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Metal Musicians React To GWAR Frontman DAVE BROCKIE A.K.A. ODERUS URUNGUS' Death

Members of DISTURBED, TESTAMENT, LAMB OF GOD, HATEBREED, MACHINE HEAD, SHADOWS FALL and DEVILDRIVER are among the musicians who have reacted to the passing of Dave Brockie, better known as Oderus Urungus, the founder and lead singer of renowned Richmond, Virginia metal band GWAR. Roommates reportedl...

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LIFE OF AGONY To Return To The Stage This Summer

LIFE OF AGONY will perform in Europe this August, one of the first shows since the group's lead singer Mina Caputo (formerly known as Keith Caputo) came out as transgender in 2011. The concert will take place at Belgium's Alcatraz Metal Festival on Friday, August 8. The famed "River Runs Red" lineup...

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BLIND GUARDIAN's MARCUS SIEPEN Talks To UNITED ROCK NATIONS About SINBREED (Video)

On February 26, Carmziofa of United Rock Nations conducted an interview with guitarist Marcus Siepen of SINBREED and BLIND GUARDIAN in Paris, France. You can now watch the chat below. SINBREED's sophomore album, "Shadows", will be released on March 28 in Europe and April 15 in the U.S. via AFM Recor...

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SLIPKNOT To Stage First-Ever Japanese Edition Of KNOTFEST In November

The first-ever Japanese edition of Knotfest, the music festival launched by the American metal band SLIPKNOT, will be held on November 15-16 at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo. A video announcement from SLIPKNOT percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan can be seen below. The first Knotfest took place on Au...

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OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Says New Album Is 'Probably A Bit Easier To Get Into' Than 'Heritage' Was

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: Upon listening to your [forthcoming, as-yet-untitled 11th studio] album, I felt t...

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Ex-ARCH ENEMY Singer ANGELA GOSSOW: 'It's Really Hard To Say Goodbye'

Angela Gossow, who revealed earlier this week that she was stepping down as frontwoman of ARCH ENEMY and was being replaced by former THE AGONIST vocalist Alissa White-Gluz, has released the following message via her official Facebook page: "Thank you for all your kind words, your support, your unde...

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DESTRUCTION's SCHMIER Discusses His New Side Project Featuring ACCEPT Members (Audio)

On March 12, singer/bassist Schmier of German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION was interviewed by Nick Perkel (a.k.a. Japan Nick),a contributing writer for The Aquarian Weekly and host of "Japan Nick's Rock And Metal Pandemonium" on Montclair State University's WMSC 90.3 radio station. Asked about...

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SINBREED: 'Call To Arms' Lyric Video Released

The official lyric video for the song "Call To Arms" from SINBREED, the German power metal band featuring BLIND GUARDIAN guitarist Marcus Siepen and drummer Frederik Ehmke, can be seen below. The track is taken from SINBREED's sophomore album, "Shadows", which will be released on March 28 in Europe...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD Interviewed On 'Heavy Demons' Radio Show (Audio)

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON was interviewed earlier this month on the "Heavy Demons" radio show. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. On April 29 via UDR Music, SAXON will release "St. George's Day Sacrifice - Live In Manchester", a "hidden treasure...

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BROKEN HOPE's JEREMY WAGNER Speaks To THE AGE OF METAL (Video)

The Age Of Metal spoke with Jeremy Wagner of reformed Chicago death metallers BROKEN HOPE before the first date of the "Best In Brutality" tour last Tuesday (March 18) in Tempe, Arizona. You can now watch the chat below. BROKEN HOPE's sixth album, "Omen Of Disease", sold around 1,000 copies in the U...

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SOILWORK Singer Explains Drummer DIRK VERBEUREN's Absence From First Few Shows Of European Tour

GetYourRockOut conducted an interview with vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid of Swedish metallers SOILWORK before the band's March 12 concert in Manchester, England. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about SOILWORK drummer Dirk Verbeuren's absence from the first few shows of the band's current Euro...

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DEVIL YOU KNOW Members Discuss Making Of Debut Album (Video)

DEVIL YOU KNOW, the creative union of Howard Jones (ex-KILLSWITCH ENGAGE),Francesco Artusato (ALL SHALL PERISH) and John Sankey (DEVOLVED),will release its inaugural effort, "The Beauty of Destruction", on both physical and digital formats on April 25 in Europe and April 29 in North America via Nu...

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OPETH Hopes To Release New Studio Album In June

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have completed work on their 11th studio album for a tentative June release via Roadrunner Records. The last OPETH album, 2011's "Heritage", received mixed reactions, with some fans claiming that the group had detached itself from its death metal past and gone for...

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DEATH's 'Leprosy' Album To Be Reissued With Bonus Material

The fifth installment in Relapse's exhaustive reissue campaign of DEATH's immensely influential catalog is "Leprosy", the band's titanic second album. Originally released in 1988 the pioneering LP built upon the thrash sounds of METALLICA and SLAYER but added a previously unheard level of raw extrem...

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VIRGIN STEELE: 'The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell I+II', 'Invictus' Reissues Detailed

SPV/Steamhammer will re-release VIRGIN STEELE's "The Marriage Of Heaven & Hell I+II" and "Invictus" albums in June. These two CD digipak re-releases will come with special bonus material and a huge booklet with new liner notes and previously unseen photos supplied by VIRGIN STEELE singer David D...