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Twelve out of Chamber

The album cover says it all: a menacing black and white rendering of an enraged canine with teeth bared and eyes set squarely on its prey. That's the way Finland's SCALPING SCREEN rolls on "Twelve out of Chamber", a metal infused hardcore album, which in this case doesn't equate to "metalcore" in th...

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Pryor Getting A Sales Tax Boost From ROCKLAHOMA

Rhett Morgan of Tulsa World reports that the annual Rocklahoma festival, which runs Thursday through Sunday, represents the biggest sales-tax event on the calendar for Pryor, Oklahoma, Mayor Jimmy Tramel said. "It's Christmas in June-July," he said. For those two months, the festival helps boost the...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Guitarist Joins DENIM AND LEATHER

Guitarist Mark Simpson (pictured below; FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES) has joined DENIM AND LEATHER, a Las Vegas-based metal tribute band that plays "true and classic metal cover songs." DENIM AND LEATHER is: James Rivera (HELSTAR, SEVEN WITCHES) - Vocals Mark Simpson (FLOTSAM AND JETSAM,...

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JUDAS PRIEST Songwriters Give Inside Look At Tracks On Classic Album 'British Steel'

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of its landmark album "British Steel", JUDAS PRIEST is showcasing the set in its entirety on a series of U.S. tour dates this summer. The band's songwriting triumvirate — frontman Rob Halford and guitarists K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton — recently provided Billboard...

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ION VEIN To Perform At Chicago's METAL MERGENCE

Chicago's ION VEIN will perform at the third annual Metal Mergence, set to take place Saturday, July 11 at Reggie's Rock Toom in the band's hometown. Also scheduled to appear are RIVAL, MINDWARP CHAMBER and TOMORROW HAS ARRIVED. Metal Mergence is a networking conference founded by Scott Jackson of M...

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HORNA To Release 'Musta Kaipuu' In July

Finnish black metallers HORNA will release "Musta Kaipuu", a collection of ten legendary, long-lost tracks from the "Envaatnags Eflos Solf Esgantaavne" recording sessions, made available for the first time on CD. Due on July 17 via Debemur Morti Productions, "Musta Kaipuu" features the following tra...

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JUDAS PRIEST Singer On 'British Steel': 'It's An Important Record For The Genre Of Heavy Metal'

Greg Prato of RollingStone.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Rob Halford of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RollingStone.com: With the group revisiting "British Steel" this summer, where was PRIEST at when you started work on...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN, VELVET REVOLVER, DEVILDRIVER Members On How To Make It In Music Industry

No Good TV host Carrie Keagan interviewed author Rick Florino, Matt Sorum (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER, THE CULT, CAMP FREDDY),Shavo Odadjian (SYSTEM OF A DOWN, ACHOZEN),Dez Fafara (DEVILDRIVER, COAL CHAMBER) and Jeff Kendrick (DEVILDRIVER) in an exclusive show about "Do the Devil's Work for Hi...

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SNOT Working With New Singer

The remaining members of the reformed legendary Santa Barbara metal/punk rock hybrid SNOT — Mike Doling (guitar),John "Tumor" Fahnestock (bass) and Jamie Miller (drums) — have been "writing like crazy" with an as-yet-undisclosed vocalist following the recent departures of frontman Tommy Vext (a.k.a...

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ROCK GONE WILD Teams Up With VH1 CLASSIC's EDDIE TRUNK

Rock Gone Wild, America's newest and most diverse rock festival, has teamed up with one of rock radio's biggest names to host one of rock's biggest days. Eddie Trunk, the popular host of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show", will be in Algona for the entire day on August 22 to bring on such classic rock...

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SAMOTH On The Future Of EMPEROR, ZYKLON

Belgian webzine Rock 'N Balls recently conducted an interview with ZYKLON/EMPEROR guitarist Samoth (real name: Tomas Haugen). A couple of excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow below. Rock 'N Balls: A few weeks ago, you released "Live Inferno", so my question is simple: is this record...

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REVERENCE: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

French black metallers REVERENCE have completed work on their third album, "Inactive Theocracy", due in September/October on CD and vinyl via Osmose Productions. The effort was recorded and mixed at Drudenhaus Studios with Neb Xort (ANOREXIA NERVOSA) and was mastered at MasterLab studios in France....

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OPETH Frontman Says Some Songs On 'Watershed' Were Inspired By Former Girlfriend

Christopher Porter of Washington Post Express recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Washington Post Express: Last time you played D.C. you were opening for DREAM THEATER. Were...

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SNOT Guitarist Says VEXT And MAYO Quit The Band

Guitarist Mikey Doling of the reformed legendary Santa Barbara metal/punk rock hybrid SNOT has released another statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET clarifying the circumstances surrounding the departures of vocalist Tommy Vext (a.k.a. Tommy Cummings) and guitarist Sonny Mayo. He says, "To be be clear, Tom...

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SNOT Parts Ways With Singer, Guitarist

Guitarist Mikey Doling of the reformed legendary Santa Barbara metal/punk rock hybrid SNOT has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "SNOT is again looking for a vocalist. Unfortunately, Tommy Vext [a.k.a. Tommy Cummings; ex-DIVINE HERESY] has not worked out. Tommy's a great guy and...