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MASTODON 'Just About Done' Writing New Album

Chad Bowar of About.com recently conducted an interview with drummer Brann Dailor of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON. An excerpt from the chat follows below. About.com: You're already hard at work on the next MASTODON album. How's that coming along? Dailor: It's coming along really good. We'r...

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ABOVE SYMMETRY: Entire 'Ripples' Album Available For Streaming

"Ripples", the debut album from the Norwegian metal quintet ABOVE SYMMETRY, is available for streaming in its entirety at AOL Music. Over one year ago, five young musicians from Skien, Norway, made a very impressive entrance into the metal world with their debut album "Ripples", released under the b...

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Drum-Cam Footage Of GENE HOGLAN With FORBIDDEN At Norway's INFERNO Festival

Drum-cam footage of Gene "The Atomic Clock" Hoglan (ex-DARK ANGEL, ex-STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, FEAR FACTORY, DETHKLOK) performing with FORBIDDEN this past Thursday night (April 21) at the Inferno festival in Oslo, Norway can be viewed below. Hoglan is filling in for FORBIDDEN drummer Mark Hernandez, who...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Performs SKID ROW Classic With ASKING ALEXANDRIA (Video)

Video footage of Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW) performing the SKID ROW classic "Youth Gone Wild" with ASKING ALEXANDRIA at the third annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held this past Wednesday night (April 20) at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, California, can be viewed below. Highlights...

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FORBIDEN With GENE HOGLAN At Norway's INFERNO Festival; Video Available

Video footage of drummer Gene "The Atomic Clock" Hoglan (ex-DARK ANGEL, ex-STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, FEAR FACTORY, DETHKLOK) performing with FORBIDDEN last night (Thursday, April 21) at the Inferno festival in Oslo, Norway can be viewed below. Hoglan is filling in for FORBIDDEN drummer Mark Hernandez, wh...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Joins Synergia Northwest Benefit to Aid Northwest Youth Music Education

Seattle's progressive stronghold QUEENSRŸCHE will join the stellar 2011 Synergia Northwest lineup on Friday, May 6 at the Moore Theatre in Seattle to support youth music education. "They are a perfect fit," said musician and show producer Michael McMorrow. "Their music has resonated for a couple gen...

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Late METALLICA Bassist CLIFF BURTON Inspired Title Character In 'Hesher' Movie

METALLICA doesn't often grant permission for the use of its songs in movies, making just a handful of exceptions over its nearly 30-year career. But the group likes an upcoming independent feature called "Hesher" enough to let the filmmakers use some of the band's music. According to ContactMusic.co...

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JUDAS PRIEST Drummer: The Fans Want Us To Go On (Video)

The Artisan News Service conducted a short interview with JUDAS PRIEST drummer Scott Travis at the third annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which took place last night (Wednesday, April 20) at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, California. When asked for an update on the just-announced departure o...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND Interviewed In Paris (Video)

Metal Sickness conducted an interview with Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) on April 8, 2011 in Paris, France . You can now watch the chat below . Devin Townsend will release "Deconstruction" and "Ghost" — the third and fourt...

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CARMINE And VINNY APPICE Talk About First-Ever 'Drum Wars' Battle (Audio)

Main Street Armory, 900 Main Street in Rochester, NY, will host the first Drum Wars battle featuring legendary drummers Carmine and Vinny Appice on Friday, April 22. Brothers and "rivals" Carmine and Vinny Appice are set to battle it out by performing classic hard rock, pop and metal hits that were...

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KVELERTAK: 'Ordsmedar Av Rang' Video Released

"Ordsmedar av Rang", the new video from Norwegian blackened punk metallers KVELERTAK, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's self-titled debut album, which was released June 21, 2010 via Indie Recordings and continues to receive rave reviews from mainstream media and metal web sites alik...

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XERATH: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

U.K. modern cutting-edge orchestral metal band XERATH will release its sophomore album, simply titled "II", in North America on May 3 via Candlelight Records. The follow-up to 2009's "I" is described in a press release as "a huge and fully refined slab of XERATH's unique sound from the production ge...

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TARJA TURUNEN To Release 'Underneath' Single

Former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen will release a new digital-only single, "Underneath", on April 22. The three-song single will be made available Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine, France and U.K. It includes two unreleased versions of the beautiful ballad "Under...

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GENE HOGLAN To Perform With FORBIDDEN At Norwegian, German Festivals

Gene "The Atomic Clock" Hoglan (ex-DARK ANGEL, ex-STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, FEAR FACTORY, DETHKLOK) will be filling in for FORBIDDEN drummer Mark Hernandez at the band's upcoming headlining appearances this Thursday at Inferno Festival in Norway and this Saturday at Metropole Ruhr Fest in Germany. Commen...

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MAJESTY Is Back!

Vocalist Tarek "MS" Maghary (METALFORCE, MAJESTY) has released the following statement: "With this statement I want to tell all fans, friends and partners that we decided that it is time for MAJESTY to officially come back to the glorious heavy metal world. "It might sound strange to some of you tha...