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SLIPKNOT's JOEY JORDISON Is 'The Greatest Drummer Of The Last 25 Years'

Seven days ago, U.K.'s Rhythm magazine kick-started an online poll to find out who its readers thought was the greatest drummer of the last quarter of a century. 102,000 votes later a winner has been crowned: none other than Joey Jordison of SLIPKNOT. Jordison received 37 percent of the votes, with...

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TRIPTYKON To Release 'Shatter' EP

TRIPTYKON, the group formed by former HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST singer, guitarist, and main songwriter Tom Gabriel Warrior, will follow its highly acclaimed debut album, "Eparistera Daimones", with the release of "Shatter", an all-new five-track EP, on October 25 (Europe) and October 26 (North America...

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TRIPTYKON: Quality Footage From Sweden's GETAWAY ROCK Festival Available

Video footage of TRIPTYKON's performance at this year's Getaway Rock festival, which was held July 8-10 in Gävle, Sweden, can be viewed below (courtesy of Demonia's Blogg). TRIPTYKON is the group founded by former HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST singer and guitarist Tom Gabriel Warrior. The band will tour N...

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HIGH ON FIRE Announces North American Headlining Tour

Oakland, California power trio HIGH ON FIRE has announced a North American headlining tour. The massive fall expedition — dubbed the "Sanctioned Annihilation Tour" — will feature support from TORCHE and KYLESA and is set to launch on September 27 at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, Ca...

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ZAKK WYLDE On Egg-Throwing OZZFEST Incident: 'If I Was IRON MAIDEN, I'd F**k Some People Up'

Charlie Steffens of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). An excerpt from the chat follows below. KNAC.COM: There's something that's been hanging out there a while that's caused a lot of people to take sides, when the truth is, we're supposed...

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STRYPER Frontman Checks In From Bolivia

Christian hard rockers STRYPER are scheduled to kick off a South American tour on August 11 in La Paz, Bolivia. The band's frontman, Michael Sweet, has checked in with the following update: "We had an eventful day on August 7th as we departed for Bolivia — trying to get out of multiple airports to h...

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IRON MAIDEN Singer Slips And Falls on Stage In Finland (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson slipping and falling on stage at the start of the band's August 8, 2010 performance at the Finnish installment of the Sonisphere festival in Pori can be viewed below. According to a posting on the Sonisphere web site, a freak thunderst...

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Former DISMEMBER Drummer FRED ESTBY's NECRONAUT: More Album Details Revealed

NECRONAUT, the solo project of former DISMEMBER/CARNAGE drummer Fred Estby, will release its self-titled album on October 18 release via Regain Records. The cover artwork for the CD (see below) was designed by Chat Zar, who was reponsible for creating the prosthetic effects for such movies as "The R...

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Freak Thunderstorm Hits SONISPHERE Festival In Finland

According to a message on the event's official web site, a severe thunderstorm hit Sonisphere festival in Pori, Finland this afternoon (Sunday, August 8) at approximately 4:00 p.m. Strong gusts of freak wind damaged the stages and knocked down tents and fences. Around 40 people were injured, two of...

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RAVENS CREED: New Demo Tracks Posted Online

RAVENS CREED, the "VENOM-worshipping scumbags" featuring Steve Watson (ex-IRON MONKEY),Jason Graham, former SABBAT bassist Frazer Craske, and newly added vocalist Al Osta (a.k.a. The Syrian Destroyer),have uploaded demo versions of three new songs — Bashed In, Black Bullets and The Wires Will Kill...

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ROB ZOMBIE Says 'All Is Good' Between Him And OZZY OSBOURNE

Rob Zombie says that he has buried the hatchet with Ozzy Osbourne after recently airing his feelings about two of his more recent band members — bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson and drummer Tommy Clufetos — being hired away by Ozzy Osbourne for Ozzy's touring band. Nicholson was hired by Ozzy in 2006...

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IRON FIRE: 'Reborn To Darkness' Song Available For Streaming

"Reborn To Darkness", a brand new recording from Danish metallers IRON FIRE, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the band's new album, "Metalmorphosized", which will be released on the following dates: Sep. 29: Spain Oct. 1: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden...

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OVERKILL To Reissue CD, DVD With Three Previously Unreleased Live Tracks

New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL will re-release their "Immortalis" album and "Live at Wacken Open Air" DVD on October 5, 2010 via eOne Music. This will be a CD/DVD combo release with three new unreleased live tracks: * Within Your Eyes (from "Relix" CD) * Blood and Iron (from "Feel The Fir...

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PRIMORDIAL Frontman Teams Up With METAL BLADE For Distribution Of POISON TONGUE Label

Metal Blade Records has announced it has inked an imprint deal with Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill of PRIMORDIAL to handle distribution of his label Poison Tongue Records. Alan's Poison Tongue Records has already begun to gain notice as a promising label in the underground scene in Europe and now with di...

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It's Official: IRON MAIDEN To Headline Australia's SOUNDWAVE Festival

It's now official: British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN will headline the 2011 edition of Australia's Soundwave festival, with SLAYER, SLASH, ROB ZOMBIE and AVENGED SEVENFOLD also joining the bill. The dates are as follows: Feb. 26 - Brisbane, Showgrounds Feb. 27 - Sydney, Eastern Creek Raceway M...