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SIX FEET UNDER Mastering New Album

Florida-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER are currently mastering their new album for a late 2008 release via Metal Blade Records. The band says, "the tracks are sounding great and we know that all of our fans will enjoy the ride!" Fan-filmed video footage of SIX FEET UNDER's performance at this...

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MACHINE HEAD Guitarist DEMMEL Thanks Fans For Their Concern

MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel collapsed on stage during the band's second-to-last song Sunday night (August 17) at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia (where the band was performing as part of the Rockstar Mayhem Energy Festival tour). Demmel was severely dehydrated and had mentioned sever...

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FILTER: New Releases Announced

FILTER is finishing up a successful run of tour dates and fans everywhere are wondering, as it says in the title of the band's new single, "What's Next?" Richard Patrick and his bandmates — John Spiker, Mitchell Marlow and Mika Fineo — are getting ready for the next steps. More touring and digital r...

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Writer JOEL MCIVER To Guest On Total Rock's SLAYER Special Tonight

Joel McIver, author of "The Bloody Reign Of Slayer" and 11 other rock and metal books, is the guest on tonight's SLAYER special at online radio station Total Rock. The three-hour show begins at 9:00 p.m. GMT (1:00 p.m. PST). You can listen to the SLAYER special live via the Internet at www.totalrock...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Interviewed By APOCALYPTICA's EICCA TOPPINEN; Audio Available

A 23-minute audio interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich conducted by Eicca Toppinen of the Finnish cello quartet APOCALYPTICA at the one-day Ozzfest on August 9, 2008 in Frisco, Texas is available for streaming at Metallica.com. Professionally filmed video footage of APOCALYPTICA performing a...

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Reactivated SENTINEL BEAST Hard At Work On New 'Crushing Masterpiece'

Reactivated '80s Sacramento, California thrash band SENTINEL BEAST has issued the following update: "To all the fans that have been patiently awaiting for the upcoming release of SENTINEL BEAST's second full-length 'Risen'. We would like to report that the recording process has been going very well....

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AMON AMARTH: New Song Available For Streaming

A brand new AMON AMARTH track entitled "Twilight of the Thunder God" is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song is the title cut of the Swedish Swedish Viking metallers' new album and it features a guest appearance by CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist Roope Latvala. A video for the tr...

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MACHINE HEAD Guitarist Collapses On Stage In Virginia

According to a posting on MACHINE HEAD's official web site, the group's guitarist Phil Demmel collapsed on stage during MACHINE HEAD's second-to-last song Sunday night (August 17) at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia (where the band was performing as part of the Rockstar Mayhem Energy Festiva...

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Report: OZZFEST 2008 Grosses $3.5 Million

Ray Waddell of Billboard.biz reports that Ozzfest 2008, with METALLICA and OZZY OSBOURNE as headliners, grossed nearly $3.5 million and drew close to 30,000 people to Dallas' Pizza Hut Park, according to producers Sharon Osbourne and AEG Live. Sponsored by Affliction Clothing, this year's Ozzfest ma...

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THINE EYES BLEED: 'We Are Back!'

Canadian thrashers THINE EYES BLEED have issued the following update: "After our fall tour last year, we took some much needed time off to sort our personal lives out. During this period everyone kinda went their separate ways and pursued other goals and interests. Johnny [Araya, bass] and James [Re...

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Writer JOEL MCIVER To Guest On IRON MAIDEN Singer's BBC Radio Show

Tune in to the "Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show" on BBC 6 Music on Friday, August 15 to hear IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson chat with special guest Joel McIver, biographer of METALLICA, SLAYER, BLACK SABBATH and more. The show begins at 9:00 p.m. GMT (1:00 p.m. PST); McIver is interviewed by Di...

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A Conversation With Denmark's RAUNCHY

By: Scott Alisoglu Denmark's RAUNCHY have been releasing quality albums since 2002 debut "Velvet Noise". While gaining fans slowly, but surely, with each successive release, may seem like a good thing, it is the "slowly" part that has dogged the sextet, while contemporaries have blown up across the...

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OZZFEST 2008: Video Highlights Available

The official Ozzfest YouTube channel has been updated with a five-minute video clip featuring footage from this year's one-day stadium event on August 9, 2008 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. Watch it below. Saturday's show included performances from METALLICA, OZZY OSBOURNE, SERJ TANKIAN, KORN s...

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ENEMY OF THE SUN Mainman Says Upcoming Show With GUS CHAMBERS Is Not A GRIP INC. 'Reunion'

ENEMY OF THE SUN, the German band featuring guitarist Waldemar Sorychta — former member of GRIP INC./DESPAIR and producer for such bands as LACUNA COIL and MOONSPELL — will play a set of GRIP INC. songs with ex-GRIP INC. singer Gus Chambers on August 16 at Zeche in Bochum, Germany. This will mark a...

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MATT HEAFY Says 'Shogun' is TRIVIUM's 'Make-Or-Break' Album

MetalSucks recently conducted an interview with Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu of Floridian metallers TRIVIUM. An excerpt from the chat follows. MetalSucks: What about worrying about listener reaction? When "Ascendancy" came out, there wasn't a lot of anticipation for it. There weren't a lot of peopl...