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MASTODON, DETHKLOK To Team Up For North American Tour

Atlanta's hard rock icons MASTODON will team up with the lifesize version of DETHKLOK, the animated band from Adult Swim's "Metalocalypse", for a co-headlining tour in October/November. Also scheduled to appear are CONVERGE and HIGH ON FIRE. The 34-city trek will kick off October 2 and will scorch t...

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SAXON, ANVIL Confirmed For U.K.'s HELLFIRE II Festival

SAXON and ANVIL have been confirmed for the Hellfire II festival, set to take place November 6-8, 2009 at the NEC in Birmingham, England. The festival billing is shaping up as follows:: SAXON ANVIL FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM TESSERACT VIKING SKULL RISE TO REMAIN SPIT LIKE THIS SACRED MOTHER TONGUE OCTOB...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Says LIMP BIZKIT's DJ LETHAL Is Acting Like 'An Internet Tough Guy'

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn has issued the following update: "Just played Sonisphere [festival at] Knebworth [in United Kingdom]. HOLY SHIT!!!!!! Fucking UN-BELIEVE-ABLE!!!!!!! "DJ Lethal from LIMP BIZKIT's response to my comment about how we were going to CRUSH them was hilarious. He said, 'Th...

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DARZAMAT: 'Solfernus' Path' Trailer Available

A short trailer for "Solfernus' Path", the fifth album from the Polish "dark metal" band DARZAMAT, can be viewed below. Due on August 28 via Germany's Massacre Records (in Japan, the LP will be released by Spiritual Beast),the CD was recorded in Poland under the supervision of Jaroslaw Toifl, with...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN Releases New Book In Japan

On July 23, former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's second hardcover book, "Samurai no Ongakuron", was released in Japan. It is the follow-up to the bestseller "Ii Jyan J-Pop" (English translation: Awesome J-pop). "Samurai no Ongakuron" was published by the largest entertainment media publisher i...

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MOTÖRHEAD, FOGHAT, SCREAM Featured On 'Halloween II - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'

Following the success of Rob Zombie's initial reinvention of John Carpenter's smash cult horror film "Halloween" which premiered number one at the box office breaking all Labor Day Weekend 2007 records, comes the sequel, "Halloween II", hitting theatres nationwide on August 28, 2009 from Dimension F...

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PANDEMIA Begins Recording New Album

Czech Republic-based technical death metal quartet PANDEMIA has entered Stage One studios in Borgentreich, Germany in July with producer Andy Classen (DEW-SCENTED, CALLENISH CIRCLE, TANKARD, OCCULT) to begin recording its fourth album, entitled "Feet Of Anger", for a November release via War Anthem...

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NIGHTMARE: 'Insurrection' Artwork Revealed

French power metallers NIGHTMARE will release their seventh album, "Insurrection", on September 11 via Germany's AFM Records. The CD was recorded at Peek studio in France with Patrick Liotard and at U3multimedia and Indiscreet Studios in Stuttgart, Germany with Achim Köhler (PRIMAL FEAR, EDGUY, MAST...

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DETHKLOK's BRENDON SMALL Interviewed On Australia's 'The Racket'; Audio Available

Brendon Small, co-creator of "Metalocalypse", the smash hit animated series on Adult Swim featuring the fictitious metal band DETHKLOK, was recently interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "The Racket" (based in Australia). Also available is a chat with DETHKLOK members Nathan Explosion, Skwisgaar...

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DROWNING POOL: New Audio Interview With C.J. PIERCE Posted Online

Jay Cooper of Slither Productions recently conducted an interview with guitarist C.J. Pierce of the Texas hard rock band DROWNING POOL. The chat is now available for streaming at this location. DROWNING POOL played a private show for the troops at Guantanamo Bay on Memorial Day, May 25. The invitati...

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ROYAL HUNT Completes Keyboard Tracks For New Album

André Andersen of Denmark-based hard rockers ROYAL HUNT has finished laying down the keyboards for the band's new studio album. Visit ROYAL HUNT's online studio diary where you can listen to André's raw tracks. ROYAL HUNT is continuing to post regular updates, photos, video clips as well as offering...

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DETHKLOK's BRENDON SMALL Interviewed On 'Talking Metal'

The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview host Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Brendon Small, co-creator of "Metalocalypse", the smash hit animated series on Adult Swim featuring the fictitious metal band DETHKLOK. Pictures as well as the podcast can be downloaded at...

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FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM, VIKING SKULL Confirmed For U.K.'s HELLFIRE II

FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM and VIKING SKULL have been confirmed for the Hellfire II festival, set to take place November 6-8, 2009 at the NEC in Birmingham, England. The festival billing is shaping up as follows:: FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM TESSERACT VIKING SKULL RISE TO REMAIN SPIT LIKE THIS SACRED MOTHER...

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CRIMSON GLORY, JON OLIVA'S PAIN Confirmed For TRITON POWER CRUISE

CRIMSON GLORY and JON OLIVA'S PAIN have been confirmed for the first-ever progressive/power metal cruise dubbed Triton Power Cruise. The cruise will set sail on the Carnival Imagination on Friday, April 30, 2010 and return to Miami the following Monday (May 3). Triton Power Cruise billing is as foll...

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ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW Explains Absence From North American Shores

Finnish melodic death metal band ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW has issued the following update: "We want to clarify some things. "We'd love to play in North America (as well as in many other places) but there's still one thing preventing us to do that... We need a North American label. "During our 15 year...