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BRAIN DRILL Completes Work On New Album

Santa Cruz, California's over-the-top technical metal phenoms BRAIN DRILL have completed work on the follow-up to 2008's tech "Apocalyptic Feasting". The band will again take fans on a mind-melting voyage through the boundaries of exactly how incredibly technical death metal can be. "Quantum Catastr...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND: Footage Of NAMM Acoustic Performance Posted Online

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) played a 40-minute acoustic set at the Alvarez booth at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show on Saturday, January 16 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Cal...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN: New Album Artwork Unveiled

Critically acclaimed rockers THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN will release their new album, "Option Paralysis", on March 23. The opus, recorded in Orange County, California with longtime collaborator/producer Steve Evetts (THE USED, GLASSJAW, EVERY TIME I DIE),will be the debut release for the band's bran...

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ANTHRAX, HALFORD, SADUS Members Added To ASYLUM Debut

Rob Caggiano (ANTHRAX),"Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, SEBASTIAN BACH),and Steve DiGiorgio (DEATH, SADUS, SEBASTIAN BACH) have recorded guest appearances on "A Lethal Dose Of Truth", the debut album from ASYLUM, the Illinois-based project featuring Markus Johansson (lead vocals, lead guitar) and...

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Ex-DEATH Guitarist: CHUCK SCHULDINER 'Was My Best Friend, My Brother'

Wes Cambron of the Tampa Metal Music Examiner recently conducted an interview with former DEATH/CONTROL DENIED guitarist Shannon Hamm. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Tampa Metal Music Examiner: Late last year you suffered a serious heart attack. How are you feeling today? Shannon:...

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British DJ's VAN HALEN Outrage

Yahoo! Music News reports that a British DJ has come underfire from mental health groups after playing VAN HALEN's "Jump" moments before a suicidal woman leapt from a bridge. Steve Penk was broadcasting on 96.2FM The Revolution recently when four lanes of the M60 had to be closed because of the dram...

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IMAGIKA: 'Portrait Of A Hanged Man' Artwork Unveiled; New Song Posted Online

San Francisco Bay Area power/thrashers IMAGIKA will release their new album, "Portrait Of A Hanged Man", on March 19 via Metalville. The CD was recorded at Fang Studios in San Mateo, California by IMAGIKA guitarist Steve Rice and was mixed at KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque's Sonic Train Studi...

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ANVIL: Interview, Performance Footage From Boston Available

Kenny Howell of The Noise Pollution conducted an interview with Canadian metal legends ANVIL when they played the House Of Blues in Boston, Massachusetts this past Saturday (January 16). Watch the chat in two parts below. Also available is performance footage from the Boston concert. ANVIL's "Cinder...

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MISERY INDEX Drummer Discusses Recording Process For New Album

Baltimore, Maryland's MISERY INDEX entered Wright Way Studios (DYING FETUS, SLIPKNOT, MOS DEF) on January 2 with engineer Steve Wright to begin recording its new album, tentatively titled "Heirs To Thievery", for a May release via Relapse Records. Regarding the recording process, MISERY INDEX drumme...

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SHREDDING THE ENVELOPE: Entire Debut Album Available For Streaming

The debut album from thrash metal "virtuoso" Dave Reffett's band SHREDDING THE ENVELOPE, entitled "The Call Of The Flames", is available for streaming in its entirety on the project's MySpace page. "The Call Of The Flames" is available now on iTunes and CDBaby.com. It features guest appearances by f...

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BRUCE KULICK Interviewed On 'Long Live Rock'

Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick was the featured guest on this past Sunday's (January 17) edition of the "Long Live Rock" show. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. Kulick will host a release party for his long-awaited third solo al...

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AIRBOURNE: 'No Guts. No Glory.' Special-Edition Digipack Detailed

Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE will release their sophomore album, "No Guts. No Glory.", on March 8 via Roadrunner Records. The special-edition digipack version of the CD will include five bonus tracks and a bottle opener (see image below). "No Guts. No Glory." special-edition digipack track list...

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ANVIL Frontman Doesn't Regret Not Joining MOTÖRHEAD

Dave Wedge of WeeklyDig.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian metal legends ANVIL. A couple of excertps from the chat follow below. WeeklyDig.com: Isn't there something ironic in the fact that it took a movie about you guys not making it for you...

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Ex-ADLER'S APPETITE Singer SHELDON TARSHA To Support ANVIL In Anaheim

TARSHA, the band led by former ADLER'S APPETITE vocalist Sheldon Tarsha, will support Canadian metal legends ANVIL on February 4 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California. "I met up with with ANVIL when I sang for ICON at Rocklahoma last year," stated Tarsha. "We ended up riding back to the hotel...

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EXHORDER And CROWBAR To Share Stage For First Time In Almost 20 Years

EXHORDER and CROWBAR will team up for a special concert on February 12 on Mardi Gras weekend at The Hangar (1511 South Rendon Street) in New Orleans, Louisiana. This will mark the first time these two bands have played together since December 1991. Doors open for 9 p.m. and support comes from recent...