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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...

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QUO VADIS: New Song Posted Online

Canadian progressive tech-death metallers QUO VADIS have posted an "updated version" of "Obitus", one of the new songs the band has been working on for its next album, on their MySpace page. "Obitus" was recorded and mixed at 40 West Studio by QUO VADIS guitarist Bart Frydryhowicz and was mastered b...

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LIMP BIZKIT Drummer 'Feeling Much Better' Following Pneumonia Diagnosis

LIMP BIZKIT drummer John Otto "is feeling much better today and is on his way to recovery" after being diagnosed with pneumonia, according to a new Twitter message from the band's frontman, Fred Durst. LIMP BIZKIT was forced to cancel a show in Oslo, Norway last night (Monday, September 27) after Ot...

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ANTHRAX Singer On 'Big Four': It Was Overwhelming To Be Part Of METALLICA's World

Chad Bowar of About.com recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. About.com: How did the latest reunion come about? Joey Belladonna: I got an email from Charlie [Benante, drums] saying their new management wanted to speak to...

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VINCE NEIL Gets New Court Date In DUI Case

According to KABC-TV, a Las Vegas judge set a new court date for MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil on misdemeanor drunken driving and speeding charges. Judge Joe M. Bonaventure set an Oct. 11 status check for the case, according to a court clerk. Neil failed three field sobriety tests and had a blood-...

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ACCEPT Guitarist: 'We Are Excited Like Teenagers Now'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Classic Rock Revisited: ACCEPT had a great frontman in Udo [Dirkschneider]. Was [new singer] Mark [Tornillo] appr...

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VELVET REVOLVER Trying Out Two Singers Next Month

According to a new Twitter message from VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum, the band will try out two singers in early October. VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash told BostonHerald.com earlier in the month that the search for a new frontman for the group will resume after he finishes his current solo t...

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LORDI's 'Babez For Breakfast' Cracks Finnish Top 10

"Babez For Breakfast", the fifth studio album from Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI, has entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 9. As previously reported, "Babez For Breakfast" sold around 1,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND Issues 'Ghost', 'Deconstruction' Video Update

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) has released a new video message regarding the status of the recording/mixing sessions for "Deconstruction" and "Ghost" — the third and fourth in a series of albums to be made available under...

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LORDI: Previously Unreleased Song To Be Featured In Finnish Musical

"Devil's Crashing The Party", a previously unreleased song from Finnish heavy metal monstes LORDI, will be performed in a musical in Finland. The heavy metal musical called "1827 Infernal Musical" focuses on the great fire that took place in the year 1827 in the city of Turku. The "1827 Infernal Mus...

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LORDI: 'Babez For Breakfast' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Babez For Breakfast", the fifth studio album from Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI, sold around 1,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 43 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and develop...

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TIMES OF GRACE To Film 'Strength In Numbers' Video

TIMES OF GRACE, the brand new project featuring KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and former KILLSWITCH ENGAGE vocalist Jesse Leach, has tapped director Robby Starbuck (AUGUST BURNS RED, SILVERSTEIN, A STATIC LULLABY, A SKYLIT DRIVE) to helm the video for the song "Strength In Numbers". Th...

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DAVE LOMBARDO, NEIL TURBIN To Perform At Tonight's 'Metal Revolution For Iran' Event

Los Angeles-based experimental post-hardcore triumvirate PHILM — featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (SLAYER),guitarist/vocalist Gerry Nestler (CIVIL DEFIANCE),and bassist Pancho Tomaselli (WAR) — JETBOY and DEATHRIDERS, the California-based band featuring former ANTHRAX frontman Neil Turbin, will per...