New Orleans, Louisiana's sons of American no-frills-black-metal-meets-death-'n'-roll GOATWHORE will release their new album, "Constricting Rage Of The Merciless", in North America on July 8 via Metal Blade Records. Fans who see GOATWHORE live on the road as part of the "Metal Alliance" tour will have the opportunity to reserve their copy of the CD at ...
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Rock Science recently conducted an interview with vocalist/bassist Erik Danielsson of Swedish black metallers WATAIN. You can now watch the chat below. WATAIN's fifth full-length, "The Wild Hunt", which sold around 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD was released on August 19, 2013 in Europe ...
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Spotlight Report recently conducted an interview with SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Spotlight Report: How do you personally deal with the responsibility of being one of the original SKID ROW members? Bolan: We started 28 years ago, and it's a huge responsibility to be ...
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Arizona metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have parted ways with guitarist Edward Carlson and bassist Jason Ward and have replaced them with Steve Conley and Michael Spencer, respectively. Says the band: "After completion of the 2013 tour with TESTAMENT in the U.S., Edward Carlson was no longer able to tour due to physical issues that ...
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Alissa White-Gluz, former vocalist of Canadian extreme metallers THE AGONIST who was named the new lead singer of ARCH ENEMY following the departure of Angela Gossow, has released the following statement: "To all my fans, friends and supporters, "I am very honoured and happy to announce a new chapter in my life and musical career ...
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On March 3, Mark Holmes of Metal Discovery conducted an interview with former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Discovery: In terms of the lyrics, [your solo debut, "Shine"] strikes me as a very personal album, so did you have any apprehensions about making yourself ...
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In the 23-minute clip below, legendary GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell, who currently fronts his own version of the band called JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE, commandeers RadioScreamer with his bandmate, former GREAT WHITE bassist-turned-guitarist Tony Montana. Russell recently revealed to SleazeRoxx.com that he is working on material for a new studio album. He ...
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INFECTUS 13 is a recording project and the brainchild of former OVERKILL and BATTLEZONE drummer Sid Falck. After years of answering "maybe some day" when asked if he ever intended to play again, due to health concerns, "maybe someday" has become "now or possibly never." According to a press release, the vision for the INFECTUS ...
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"All Must Die", a brand new song from THE OATH, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The track is taken from the band's self-titled debut album, which will be released on March 17 in Europe and April 15 in North America via Rise Above Records. To master the dark and wring compelling creativity ...
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Relapse Records has announced the signing of the blistering grindcore quartet THE DRIP. The band's new EP, "A Presentation Of Gruesome Poetics", will be released in North America on April 15 preceded by its April 11 release in Germany and Benelux and April 14 release in the rest of the world. The EP will see ...
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Heavy music presenter Christina Rowatt of Soundwave TV conducted an interview with MUSHROOMHEAD, the influential industrial metal band from Cleveland, Ohio, during this year's Soundwave festival in Australia. You can now watch the chat below. MUSHROOMHEAD will release its eighth studio album, "The Righteous & The Butterfly", on May 13 via Megaforce Records. Recorded in ...
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THE OATH's self-titled debut album will be released on March 17 in Europe and April 15 in North America via Rise Above Records. To master the dark and wring compelling creativity from its densest shadows requires vision, belief and, perhaps most importantly, a dash of synchronicity. These are all qualities that ooze from every pore ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Seven Wolves And The Daughters Of Apocalypse" from the Delaware/New Jersey sextet I AM HERESY can be seen below. Not only do you get the chance to read the words, but the clip also shows live footage from I AM HERESY's last European tour in March 2013. "Seven ...
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Delaware/New Jersey sextet I AM HERESY will release its second full-length album, "Thy Will", on March 4 (one day earlier internationally) via Century Media Records. The CD was engineered and produced by John Ferrara at Portrait Studios, who also helmed I AM HERESY's "O Day Star, Son Of Dawn" EP. The new effort was mastered ...
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Tracey Lukasik of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with legendary GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell, who currently fronts his own version of the band called JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE, and former GREAT WHITE bassist-turned-guitarist Tony Montana before JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE's January 31 concert in West Seneca, New York. You can now watch the ...
