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HELSTAR Taps SYMPHONY X Bassist For Upcoming Shows

Texas-based metal veterans HELSTAR have issued the following update: "It's been a few months since we've issued an update and there are several news items we'd like to share with you HEL-raisers on what to expect in 2013! "As many of you know, early in the new year we will set sail from Miami onboar...

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ARSIS: 'Carve My Cross' Video Released

"Carve My Cross", the new video from Virginia-based melodic tech-death metal masters ARSIS, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's new EP, "Lepers Caress", which is available for free download via Scion Audio/Visual (a.k.a. Scion A/V),the in-house record label and lifestyle marketing divi...

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EXODUS: 'Desperados Stagedive Special' South American Tour Documentary Posted Online

A documentary chronicling EXODUS' April 2012 South American tour aired last month in two parts on the German music TV channel VIVA and can now be seen below. The show's host, Carlos Martinez, reports exclusively as part of EXODUS' road crew. Straight through the jungle, they make their way to the ro...

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WINTERSUN: New Audio Interview With JUKKA KOSKINEN

Metal Kaoz editor Dimitris Kontogeorgakos recently conducted an interview with bassist Jukka Koskinen of Finnish epic metallers WINTERSUN. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. WINTERSUN's "Time I" is nominated in the "Metal Album Of The Year" category at next year's Emma Gaal...

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Former EDWIN DARE Drummer Killed By Deputy In Florida

Tommy Kollman — former drummer for the progressive hard rock band EDWIN DARE and brother of EDWIN DARE founder, acclaimed guitarist Jeff Kollman (COSMOSQUAD, CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, GLENN HUGHES) — was shot and killed by by a deputy in Fort Myers Beach, Florida this past weekend. According...

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SYMPHONY X Frontman To Produce New SHAMAN Album

Powerhouse American vocalist Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X, ADRENALINE MOB) will produce the as-yet-untitled new studio album from the Brazilian progressive/power metal band SHAMAN. The relationship between Allen and SHAMAN began with his participation in the new SHAMAN video, "Nocturnal Human Side". So...

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BLAZE BAYLEY Trains For Zombie Outbreak (Video)

This past weekend, British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) took part in Zombie Bootcamp, a real action event based on a perceived realistic setting, with a convincing storyline. The scenario puts each participant in the frontline in tackling the threat of a zombie outbreak...

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CRASHDÏET: 'Cocaine Cowboys' Lyric Video Released

The official lyric video for "Cocaine Cowboys", the new single from Swedish rockers CRASHDÏET, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's fourth album, "The Savage Playground", which will be released on January 25 in Europe (excluding Scandinavia) and January 22 in North America via Frontiers...

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ROTTING CHRIST: New Song Available For Free Download

Greek extreme metal veterans ROTTING CHRIST will release their eleventh full-length studio album, "Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy" ("Do What Thou Wilt"),on March 5, 2013 (four days earlier in Europe) via Season Of Mist. The band spent more than four months at Deva Soundz studios in Athens crafting what it...

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DROWNING POOL: New Song Available For Free Download

"One Finger And A Fist", a brand new song from Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL, is available for free download at the band's official web site for 48 hours only. The track will appear on the band's fifth album, which is due out in early 2013 via Eleven Seven Music. The band teamed ...

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CRASHDÏET Films 'Cocaine Cowboys' Video

Swedish rockers CRASHDÏET have just completed filming a video for their new single, "Cocaine Cowboys". A few photos from the video shoot can be seen below. "Cocaine Cowboys" comes off CRASHDÏET's fourth album, "The Savage Playground", which will be released on January 25 in Europe (excluding Scandin...

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VEX's 'Memorious' To Be Released In January

San Marcos/Austin, Texas progressive death/black metal horde VEX will release its sophomore album, "Memorious", on January 1, 2013 through Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. The two years following the release of 2010's "Thanatopsis" saw lineup changes, with Joe Jackson from local black metal SAKRE...

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TNT Bassist Quits

Bassist Victor Cito Borge has quit the Norwegian/British hard rock band TNT in order to pursue another project. In a statement, Borge said: "After seven and a half years as a bass player in TNT, I have decided to accept another offer from [January 1]. My best wishes and good luck to the boys in ...

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King Animal

If there's one band that mostly escaped the wrath of heavy metal's original flock, one that still laments the arrival of NIRVANA and grunge despite metal's protracted return, it's SOUNDGARDEN. The primary reason for this is their evolution from a STOOGES-meets-HUSKER DU-meets-MUDHONEY mindset that w...

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Former HOLY TERROR Vocalist KEITH DEEN Dead At 56

Keith Deen, former vocalist of 1980s Los Angeles thrashers HOLY TERROR, died on Thursday, December 13 after a three-month battle with cancer. He was 56 years old. HOLY TERROR was formed in the mid-1980s by Kurt Colfelt (a.k.a. Kurt Kilfelt; ex-AGENT STEEL) and ex-DARK ANGEL drummer Jack Schwarz, who...