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TOXIC HOLOCAUST Begins Recording New Album

TOXIC HOLOCAUST has entered Dexters Lab in Milford, Connecticut with TOXIC HOLOCAUST/KINGDOM OF SORROW drummer and engineer Nick Bellmore (HATEBREED, PHANTOMS, FULL BLOWN CHAOS) to begin recording its new album for a late spring release via Relapse Records. TOXIC HOLOCAUST frontman Joel Grind recent...

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Today Marks Six-Year Anniversary Of DIMEBAG DARRELL's Death

Today (Wednesday, December 8) marks the six-year anniversary of the death of PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Abbott, one of the most beloved and respected musicians in hard rock, was shot onstage during a DAMAGEPLAN concert at the Alrosa Villa club in Columbus, Ohio by a 2...

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INSISION Signs With SEVARED RECORDS

Swedish death metallers INSISION have inked a deal with the U.S. label Sevared Records. The band's new EP was recorded at Off Beat Studio in Stockholm with engineer Anders Eriksson and is scheduled for release in early 2011. The group states, "It has been brutal and fun working with this new materia...

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SAMMY HAGAR Says His Autobiography Is 'Basically Done'

Legendary rocker Sammy Hagar is putting the finishing touches on his autobiography, tentatively titled "Red", for a 2011 release via It Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. "The book's basically done, but the editors want me to go deeper in a couple of areas," Hagar tells the Marin Indepen...

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ANDRÉ MATOS: New Brazilian Concert Footage Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of Brazilian singer André Matos' (ANGRA, SHAAMAN, VIPER) November 19, 2010 performance at SESC in Santo André, Brazil can be viewed below (courtesy of Joel Oliveira Jr.). "Mentalize", the second solo album from André Matos, was released in Europe on February 1, 2010 via SPV/...

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TOXIC HOLOCAUST's JOEL GRIND Interviewed By METAL ASSAULT (Audio)

On November 20, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with Joel Grind of TOXIC HOLOCAUST at the Grove Of Anaheim in Anaheim, California. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Video footage of TOXIC HOLOCAUST rehearsing a brand new song — which will a...

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BLACK SABBATH Drummer Dedicates Radio Show To Veterans Day/Remembrance Day

This month's edition of BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward's "Rock 50" monthly radio show will air on November 20, "and as usual, we'll be dedicating the show to Veterans Day/Remembrance Day (November 11)," states Bill. "In the first hour of the show, we'll have some great metal bands, including ANTHRA...

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SAMMY HAGAR: 'Go There Once, Be There Twice' Documentary World Premiere Announced

A documentary covering the history of Sammy Hagar's (CHICKENFOOT, VAN HALEN) "Birthday Bash" and Cabo Wabo Cantina, "Go There Once, Be There Twice", will be screened on December 11 at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, California. Hagar says, "As usual, it's going to be a party, complete with...

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ROB ZOMBIE FOH Engineer JOEL LONKY Controls The Chaos With Midas PRO6

With over 20 years of touring experience with such diverse acts as RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, MAROON 5, CYPRESS HILL, COLLECTIVE SOUL and WEIRD AL YANKOVIC, FOH (front-of-house) engineer Joel Lonky has seen and solved a wide range of performance issues, but few are so chaotic as his current gig mixin...

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AIRBOURNE Shares Crazy Stories From The Road (Video)

Singer Joel O'Keefe and drummer Ryan O'Keefe of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE recently dropped by the studios of Australia's long-running rock radio station Triple M to share some crazy stories from the road. Watch the clip below. AIRBOURNE is among the nominees in the "Best Hard Rock/Heavy Meta...

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AC/DC's 'Back In Black' Named One Of 'Best Australian Albums' In New Book

AC/DC's classic 1980 LP "Back In Black" has secured the No. 2 spot in "The 100 Best Australian Albums", a book which names the best Australian albums of the last 50 years. It places each album in order (from 1 - 100) and discuses why each album deserves its place. It tells the story behind ...

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TOXIC HOLOCAUST Demoing New Material

Video footage of TOXIC HOLOCAUST's Joel Grind in his home studio demoing new material for the follow-up to the band's "An Overdose Of Death" album can be viewed below. When not on tour, the group has been writing for the new CD with plans to enter the studio in December. An early 2011 release via .....

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WOODS OF YPRES: 'We Are Stronger Than Ever'

Earache Records has announced the signing of the Canadian cult metal act WOODS OF YPRES. Formed in 2002, WOODS OF YPRES has earned critical acclaim for its ever-evolving, envelope-pushing mix of blackened doom metal. Most often compared to bands such as AGALLOCH and TYPE O NEGATIVE, WOODS OF YPRES t...

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WOODS OF YPRES Signs With EARACHE RECORDS

Ontario-based black/folk metallers WOODS OF YPRES have inked a deal with Earache Records. The band's fifth album will be released "soon," according to a posting on the Earache Twitter profile. WOODS OF YPRES is: David Gold - Vocals/Guitar Evan Madden - Drums Shane Madden - Bass Joel Violette - Lead...

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SOEN Featuring MARTIN LOPEZ, STEVE DIGIORGIO: New Song Posted Online

"Fraccions", a brand new song from SOEN — the project featuring Swedish drummer Martin Lopez (ex-OPETH, AMON AMARTH),bassist Steve DiGiorgio (SADUS, TESTAMENT, DEATH, ICED EARTH),vocalist Joel Ekelöf (WILLOWTREE),and guitarist Kim Platbarzdis — is available for streaming on the band's MySpace pag...