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THE ACACIA STRAIN: New Album Release Date Announced

Massachusetts-based metallic juggernauts THE ACACIA STRAIN entered Planet Z Studios in Hadley, Massachusetts on April 14 with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris to begin recording the follow-up to 2008's "Continent" for a July 20 North American release (August 2 in Europe) via Prosthetic Records. The six...

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MASTODON Cancels Summer Tour

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have cancelled their previously announced summer tour, which was scheduled to launch in Germany on June 5 and wrap in Finland on July 3. The band's guitarist, Bill Kelliher, was diagnosed with pancreatitis (a sudden inflammation of the pancreas which can have s...

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DEFTONES Interviewed At ROCK ON THE RANGE

While the stages rocked hard in Columbus, Ohio at this past weekend's Rock on the Range festival, fans were treated to intimate interviews in the Golden Horse Saloon on the festival grounds. Some of the biggest names playing on Saturday's bill — including the DEFTONES — stopped by to chat, answer au...

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STRYPER To Host Holy Land Tour For Fans In 2011

Reactivated Christian hard rockers STRYPER will host a 10-day tour of the Holy Land February 12-21, 2011. The once-in-a-lifetime VIP tour will be limited to 150 people. STRYPER fans will be able to spend time with the band during this unique travel opportunity, with portions of the trip being filmed...

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GOD FORBID Guitarist Has A New Gig

Guitarist Doc Coyle of New Jersey metal titans GOD FORBID will be bartending at Duff's Brooklyn in Williamsburg, New York beginning tonight (Friday, May 21). He states, "I'm pretty new to this so everybody needs to come out and party with me, and make me look good. It's a celebration, bitches!" The...

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ORPHANED LAND Unplugged At CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS Warehouse

Israeli progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND are currently touring all over Europe in support of their fourth album, "The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR". Last week they stopped by the European Century Media headquarters in Germany and played a very unconventional and natural unplugged sessio...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: More Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will release its new studio album, "Order Of The Black", in North America on August 10 via E1 Music. The CD will be made available in Europe through Roadrunner Records and in Australia and New Zealand via Riot! Entertainment. "Order Of The Black" will feature four different CD co...

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FEAR FACTORY Avoids Road Disaster

Guitarist Dino Cazares of Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY has issued the following update: "We were on our way to Boise, Idaho for a day off when [Tuesday] morning [May 18] about 8:45 our bus driver fell asleep at the wheel. He swerved to the opposite side of the road. Most of us woke ...

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THE ACACIA STRAIN: More Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Massachusetts-based metallic juggernauts THE ACACIA STRAIN entered Planet Z Studios in Hadley, Massachusetts on April 14 with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris to begin recording the follow-up to 2008's "Continent". The fifth in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making o...

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KEEP OF KALESSIN's 'Reptilian' Enters Norwegian Chart At No. 2

"Reptilian", the new album from Norwegian extreme metal veterans KEEP OF KALESSIN, entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 2. Commented mainman Obsidian C.: "We're very happy with the #2 position on the Norwegian charts and especially the fact that no other metal band i...

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AS I LAY DYING's 'The Powerless Rise' Cracks U.S. Top 10

"The Powerless Rise", the new album from San Diego, California metallers AS I LAY DYING, sold 38,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 10 on The Billboard 200 chart. AS I LAY DYING' last album, "An Ocean Between Us", opened with 39,500 units back in .....

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ISIS Calling It Quits

ISIS, the innovative Los Angeles-by-way-of-Boston-based band, has released the following statement: "ISIS has reached an end. It's hard to try to say it in any delicate way, and it is a truth that is best spoken plainly. "This end isn't something that occurred overnight and it hasn't been brought ab...

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OBSCURA To Be Joined By Bassist STEVE DIGIORGIO For Japanese Dates

German technical death metallers OBSCURA will be joined by legendary bassist Steve DiGiorgio (SADUS, DEATH, CONTROL DENIED, TESTAMENT) for their upcoming Japanese tour as regular bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling fulfills touring commitments with PESTILENCE. OBSCURA will be touring Japan as part of Ext...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: 'Order Of The Black' Artwork Unveiled

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will release its new studio album, "Order Of The Black", in North America on August 10 via E1 Music. The CD will be made available in Europe through Roadrunner Records and in Australia and New Zealand via Riot! Entertainment. "Order Of The Black" will feature four different CD co...

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FEAR FACTORY: New Audio Interview With BURTON C. BELL Posted Online

On May 15, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with vocalist Burton C. Bell of Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY when the band played the Fox Theatre in Pomona, California as part of California Metalfest IV. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. FEAR...