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THE SEVEN GATES: Entire Debut Album Available For Streaming

French death metal masters THE SEVEN GATES will release their debut album, "Angel of Suffering", in the United States on May 12 and in Europe on June 2 via Heavy Artillery Records. Mastered by renowned French engineer Jean-Pierre Bouquet, the CD delivers "10 tracks of old-school death metal with an...

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TÝR: Icelandic TV Performance Available

Iceland's Thorsteinn Kolbeinsson has submitted the following item to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "Last October I promoted a few shows with [Faroese Viking metallers] TÝR here in Iceland and as a part of their visit to Iceland they were offered to perform on the state TV station RUV. The show in question is th...

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SLIPKNOT Side Projects To Make U.K. Debut At SONISPHERE Festival

DIRTY LITTLE RABBITS (featuring SLIPKNOT's Shawn "Clown" Crahan),SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor and CANCER BATS are among the newly confirmed artists for the METALLICA-headlined inaugural Sonisphere festival, set to take place on August 1-2 at the legendary Knebworth Park, United Kingdom. The festi...

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METALLICA Gives Away Thousands Of Free T-Shirts At Stockholm Concert

METALLICA resumed their European tour earlier tonight (Monday, May 4) when they returned to Stockholm, Sweden to make up for the concert on March 8 which was cancelled after guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield was hospitalized with a stomach bug and dehydration (reportedly caused by eating "a bad oyst...

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TÝR Frontman Interviewed In New York City; Video Available

Metal Injection conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Heri Joensen of Viking metallers TÝR on March 29, 2009 at the New York City stop of the Pagan Knights tour (also featuring Scottish pirate metallers ALESTORM and German melodic folk/death metallers SUIDAKRA). Watch the chat below. TÝR re...

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FEEDER, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, SKINDRED Confirmed For U.K.'s SONISPHERE Festival

FEEDER, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, SKINDRED and FRANK TURNER have been confirmed for the METALLICA-headlined inaugural Sonisphere festival, set to take place on August 1-2 at the legendary Knebworth Park, United Kingdom. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: METALLICA LINKIN PARK AIRBOURNE ALICE I...

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TÝR: Another New Song Available For Streaming

Faroese Viking metallers TÝR have posted another new song, "Northern Gate", on their MySpace page. The track comes off the band's new album, "By the Light of the Northern Star", which is scheduled for release on May 29 in Europe via Napalm Records. A stream of the song "Hold the Heathen Hammer High"...

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Heavy Metal Killers

"Heavy metal is the law" is the phrase written on the jewel case inlay for new Earache compilation "Heavy Metal Killers" and it sums up aptly the high energy spirit and denim 'n leather unity characterized by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The 13 tracks on this album weren't recorded by old ge...

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KREATOR, EXODUS Show In Vancouver Upgraded

The April 24, 2009 KREATOR / EXODUS show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada has been upgraded to the 1,300-capacity Croatian Cultural Center. 550 tickets were reportedly sold a month in advance and the demand for additional tickets was so great that the promoter, Union Events from Calgary, made...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Performs With THE SWORD; Video Available

Video footage of METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich performing the song "Freya" with Austin, Texas' THE SWORD last Thursday, April 2 at Palais Omnisport de Bercy in Paris, France can be viewed below. RollingStone.com recently asked Lars Ulrich to name his favorite album of 2008. "We're fortunate to have...

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KREATOR Frontman Interviewed In Amsterdam; Video Available

Holland's Toazted conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza of German thrashers KREATOR when the band played Amsterdam on January 24, 2009. Watch the chat in two parts below. "Hordes Of Chaos", the new album from KREATOR, registered the following first-week chart positions: Germa...

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SONISPHERE Festival Teams Up With 'Guitar Hero: Metallica'

Sonisphere is teaming up with Guitar Hero for all six of the new rock festival's European dates. Lucky competition winners have the chance to meet METALLICA and play Guitar Hero in front of thousands on the main stage. As sponsor of this year's Sonisphere festivals throughout Europe and with Guitar...

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BEHEMOTH: 'Live Eschaton - The Art Of Rebellion' DVD Re-Released With Bonus CD

Metal Mind Productions will re-release BEHEMOTH's "Live Eschaton – The Art Of Rebellion" DVD on April 20 in Europe and May 5 in the U.S. (via MVD). Limited to 2,000 copies, the new edition of the DVD includes a bonus CD with an audio version of the band's April 27, 2000 concert in a TV ...

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THE SEVEN GATES: Debut Album Samples Available

French death metal masters THE SEVEN GATES will release their debut album, "Angel of Suffering", in the United States on May 12 and in Europe on June 2 via Heavy Artillery Records. Mastered by renowned French engineer Jean-Pierre Bouquet, the CD delivers "10 tracks of old-school death metal with an...

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KREATOR Mainman Interviewed In Finland; Video Available

Miika Kuusinen of Domination TV conducted an video interview with vocalist/guitarist Mille Petrozza of German thrashers KREATOR before band's February 24, 2009 concert at Pakkahuone in Tampere, Finland. Watch the nine-minute chat below. "Hordes Of Chaos", the new album from KREATOR, registered the f...