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UNEARTH: Video Interview Posted Online

AudioFrequency.net conducted an interview with guitarist Buz McGrath and drummer Derek Kerswill of Massachusetts metallers UNEARTH last October prior to the release party for the band's latest album, "The March". The chat can now be viewed below. Starting May 7, "Grave of Opportunity" from UNEARTH w...

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MASTODON Guitarist Talks About 'Crack The Skye' Recording Process

Andre Mihsin of ChartAttack.com recently conducted an interview with MASTODON guitarist Bill Kelliher. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ChartAttack.com: When I first heard that the new record ["Crack The Skye"] was going to be produced by Brendan O'Brien, I was a bit surprised becaus...

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IRON MAIDEN 'All-Star Jam' To Be Held In Florida

The first-ever IRON MAIDEN "all-star jam" is scheduled to take place May 29 at the Haven in Winter Park, Florida. The organizers say, "We encourage all musicians who live in the Central Florida area to [click here] to sign up to perform your favorite IRON MAIDEN songs! Space and time is limited, so...

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SUPREME PAIN: Footage From HOUTEN DEATHFEST Posted Online

Video footage of Dutch brutal death metal band SUPREME PAIN's April 25, 2009 performance at the Houten Deathfest in Holland can be viewed below. Also appearing on the bill were UNMERCIFUL, INSIDIOUS DECREPANCY and DESPISE, among many others. The group's next gig will take place on May 8 at N201 in A...

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HATEBREED Announces U.S. Tour

Connecticut hardcore/metal act HATEBREED will embark on a U.S. headlining tour, entitled "Decimation of the Nation", presented by Hot Topic. The trek will hit 30 cities, beginning in Rochester, New York on July 31 and wrapping up on September 2 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Main support on all dates wi...

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MIND KEY To Release 'Pulse For A Graveheart' In July

Frontiers Records has set a July 3 European release date (August 11 in the U.S.) for the second album from the Italian progressive metal band MIND KEY, entitled "Pulse for a Graveheart". MIND KEY debuted in 2004 with "Journey Of A Rough Diamond", an album that showed the excellent potential of the N...

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TROUBLE, D-A-D, ETHS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

TROUBLE, D-A-D and ETHS have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AIRBOURNE AMON AMARTH ASP AXEL RUDI PELL BORKNAGAR BRING ME THE HORIZON BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE CALLEJON...

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GEEZER BUTLER: Why I'm A Vegan

BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN & HELL bassist Geezer Butler has teamed up with peta2 — the world's largest youth animal rights organization — to shoot a brand-new pro-vegetarian ad featuring Butler as he picks at his bass next to the tagline "I'm Geezer Butler, and I'm a vegan." (See video below.) "I used...

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DREAM THEATER, ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA, PAIN OF SALVATION: 'Progressive Nation' Dates Announced

New York progressive metal veterans DREAM THEATER will take their Progressive Nation tour back on the road for its second incarnation with a run through America and Canada in July/August 2009. In addition to a headlining set by DREAM THEATER, this year's package will feature the outstanding musician...

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The Devil You Know

Crawling out of the gate with a doom dirge blast from the subterranean hollows of 1970, Tony Iommi leads his aging troops into one more battle with a riff and a tone that could level Mordor. It's BLACK SABBATH, the Ronnie James Dio-fronted version of the band, although the new moniker provides both...

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To the Death

It's a radically different world in metal from the time when EARTH CRISIS first raged out of New York state. We've seen militants riled by their pro-vegan, anti-cruelty message make national news when they've liberated animals and torched fur farms. We watched as the once-insular world of hardcore g...

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Blastphemous Sindecade

Has GORTAL really been in existence since 1996? I guess when the death metal ground is as fertile as it is in Poland you are bound to miss the occasional ball-busting act. In keeping with the country's proud tradition of technically accomplished, well written, and chunky-as-hell death metal, "Blastp...

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KORN Frontman Discusses Upcoming Album

What's Up magazine recently conducted an interview with KORN frontman Jonathan Davis. A couple of excerpts from teh chat follow below. What's Up: When can fans expect a new KORN album? Davis: KORN is working on it. Getting started getting into it. The guys are doing the writing; I haven't been aroun...

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HEAVEN & HELL: Professional Photos Of Van Nuys 'Dress Rehearsal' Posted Online

Professional photographs of HEAVEN & HELL's final "dress rehearsal" for the band's upcoming South American tour, which was held yesterday (Sunday, April 26) at a "secret" location in Van Nuys, California, can be found on the Black-Sabbath.com web site (courtesy of Gene Kirkland). Also available...

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CREED Reunion Tour Officially Announced

CREED has officially announced all four of the original band members — Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti, Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall — will reunite for a summer tour and new album. The tour, the band's first in seven years, begins August 6 in Pittsburgh. "I wouldn't call it a reunion," Stapp tells R...