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AVULSED: New Song Posted Online

Veteran Spanish death metallers AVULSED have issued the following update: "After having participated in the killer second Death Feast open air in Germany and headlined the eighth Metal Mania open air in Slovenia together with EXODUS and IMPALED NAZARENE, AVULSED is ready for one more festival (as he...

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TAPROOT: New Album Track Listing Revealed

Michigan-based hard rock quartet TAPROOT will release its new album "Our Long Road Home", on September 16 through Velvet Hammer, the label founded by the management company of the same name (SYSTEM OF A DOWN, DEFTONES). The follow-up to 2005's "Blue-Sky Research" will feature the following track lis...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Pulls Out Of METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST, Acquires New Singer

Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have issued the following update: "First the bad news: in a mutual agreement with the organisation of Metal Female Voices Fest [set to take place October 18-19 in Wieze, Belgium], we have come to the point to not play at this year's edition and postpo...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Featured On FUSE TV's 'Live Through This'; Video Available

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan was featured on the Fuse TV program called "Live Through This" which explores the true stories of rock stars that hit rock bottom and then climbed back to the top. The show, which premiered on Saturday, August 23, can be viewed in three parts bel...

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BORN FROM PAIN: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

Dutch metallic hardcore heroes BORN FROM PAIN have completed recording their new album, "Survival", for a late October/early November release via Metal Blade Records. The CD, which is currently being mixed and mastered, is said to be "musically [as] uncompromising as ever with an own twist in groove...

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FILTER Drummer To Guest On 'Maximum Threshold'

FILTER drummer Mika Fineo will guest on the "Maximum Threshold" show tomorrow night (Saturday, August 30) at 8:00 p.m. EST. "Maximum Threshold" is an Internet radio show dedicated to presenting up-and-coming hard rock bands and successful bands as well as interviews, news and music reviews. To hear...

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MACHINE HEAD Guitarist: No New Album Until 2011

MetalSucks recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel at the Long Island, New York stop of the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour. An excerpt from the chat follows. MetalSucks: There was, obviously, a hugely popular response to "The Blackening". You guys have been tour...

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LEAVES' EYES Singer Says Playing This Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Was 'Dream Come True'

LEAVES' EYES/ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull has issued the following update: "Hopefully many of you had the chance to visit Wacken Open Air this summer! Playing in front of around 80,000 people [with LEAVES' EYES] was truly amazing. The whole concert was like one magic mome...

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TAPROOT: The Journey To 'Our Long Road Home' Part 2

Michigan-based hard rock quartet TAPROOT has posted the second in a series of clips showing the journey to the group's new album, "Our Long Road Home". Each "chapter" will highlight a different part of the band's evolution, with Chapter 2 (see below) which covers the second stage of TAPROOT's career...

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ARKENSTONE Signs With CASKET MUSIC

Emerging from the unlikely location of the summer holiday destination of Heraklion, Crete in sunny Greece, ARKENSTONE has signed with UK-based Casket Music for the release of its debut album. The Greek modern thrash metallers have been working on their sound since the late Nineties and have finally...

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LORDI: New Costumes Unveiled

Finnish hard rock monsters LORDI have released the first photo (see below) of their new costumes via their official web site. All the costumes were designed by the group's mainman Mr. Lordi (real name: Tomi Putaansuu) and his wife and required several months to complete. Mr. Lordi's costume alone we...

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FILTER: New Video Interview With RICHARD PATRICK Available

GROCK listener Brenda Finkelstein conducted an interview FILTER mainman Richard Patrick on July 26, 2008. Watch the six-minute chat below. FILTER is finishing up a successful run of tour dates and fans everywhere are wondering, as it says in the title of the band's new single, "What's Next?" Richard...

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POWERDRIVE: 'Steel Roots' Track Listing Revealed

Swedish metal band POWERDRIVE has completed work on its debut album, "Steel Roots", tentatively due late 2008/early 2009 via an as-yet-undetermined record label. According to guitarist Miguel Gayarre, "Our plans are not to release the album until we get signed so we can make sure that the album will...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Says He Was Diagnosed With Degenerative Disk Disease And Arthritis In His Neck

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I am writing this while sitting in my studio, and Justis [Dave's 16-year-old son] and his friend from school, Ryan (a drummer) are in the lounge room blasting KILLSWITCH ENGAGE a...

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KONKHRA Finalizing New Record Deal

Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA have issued the following update: "It's been a while since we thought this new record of ours ['Nothing Is Sacred'] should have been out. We have been talking to a lot of labels the past six months, and we tried to turn every stone and really make the best decision m...