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SLASH's Bassist TODD KERNS Interviewed On 'Music Biz Weekly' Podcast (Audio)

Todd Kerns, the bassist and backup vocalist in Slash's band as well as a member of SIN CITY SINNERS, was interviewed for this week's edition of the "Music Biz Weekly" podcast. Kerns sat down with Michael Brandvold and Brian Thompson to talk about his music, playing with Slash, what drives his creati...

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FATES WARNING Completes Writing Music For New Album

Guitarist Jim Matheos of U.S. progressive metal icons FATES WARNING has issued the following update: "I'm happy to say that all the music for [the new FATES WARNING album] is now written (finally!). Still some lyrics to do, but we're close. Looking forward to sharing this with you in 2013." FATES WA...

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METAL SAFARI Parts Ways With Vocalist, Drummer, Bassist

Drummer Yazu, vocalist Ina and bassist Tomo have left Japanese extreme metallers METAL SAFARI. Commented the band's guitarist, Hiro: "As the guitarist, songwriter and producer of METAL SAFARI, I still have lots of things I want to do with METAL SAFARI. In my mind, it's more like expecting what's to...

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THE AGONIST: Video Recap Of Asian Tour

A five-minute video recap of THE AGONIST's November 2012 Asian tour — which included stops in Taiwan and Japan — can be seen below. THE AGONIST's third album, "Prisoners", debuted at No. 19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing ar...

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THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT: Video Footage From 'Tetragrammaton' Mixing Sessions

Dutch extreme metallers THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT entered the studio in September to begin recording their fourth full-length album, "Tetragrammaton", for an early 2013 release via Season Of Mist. Songtitles set to appear on the the follow-up to 2008's "Trivmvirate" include "Human Wave Attack", "Drugs,...

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CLUTCH Frontman Says New CD Is 'Probably Faster Than Most Of Our Recent Albums'

Metal Chris of DCHeavyMetal.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Neil Fallon of Maryland rockers CLUTCH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. DCHeavyMetal.com: What can fans expect from the new album ["Earth Rocker"]? Neil: Well, I think, as a whole, this record is probably...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM To Enter Studio Tomorrow

Drummer Jaska Raatikainen of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM has issued the following update: "Today we had the last rehearsals before entering the studio tomorrow to record drums for the new album. "Last two days have been quite intensive. Playing the songs over and over again, lots of fuck-ups...

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VANDROYA: 'The Last Free Land' Song Available For Streaming

Inner Wound Recordings recently announced the signing of the Brazilian female-fronted progressive power metal band VANDROYA. The group's debut album, "One", will be released on January 18. The Japanese edition of the album will be made available on December 19 through Spiritual Beast and the Brazili...

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SWEET's ANDY SCOTT Interviewed By 'Metal Express Radio' (Audio)

On December 15, Michael Burgess of Metal Express Radio conducted an interview with original member Andy Scott (guitar and vocals) of one of the most legendary, influential and enduring names in the history of rock music, SWEET, at The Sage in Gateshead (Newcastle),England. You can now listen to the...

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ARCH ENEMY: 'Astro Khaos 2012 - Official Live Bootleg' CD+DVD Released In Japan

"Astro Khaos 2012 - Official Live Bootleg", a brand new CD+DVD release from Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY, has just been made available in Japan. Says the band: "At the end of our Japan tour in April 2012, we played two suddenly announced special intimate shows with setlists voted by t...

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CRASHDÏET: Audio Samples Of Entire New Album

Audio samples of all the tracks that will appear on "The Savage Playground", the fourth album from Swedish rockers CRASHDÏET, can be streamed at Amazon.co.uk. The CD will be released on January 25 in Europe (excluding Scandinavia) and January 22 in North America via Frontiers Records. With "The Sava...

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STRYPER Frontman Says 'It Should Be A Blast' Singing Classic DOKKEN Songs With T&N

STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet has confirmed that he will hit the road next year with T&N (formerly TOOTH AND NAIL),the new project featuring current and former members of DOKKEN (George Lynch, Jeff Pilson and Mick Brown),in support of that band's recently released debut album, "Slave To The E...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Talks BLACK SABBATH's 'Vol. 4' On 'In The Studio' (Audio)

North American syndicated rock radio show "In The Studio: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands" goes one-on-one with Ozzy Osbourne, singer for heavy metal godfathers BLACK SABBATH, to get the story behind "Vol. 4", which is widely viewed as the last great album from the original SABBATH...

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LECHEROUS NOCTURNE: New Song Available For Streaming

"Those Having Been Hidden Away", a brand new song from the South Carolina-based extreme metal band LECHEROUS NOCTURNE, can be streamed using the audio player below. The track comes off the group's third album, "Behold Almighty Doctrine", which will be released on March 19, 2013 via Unique Leader Rec...

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IN FLAMES Frontman Says Next Album Will Arrive In 2014

Vocalist Anders Fridén of Swedish metallers IN FLAMES was interviewed on the December 14-16 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to FullMe...