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FEIST: 'It's A Wet Dream' To Have MASTODON Cover One Of My Songs

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will release a split seven-inch single with Canadian singer-songwriter Feist to celebrate Record Store Day on April 21. This very exclusive and highly anticipated pressing features MASTODON covering the Feist song "A Commotion", while Feist covers MASTODON's "B...

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MASTODON: New Video Interview With TROY SANDERS

UpVenue recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON. You can now watch the chat below. MASTODON is currently taking part in a spring North American tour in support of their current album "The Hunter", which was released by Reprise Reco...

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MASTODON: Cover Artwork For 'Record Store Day' Split Single With FEIST Revealed

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will release a split seven-inch single with Canadian singer-songwriter Feist to celebrate Record Store Day on April 21. This very exclusive and highly anticipated pressing features MASTODON covering the Feist song "A Commotion", while Feist covers MASTODON's "B...

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MASTODON's BRENT HINDS Featured In Science Channel's 'Oddities' (Video)

Brent Hinds of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON was featured in the "Meat Mastodon" episode of "Oddities", which premiered on March 10 on the Science channel. You can watch video footage of his appearance below. (Note: The Hinds segment begins around the 5:15 mark.) "Oddities" is a half-hour d...

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MASTODON Schedules Kalamazoo In-Store

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will take part in an in-store signing on Saturday, April 14 at 1:00 p.m. at Green Light Music in Kalamazoo, Michigan. MASTODON will play the Intersection, in Grand Rapids, Michigan later that night with OPETH and GHOST. For more information, go to this location...

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MASTODON: Pro-Shot Footage Of London Concert

Professionally filmed video footage of MASTODON performing the song "Dry Bone Valley" on February 11 at the O2 Academy in Brixton, England (suburban London) can be seen below. MASTODON will hit the road for a spring North American tour in support of their current album "The Hunter", which was releas...

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KEN MODE Wins 'Metal/Hard Music Album' JUNO Award

KEN MODE was honored in the "Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year" category at this year's Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards),which is being held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 26 - April 1. This new category is an award to honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency a...

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KRAKOW Signs With DARK ESSENCE RECORDS

Norway's Dark Essence Records has announced the signing of Bergen-based post-metal crew KRAKOW. The band's second full-length album, "diin", was recorded with producer Iver Sandøy (TRINACRIA, MANNGARD) and will be released in September. Commenting on the signing, Dark Essence label head Martin Kvam...

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THE SWORD Signs With RAZOR & TIE

THE SWORD has inked a new, multi-album worldwide deal with New York City-based label Razor & Tie. After releasing three critically acclaimed albums on Kemado Records, the Austin, Texas-based quartet featuring guitarist/vocalist J.D. Cronise, guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie, and new dr...

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MESHUGGAH Drummer Interviewed On FULL METAL JACKIE's Radio Show (Audio)

Drummer Tomas Haake of Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH was interviewed on last weekend's (March 16-18) edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program an...

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HOWL Begins Recording New Album

Providence, Rhode Island's metallic beasts HOWL have entered Planet Z studio in Hadley, Massachusetts with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris (SOULFLY, CROWBAR, MUNICIPAL WASTE, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD) to record their sophomore album. A fall release via Relapse Records is expected. HOWL, who built a reputatio...

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New OPETH Keyboardist Interviewed In India (Video)

Headbangers India conducted an interview with keyboardist Joakim Svalberg of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH when the band played in India in early February. You can now watch the chat below. Keyboardist Per Wiberg, who joined OPETH in 2005, was relieved of his duties in April 2011 as part of a...

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EPHEL DUATH: Second Studio Webisode Available

EPHEL DUATH, the formerly Italian, currently U.S.-based band which is known as a modern mixture of avant-garde metal and progressive rock with jazz-fusion and hardcore punk elements, has entered Sharkbyte Studios (MACHINE HEAD, EXODUS, HIGH ON FIRE) in Oakland, California to begin recording its new...

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More Video Footage Of KVELERTAK's Traffic-Stopping Singapore Performance

Fan-filmed video footage of KVELERTAK's March 7 concert at the Hood bar in Singapore, where the band — minus the drummer — made its way into the streets during the last song of the group's set, stopping traffic in the process, can be seen below. The Norwegian blackened punk metallers tweeted afterwa...

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HATE ETERNAL Frontman Talks Football In New Video Interview

On March 5, The Score television network — a Canadian specialty television service providing sports, news, information, highlights and live event programming, available across Canada — conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Erik Rutan of Florida-based extreme metallers HATE ETERNAL when the...