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IRON FIRE: 'To The Grave' Release Party Announced

Danish metallers IRON FIRE have scheduled a release party for their new album, "To The Grave", on January 9, 2009 at The Rock in Copenhagen, Denmark. According to the band, "It will be possible to buy the new album signed for a special release price, and we will do a live show with some of ...

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AMON AMARTH: New Video Interview With JOHAN HEGG Posted Online

Austrian heavy 'zine Stormbringer.at conducted an interview with vocalist Johan Hegg of the Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH prior to the band's November 16, 2008 concert in Vienna, Austria. Watch the 10-minute chat below. AMON AMARTH's seventh full-length album, "Twilight of the Thunder God", s...

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EXILIA: New Album Title, Release Date, Cover Artwork Revealed

Italian female-fronted quartet EXILIA has set "My Own Army" as the title of its new album, due on January 30, 2009 via AFM Records. The CD was recorded at Principal Studios in Ottmarsbocholt (near Münster),Germany. ILL NINO drummer Dave Chavarri joined the band in the studio to produce a selection...

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MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY Talks To INKED Magazine About Tattoos, Politics, Strippers, Porn Stars

MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister is featured in the December/January issue of Inked magazine (on newsstands today, November 18). Lemmy, after a long night of partying until after dawn on tour in Las Vegas, sits down with Jon Wiederhorn for an in-depth question-and-answer session about the ba...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Performs At Palladium Reopening; Video Available

MÖTLEY CRÜE returned to Sunset Blvd., the place where it all began 27 years ago, this past Friday, November 14 for a show at the newly renovated Hollywood Palladium. The band joined JAY-Z, GYM CLASS HEROES, THE ROOTS, JONAS BROTHERS, RISE AGAINST, MUDVAYNE, ONEREPUBLIC, BACKSTREET BOYS and others at...

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VADER Frontman Reveals More Information About Forthcoming Album

Guitarist/vocalist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek of the Polish death metal veterans VADER has issued the following update: "What's new in VADER? You know for sure about all the personal changes in line up. We just finished two-weeks tour in Baltic States and Scandinavia with GRAVE, ZONARIA and ZABBADIAH C...

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The Way of All Flesh

For all the acclaim it's garnered, it's tough to immediately pin down exactly what's great about GOJIRA's long-awaited new album. For that matter, it's hard at first to even tell what they're trying to do – the first spin of "A Sight to Behold", with its bouncy groove, electronic bass line and robot...

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Doom, Gloom, Heartache & Whiskey

Some of you may recall that VIKING SKULL was formed in 2003 by members of RAGING SPEEDHORN and got some early acclaim, but went largely unnoticed on U.S. shores. Let's hope that Candlelight's U.S. release of "Doom, Gloom, Heartache & Whiskey" changes that. It is really quite simple. If you dig w...

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Thrash Speed Burn

Canada's EXCITER are speed metal legends, hands down, and '80s albums like "Violence and Force" and "Heavy Metal Maniac" helped define the genre. It has been eight years and now comes "Thrash Speed Burn", a white-hot thrasher with guitarist John Ricci proudly carrying the torch. Drummer/vocalist Dan...

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NORTHERN KINGS: Two New Songs Available For Streaming

NORTHERN KINGS, the new Finnish band consisting of four well-known metal musicians — Jarkko Ahola (TERÄSBETONI),Marco Hietala (TAROT, NIGHTWISH),Tony Kakko (SONATA ARCTICA),Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto (CHARON) — will release its second album, "Rethroned", on November 19 via Warner Music Finland. Like i...

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DESPISE YOU, PIGSTY Confirmed For MARYLAND DEATHFEST

DESPISE YOU (California) and PIGSTY (Czech Republic) are the final two bands to be confirmed for next year's edition of the Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 22-24, 2009 at the Sonar in Baltimore, MD. The final festival billing is as follows: ABSCESS (California) ABSU (Texas) AGENDA OF SWINE...

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I AM GHOST Releases Behind-The-Scenes Footage From European Tour

Southern California's I AM GHOST has released behind-the-scenes video footage from its current European tour with Century Media recording artists BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART. "This European tour has been dream-like and surreal. From playing the beautiful town of Athens, Greece to selling out the Melkw...

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WINTERS IN OSAKA: New Album Artwork Unveiled

Just months after unleashing a spaced-out, doom ritual of a collaboration with BONGRIPPER (entitled "Meat Ditch"),Chicago-based noise machines WINTERS IN OSAKA have completed work on their next full-length. The record, entitled "Molded to Crawl", was recorded over a six-month span — an absolute ete...

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'Worldwide Metal' Mega-Value Box Set To Be Released

In recognition of a music genre that has spawned some of the most original and talented bands hailing from every corner of the globe, Earache Records has announced the release of "Worldwide Metal". Celebrating the diversity of metal in all of its forms, "Worldwide Metal" is the ultimate collection o...

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HANK WILLIAMS III To Open For DOWN

Hellbilly rocker Hank Williams III (ASSJACK, SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ARSON ANTHEM) will open for DOWN on the band's upcoming U.S. tour which is scheduled to kick off around January 23. The news was confirmed by Hank during an appearance yesterday (Tuesday, November 11) on "The No Name Show" on the KIRC R...