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SURROUNDED BY MONSTERS Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

Genre-defying Denton, Texas-based experimental noise merchants SURROUNDED BY MONSTERS have inked a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The band's new album is tentatively scheduled for a fall release. The CD was produced by IWRESTLEDABEARONCE guitarist Steven Bradley and was tracked at Infras...

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HELLOWEEN Singer Checks In From The Studio

German power metallers HELLOWEEN recently entered the studio to record the follow-up to 2010's "7 Sinners" for an early 2013 release. A video update from the studio, featuring singer Andy Deris, can be seen at this location. HELLOWEEN guitarist Michael Weikath previously stated about the band's prep...

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MALEFICE Signs With TRANSCEND MUSIC

Transcend Music has announced a major restructuring program incorporating new signings and streamlining measures which strengthen its position as a force to be reckoned with at the business end of rock and metal. The new measures see Transcend absorbing the associated businesses of renowned manageme...

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Stalingrad

There are no two ways about it; when ACCEPT returned with ex-TT QUICK frontman Mark Tornillo and released "Blood of the Nations" countless fans and critics were floored with the results. Now the question is whether a sophomore jinx (for Tornillo-led albums anyway) would derail the highly anticipated...

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LITA FORD Says Now Is The 'Perfect Time' For RUNAWAYS Reunion

Niclas Müller-Hansen of Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metalshrine: There's a lot of bonus tracks [on your new album, "Living Like A Runaway"]. Was that the plan from the beginning? Lita: No,...

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DEAD SHAPE FIGURE Begins Recording New Album

Finnish metallers DEAD SHAPE FIGURE have entered D-Studio in Nurmijärvi, Finland to begin recording their third album with producer Alexandre Locher (also known as Xytras or Xy) of Swiss industrial black metallers SAMAEL. Commented DEAD SHAPE FIGURE: "This is the first time ever DEAD SHAPE FIGURE ha...

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VAMPIRES EVERYWHERE! Frontman Talks About Forthcoming Album - Part 2 (Video)

The second in a series of video clips in which vocalist Michael Vampire of Los Angeles-based goth-metallers VAMPIRES EVERYWHERE! discusses the band's forthcoming sophomore album, "Hellbound And Heartless", can be seen below. "Hellbound And Heartless" will be released on June 19 via Hollywood Waste R...

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ENCHANT Signs With INSIDEOUT MUSIC

ENCHANT, the long-running San Francisco Bay Area long progressive rock band, has inked a new longterm worldwide deal with its perennial label partner, InsideOut Music. The group is currently writing and demoing material for a new album, tentatively due in early 2013. Originally founded in 1989 and w...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist MICHAEL AMOTT Discusses Upcoming Album, DVD, Other Projects

Anthony Morgan of Metal Forces recently conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Amott of Swedish / German / American extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the departure of his brother Chris from ARCH ENEMY: Michael: "I think he's into other styles of...

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SONATA ARCTICA: More 'Stones Grow Her Name' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

"Stones Grow Her Name", the new album from Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Finland: #1 Hungary: #13 Switzerland: #21 Germany: #24 Austria: #29 Sweden: #37 Norway: #39 France: #54 Italy: #72 Holland: #72 Canada: #79 Belgium (Wallonia)...

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ZAKK WYLDE Talks 'Bringing Metal To The Children' Book (Video)

Zakk Wylde, guitar legend and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY frontman, recently spoke to Rolling Stone magazine about his handbook to all things heavy metal — "Bringing Metal To The Children" — which was released on April 10 via William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Check out the footage belo...

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KING'S X To Support KANSAS

Legendary rockers KING'S X will return to the North American tour circuit this fall as direct support to KANSAS. In regards to this upcoming trek, KING'S X bassist/vocalist Doug Pinnick comments: "I've been a huge KANSAS fan since the beginning. I remember sitting on the floor with my friends listen...

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MANOWAR: 'The Lord Of Steel' Physical Release Date Announced

MANOWAR's new studio album, "The Lord Of Steel", will be released in retail stores from September 7 (dates may vary from territory to territory). The CD will already be available for worldwide shipping from The Kingdom Of Steel from July 27 and in the special limited "Steel Edition" of U.K.'s Metal...

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10 YEARS: New Single Available For Streaming

Knoxville, Tennessee hard rockers 10 YEARS will release their new album, "Minus The Machine", on July 31 via their own Palehorse Records in conjunction with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group. The CD marks the band's first release on their new label, after a long tenure at Universal. 10 YE...

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SONATA ARCTICA: 'Stones Grow Her Name' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Stones Grow Her Name", the new album from Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA, sold around 2,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 9 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing...