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LAMB OF GOD Drummer: 'I Know When I Get On Stage, I Want To Be In Top Form'

DRUM! magazine recently conducted an interview with drummer Chris Adler of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the recording sessions for the band's new album, "Resolution": Adler: "It's not lost on me that when we started this, the drums wer...

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VOLBEAT: Video Interview Posted Online

Peter Lizano of MusicTourReviews earlier in the year conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen and drummer Jon Larsen of Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT. You can now watch the chat below. VOLBEAT will embark on a North American tour in June with support from ICED EARTH and...

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KRÅKE: New Album Cover Artwork, Release Date Revealed

Norwegian metallers KRÅKE will release their new album, "Conquering Death", on June 29 via Indie Recordings. The cover artwork for the CD can be seen below. Original founders and brothers, Dreugh and Beist, conceived KRÅKE in 2007. From the brothers hailing from Kopervik on the west coast of Norway,...

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VOLBEAT Interviewed At Iowa's LAZERFEST (Video)

Lazer 103.3's Andy Hall conducted an interview with Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT at this year's Lazerfest, which took place on Sunday, May 13 at the Central Iowa Expo in Boone, Iowa. You can now watch the chat below. VOLBEAT will embark on a North American tour in June with support from ICE...

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ICED EARTH Mainman: 'RONNIE JAMES DIO And I Had Talked About Doing A Project Together'

Metal Shock Finland's Mohsen Fayyazi recently conducted an interview with ICED EARTH guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. A couple of excerpts follow. On whether he knew Ronnie James Dio personally and if he ever had any dreams of collabor...

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ICED EARTH To Play Three-Hour Set For Live CD/DVD Recording

According to RockOverdose.gr, ICED EARTH's August 19 concert at the ancient Kourion Amphitheater, outside Limassol in Cyprus, will be professionally filmed and recorded for an upcoming CD/DVD release. Tickets for the show are limited to 1,500. The show will be three hours in length and all on-stage...

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ICED EARTH To Begin Writing New Material In The Fall

ICED EARTH guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer has issued the following update: "Just wanted to write a thank you to all the fans on the last leg of the tour. You guys were amazing every single night, no matter where in the world we were. It was a truly special run, and one that will remain high ...

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VOLBEAT To Tour North America With ICED EARTH, HELLYEAH

VOLBEAT will embark on a North American tour in June with support from ICED EARTH and HELLYEAH. Commented ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer: "I'm completely stoked, VOLBEAT is one of my all-time favorite bands, and Michael and the boys are great people. There is a lot of mutual respect and admiration,...

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ICED EARTH Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

Bassist Freddie Vidales will leave ICED EARTH after the Chinese shows later this month. Due to the band's massive touring commitments, there was immediate need for a replacement, and Luke Appleton (pictured below; of FURY UK, with whom ICED EARTH toured in Europe last winter) has stepped up to the p...

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ICED EARTH: Cyprus Concert To Be Filmed, Recorded For DVD, CD

According to RockOverdose.gr, ICED EARTH's August 19 concert at the ancient Kourion Amphitheater, outside Limassol in Cyprus, will be professionally filmed and recorded for an upcoming CD/DVD release. Tickets for the show are limited to 1,500. ICED EARTH's video for the song "Anthem" was filmed on D...

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ICED EARTH Frontman Interviewed On 'Radioactive Metal' (Audio)

Vocalist Stu Block of American power metallers ICED EARTH was interviewed for the latest edition of "Radioactive Metal". You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. "Radioactive Metal" is broadcast on Pure Rock Radio Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. EST at www.purerockradio.net. Inter...

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VOLBEAT Frontman Talks About 'A Warrior's Call' Inspiration In Video Interview

In the latest "See the Music" segment, ARTISTdirect.com sat down with vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen of Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT to discuss the inside story regarding "A Warrior's Call". Poulsen shared that he was inspired by Danish boxing champion Mikkel Kessler. He revealed that h...

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ICED EARTH: New Video Interview With STU BLOCK

Shannon's Bands conducted an interview with ICED EARTH vocalist Stu Block on March 3 at The Beacham in Orlando, Florida. You can now watch the chat below. ICED EARTH's video for the song "Anthem" was filmed on December 7, 2011 at Essigfabrik in Cologne, Germany. "We had a blast making that video," s...

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Incongruous

Initially impressed with the crunching complexity of 2007's "Mechanics Of Dysfunction" from Montreal tech-death darlings BENEATH THE MASSACRE, I was mildly disappointed with 2008's "Dystopia". There was something about presentation of the latter release that felt flat and lacking in staying power, e...

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BENEATH THE MASSACRE: New Video Interview Posted Online

On February 23, Philip of Freethinkers' Blog conducted an interview with Dennis Bradley and Elliot Desgagnés of Montreal's monsters of tech-death mayhem BENEATH THE MASSACRE before the band's concert in in Vienna, Austria. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. BENEATH THE MASSACRE's new alb...