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Them Crooked Vultures

Maybe it's the lilting Jack Bruce-isms that Josh Homme busts out in "Scumbag Blues" and the chorus of "Elephants", but listening to THEM CROOKED VULTURES, I'm thinking more of CREAM than of John Paul Jones's alma mater LED ZEPPELIN. Sure, there's all kinds of "In Through the Out Door" cues (the orga...

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Fed Through The Teeth Machine

I'm going to cut to the chase, lay it all out and just say that this is one bad-ass album. From the artwork, to the title down to the adrenalized tech/grind riffery; "Fed Through The Teeth Machine" is hands down one of 2009's most punishing and pummeling drops. Then again, this is THE RED CHORD, ...

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The End of an Era

In these heady downloading days, it's hard to give an unknown album the attention it sometimes needs to reveal all its facets. Upon a cursory listen, U.S. blackened metallers INFERI seem to fall into that gaping maw of decent, somewhat derivative bands borrowing from Norwegian black metal and Gothen...

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OVERKILL To Tour North America With VADER, GOD DETHRONED, WARBRINGER, EVILE

New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL will embark on their 25th anniversary North American tour, dubbed Killfest 2010, in April/May 2010. The trek will span the length of the U.S., hitting spots in Canada, with one final show at New York City's Nokia Theater. Support on the tour will come from V...

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NIGHTRAGE: Interview, Performance Footage From ILHA DO ERMAL Festival Available

Riff Magazine has uploaded video footage of NIGHTRAGE's performance at this year's Ilha do Ermal festival, which was held August 28-30 in Vieira do Minho, Portugal. The nine-minute clip, which can be viewed below, also includes an interview with the band. "Wearing A Martyr's Crown", the fourth full-...

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OUTSHINE: 'Love For The Music' Video Released

"Love For The Music", the new video from the Swedish hard rock/metal band OUTSHINE, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed in October 2009 in Gothenburg, Sweden by 11Frames. The song comes off the group's second album, "Until We Are Dead", which was released in April. The CD was recorded by Svein...

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VOLBEAT Frontman 'Doing Fine' Following On-Stage Collapse

Singer/guitarist Michael Poulsen of Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT is "doing fine" following his on-stage collapse last night (Sunday, November 29) during the band's performance at 013 in Tilburg, the Netherlands. In a statement posted on the group's official web site, Poulsen writes, "I'm on...

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CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED: Japanese Version Of Debut Album To Include POWERMAD Cover

CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED, the new project led by acclaimed metal drummer Richard Christy (ICED EARTH, DEATH, LEASH LAW, CONTROL DENIED, BURNING INSIDE),will release its self-titled debut album on February 2, 2010 via Metal Blade Records. The CD contains nine tracks, a bonus DVD ("The Making of C...

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VOLBEAT Frontman Collapses On Stage In Tilburg; Video Available

BLABBERMOUTH.NET has received word from several people that singer/guitarist Michael Poulsen of Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT collapsed on stage earlier tonight (Sunday, November 29) during the band's performance at 013 in Tilburg, the Netherlands. According to one person who attended the co...

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MELIAH RAGE Schedules Massachusetts Show

Veteran Massachusetts metallers MELIAH RAGE will play their first show with returned frontman Mike Munro on Saturday, Febuary 20 at Club Whiplash in Stoughton, Massachusetts. Also appearing on the bill is STEEL ASSASSIN. "Masquerade", the new album from MELIAH RAGE, was released in September via Scr...

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME: 'Obfuscation' Video Released

"Obfuscation", the new video from the Raleigh, North Carolina-based progressive metalcore quintet BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's new album, "The Great Misdirect", which sold 13,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at pos...

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OBITUARY: Some South American Dates Being Rescheduled

Some of the dates on OBITUARY's South American tour are being rescheduled for January or February 2010 because of work visa issues. OBITUARY will perform the following shows in Brazil (with BELPHEGOR) next week as scheduled: Dec. 02 - Porto Alegre/RS - Brazil - Bar Opinião Dec. 04 - São Paulo/SP, Br...

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TRIVIUM: New Video Interview With MATT HEAFY Posted Online

Todd Cardini of HeavyMetalSource.com conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy of Florida metallers TRIVIUM on November 8, 2009 at the Webster Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut. Watch the chat below. TRIVIUM has contributed a new song, entitled "Shattering The Skies Above", to the "Go...

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IMMOLATION, ABYSMAL TORMENT, ANTIGAMA Confirmed For Holland's NEUROTIC DEATHFEST

IMMOLATION, ABYSMAL TORMENT, ANTIGAMA, AS YOU DROWN, DAWN OF AZAZEL, HOUR OF PENANCE and THE END OF ALL REASON have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Neurotic Deathfest, set to take place April 30 - May 1, 2010 at 013 in Tilburg, Holland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AB...

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EXODUS: 'Shovel Headed Tour Machine' Trailer Available

Nuclear Blast Records has set a January 15 release date for "Shovel Headed Tour Machine (Live At Wacken And Other Assorted Atrocities)" from San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans EXODUS. The package will contain the band's July 2008 performance at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, plus a documenta...