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METALLICA's ULRICH, HAMMETT Name Their Favorite Albums, Songs Of Past Decade

Rolling Stone magazine recently asked a number of artists — including METALLICA's Lars Ulrich (drums) and Kirk Hammett (guitar) — along with journalists and industry insiders to name their favorite 25 albums and songs of the past decade, in order of importance. Ulrich's and Hammett's selections foll...

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SWEET COBRA Guitarist Loses Battle With Rare Form Of Stomach Cancer

Chicago's SWEET COBRA has released the following statement: "It is with the heaviest of hearts we announce that [SWEET COBRA guitarist] Matthew Allen Arluck passed away on November 26, 2009 after a hard-fought battle with cancer, surrounded by his loving family at their home near Seattle. He was 39...

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EXODUS: New DVD To Receive Los Angeles Theatrical Premiere

On Friday, January 8 at 8 p.m. at the Steve Allen Theater in Los Angeles, thrash metal fans will have the unique opportunity to attend an exclusive, advanced screening of footage from the first EXODUS DVD, "Shovel Headed Tour Machine: Live At Wacken & Other Assorted Atrocities". Special guests f...

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EX DEO Chooses Different Song For Next Video

EX DEO, the Ancient Roman-themed arsenal led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono, recently returned home after making its North American debut alongside ENSIFERUM and BLACKGUARD. "If the debut shows in North America and Europe have had these results, the future looks bright as the empire rises fro...

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SOULGRIND: Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "The Tuoni Pathway" — the ninth album from SOULGRIND, the Finnish band featuring former LULLACRY frontwoman Tanja "Whisper Lilith" Kemppainen (a.k.a. Tanya) — can be viewed below. "The Tuoni Pathway" is scheduled for release in April 2010 via U.K.'s Femme...

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JOE STUMP Performing 'Blackmore's Boogie' In Michigan; Video Available

High-quality video footage of guitar virtuoso Joe Stump (HOLYHELL, REIGN OF TERROR) performing the song "Blackmore's Boogie" on October 9, 2009 at Planet Rock in Battle Creek, Michigan can be viewed below. "Blackmore's Boogie" is featured on Stump's latest album "Virtuostic Vendetta", which was rele...

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CODE Frontman Launches 'Mega Therion' Club In Helsinki

British singer Kvohst (born Mathew McNerney; CODE, DØDHEIMSGARD) has issued the following update: "I have a new heavy metal/rock club night starting in Helsinki, Finland, next Thursday! I called it Mega Therion which means Great Beast, in homage to Crowley himself, the language of the Greeks, and, o...

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D.R.I.: More Tour Dates Announced

Hardcore/metal crossover pioneers D.R.I. (DIRTY ROTTEN IMBECILES) have scheduled the following live performances: Dec. 04 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's Dec. 05 - Detroit, MI @ Blondie's Dec. 11 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Gil's Bar and Grill Dec. 12 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx Dec. 18 - Ramona, CA @ Ramona Ma...

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FATALIST Films 'Frozen Epitaph' Video; Photos Available

Champions of the old-school Swedish death metal style (Stockholm, not Gothenburg),Ventura, California's FATALIST recently stepped in front of the camera to begin shooting a video for the track "Frozen Epitaph". Frontman Neil Burkdoll states, "We filmed about four hours of footage for [the clip] thi...

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IMMORTAL Announces Hometown Show

Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL will play a hometown concert in Bergen on January 9, 2010 at the USF Verftet venue. Tickets are available at www.billettservice.no. "All Shall Fall", the new album from IMMORTAL, sold around 3,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at...

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HEIDEVOLK: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

Dutch folk metal six-piece HEIDEVOLK has completed recording its new album, "Uit Oude Grond" ("From Old Soil"),at S&K Studio in Doetinchem, Holland with producer Dick Kemper. 11 songs were laid down during the sessions "ranging from epic and solemn folk tunes to brutal and merciless metal riffs...

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SEPTICFLESH's 'Communion' Released As Limited-Edition 12" LP/Box

Necroterror Records, the Cyprus-based underground record label and distributor which specializes in high-quality black metal releases mainly in the vinyl format, has released the 12" LP/box version of SEPTICFLESH's latest album, "Communion". Limited to 350 copies, this vinyl release features all-new...

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ENEMY OF THE SUN Frontman Checks In From The Studio

ENEMY OF THE SUN, the German band featuring guitarist Waldemar Sorychta — former member of GRIP INC./DESPAIR and producer for such bands as LACUNA COIL and MOONSPELL — entered the studio on October 13 to begin recording its second album for an early 2010 release. Vocalist Jules Näveri (also in PROFA...

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Night Is the New Day

Every time KATATONIA has graced us with one of their more recent albums, we've all gushed about how it's the most lush and realized version yet of their bleak, lonely vision, and how it's going to be so impossible to top it next time they drag their maundering carcasses back into the studio. You'd t...

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Axe To Fall

At the risk of burying myself, I'm going to be upfront and admit to never being a huge follower of CONVERGE. Not that I could never get into them (nor am I ignorant to their body of work),as I remember "Jane Doe" kicking my ass for a good six months after I first picked ...