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Iraqi Heavy Metal Rockers Get Help From Montreal Art Lovers

Mike Boone of Montreal, Quebec, Canada's The Gazette reports that the proceeds of a photo exhibition on St. Antoine St. in Montreal will benefit an Iraqi heavy-metal band that has sought safe haven in Syria. The four-man musical group is called ACRASSICAUDA, which is Latin for "black scorpion." They...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE Bassist: Metalcore Bands Have Opened Doors For Death Metal Scene

Way Too Loud! recently conducted and interview with CANNIBAL CORPSE members Alex Webster and George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher during the Metal Blade 25th Anniversary Tour. A couple of excerpts follow: Way Too Loud!: After Sounds Of The Underground, has anyone talked to you about doing any more support...

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GRAVEHILL To Release 'Metal Of Death' EP

GRAVEHILL, the new band featuring former members of MORGION, GASP, KEEN OF THE CROW, PHOBIA, CRIMSON RELIC, MALFUNCTION and SELF INFLICTED, will release an EP, entitled simply "Metal of Death", on October 31 through Metal Horde Productions. According to the band's official bio, "the GRAVEHILL modus...

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MEVADIO To Release 'Fresh Kill Daily' Next Year

After spending more than a year writing material and recording, Danish metallers MEVADIO are back with "Fresh Kill Daily", produced by Tue Madsen (SICK OF IT ALL, HATESPHERE, RAUNCHY). The CD will be released late spring/early summer 2008 via Drug(s). A&R representative for Drug(s) and Target Di...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Talks About Playing With METALLICA, Hanging Out With LARS ULRICH

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn has posted a lengthy new "diary entry" on the band's official web site. An excerpt from his posting follows: "[Supporting] METALLICA at Wembley Stadium [in London in early July]. Duuuuuude!? DUUUUDE!?!?!? Such an honor. Handpicked. Last minute [as the replacement for...

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APOCALYPTICA: Stockholm Concert Footage, Photos Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Finnish metal cellists APOCALYPTICA performing at Klubben in Stockholm, Sweden on October 19, 2007 can be viewed below. Photos from the gig can be found at Mestrock.se. APOCALYPTICA recently shot a video for the song "S.O.S. (Anything but Love)" in Vilnius, Lithuania. The...

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TESTAMENT: New Pre-Production Photos Available

Several new photos of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT taken during the band's pre-production sessions for their new album have been posted at their MySpace page (free registration may be required to view pictures). TESTAMENT has recruited Paul Bostaph (SLAYER, EXODUS, FORBIDDEN, SYST...

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STRAIGHT LINE STITCH Commences Pre-Production On New Album

Knoxville, Tennesseee-based female-fronted metal/hardcore act STRAIGHT LINE STITCH has issued the following update: "Starting tomorrow we enter pre-production on our debut record due out early 2008 on Koch Records. Our producer Rob Caggiano [ANTHRAX, CRADLE OF FILTH] of Scrap 60 Productions will be...

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Exclusive: AT THE GATES Guitarist Discusses Reunion Plans, Possibility Of New Studio Album

Legendary Swedish extreme metal band AT THE GATES has announced its plans to reform for several festival appearances next summer, including Wacken Open Air (Germany),Bloodstock (UK) and Ruisrock (Finland). In an exclusive interview with BLABBERMOUTH.NET, AT THE GATES guitarist Anders Björler discus...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM About To Start Recording Guitars

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM are about to start recording guitars for their new album at Petrax Studio in Hollola, Finland. The CD is being produced by Mikko Karmila and will feature a guest appearance by Peter Tägtgren of HYPOCRISY and PAIN fame. An April 7, 2008 European release via Spinefa...

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SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON: 'Unholy Alliance' DVD Artwork, Final Track Listing Available

Hailed as "the heaviest, darkest metal tour of the summer, if not the year," the "Unholy Alliance Tour: Preaching to the Perverted" stomped and screamed around the globe last year. On October 30, just in time for Halloween, the "Unholy Alliance Tour" DVD package will be released (American Recordings...

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'Rick Rubin: In The Studio' Book Due In The Spring

Rock N' Roll Books has set a tentatively spring 2008 release date for "Rick Rubin: In the Studio", the first and only definitive book dedicated to Rick Rubin — our generation's most influential producer who has worked with multi-platinum artists as diverse as SLAYER, METALLICA, LINKIN PARK, SYSTEM O...

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MACHINE HEAD: Los Angeles Performance, Backstage Photos Available

According to Headbanger's Blog, the final gig of MACHINE HEAD and ARCH ENEMY's co-headlining tour with with special guests THROWDOWN and SANCTITY at the Avalon in Los Angeles on Saturday (October 13) was attended by SLAYER guitarist Kerry King, ex-STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and DARK ANGEL drummer Gene Hogl...

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MACHINE HEAD: Watch 'Now I Lay Thee Down' Unedited And Uncensored

The "uncensored" and "unedited" five-and-a-half-minute version of MACHINE HEAD's video for the song "Now I Lay Thee Down" has been posted on the band's official web site. It can also be viewed below. The clip was shot in February and additional footage was filmed in August. Mike Sloat directed, work...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist: 'I Never Thought I'd Have A Career In Music'

Aedan Sieber of Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On achieving a fairly notable status within today's metal world: "(Laughs) I don't really think about it like that! I don't know — it's just...