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MASTODON: New Album Concept Revealed

Patrizia Mazzuoccolo of the "Tinitus" radio show, which airs every Wednesday on Norway's NRK P3, spoke to MASTODON drummer Brann Dailor in late November prior the band's concert in Oslo as part of the "Unholy Alliance: Chapter III" tour with SLAYER, TRIVIUM and AMON AMARTH. Although MASTODON's new a...

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SPICE AND THE RJ BAND: 'The Will' Released On Limited-Edition White Vinyl

Night Of The Vinyl Dead has released the debut album from SPICE AND THE RJ BAND — the new project featuring vocalist/songwriter Spice (KAISER, ex-SPIRITUAL BEGGARS) and drummer Bob Ruben (KAYSER, THE MUSHROOM RIVER BAND) — on limited-edition white vinyl. Only 300 pieces are available of the LP, enti...

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Black Faith Inquisition

I really struggled with this one. I'd go back and forth between assessing "Black Faith Inquisition" as an epic tour de force of melodic black metal and a painstakingly long, verbose black metal album that tries to do too much. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. There is no question that...

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Tweak'd Out, Strung Up...

Hey, Meteor City's back! Good to see the nameplate under new management, still flying the flag for the unrepentantly shaggy, heavy-lidded and riff-tastic. EIGHTEEN WHEELS BURNING is a hard-livin', hard-touring stoner rock band risen from the long-cold ashes of THE WANT, who did a record on Southern...

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METALLICA's ULRICH, HAMMETT Talk 'Guitar Hero'

Mike Snider of USA Today conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist Kirk Hammett, as well as Activision lead designer Alan Flores, about the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game, due early in 2009. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Q: How did this game com...

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DORO Celebrates 25th Anniversary With SCORPIONS, OVERKILL, Ex-NIGHTWISH Members

Doro Pesch celebrated her 25-year career as the reigning queen of German heavy metal by performing a three-hour set last night (Saturday, December 13) at the 20,000-capacity ISS Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany. HOLY MOSES, LEAVES EYES' and ARCH ENEMY opened the show and were followed by full set by DORO...

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AXL ROSE Takes Part In Another Online Chat, Says There Are 'No Plans' For GN'R Tour Right Now

Reclusive GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose took part in yet another online chat Friday night (December 12),this time via the GUNS N' ROSES fan community ChineseDemocracy.com. BLABBERMOUTH.NET has compiled the most interesting bits from the question-and-answer session and is re-posting them here for yo...

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NINE INCH NAILS Mainman Slams Military Use Of His Music As Torture

NINE INCH NAILS mainman Trent Reznor has commented on the reports that the band's music has been used to prepare detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay for interrogation. "It's difficult for me to imagine anything more profoundly insulting, demeaning and enraging than discovering music yo...

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LACUNA COIL: 'Shallow Life' Due In The Spring

Italian hard rock band LACUNA COIL, which offers the dual vocals of male singer Andrea Ferro and female vocalist Cristina Scabbia, has set "Shallow Life" as the title of its new album, due in the spring via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded earlier this fall at a studio in Los Angeles with...

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HORNED ALMIGHTY: New Song Posted Online

"Contaminating the Divine", the title track of Danish black metal band HORNED ALMIGHTY's forthcoming third album, is available for streaming on the group's MySpace page. The CD was recorded with Jacob Bredahl (LAST MILE, ex-HATESPHERE) at Smart'n'Hard Studios. The tentative track listing for the alb...

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Heavy Metal Guitarist Was Stabbed 50 Times For Playing Poorly; More Details Emerge

The 18-year-old singer of the Italian gothic heavy metal band SOUL CRY and her 16-year-old brother, the band's bass player, are facing premeditated attempted murder charges after allegedly stabbing the group's guitarist dozens of times because he did not play well enough, according to the Associated...

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SUFFOCATION: Video Interview With FRANK MULLEN Available

Vocalist Frank Mullen of the legendary New York extreme metal outfit SUFFOCATION was interviewed by Metal's Darkside in September during the band's Exhumed To Consume tour with CARCASS. Watch the chat at this location (Quicktime required). SUFFOCATION recently inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records...

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SAMAEL: 'Above' Release Date Announced

Nuclear Blast Records has set a March 6, 2009 European release date for "Above", the new album from Swiss metal veterans SAMAEL. Steve Markowski of Beyond the Dark Horizon recently conducted an interview with SAMAEL frontman Vorph. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Beyond The Dark Hor...

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GOAT THE HEAD Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

Norwegian death metallers GOAT THE HEAD have issued the following update: "We've had some changes in our primal caveman personnel. GOAT THE HEAD and bassist Snorre Hovdal has decided to part ways. There's not much drama in this, we've just evolved in somewhat different directions. GOAT THE HEAD are...

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RUSH Guitarist ALEX LIFESON Performs At 'Andy Kim Christmas' Show; Video Available

RUSH guitarist took part in the annual Andy Kim Christmas show on December 10, 2008 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada's Mod Club. Fan-filmed video footage of the show-closing performance with a guest star-laden musical collective jamming out on Andy Kim's hit "Rock Me Gently" (featuring Lifeson) can be vi...