" contains all the Ozzy-era BLACK SABB...

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AMORPHIS Begins Recording New Album

Finnish metallers AMORPHIS have entered Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki to begin recording their tenth studio album, to be released in early 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records. A short video clip from some of the early studio sessions can be viewed at this location (MP4 file). On September 17, AMORPHIS c...