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WOODS OF YPRES Members Announce Plans For Second THRAWSUNBLAT Album

Joel Violette, former guitarist for WOODS OF YPRES and creative force behind the blackened folk metal band THRAWSUNBLAT, has been hard at work on the second THRAWSUNBLAT full-length album, "Thrawsunblat II: Wanderer On The Continent Of Saplings". The first album, "Canada 2010", was released in Janua...

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RUSH And DEEP PURPLE Nominated For ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction

RUSH and DEEP PURPLE are among 15 finalists for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's Class Of 2013. For the first time, the public gets to vote alongside the artists, historians and music industry insiders of the Rock Hall voting body. From now until December 5, fans can vote on

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MONSTERS SCARE YOU!: 'Shut Up Our Song Is On' Video Released

Seattle's post-hardcore/electro band MONSTERS SCARE YOU! has teamed up with AbsolutePunk.net to premiere the music video for the track "Shut Up Our Song Is On". The song will be featured on the group's Century Media debut, due out in early 2013. MONSTERS SCARE YOU! was formed in 2008, and in their s...

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SLASH Working On 'Nothing To Fear' Score

Slash has revealed via Facebook that he is "going into the studio tonight" to work on the score for the first horror film from the guitarist's production company, Slasher Films, called "Nothing To Fear". "It's really coming together," Slash added. "Sounds awesome so far." Anthony Leonardi III, a cre...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE To Embark On 'Alive Or Just Breathing' 10th-Anniversary Tour

Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their landmark release, 2002's genre-defining "Alive Or Just Breathing", by performing the entire album during their U.S. headlining tour in November/December. Support on the trek will come from SHADOWS FALL and ACARO....

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METALLICA Pays Tribute To Fallen Bassist With Free Concert Download

On the 26th anniversary of METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton's death, the surviving members of the band have paid tribute to their fallen friend, who was killed in a bus crash in 1986. METALLICA posted a photo of Cliff on the band's official Facebook page accompanied by the caption "We miss you" before...

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MEGADETH Mainman Celebrates 51st Birthday Onstage In Buenos Aires (Video)

Video footage of MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine being presented with a birthday cake and the crowd singing "Happy Birthday" to him during the band's September 13 concert at Estadio Cubierto Malvinas Argentinas in Buenos Aires, Argentina can be seen below. Also available is footage of Mustaine almost...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's JOEL STROETZEL Talks CAPARISON Guitars In Video Interview

Caparison conducted an interview with guitarist Joel Stroetzel of Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE at this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, which took place June 22-24 in Dessel, Belgium. You can now watch the chat below KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's April 22 performance at at the New England Metal &amp...

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DETHKLOK To Tour North America With MACHINE HEAD, ALL THAT REMAINS, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER

DETHKLOK, the animated band from Adult Swim's "Metalocalypse", will embark on a North American headlining tour this fall. Support on the trek will come from MACHINE HEAD, ALL THAT REMAINS and THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER. The tour will kick off on October 30 in Norfolk, Virginia and will run through Dece...

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MACHINE HEAD Drummer Gets Animated For 'MK Ondergrond' Interview (Video)

"MK Ondergrond" (meaning "Underground" in Afrikaans) conducted an interview with drummer Dave McClain of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany. You can watch the chat below (Note: The intro is in Afrikaan...

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CRAZY LIXX: New Audio Interview With DANNY REXON

Jorge Fretes of Spain's GoetiaMedia.com receantly conducted an interview with vocalist Danny Rexon of Swedish hard rockers CRAZY LIXX. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. CRAZY LIXX's new album, "Riot Avenue". was released on April 24 in North America via Frontiers Records. Pro...

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MY RUIN Recording New Album

MY RUIN — the Los Angeles-based band featuring the husband-and-wife rock duo of vocalist Tairrie B. Murphy and multi-instrumentalist Mick Murphy — is back in the studio deep in the hills of Knoxville, Tennessee recording its eighth full-length album. The group is laying down 10 new songs at Soundtra...

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Tribute Album To WOODS OF YPRES Mainman DAVID GOLD: Cover Artwork Unveiled

A tribute album to David Gold — a founding member of the Ontario, Canada-based black and doom metal band WOODS OF YPRES, who was killed in December in a car accident near Barrie, Ontario — will tentatively be released in late August or early September. The CD's cover artwork was created by Jason Hic...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO: 'Damage Control' Video Released

"Damage Control", the new video from the legendary hard rock singer Jeff Scott Soto (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN, JOURNEY),can be seen below. "Damage Control" is the title track of Soto's new solo album, which was released on March 27 in North America via Frontiers Records. An extraordinary performe...

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MACHINE HEAD: 'Inside The Machine' Book Cover Unveiled

"Inside The Machine", the first biography of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD, is set for worldwide release on October 15 by Omnibus Press. The author, Joel McIver, has previously written books about and in co-operation with artists such as SLAYER, TOOL, MOTÖRHEAD, BLACK SABBATH and man...