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NEUROSIS Announces More Bands For 'Beyond The Pale'
Long-running Oakland, California-based industrial/alternative/metal pioneers NEUROSIS have announced more bands for the European version of their "Beyond The Pale" event, to be held on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland as part of the Roadburn festival. They are: OM SIX OR...November 5, 2008
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MARIONETTE: Footage From The Road Posted Online
Gothenburg, Sweden-based metal sextet MARIONETTE has posted episode 1 of its tour dairy featuring footage from the band's Reiterfestspiele tour with DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, MUSTASCH, and HONIGDIEB. Watch the seven-minute clip below. MARIONETTE recently announced the addition of guitarist Anton M...November 5, 2008
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CRADLE OF FILTH's 'Godspeed' Cracks U.S. Top 50
"Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder", the new album from the British extreme metal band CRADLE OF FILTH, sold a little over 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 48 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD is the follow-up to "Thornography", which shifted ne...November 5, 2008
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SNOWY SHAW's XXX: 'Hello!' Video To Be Directed By PATRIC ULLAEUS
XXX, the Gothenburg, Sweden-based glitter-rock trio featuring Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME),has tapped Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company (DIMMU BORGIR, IN FLAMES, DREAM EVIL, LACUNA COIL) to direct the vid...November 4, 2008
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ALICE IN CHAINS: Footage From The Studio Posted Online
The first in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for the new ALICE IN CHAINS album can be viewed at this location. Jerry Cantrell (vocals, lead guitar),Mike Inez (bass),Sean Kinney (drums) and William DuVall (vocals, guitar) are hunkered down in...November 1, 2008
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Iraqi Heavy Metal On MSNBC's 'The Rachel Maddow Show'; Video Available
MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show", featuring Maddow's take on the biggest stories of the day (political and otherwise),aired a short report (see below) on Thursday (October 30) about Baghdad, Iraq's second heavy metal gig since the fall of Saddam Husein's regime in 2003. About 220 enthusiastic male...November 1, 2008
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CRADLE OF FILTH: New Video Interview With DANI FILTH Posted Online
Vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of the British extreme metal band CRADLE OF FILTH was recently interviewed by HeadbangersBlog.com about the group's new album, "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder", his serial killer artwork, his new book, the films that thrill him the most, the visual appeal of CRADLE and t...October 31, 2008
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BLACK TIDE Launches 'Warriors Of Time' Animation Series
Miami metallers BLACK TIDE have launched the Warriors of Time animation series. The six-part series is described by the band as follows: "Our Hero, known as The Bastard, is a living embodiment of metal music. We pit him against a robotic legion whose influence spans all of time and space. The song s...October 30, 2008
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SCOTT WEILAND: 'It's Time To Put America Back On The Road To Unity, Prosperity, And Respect'
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland has released the following statement: "Patriotism is a word that has been thrown around a lot this year, but I believe we have failed to define patriotism. McCain calls himself a renegade and patriotic, but is he really? This country was...October 30, 2008
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Baghdad Rocks To Sounds Of METALLICA And SLAYER
Wameeth of Mideast Youth reports: Just a few nights ago (on October 24),Baghdad was rocking to more than the usual roadside bombs and mortars when some 220 heavy metal music fans gathered for Baghdad's second heavy metal gig since the fall of Saddam's regime in 2003. The enthusiastic male and femal...October 29, 2008
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GORGOROTH Frontman Opens Up About His Sexual Orientation: 'I've Never Made Any Secret About It'
Götz Kühnemund of Germany's Rock Hard magazine (web site) recently conducted a revealing interview with GORGOROTH frontman Gaahl (real name: Kristian Espedal) in which the controversial black metal singer spoke publicly for the first time about his sexual orientation and his political beliefs. The c...October 29, 2008
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MOONSPELL Drummer To Guest On Tonight's 'Black Night Meditations'
A 30-minute interview with drummer Miguel "Mike" Gaspar of the Portuguese metal band MOONSPELL will air on tonight's edition of the "Black Night Meditations" radio show on Portsmouth, New Hampshire's WSCA 106.1 FM. Topics discussed include the band's home country of Portugal, touring, sports, and Ga...October 28, 2008
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METAL CHURCH 'Forced To Take A Hiatus From Touring Activities'
Long-running Seattle metallers METAL CHURCH have issued the following update: "We regretfully announce that METAL CHURCH has been forced to take a hiatus from touring activities for six months or so. Kurdt Vanderhoof [guitar] has been suffering from serious bulging discs in his lower back and will h...October 27, 2008
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New TO/DIE/FOR Drummer Says 'Time Was Right' For Him To Join Band
Finnish drummer Toni Paananen (MALPRACTICE, REVERSION),who recently joined TO/DIE/FOR as the replacement for Santtu Lonka, has issued the following statement: "As being a friend with the band members for ten years, maybe it was just waiting to happen and now the time was right. At the moment we are...October 27, 2008
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Relentless
Dayton, Ohio's BROTHER VON DOOM spared no expense in enlisting Andreas Magnusson (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE ACACIA STRAIN, SUICIDE SILENCE) to produce and Fredrik Nordström (AT THE GATES, DIMMU BORGIR, ARCH ENEMY, IN FLAMES) to mix "Relentless". The sound is pulled tighter than a trampoline and e...October 27, 2008
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