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SENTINEL BEAST: Performance Footage Of New Song Posted Online

Capital Chaos has uploaded video footage (see below) of the reactivated '80s Sacramento, California thrash band SENTINEL BEAST performing a new song, "The Phoenix" this past Saturday (April 18) at On The Y in Sacramento, California. Also on the bill were CHURCH BURNER, BROCAS HELM, BENEATH THE RAPTU...

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LACUNA COIL To Take Part In Signing Sessions On MUSIC AS A WEAPON IV Tour

Italian goth rockers LACUNA COIL will take part in signing sessions at the FYE booth during the band's current Music As A Weapon IV tour with DISTURBED, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and CHIMAIRA. The signings will start at approximatly 5:00 p.m. Here the list of dates and places: Apr. 20 - Erie, PA Apr. 21 - B...

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In Brazil With IRON MAIDEN: KERRANG! Video Podcast Available

The Kerrang! podcast team went behind the scenes of this week's IRON MAIDEN cover feature (see image below). Take in the chaos of the "Flight 666" premiere, look around the band's Ed Force One jet and watch frontman Bruce Dickinson burn rubber around Sao Paulo, Brazil's Grand Prix circuit. Watch the...

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AMORPHIS: 'Skyforger' Trailer Available

A video trailer for AMORPHIS' new album, "Skyforger", which is scheduled for release on May 29 via Nuclear Blast Records (May 27 in Finland),can be viewed below. The follow-up to the "Eclipse" and "Silent Waters" LPs, both of which were certified gold in the band's native Finland, was recorded at S...

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In The Studio With SLAYER

Steve Appleford of RollingStone.com reports: SLAYER are still in the early stages of recording, just five weeks in, working out ideas for what will be an 11-song album, released in July, in time for the summer's second Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour with MARILYN MANSON. Lyrics still wait to be...

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JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR, VAN CANTO, DOMAIN Confirmed For MAGIC CIRCLE FESTIVAL

JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR, VAN CANTO and DOMAIN have been confirmed for MANOWAR's Magic Circle Festival, set to take place Saturday, July 18 in Loreley, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CRYSTAL VIPER DOMAIN JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR MANOWAR METALFORCE ULYTAU VAN CANTO Releas...

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BONDED BY BLOOD And CAULDRON To Tour U.K.

Los Angeles thrashers BONDED BY BLOOD will return to the U.K. in May for a short string of dates with support from labelmates and Canadian heavy metal heroes CAULDRON. BONDED BY BLOOD frontman Jose "Aladdin" Barrales comments: "We can't wait to be back in the U.K. Last time we were there it was amaz...

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TURISAS: New Audio Interview With WARLORD NYGÅRD Available

Episode 35 of Ragnarok Radio features Warlord Nygård of Finnish folk metal overlords TURISAS to talking about touring with DRAGONFORCE, Finnish folklore influences and the genre of "battle metal." The entire show can be streamed and/or downloaded at this location. An e-card for "A Finnish Summer Wit...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Flight 666' To Be Released On Blu-Ray, DVD

"Iron Maiden: Flight 666", the feature-length documentary film which follows the IRON MAIDEN bandmembers on the first leg of their "Somewhere Back In Time World Tour" in February and March of 2008, will be released on extended Blu-ray and DVD formats, alongside a double-CD soundtrack album and limit...

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AMORPHIS: New Video Blog Available

A new AMORPHIS video blog featuring footage from singer Tomi Joutsen's birthday party on stage can be viewed below. AMORPHIS will release a new single, "Silver Bride", in Finland on April 22. The "radio edit" version of the track is now available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The "Silver...

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NACHTMYSTIUM's 'Doomsday Derelicts' MCD To Be Released Next Month

Chicago-area psychedelic black metal group NACHTMYSTIUM has issued the following update: "We're proud to announce that we've licensed our own new EP, 'Doomsday Derelicts', from our North American label, Century Media, to be released on our own in-house label, Battle Kommand Records, for release in N...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Completes Mixing New Album

ALICE IN CHAINS has completed mixing its first new studio album in 14 years. According to an online posting by The Baldy — whose job is "to travel the world with ALICE IN CHAINS and send photos, videos and blog entries back to [the webmasters] at AliceInChains.com" — "Some amazing songs were written...

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NOCTURNAL To Release 'Violent Revenge' In June

German old-school thrashers NOCTURNAL will release their new album, "Violent Revenge", on June 15 via Displeased Records. The label says in a press release, "Just like 'Arrival Of The Carnivore' [2004], [the new CD] turned out to be a very catchy and addictive thrash album. NOCTURNAL are by far the...

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SAINT Signs With RETROACTIVE RECORDS

Christian metallers SAINT have inked a deal with Retroactive Records. The band's new album, entitled "Hell Blade", will be released in November or December. One of the classic bands in the history of Christian metal, SAINT debuted with the 1984 EP "Warriors Of The Son" before recording the full-leng...

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Report: Heavy Metal In Pakistan

CNN.com reports: At a recent battle of the bands, heavy metal guitarist Navid Chohan started shaking his head so violently onstage it looked like he was going to hurt himself. Soon his entire face was lost in waves of his shoulder-length hair. Chohan's head-banging spread like a virus. First his ban...