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Watershed

When a band makes an ascent up that arduous ladder of success and morphs from an underground phenomenon into a household name splattered across T-shirts worn everywhere from concert venues to middle schools, there will undoubtedly be cries of "fuckin' sell-out" heard from fans who caught on at the b...
July 31, 2008
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UNEARTH: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

Massachusetts metallers UNEARTH have completed work on their new album, "The March", due on October 14 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded at Massachusetts' System Recording and Zing studios with producer Adam Dutkiewicz (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE) and is said feature UNEARTH's "most dynamic materi...
July 30, 2008
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SONIC SYNDICATE: 'Jack Of Diamonds' Video Available

"Jack of Diamonds", the new video from Swedish metallers SONIC SYNDICATE, can be viewed below. The clip was shot with director Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL) of Revolver Film Company. Ullaeus previously worked with the band on the two clips that accompanied SONIC SYNDICATE's 2007 release...
July 30, 2008
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ZACK DE LA ROCHA's ONE DAY AS A LION Cracks Billboard's Top 30

ONE DAY AS A LION, the project featuring Zack De La Rocha (vocalist for RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE) and Jon Theodore (former drummer of THE MARS VOLTA),has sold more than 17,000 copies of its eponymous debut EP (Anti Records) in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No....
July 30, 2008
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CAVALERA CONSPIRACY's MAX Interviewed In Colorado; Video Available

Sonic Excess has posted a video interview with Max Cavalera conducted before CAVALERA CONSPIRACY's July 29, 2008 concert at the Gothic Theater in Englewood, Colorado. Watch the chat in two parts below. Check out photos from last night's concert at this location. Johny Chow (a.k.a. John Mark Bechtel;...
July 30, 2008
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London's CAPRICORNS Complete Work On New Album

London, England-based experimental metal band CAPRICORNS will release its new album, "River, Bear Your Bones", on September 30 via Rise Above Records. According to a press release, "the sound of CAPRICORNS is a heady mix of crushing power and dark, subtle beauty that has won over fans of the heavy a...
July 29, 2008
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NEBULA: 'Heavy Psych' EP Expanded

"Heavy Psych", the new EP from Los Angeles rockers NEBULA, has now been expanded to include six tracks and will be released initially in the U.S. through the band's own Salt Of The Earth Music. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Pulse 02. The Dagger 03. Aphrodite 04. Dream Submarine...
July 29, 2008
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TO/DIE/FOR To Play Lebanon In August

Finnish gothic metal band TO/DIE/FOR will play the Big Bang Festival in Lebanon on August 24. According to a posting on the group's MySpace page, they will be joined at the event by THE STROKES and MOONSPELL, among other acts. A TO/DIE/FOR signing session will also take place at the Virgin Megastore...
July 29, 2008
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TotalSelfHatred

Folks often talk about a certain brand of melancholic/atmospheric black metal that forces suicidal thoughts and leaves one in mental darkness long after the music has ended. After a while, certain discs become little more than a ho-hum exercise with some bands doing it well, but many seemingly going...
July 29, 2008
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Ruined Lives

TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR, the band so damn nice they had to name it twice (sorry couldn't resist). This New Hampshire-based foursome rock balls and shake walls with their edgy brand of aggro-punk. Despite the fact that the waters in which they swim have seen their name lumped in with the tragically tre...
July 29, 2008
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LUNA MORTIS Comments On CENTURY MEDIA Deal

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported as a rumor back on July 11, Century Media Records has now officially announced the signing of the Madison, Wisconsin-based, female-fronted five-piece metal band LUNA MORTIS. Formerly known as THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, the group prides itself on blurring genre lines to ar...
July 28, 2008
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BUCKCHERRY Singer Says 'Too Drunk' Reminds Him Of His Youth

The Pulse of Radio reports that BUCKCHERRY is tearing up the rock radio charts with "Too Drunk…", the first single from the band's upcoming fourth album, "Black Butterfly". Lead singer Josh Todd told The Pulse of Radio that he wrote the song because he wanted to have a tune on the album that was a ....
July 28, 2008
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FLOWING TEARS: New Album Title Announced

German female-fronted gothic metallers FLOWING TEARS have set "Thy Kingdom Gone" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in October via Ascendance Records, the new label funded by Lee Barrett (founder of Candlelight Records; former member of EXTREME NOISE TERROR, TO-MERA) and A&R'd by S...
July 28, 2008
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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman Explains New Album's Concept

England's most notorious and nefarious metal band CRADLE OF FILTH is gearing up to release its darkest, most dastardly album of all, titled "Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder", for Roadrunner Records on October 28. The 72-minute effort, which will have a special edition with an extra disc and bonus ma...
July 28, 2008
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Sweden's OPERA DIABOLICUS 'Fixing The Flaws' On Self-Titled Debut

OPERA DIABOLICUS, the Swedish doom rock-opera project featuring multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME),has returned to the studio to "fix the flaws" on its self-titled debut album. According to a press release, "This decision wa...
July 27, 2008