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EMP Rock Invasion conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Matt Tuck and drummer Michael "Moose" Thomas of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE when they played at Palladium in Cologne, Germany on February 10. You can now watch the chat below. On the progress of the songwriting and recording sessions for BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's next ...
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MUSHROOMHEAD, the influential industrial metal band from Cleveland, Ohio, will release its eighth studio album, "The Righteous & The Butterfly", on May 13 via Megaforce Records. Recorded in Cleveland, the band produced the record with longtime co-producer Bill Korecky. The CD consists of 14 tracks, ranging from songs about survival and balance ("Devils Be Damned", ...
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Pollstar recently spoke to Tenth Street Entertainment president Chris Nilsson about MÖTLEY CRÜE's final tour, the movie version of the band's autobiography "The Dirt" and what it's like to manage one of rock's most notorious bands. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Pollstar: As the band's manager, what was ...
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Delaware/New Jersey sextet I AM HERESY will release its second full-length album, "Thy Will", on March 4 (one day earlier internationally) via Century Media Records. The CD was engineered and produced by John Ferrara at Portrait Studios, who also helmed I AM HERESY's "O Day Star, Son Of Dawn" EP. The new effort was mastered ...
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TWISTED SISTER will play a special warmup show to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of the band's "Stay Hungry" album on May 17 at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. Also scheduled to appear is Stephen Pearcy of RATT. The 25th-anniversary edition of "Stay Hungry" came out in June 2009 via Rhino. ...
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Legendary GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell, who currently fronts his own version of the band called JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE, has revealed to SleazeRoxx.com that he is working on material for a new studio album. He is being joined in the studio by former GREAT WHITE bassist Tony Montana (this time as a ...
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Delaware/New Jersey sextet I AM HERESY will release its second full-length album, "Thy Will", on March 4, 2014 (one day earlier internationally) via Century Media Records. The CD was engineered and produced by John Ferrara at Portrait Studios, who also helmed I AM HERESY's "O Day Star, Son Of Dawn" EP. The new effort was ...
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Niclas Müller-Hansen of Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Jake E. Lee (OZZY OSBOURNE, BADLANDS, RED DRAGON CARTEL). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metalshrine: Now that the [RED DRAGON CARTEL] album is out and people are writing about it and you're talking to a lot of people, ...
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As the early 1990s lineup of metal/hardcore innovators INTEGRITY prepares to reunite on stage for the first time in over two decades as the main headliners of the massive A389 X Bash in Baltimore this week, the first new hymn from this iconic collective in just as long can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget ...
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TheRockRevival.com's Matt Bishop sat down with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine backstage on the band's "Super Collider" tour to talk about the group's latest album, touring, and what's next for the band in 2014. Asked what it means that "Super Collider" entered the The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 6, marking MEGADETH's highest ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted spoke in detail about the reason he left the band in 2001 in a new interview with Scuzz TV. Newsted said that his eventual split with the group was over the way his then-side band, ECHOBRAIN, was handled. Newsted explained, "The management of METALLICA ...
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Maurizio Iacono posits "If I Was God I'd Burn it All" on KATAKLYSM's eleventh studio album, "Waiting for the End to Come". Far more introspective a metal prospectus than your standard theme of flushing Mother Earth into an eternal conflagration at the cloven hooves of the deceiver. Rather than letting Satan torch the world for ...
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Metal Babe Mayhem recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Babe Mayhem: I just overheard you talking about a cartoon you have in the works. Tell me about that. Nick: It's called the "Atomic Disintegrator". It's like a part man, ...
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Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with guitarist Michael "Padge" Paget and drummer Michael "Moose" Thomas of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. A brand new song from BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE entitled "Raising Hell" was premiered on the November 18 edition of ...
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2013 witnessed the rebirth of INTEGRITY's 1995-released "Systems Overload", with the A2/Orr+ mix of the already massive album, merging alternate mixes and takes from the initial sessions with contributions from previous and current members. This rebuilding of one of hardcore's most iniquitous and legendary releases was followed by the announcement that the iconic lineup that ...
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