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Relapse

Break it all down, build it back up, assess the relevance of the band's impact on the history of rock music, and psychoanalyze Al Jourgensen six ways from Sunday; the only thing that matters here is that the album that was never supposed to happen is on the whole a good one. It is also ...

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Sentenced to Life

BLACK BREATH captured lightning in a bottle on debut full length "Heavy Breathing", one of those releases on which everything clicked, the stars aligned, and the Swedish death metal (ENTOMBED in particular) crossed with crusty hardcore worked in a way that made the Seattle rabble set themselves apar...

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All Tomorrow's Funerals

Peaceville does AUTOPSY right once again with "All Tomorrow's Funerals", 73 minutes of the influential band's doomed up, mud 'n guts death metal, most of which compiles previously released, out of print EP material, remastered and repackaged in a terrific hardcover booklet with righteously reeking a...

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Hell to the Holy

It's called heavy metal, as in actual bona fide heavy metal, as is in the genuine article, and MPIRE OF EVIL (previously known as PRIMEVIL) play it with sooty heart and jagged, rusty edges that guarantee a trip to the hospital for tetanus shots. Featuring former VENOM members Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (gui...

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Last Man Standing

I'd call it Pure American Metal if all but one member of LEGACY OF DISORDER weren't based in New Zealand. However, the one guy that isn't a New Zealander, drummer Matt Thompson, is a Texan who got connected to LEGACY OF DISORDER through the band's Dallas-based producer Sterling Winfield (PANTERA, HE...

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Guitarist JEFF HANNEMAN To Sit Out SLAYER's European Tour; GARY HOLT To Fill In

California thrash metal veterans SLAYER have released the following "open letter" to their "fans around the world": "SLAYER fans everywhere — it's time to let you know what is going on with our brother Jeff Hanneman [guitar]. "As you know, Jeff was bitten by a spider more than a year ago, but what y...

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ORGY: New Video Interview With JAY GORDON

EarplugsRequired.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Jay Gordon of ORGY, the reactivated "death pop" band from California. You can now watch the chat below. ORGY recently canceled the last five shows of its "Bad Blood Tour 2012" "due to high demand for new music." Fan-filmed video foot...

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SLIPKNOT Frontman Talks About Wearing 'The Mask' (Video)

A five-minute video clip in which SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor talks about wearing a mask during the band's live performances can be seen below. "When you put that mask on you go places you would never imagine," Taylor said during his June 2011 appearance at at the Oxford University. "It comes fro...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Singer: 'I Now Really Believe In This Paranormal Phenomena'

MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil appears in the season finale of "Ghost Adventures", the weekly American paranormal television series that first premiered on October 17, 2008 on the Travel Channel. The episode featuring Neil was taped at a Las Vegas hotel and aired on April 27. Neil joined the show's t...

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UNLEASHED Frontman: 'All Record Deals Are Written By The Mafia'

Diana Brancoveanu of Steel And Fire recently conducted an interview with vocalist/bassist Johnny Hedlund of Swedish death metal veterans UNLEASHED. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Steel And Fire: So, let's get straight to the point: [the new UNLEASHED album] "Odalheim". It sounds am...

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KATATONIA Guitarist Talks Upcoming Album In New Audio Interview

Loud TV recently conducted an interview with guitarist/co-founder Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström of Swedish dark rockers KATATONIA. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. KATATONIA entered the studio in early February to begin recording its ninth album, to be released on September...

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GOJIRA Frontman Talks About The Making Of 'L'Enfant Sauvage'

Niclas Müller-Hansen of Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Joseph Duplantier of French progressive metallers GOJIRA. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metalshrine: The idea for the "The Wild Child" [the English-lanugage translation of the new...

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THE QUILL Parts Ways With Bassist

Swedish hard rockers THE QUILL have parted ways with bassist Robert Triches. The band states, "The decision is due to differences in the vision for the bands future, priorities and work methods. There are no bad feelings or strife around the decision and the members remain friends and might collabor...

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Ex-KORN Guitarist's LOVE AND DEATH: 'Chemicals' Video Sneak Peek

A "sneak peek" at the "Chemicals" video from LOVE AND DEATH, the new band led by former KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch, is available below. The intense, semi-animated clip was shot by POAB Designs/Martillo Pictures. "Chemicals" is the title track of LOVE AND DEATH's debut EP, which was released o...

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ALTER BRIDGE Guitarist MARK TREMONTI: Solo Album Track Listing Finalized

ALTER BRIDGE and CREED axesmith/songwriter Mark Tremonti is gearing up for his first-ever solo project this summer. "All I Was" is scheduled for release on July 10 via Fret 12 Records, a company Mark started with his brother, Daniel Tremonti, and Tom Stanley. Mark's solo effort, being released under...