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KORN, SLAYER, STAIND, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Members Talk PANTERA

On December 8, it will be eight years since PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was tragically taken from us. However, ARTISTDirect.com editor-in-chief Rick Florino decided to ask a myriad of artists about PANTERA's impact on them. So many of them cite "Vulgar Display Of Power", celebrating i...

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MASTODON To Contribute New Song To 'Monsters University' Animated Film

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON are writing and recording a song for the upcoming animated film "Monsters University". Due out June 21, 2013, "Monsters University" is the prequel to 2001's "Monsters, Inc." Billy Crystal and John Goodman reprise their roles in the prequel as the wise-cracking...

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MASTODON's BRENT HINDS Working On 'Really Eerie' And 'Very Spooky-Sounding' New Music

Progressive metallers MASTODON have commenced the songwriting process for the follow-up to last year's "The Hunter", and the band hopes to begin recording the new CD just after the start of 2013. Speaking to MTV Hive, MASTODON guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds states: "We've never put out an album a ye...

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HIGH ON FIRE Frontman On Sobriety: 'I'm Just Staying The Path And Trying Not To Die Young'

Elliott Sharp of The Village Voice recently conducted an interview with frontman Matt Pike of the Oakland, California trio HIGH ON FIRE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Village Voice: Back in August it was announced that you were heading to rehab. How's that going? Pike: I'm doi...

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VENOMOUS MAXIMUS To Release 'Beg Upon The Light' In February

Texas occult metal band VENOMOUS MAXIMUS will release its new album "Beg Upon The Light" on February 4, 2013 via Occulture Records. The CD was recorded at Origin Sound in Houston with a headspace described as "somewhere between a Alejandro Jodorowsky film and a New Orleans voodoo den." "Beg Upon The...

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SYSTEM DIVIDE Drops Off EPICA Tour

Vocalist Sven De Caluwé of the extreme metal formation SYSTEM DIVIDE — featuring members of FEAR FACTORY and ABORTED — has released the following statement: "It is with great regret we have to announce that SYSTEM DIVIDE has to drop off our north american tour with EPICA. Miri [Milman, SYSTEM DIVIDE...

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MAX CAVALERA Says MASTODON's TROY SANDERS Has Joined His Project With GREG PUCIATO

Brader Bo (a.k.a. Bo Skullbanger) of Singapore’s only metal radio show, "Vicious Volume", which airs on Ria 89.7FM, a station of MediaCorp., conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, SEPULTURA) before SOULFLY's October 20 performance at Malaysia's Rockaway festival. You...

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SYSTEM DIVIDE Singer Forced To Leave EPICA Tour

Vocalist Miri Milman of the extreme metal formation SYSTEM DIVIDE — featuring members of FEAR FACTORY and ABORTED — has released the following statement: "My dear friends and SYSTEM DIVIDE fans out there, I'm afraid I have some bad news to share. Due to a family crisis back home, I had to depart the...

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MASTODON's BRENT HINDS To Hit The Road With WEST END MOTEL

MASTODON guitarist Brent Hinds has just announced a three-week tour with his side project WEST END MOTEL in support of their sophomore release, "Only Time Can Tell" (due out October 30 on Warner Bros). Kicking off November 28 in Washington, D.C., the trek will make stops in New York, Boston, Chicago...

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DUNDERBEIST To Release 'Songs Of The Buried' In November

Rock group DUNDERBEIST — the seven-member Norwegian band whose name means "thunder beast" in their native tongue — has completed work on its new album, "Songs Of The Buried", to be released digitally in North America on November 19. The CD — the group's second of 2012 — will also be made available i...

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OPETH Performs At Amusement Park In Stockholm (Video)

On September 14, Swedish progressive metallers OPETH played a special show at the Stockholm, Sweden amusement park Gröna Lund. The park invites bands to perform on a one-by-one basis — it's not a gig you can book like any other date on a tour. When the concert was originally announced earlier this y...

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SYSTEM DIVIDE: Official 'Ephemera' Lyric Video Released

The official lyric video for "Ephemera", a brand new song from the extreme metal formation SYSTEM DIVIDE — featuring members of FEAR FACTORY and ABORTED — can be seen below. The track's release coincides with the start of the band's North American tour with EPICA, ALESTORM and INSOMNIUM. The single...

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SYSTEM DIVIDE: New Song Available For Streaming

"Ephemera", a brand new song from the extreme metal formation SYSTEM DIVIDE — featuring members of FEAR FACTORY and ABORTED — can be streamed using the audio player below (courtesy of AOL's Noisecreep). The track's release coincides with the start of the band's North American tour with EPICA, ALESTO...

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MASTODON 's BILL KELLIHER Talks PRIMATE In New Interview

Atlanta grind punks PRIMATE — who feature in their ranks the distinctive vocal stylings of Kevin Sharp (BRUTAL TRUTH),ripping fret-board antics by Bill Kelliher (MASTODON) and Mike Brennan, SST-style bass work and backing vocals by Dave Whitworth, and is rounded out by d-beat defender Shayne Huff —...

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No Shortage Of Work For THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN's BEN WEINMAN

Since winding down a lengthy summer tour cycle with THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, guitarist and band leader Ben Weinman has been busy collaborating with other artists. As one of Spin magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time," in an unanticipated coupling, the multi-instrumentalist recently partn...