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LOWBURN Featuring BATTLELORE Members: 'Soaring High' EP Available

LOWBURN, the Finnish "stoner rock" band featuring current and former members of BATTLELORE, has released a four-song EP, "Soaring High". Regarding how the new group came together, LOWBURN states: "After a short hiatus from music, Tomi Mykkänen and Henkka Vahvanen from BATTLELORE started jamming stuf...
January 28, 2013
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AVATAR: New Audio Interview With JOHANNES ECKERSTROM

On Tuesday, January 21, Shawn of Southern California's "Rockstar Radio" conducted an interview with Johannes Eckerstrom of Swedish metallers AVATAR. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. AVATAR's "Smells Like A Freakshow" video can be seen below. The song comes off the ba...
January 26, 2013
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MELECHESH Mainman Unveils Signature Model 12-String Electric Guitar

Fernandes Guitars and Ashmedi of the Mesopotamian metal band MELECHESH have collaborated to issue the Vortex Scimitar 12-string V electric guitar. "The first time I played with a 12-string, I noticed that I could compose MELECHESH tracks differently," Ashmedi said. "New ideas started popping up and...
January 25, 2013
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REVERENCE: 'After The Leaves Have Fallen' Video Released

"After The Leaves Have Fallen", the new video from REVERENCE, the power metal band featuring vocalist Todd Michael Hall (JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR, HARLET),guitarist Bryan Holland (TOKYO BLADE, ARREST),drummer Steve "Dr. Killdrums" Wacholz (SAVATAGE, CRIMSON GLORY),bassist Ned Meloni and lead gu...
January 25, 2013
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Video: SLASH's Signature Marshall SL-5 Amplifier Unveiled At NAMM

Richard Beech of SonicState.com caught up with Nick Bowcott of Marshall Amplification at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California to discuss the new Marshall SL-5 signature Slash amplifier. Check out the footage below. Th...
January 24, 2013
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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Writing New Material

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY has begun writing material for its next album, the follow-up to the well-received self-titled record issued via Candlelight Records in late February 2012, the reissue of their "Eye For An Eye" debut, and the recently released Scion A/V EP "Megalodon". The forthcoming CD, unti...
January 24, 2013
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VAN CANTO Mastermind's HEAVATAR Signs With NAPALM RECORDS

HEAVATAR — the new project from VAN CANTO mastermind Stefan Schmidt — has inked a deal with Napalm Records. HEAVATAR's debut album, "Opus I - All My Kingdoms", will be released on February 22. Each song on the CD borrows — some more, some less — a motif from classical composers, ranging from Bach to...
January 24, 2013
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Video: TESTAMENT Guitarist Demonstrates Peavey Vypyr VIP-2 Amp At NAMM

TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick demonstrated the new Peavey Vypyr VIP-2 modeling guitar amp yesterday (Wednesday, January 23) during media preview day at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Check out video footage...
January 24, 2013
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METAL MIKE To Lead 'Metal Camp - Mayhem In The Mountains'

Guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, SEBASTIAN BACH, TESTAMENT) will return to lead School Of Rock's "Mayhem In The Mountains" heavy metal destination camp to take place August 18-24 at Camp Lakota, Catskills, New York. Developed for young metal heads in the age group of 12-18, the summer camp...
January 24, 2013
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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'ABachalypse Now' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Former SKID ROW vocalist Sebastian Bach's brand new CD/DVD package, "ABachalypse Now", has now been set for a March 26 North American release via Frontiers Records. The "ABachalypse Now" Ultimate CD/DVD Edition includes never-before-seen footage from last year's Graspop Metal Meeting festival in Des...
January 24, 2013
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PSYCHOPUNCH To Release 'Smakk Valley' Next Month

Swedish rockers PSYCHOPUNCH will release their new album, "Smakk Valley", on February 25 via SPV/Steamhammer. With the band's typical mix of full throttle and diversity, toughness and melodies, simplicity and complexity, PSYCHOPUNCH have produced an album full of highlights. Be it with their typical...
January 24, 2013
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U.D.O. Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

Guitarist Igor Gianola has left U.D.O. — the German metal band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider — "due to conflicts between band appointments and his private life and business." The remainining members of the group state: "Since the business of U.D.O. develops and the band tours more...
January 24, 2013
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ATTACKER Signs With METAL ON METAL RECORDS

Metal On Metal Records has announced the signing of U.S. power/heavy metal veterans ATTACKER. The band's fifth album, "Giants Of Canaan", will be released on February 2 at the Metal Assault festival where the band will perform alongside other legendary traditional metal acts like MANILLA ROAD, BROCA...
January 24, 2013
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AMORPHIS: 'Circle' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Finnish melancholic dark metal forerunners AMORPHIS have set "Circle" as the title of their eleventh album, due on April 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. Production and mixing duties for the follow-up to 2011's "The Beginning Of Times" were handled by HYPOCRISY and PAIN mastermind Peter Tägtgren, who h...
January 24, 2013
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THE FACELESS Drummer Quits

Drummer Lyle Cooper has confirmed his departure from Los Angeles-based progressive death metal titans THE FACELESS. Said Cooper in a statement: "After almost five years with the band, I've decided to part ways. "Over the last couple of years it seemed that the interests, goals and musical approach o...
January 23, 2013