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VENOM Confirmed For 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise

British black metal pioneers VENOM have been confirmed for next year's edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which will set sail from Miami, Florida to Cayman Islands on January 23, 2012 and return four days later. A total of 40 acts will perform on the cruise. The festival billing is shaping u...

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DEVILDRIVER, THE FACELESS, JOB FOR A COWBOY, DYING FETUS Set For 'Metal Alliance Tour'

According to Lambgoat, DEVILDRIVER, THE FACELESS, DYING FETUS, JOB FOR A COWBOY, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD and IMPENDING DOOM will join forces for the Metal Alliance Tour in March/April 2012. So far, the following dates have been released: Mar. 17 - St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre Mar. 22 - Danvers, MA @...

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On The Set Of EVANESCENCE's 'My Heart Is Broken' Video

EVANESCENCE recently tapped Dean Karr (IRON MAIDEN, OZZY OSBOURNE, MARILYN MANSON) to direct the video for the song "My Heart Is Broken". The clip was filmed on December 1 in Los Angeles and will make its online debut in January. EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee explained to MTV News (see video below) tha...

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JUDAS PRIEST Singer Interviewed On San Antonio's X106.7 Radio Station (Audio)

On October 11, Tom "T-Bone" Scheppke of San Antonio, Texas' classic rock radio station X106.7 conducted an interview with vocalist Rob Halford of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Interview (audio):

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DIMEBAG's Longtime Girlfriend Says This Year's 'Dimebash' Will Be 'Quite Magical'

Metal guitar legend "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott's (PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) influence on the music community can never be fully estimated, but if the collection of artists and players at this year's Dimebash is any indication, his legacy is as far-reaching and deeper than ever before. On December 14, the w...

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SAXON Frontman Checks In From METALLICA's 30th-Anniversary Celebrations (Video)

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON flew from Helsinki to San Francisco earlier this week to join METALLICA on stage for the first of four intimate shows at the 1,200-capacity Fillmore in San Francisco as part of the week-long celebration of its 30th anniversary as a band for f...

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Bay Area Metal Photographer Talks About METALLICA's Early Days In New Interview

Ian S. Port of SFWeekly.com recently conducted an interview with legendary San Francisco Bay Area metal photographer Brian Lew about the large-format hardcover photo collection "Murder In The Front Row: Bay Area Bangers And The Birth Of Thrash Metal". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below....

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ONSLAUGHT Announces First-Ever North American Tour

British thrash metal veterans ONSLAUGHT will cross the Atlantic for their first-ever North American tour in March 2012. The three-week trek will see the band performing a setlist spanning all its studio albums — "Power From Hell", "The Force", "In Search Of Sanity", "Killing Peace" and their latest...

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RAVEN Drummer Interviewed On 'Maximum Threshold' (Audio)

Drummer Joe Hasselvander of the veteran British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN was interviewed on the November 26, 2011 edition of the "Maximum Threshold" show. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. Interview (audio):

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DEE SNIDER Says Things Got 'A Little Crazy' During 'Celebrity Wife Swap' Filming

Five celebrity couples including TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider will put a new spin on the critically-acclaimed reality series "Wife Swap" in "Celebrity Wife Swap", premiering Tuesday, January 3, 2012 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC television network. In this new series, the mothers in two cel...

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EARTH Announces New Album Details

The second half of Seattle drone icons EARTH's "Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light" is being prepared for release on Southern Lord in North America this February 14 on CD, LP and digital download formats. Recorded in the same two-week session as 2011's lauded "Angels Of Darkness, Demons of Light I"...

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HAIL! In Russia: Video Interview, Performance Footage Available

HAIL! the supergroup featuring a rotating list of musicians, including current and former members of SEPULTURA, JUDAS PRIEST, TESTAMENT and MEGADETH kicked off a nine-date tour of Russia on December 2 in Irkutsk. HAIL!'s lineup for the trek includes drummer Paul Bostaph (SLAYER, TESTAMENT, EXODUS, F...

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'Metal Evolution' Maker Interviewed On Brazil's 'Wikimetal' (Audio)

Banger Films' ("Metal: A Headbangers Journey", "Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage") groundbreaking documentary series "Metal Evolution" premiered on November 11 on VH1 Classic. The latest passion project from Canadian documentarians Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, "Metal Evolution" is dedicating each episo...

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ONSLAUGHT Announces New Drummer

British thrashers ONSLAUGHT have announced that drummer Michael "Mic" Hourihan (DESECRATION, EXTREME NOISE TERROR) has now officially joined the band on a full-time basis. Mic has been touring with the ONSLAUGHT since March 2011, and has already done over 50 shows with the band, including South Amer...

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THE DARKNESS: North American Tour Dates Announced

Continuing their worldwide whirlwind of a tour which started in the U.K. with a critically acclaimed reunion show at the Download festival in June and has made stops in Sweden, Spain, Japan and Italy culminating this week with 14 sold-out U.K. shows reunited British rockers THE DARKNESS are taking t...