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MARTY FRIEDMAN Is A Japanese Comic-Strip Character

The front page of the current issue of Tokyo Sports, Japan's top nationwide sports newspaper, features a half-page photo as well as the transcript of a monumental conversation between former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman and legendary comic-strip artist Tenho Iwatani. Tenho Iwatani's daily comic...

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Guitarist Says There Are No Plans For Band To Record New Album

On August 20, Crash and LT of the Orlando, Florida radio station 101.1 WJRR conducted an interview with RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello. You can now listen to the 12-minute chat below. When asked about a recent quote from RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE frontman Zack De la Rocha where the si...

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AUTOPSY: Promotional Video For 'The Tomb Within' EP Available

U.S. gore legends AUTOPSY will issue the "The Tomb Within" EP on September 13 through Peaceville Records on CD and 12-inch vinyl, with general release set for September 27. Cover art is supplied by renowned fantasy/horror artist Matt Cavotta. "The Tomb Within" was recorded mid-July 2010 at Fantasy S...

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HAIL OF BULLETS: New Song Available For Streaming

"Operation Z", a brand new song from HAIL OF BULLETS — the Dutch death metal band featuring GOREFEST drummer Ed Warby, THANATOS guitarists Stephan Gebédi and Paul Baayens, former PESTILENCE/ASPHYX singer Martin Van Drunen and former HOUWITSER bass player Theo van Eekelen — is available for streaming...

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NIGHTFALL: 'Ambassador Of Mass' Video Released

"Ambassador Of Mass", the new video from Greek metallers NIGHTFALL, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Astron Black And The Thirty Tyrants", which is scheduled for release on August 31 (one day earlier internationally) via Metal Blade Records. The cover artwork was create...

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The Final Frontier

Okay, so despite giving everyone shivers with the title, and invoking some goofy predestined band plan Steve Harris made up when he was a lad, this fifteenth effort is not intended to be the last IRON MAIDEN album. It's also not the mad leap into reinvention and experimentation some would have you b...

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Behind the Blackest Tears

What did you think it was gonna sound like? A collaboration between hardcore mogul Jamey Jasta and last living Ent Kirk Windstein? A HATEBREED and CROWBAR mashup? Yeah, pretty much. It's a bit more CROWBAR riffing and soulful Nola doom-rock than it is hardcore, although they do kick up the tempos an...

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Phantom Glue

Boston's PHANTOM GLUE are lucky that sludgy metal is kinda like pizza -- when you want it, and you find it, even bad pizza is still good. You may not remember you ate it after the heartburn fades, but it satisfies while it's in your face. That's kinda where I'm at with these guys -- ...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN To Take Part In Japanese Signing Sessions

Following the Japanese release of his tenth solo album, "Bad D.N.A." on August 25, former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will take part in a series of promotional autograph sessions throughout Japan before taking the CD to the concert stage with his band later this year. The first signing session...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: New Album Artwork Unveiled

One of the most infamous and notorious names in metal, CRADLE OF FILTH continue to shock, excite, disgust and inspire in equal measures. On November 1, 2010, the latest chapter of the band's dark history is to be released through Peaceville Records on the band's own AbraCadaver imprint (November 9 i...

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JOE PERRY: I Would Never Deliberately Push STEVEN TYLER Offstage

According to TMZ.com, Joe Perry claims he didn't intend to shove Steven Tyler offstage during an AEROSMITH concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada earlier this week no matter how intentional it may have looked on video. A representative for the band tells TMZ.com, "Joe wanted his fans to know he would n...

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MURDER CONSTRUCT Signs To RELAPSE RECORDS

Relapse Records has announced the signing of MURDER CONSTRUCT, the California-based band featuring Travis Ryan (CATTLE DECAPITATION) on vocals, Leon del Muerte (EXHUMED, PHOBIA, IMPALED) on guitar and vocals, Kevin Fetus (FETUS EATERS, WATCH ME BURN) on guitar, Danny Walker (INTRONAUT, EXHUMED, UPHI...

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JOE PERRY 'Hip-Checks' STEVEN TYLER Off Stage; Video Available

According to Brad Wheeler of The Globe And Mail, AEROSMITH singer Steven Tyler was pushed by guitarist Joe Perry off a catwalk and into the crowd during the band's Tuesday night (August 17) concert at Toronto, Ontario, Canada's Air Canada Centre. Wheeler writes in his review of the show, "The incide...

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ATHEIST: 'Jupiter' Track Listing Revealed

Reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have set "Jupiter" as the title of their long-awaited fourth album, tentatively due in November via Season Of Mist. The CD was recorded at LedBelly studios in Atlanta, Georgia with engineer Matt Washburn and was mixed by Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, CHI...

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ANTHRIEL: 'The Pathway' Release Moved Up A Month

Finnish progressive metal outfit ANTHRIEL will release its debut album, "The Pathway", on September 17 via Lion Music. The CD was produced by Timo Niemistö and was mixed by Jussi Kulomaa at MSTR Studio. The mastering duties were handled by Henkka Niemistö at Chartmakers. The album cover art and layo...