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IMPELLITTERI: 'Wicked Maiden' Video Posted Online

IMPELLITTERI's music video for the song "Wicked Maiden" can be viewed at this location. The clip was shot on February 4 with director John Logsdon, who has previously worked with DEF LEPPARD, ANTHRAX, RISE AGAINST, AUDIOSLAVE, SEETHER and DEFTONES, among many others. "Wicked Maiden" is the title tra...

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SONIC SYNDICATE: Helsingborg Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of SONIC SYNDICATE's February 10, 2009 performance in Helsingborg, Sweden can be viewed below. SONIC SYNDICATE's latest album, "Love And Other Disasters", landed at position No. 15 on the Swedish and No. 36 on the German chart back in September. SONIC SYNDICATE has teamed up...

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MY RUIN Members Guest On ANA KEFR Debut

Riverside, California-based philosophy-metal band ANA KEFR — featuring lead vocalist/keyboardist Rhiis Lopez, drummer Bryce Loeffler and guitarists Kyle Coughran and Trent Pichel — has posted audio samples (see below) from its self-produced full-length debut album, titled "Volume 1". Recorded at Din...

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CHRIS CORNELL Interviewed On CBC's 'The Hour'; Video Available

Former SOUNDGARDEN/AUDIOSLAVE singer Chris Cornell was the featured guest on "The Hour" with host George Stroumboulopoulos this past Monday night (February 23). The 10-minute segment, which aired on CBC in Canada, is available for viewing at this location (Note: The Chris Cornell interview begins ar...

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RIGOR MORTIS Vocalist Pays Tribute To Late Joe's Garage Owner

Vocalist Bruce Corbitt of veteran Texas thrashers RIGOR MORTIS was interviewed by the Dallas Observer about Abboud "Ab" Greig, owner of the Joe's Garage venue in Fort Worth, Texas where bands like PANTERA and RIGOR MORTIS got their start. Greig was found shot in the head on January 12. He was 74 yea...

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MUSHROOMHEAD Begins Recording New Album

The pioneering masked madmen MUSHROOMHEAD have locked themselves in their private studio at the Filthy Hands compound in Cleveland, Ohio to begin work on their seventh studio release, which is due out summer 2009 via Megaforce. Produced by co-founding member and drummer Steve "Skinny" Felton, the ye...

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SACRILEGE B.C., SKINLAB Members Join Forces In SLOB

What happens when a bunch of old-school San Francisco Bay Area thrashers get together to do something completely different? Strephon Taylor, former frontman of SACRILEGE B.C., was approached to create some new music and decided to come up with a storyline more in tune with his turning 40 than relive...

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CHRIS CORNELL: New 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Performance Date Announced

Former SOUNDGARDEN/AUDIOSLAVE singer Chris Cornell will be the featured musical guest on ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on the Tuesday, March 10 episode (which will actually air the morning of March 11 beginning at 12:05 a.m.). Cornell was originally scheduled to perform on the January 23 episode of...

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Reunited COLD To Release New Album In The Fall

The reunited COLD — Scooter Ward on vocals, Jeremy Marshall on bass, Terry Balsamo on guitar and Sam McCandless on drums — is eager to hit the road in anticipation of its long-awaited new studio album, tentatively due in the fall on Sonic Star Records. Support on the trek will come from the Pennsylv...

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ORDER OF ENNEAD: Video Interview Available

Sonic Excess recently conducted an interview with ORDER OF ENNEAD, the Florida extreme metal band featuring Steve Asheim (drums; DEICIDE),Scott Patrick (bass; RESURRECTION),Kevin Quirion (guitar, vocals; COUNCIL OF THE FALLEN) and John Li (guitar). Watch the 10-minute chat below. ORDER OF ENNEAD's...

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LINKIN PARK To Headline Japan's SUMMER SONIC 09 Festival

LINKIN PARK will headline Japan's Summer Sonic 09 festival, set to take place August 7-9 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Tokyo and Maishima in Osaka. It is the historic 10th installment of the annual festival. Tickets go on sale at all ticket locations, including Lawson, E-plus, and Pia, on Saturday, May...

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NEBULA: 'The Dagger' Live Video Posted Online

Video footage of Los Angeles rockers NEBULA performing the song "The Dagger" in November 2008 in Europe can be viewed below. "Heavy Psych", the latest EP from NEBULA, was expanded to include six tracks and was released initially in the U.S. through the band's own Salt Of The Earth Music. The track l...

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SACRIFICE: First 'The Ones I Condemn' Audio Teaser Available

A 34-second teaser for "The Ones I Condemn", the much-anticipated new album from reunited Canadian thrashers SACRIFICE, is available below. Tentatively due this spring via Brazil's Marquee Records, the CD was recorded at Rouge Valley Studio in Toronto, Ontario with engineer Darius Szczepaniak, who h...

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MASTODON Announces Digital Album Pre-Order Exclusively On iTunes Today

Atlanta-based hard rock behemoths MASTODON have announced an exclusive pre-order of "Crack The Skye", their seven-song strong, Brendan O'Brien-produced opus, which begins today, February 24, exclusively through iTunes. Those who pre-order the album digitally will also be able to immediately download...

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The Harvest Floor

To this day, I remained impressed and honestly somewhat intimidated by the apex of extreme that is CATTLE DECAPITATION's "Karma.Bloody.Karma", and slight doubts stirred as to whether or not the band could surpass said album, or simply repeat themselves with its follow up. After all, when a group str...