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PROFUGUS MORTIS: New Song Available For Streaming

Montreal-based sympho/black/folk/power metal band PROFUGUS MORTIS will release a new six-song EP entitled "Another Round" on November 25 via Prodisk. A track from the CD, "This Round's On Me", is available for streaming on the group's MySpace page. According to a press release, "Another Round" featu...
September 6, 2008
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ROSS THE BOSS: 'New Metal Leader' Lands On German Chart

"New Metal Leader", the new album from former MANOWAR guitarist ROSS THE BOSS, has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 99. According to a press release, Ross "continues his legacy with a true metal album that doesn't deny his past and displays his charismatic style of creating gre...
September 4, 2008
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MACHINE HEAD: New Video Interview With DAVE MCCLAIN Available

Metal Til Death conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD drummer Dave McClain on August 17 at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia (where the band was performing as part of the Rockstar Mayhem Energy Festival tour). Watch the chat in two parts below. McClain recently spoke to the Artisan News Se...
August 27, 2008
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MACHINE HEAD Drummer On Touring With METALLICA: 'We Couldn't Be More Honored'

MACHINE HEAD drummer Dave McClain recently spoke to the Artisan News Service about the band's upcoming U.S. dates with METALLICA. "Holy crap. Touring with METALLICA in January," he said. "We went through, it's pretty well documented on our DVD, 'Elegies', when we were talking about where we were as...
August 25, 2008
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Is SLIPKNOT's Music To Blame For Deadly South African School Attack?

According to Daily Dispatch Online, less than a week after a South African teenager killed a fellow student with a sword and wounded three others while wearing a mask similar to masks worn by heavy metal band SLIPKNOT, speculation about the reasons for his behavior has ranged from the influence of S...
August 23, 2008
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Parents Of South African Schoolboy Killer Say Son Dabbled In Satanism

The parents of the South African teenager accused of killing a fellow student with a sword and wounding three others while wearing a mask similar to masks worn by heavy metal band SLIPKNOT have spoken publicly for the first time since the tragedy. In a statement to the Beeld newspaper, Morné Harmse'...
August 21, 2008
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SLIPKNOT Frontman Rejects Blame In Sword Slaying

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has spoken exclusively to Blender magazine regarding reports that the schoolboy who stabbed a fellow student to death with a sword in South Africa Monday morning (August 18) wore a mask that resembled the one worn by Taylor. Eighteen-year-old Morné Harmse slashed the n...
August 20, 2008
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SLIPKNOT Ain't Satanic, Fans Say

Cape Argus reports that fans of SLIPKNOT are furious at allegations that Monday's (August 18) Samurai-style killing of a Krugersdorp, South Africa schoolboy was the result of the band's "satanic" influence. Jacques Pretorius, 16, died when a fellow schoolboy allegedly slashed his throat with a curve...
August 20, 2008
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SLIPKNOT 'Is Not Going To Respond' To Accusations It Inspired South African Schoolboy Killer

A representative for SLIPKNOT's record label, Roadrunner Records, has told South Africa's The Times web site that the band had no comment regarding reports that the schoolboy (18-year-old Morné Harmse) who stabbed a fellow student to death with a sword in Krugersdorp, South Africa Monday morning (Au...
August 20, 2008
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THE SWORD, SEVEN WITCHES Members To Guest on Tonight's 'Talking Metal Live'

THE SWORD guitarist J. Kyle Shutt, SEVEN WITCHES vocalist Alan Tecchio, and the band Z02 from IFC's upcoming television comedy "ZRock" will be the featured guests on tonight's (Tuesday, August 19) episode of "Talking Metal Live". The program can be heard live from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. EST at this...
August 19, 2008
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Community Leader: 'Bad Satanic Music' Like SLIPKNOT Was Probable Cause Of Deadly School Attack

The head of South African police's investigative psychology unit has told The Times web site that rumors of Satanism and music playing a part in Monday's (August 18) deadly attack at the Nic Diederichs technical high school in Krugersdorp, South Africa should not be taken seriously. Senior Superinte...
August 19, 2008
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South African Schoolboy Dressed As SLIPKNOT's JORDISON Stabs Fellow Student To Death

According to News24.com, a schoolboy who stabbed a fellow pupil to death with a sword in Krugersdorp, South Africa this morning (Monday, August 18) was apparently high on drugs and was dressed like SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison, saying Satan had told him to kill the children. He also stabbed two ga...
August 18, 2008
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CLUTCH Joined By OPETH Keyboardist For European Shows

OPETH keyboardist Per Wiberg has joined Maryland rockers CLUTCH on the road for the following European shows: Aug. 17 - Corporation - Sheffield, UK Aug. 18 - Zodiac - Oxford, UK Aug. 19 - Burgerweeshuis - Deventer, NETH Aug. 21 - Malmo Festival - Malmö, SWE CLUTCH released its first-ever live DVD, "...
August 17, 2008
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CLUTCH: Entire 'Full Fathom Five: Audio Field Recordings' CD Available For Streaming

Maryland rockers CLUTCH will release their first-ever live DVD, "Full Fathom Five: Video Field Recordings", on August 12 via the group's newly launched Weathermaker Music label. The band will also release a live companion CD, "Full Fathom Five: Audio Field Recordings", on the same day. All tracks on...
August 12, 2008
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ANTHRAX To Enter Studio In October

ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante has issued the following update: "Lemme have an iced venti americano with six pumps of vanilla and leave room for cream. This has been repeated from my mouth daily throughout the summer; how do I say this in Japanese? "I am going to Japan and Korea; I am psyched! I th...
August 11, 2008