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RAMMSTEIN In Bilbao: Video Available

Video footage of German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN performing the song "Haifisch" on November 14, 2009 in Bilbao, Spain can be viewed below. A Spanish-language report and several fan-filmed video clips can be found at BilbaoIsRock.com. RAMMSTEIN's setlist was as follows: 01. Rammlied 02. B******...

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DEVILDRIVER To Tour U.S. With SUFFOCATION?

Santa Barbara, California's DEVILDRIVER will hit the road in the U.S. for a five-week headlining trek from January 7 until February 13. According to singer Dez Fafara, "This tour will be what you've all been asking us to do! 'Put a heavy metal package together!' The bands coming along for the ride a...

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MONSTROSITY To Headline Mexico's HEAVY METAL CIRCUS Festival

The Florida death machine known as MONSTROSITY has been confirmed as the headliner for the second annual Heavy Metal Circus festival, scheduled to take place on Sunday, November 29, 2009 at Circo Valador in Mexico City. Also appearing on the bill are MALEVOLENT CREATION, BELPHEGOR, BLOOD RED THRONE,...

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TARJA TURUNEN's Husband Files Lawsuit Over NIGHTWISH Book

Marcelo Cabuli, the husband of former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen, and his business partners have filed a lawsuit against the parties behind the NIGHTWISH book "Once Upon a Nightwish: The Official Biography 1996-2006" for slander. Named in the lawsuit were the publishing house Like Kustannus Oy,...

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AEROSMITH's JOE PERRY: We're Not Going To Wait For STEVEN TYLER

AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry tells Billboard.com singer Steven Tyler's surprise guest appearance at his JOE PERRY PROJECT concert Tuesday night (Nov. 10) in New York "really didn't change anything in my mind" about the status of their band. Perry tells Billboard.com that Tyler "never said he was le...

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AGNOSTIC FRONT: U.S. Dates Announced

One of the greatest genre-defining hardcore bands of all time, AGNOSTIC FRONT will hit the road with DEATH BY STEREO in January. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 15 - San Francisco, CA - Thee Parkside Jan. 17 - San Jose, CA - Voodoo Lounge Jan. 19 - Las Vegas, NV - Cheyenne Saloon Jan. ...

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SONATA ARCTICA: North American Headlining Tour Announced

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA will embark on a North American headlining tour in the spring. Support will come from MUTINY WITHIN and POWERGLOVE. The dates are as follows: Apr. 02 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Apr. 03 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium Apr. 05 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater...

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DEVILDRIVER: Enschede Footage Available

Video footage of DEVILDRIVER's November 3, 2009 performance at Atak in Enschede, Holland can be viewed below (courtesy of "letthemetalflow"). According to a new online post by DEVILDRIVER bassist Jon Miller, the Santa Barbara, California-based metallers have six songs "in the bag" for the group's fo...

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FEAR FACTORY's 'Mechanize' To Receive European Release Via AFM RECORDS

"Mechanize", the new studio album from FEAR FACTORY — featuring original FF members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C. Bell (vocals) alongside bassist Byron Stroud (who played on the last two FEAR FACTORY albums in addition to touring and recording with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and ZIMMERS HOLE) and leg...

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HERRERA: GENE HOGLAN Told Me He Can't Even Play Some Of FEAR FACTORY's Early Songs

FEAR FACTORY/ARKAEA drummer Raymond Herrera was interviewed on the October 25, 2009 edition of the "Uncensored Net Noise". The program can now be streamed using the audio player below. (Note: The Herrera interview begins around the 47-minute mark.) A few excerpts from the chat follow (transcribed by...

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DEFTONES: More Performance Footage Of New Song Available

Altitude TV has uploaded video footage (see below) of DEFTONES performing a brand new song, "Rocket Skates", late last month at this year's SmokeOut festival at the San Manuel Amphitheatre and festival grounds in San Bernardino, California. DEFTONES bassist Chi Cheng is said to be "in semi-conscious...

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FEAR FACTORY Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

The new band calling itself FEAR FACTORY — featuring original FF members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C. Bell (vocals) alongside bassist Byron Stroud (who played on the last two FEAR FACTORY albums in addition to touring and recording with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and ZIMMERS HOLE) and legendary drum...

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All Shall Fall

"Highly anticipated" does not do justice to the eagerness with which fans have waited for IMMORTAL's first album since 2002's "Sons of Northern Darkness". Much like EMPEROR, we are talking about band that inspires rabid devotion from both fans and critics because of a one-of-a-kind status in black m...

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Rites of the Pentagram

As uttered at the end of "Decibel Ritual" by Mike Abominator (he of the Armageddon Vomits and Misanthropic Diatribes) "We are GRAVEHILL, we are death fucking metal!" By golly, they sure as heck are, albeit the thrashy old school variety, taking cues from a variety of sources, whether it is MASTER, D...

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NACHTMYSTIUM Confirmed For Norway's INFERNO Festival

Illinois-based extreme metallers NACHTMYSTIUM have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Inferno festival, set to take place March 31 - April 3, 2010 in Oslo, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: FINNTROLL MAYHEM NACHTMYSTIUM TAAKE THE KOVENANT More bands will be announ...