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CROSSFAITH Frontman On Upcoming 'Xeno' Album: 'It Is The Most Important And Precious Thing To Us'

Japanese rockers CROSSFAITH will release their new studio album, "Xeno", on September 18 in North America via Razor & Tie. The official lyric video for the CD's title track can be streamed below. "Xeno" has a story of hope, failure, love, betrayal and death woven into its fabric so skillfully it...
July 18, 2015
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Video: KROKUS Performs 'Screaming In The Night' At Whisky A Go Go

Video footage of Swiss rockers KROKUS performing their classic song "Screaming In The Night" on May 6 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California can be seen below. KROKUS's U.S. tour kicked off on Monsters Of Rock cruise and continued through a series of cities, ending at the Whisky A Go Go...
May 7, 2015
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Video: KROKUS Performs On 'Monsters Of Rock' Cruise

Fan-filmed video footage of KROKUS's April 20 performance during the Monsters Of Rock cruise can be seen below. KROKUS's U.S. tour kicked off on Monsters Of Rock cruise and will continue through a series of cities, leading to the legendary Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California on May 6. KROKU...
April 25, 2015
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TOM HUNTING Reveals 'Most Extreme Country' EXODUS Has Ever Played In

PureGrainAudio.com ran through some of its "Most Extreme" questions with drummer Tom Hunting of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metallers EXODUS when the band played in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 15. You can now watch the chat below. Asked what the "most extreme country" is that EXODUS has ever...
April 21, 2015
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EXODUS: Video Footage Of San Francisco Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of EXODUS's April 1 performance at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, California can be seen below. EXODUS and TESTAMENT have joined forces for the "Dark Roots Of Thrash II" tour. The trek is conquering North America for five weeks, beginning April 1 in San Francisco, an...
April 7, 2015
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FILTER Joins Forces With PledgeMusic For Making Of Band's Seventh Studio Album

PledgeMusic has announced its partnership with FILTER for the recording of the band's seventh studio record, to be released on Wind-Up. Shoving a fist in the face of tradition has been FILTER's modus operandi since the release of its self-produced debut album, "Short Bus". The CD's rough-around-the-...
April 6, 2015
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TONY MACALPINE To Release 'Concrete Gardens' Album Next Month

In his 29-year career, Tony MacAlpine has redefined instrumental hard rock, jazz-fusion and heavy metal for a generation of progressive-minded music fanatics. Whether it's been as a solo artist, or with the progressive supergroup PSMS (with Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan and Derek Sherinian); the mind-...
March 31, 2015
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KROKUS To Embark On U.S. Tour In April

Swiss hard rock veterans KROKUS will embark on a U.S. tour in April. The trek will kick off on April 18 with appearance on the the Monsters Of Rock cruise and will continue through a series of cities, leading to the legendary Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California on May 6. The dates ...
February 23, 2015
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KAMELOT Signs With NAPALM RECORDS; New Album Due This Spring

Symphonic metal masters KAMELOT entered the studio in mid-2014 to begin recording the follow-up to their acclaimed 2012 album "Silverthorn". The new CD will be released in April/May worldwide (excluding Asia) via Napalm Records as part of an exclusive licensing deal through the band's Kamelot Music...
January 14, 2015
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This Wicked Nest

The metal pride of Houston, HELSTAR, are back once more with the core lineup of James Rivera, Larry Barragan and Rob Trevino, while bassist Jerry Abarca remains out on extended leave due to a reported stomach-related illness. Subbing for Abarca onstage is Mike LePond, while Mikey Lewis continues to...
August 17, 2014
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Former CATHEDRAL Guitarist's DEATH PENALTY To Release Debut Album In September

When all is said and done, the art of making people bang their heads comes down to one central component: the riff. The riff has been refined and redefined so many times over the last four decades that ownership of a guitar and half a brain should be all that's required to at least have ...
July 16, 2014
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SOUNDGARDEN's CHRIS CORNELL Interviewed By MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX (Audio)

SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell was interviewed on a recent edition of the "Sixx Sense" radio show hosted by MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX: A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx. You can now listen to the chat below. As previously reported, the 20th-anniversary reissue of SOUNDGARDEN's breakthrough 1994 album, "Superunkn...
July 11, 2014
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JEFF LOOMIS Hopes To Enter Studio In The Fall To Record Third Solo Album

Former NEVERMORE and current CONQUERING DYSTOPIA guitarist Jeff Loomis hopes to enter the studio before the end of the year to begin recording his third solo album for an early 2015 release via Century Media Records. "I still have one record to do with Century Media in my contract with them, and I'm...
July 11, 2014
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MAX CAVALERA Autobiography 'My Bloody Roots' Co-Author JOEL MCIVER Guests On 'Focus On Metal' (Audio)

Joel McIver — author of "My Bloody Roots: From Sepultura To Soulfly And Beyond", the autobiography of Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, KILLER BE KILLED); "Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica"; and biographies on BLACK SABBATH, SLAYER, SLIPKNOT and QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE — was inte...
July 4, 2014
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ORIGIN: Entire 'Omnipresent' Album Available For Streaming

Technical death metallers ORIGIN will release their new album, "Omnipresent", on July 8 in North America via Nuclear Blast (July 4 in Europe through Agonia). The CD was recorded with longtime producer/engineer Robert Rebeck at Chapman Recording in Lenexa, Kansas and was mixed and mastered at Menegro...
July 3, 2014