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WEEDEATER Interviewed By 'Bay Area Rocks' (Video)

Bassy Stacy of Bay Area Rocks conducted an interview with North Carolina sludge crusaders WEEDEATER when the band played Thee Parkside in San Francisco, California on March 11, 2011. You can now watch the chat below. WEEDEATER was recently forced to cancel the last few shows of the U.S. leg of its "...

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OPETH, KATATONIA: More North American Tour Dates Announced

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will embark on a North American headlining tour in September with support from fellow Swedes KATATONIA. The dates are as follows: Sep. 19 - The Palladium @ Worcester, MA Sep. 20 - Webster Theater @ Hartford, CT Sep. 21 - Webster Hall @ New York, NY Sep. 22 - Webst...

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CONVERGE Bassist's 'Health Scare' Forces Show Cancelations

Massachusetts-based hardcore/metal band CONVERGE has canceled the remaining dates on its current U.S. tour after bassist Nate Newton had a "health scare" during the group's drive from St. Louis to Austin. According to CONVERGE, "We rushed [Nate] to the nearest ER, where he was looked at by some fine...

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OPETH Working With Keyboardist JOAKIM SVALBERG; U.S. Dates With KATATONIA Announced

According to the French edition of Rock Hard magazine, keyboardist Joakim Svalberg (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, GLENN HUGHES) has been rehearsing with Swedish progressive metallers OPETH for the past few weeks, but has not yet been made an official member of the band. A photo of Svalberg in the studio with OP...

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OPETH: 'Heritage' Cover Artwork Unveiled

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will release their tenth album, "Heritage", on September 20 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was produced by OPETH vocalist/guitarist Mikael kerfeldt and was recorded earlier this year at Atlantis studios (formerly Metronome studios) in Stockholm. Mixing duties were...

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OPETH: 'Heritage' Album Details Revealed

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will release their tenth album, "Heritage", on September 20 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was produced by OPETH vocalist/guitarist Mikael kerfeldt and was recorded earlier this year at Atlantis studios (formerly Metronome studios) in Stockholm. Mixing duties were...

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OPETH: New Album Title Revealed

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have set "Heritage" as the title of their tenth album, due in September via Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded earlier this year at Atlantis studios (formerly Metronome studios) in Stockholm. Mixing duties were handled by Steven Wilson (PORCUPINE TREE) and OP...

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ICS VORTEX Signs With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

Norway's ICS VORTEX, the project led by the former DIMMU BORGIR and current BORKNAGAR member, has signed a worldwide deal with Century Media Records for the release of its debut album, "Storm Seeker". Due on August 22 in Europe and August 23 in North America, the CD "takes the musical elements from...

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TRACII GUNS 'Shreds' The Axe On 'The Price Is Right' (Video)

L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns recently "got to shred" on "The Price Is Right", an American game show in which contestants compete to identify the pricing of merchandise to win cash and prizes. He said, "I [was] playing the Dean guitar that the contestants [were] bidding on [and] I only [got] 10-20...

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DOCTOR MIDNIGHT & THE MERCY CULT Performs For The First Time; Video Footage, Report Available

Fan-filmed video footage of DOCTOR MIDNIGHT & THE MERCY CULT, the new Scandinavian supergroup featuring former/current members of such acts as TURBONEGRO, MARILYN MANSON, SATYRICON and EXTOL, performing on May 13, 2011 at Gta Kllare in Stockholm, Sweden can be viewed below. A report on the band'...

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BLOODBATH's 'Bloodstock' DVD Lands On Finnish, Swedish Charts

"Bloodbath Over Bloodstock", the all-new live DVD from Swedish death metal "supergroup" BLOODBATH, registered the following first-week "Music DVD" chart positions: Finland: #3 Sweden: #9 "Bloodbath Over Bloodstock" came out on April 25 via Peaceville Records. The deluxe mediabook-packaged set featur...

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STAMPEDE: 'Send Me Down An Angel' Video Released

"Send Me Down An Angel", the new video from newly reformed British melodic rockers STAMPEDE, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's new studio album, "A Sudden Impulse", which was released on May 9 via Grind That Axe/Rock Candy Records. The "Having Fun" single was made available on April...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: 'Murderball' Video Released

"Murderball", the new video from San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans VICIOUS RUMORS, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Razorback Killers", which was released in Europe on March 28 (except in Germany, where it arrived three days earlier) and in the U.S. on April 5 via S...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Auctioning Classic MEGADETH Guitar To Benefit JASON BECKER

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman is auctioning a Jackson guitar he used in the studio and on the road with the band in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with all proceeds going to the Jason Becker Special Needs Trust and ALS Therapy Development Institute. Commented Friedman: "This guitar was t...

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Last Rites

You can say that there aren't many albums around these days that sound quite like "Last Rites", with the possible exception of those released by PLACE OF SKULLS, but you sure can't say with any seriousness that it doesn't sound like PENTAGRAM. I'll spare you the detailed history lesson on Bobby Lieb...