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The Return

Seventeen years in the life and a new album cover liberally borrowing from the "Spiderman" movie poster art, Florida rockers NONPOINT are back with their latest offering, "The Return". Bringing aboard Grammy-nominated producer Johnny K (DISTURBED, STAIND, MEGADETH) for the second album in a row, let...

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(r)Evolution

Power metal favorites HAMMERFALL are back and back to basics, it would seem. Their old mascot, Hector, returns, in art form and in ode on the band's latest album, "(r)Evolution". Hector was last seen on HAMMERFALL's debut, "Glory to the Brave", which was produced by Fredrik Nordström. After sixteen...

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Maximum Overload

DRAGONFORCE is a band you either appreciate or you don't. It's a fact. Normally a band bearing such insane talent would rule the world, though no one will ever deny DRAGONFORCE is lacking a substantial audience. They're one of the fastest, most precise bands out there, but they have their share of h...

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Back to the Front

Almost nobody saw this coming at first, until the announcement was made Lars Göran Petrov was kicking up an offshoot from ENTOMBED, currently in stasis. The band name is now co-owned and waylaid by the original lineup of ENTOMBED featuring Petrov along with Alex Hillid, Uffe Cederlund and Nicke Ande...

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VOIVOD's SNAKE Talks To 'Do You Know Jack?' At HEAVY MONTREAL Festival (Audio)

TJ Buggins of the "Do You Know Jack?" radio show on CJIM Montreal conducted an interview with vocalist Denis "Snake" Belanger of Canadian metal pioneers VOIVOD on August 9 at the Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now listen to the chat using the Mixcloud widget below. VOIV...

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DEF LEPPARD's JOE ELLIOTT Pulls Out Of Producing Second BLACK STAR RIDERS Album

On August 18, Mike Brierley of Rock N' Load conducted an interview with BLACK STAR RIDERS frontman Ricky Warwick at the Picturedrome in Holmfirth, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the departure of bassist Marco Mendoz...

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DAVE LOMBARDO Says Last Few Years Of Being In SLAYER Were 'Just Like Going To Work'

Brazil's Wikimetal podcast recently conducted an interview with former SLAYER and current PHILM drummer Dave Lombardo. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how being in SLAYER changed from the early years...

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VOIVOD Featuring New Bassist DOMINIC 'ROCKY' LAROCHE: Fan-Filmed Footage Of HEAVY MONTREAL Performance

Fan-filmed video footage of VOIVOD's August 9 performance at the Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below. VOIVOD has tapped Dominic "Rocky" Laroche to play bass for the band following the departure of Jean-Yves Thériault (a.k.a. Blacky). Laroche, who has previously perf...

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GODSMACK Side Blues Project BLUE CROSS BAND Releases 'Two Faces Of Evil' Video

"Two Faces Of Evil", the new video from BLUE CROSS BAND, the blues-rock act featuring GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin and guitarist Tony Rombola, can be seen below. BLUE CROSS BAND formed the group with frontman Ray Cerbone and bassist Brian Carpenter. Larkin told News-Press.com, "I see myself doing...

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Blind Rage

If there's any old-school metal band worthier of resurrection than ACCEPT, let them make their stand now. ACCEPT 2.0 with Mark Tornillo fronting them has been exemplary proof there's life after death and that you can buck the naysayers by believing in what you're doing and going full force regardles...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT To Guest On New EXODUS Album 'Blood In, Blood Out'

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett has revealed to RollingStone.com that he recently laid down a guitar solo on song "Salt In The Wound" on "Blood In, Blood Out", the new album from his first band, EXODUS. "It felt really casual, really cool — just like it did back in 1980 when we were all ...

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VOIVOD Recruits Bassist DOMINIC 'ROCKY' LAROCHE Following Split With BLACKY; Video Of First Performance

Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD have tapped Dominic "Rocky" Laroche to play bass for the band following the departure of Jean-Yves Thériault (a.k.a. Blacky). Laroche, who has previously performed with blues musician Steve Hill, made his live debut with VOIVOD last night (Saturday, July 12) at Festi...

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VOIVOD Parts Ways With Bassist JEAN-YVES 'BLACKY' THÉRIAULT

**UPDATE**: VOIVOD has released the following statement regarding bassist Blacky's latest departure from the group: "It saddens us to announce that VOIVOD will no longer be performing live with Blacky. Jean-Yves has decided to leave the band for his own personal reasons. We wish him all the best. VO...

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GODSMACK Drummer And Guitarist Form Side Blues Project BLUE CROSS BAND

According to The Pulse Of Radio, GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin and guitarist Tony Rombola are playing in a new blues-rock act called the BLUE CROSS BAND. They formed the group with frontman Ray Cerbone and bassist Brian Carpenter. Larkin told News-Press.com, "I see myself doing the BLUE CROSS BAND...

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MERAUDER: Video Footage Of AMNESIA ROCKFEST Performance

Fan-filmed video footage of MERAUDER's June 20 performance at Amnesia Rockfest in Montebello, Quebec, Canada can be seen below. MERAUDER's latest album, "God Is I", was released in June 2009 via Sweden's Regain Records. Singer Jorge Rosado stated, "This is one of the most important and brutal record...