"Distant Thing", the new video from singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet and political activist Serj Tankian's collaborative jazz-infused album "Jazz-iz Christ", can be seen below. Released on July 23, "Jazz-iz Christ" is Serj's brainchild, but truly is a collaborative effort between many musicians that Tankian curated to be part of the group and self-titled album. Among ...
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Germany's EMP Rock Invasion recently conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about recent comments from MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn, in which Flynn called AVENGED's new "Hail To The King" CD a "covers album" and specifically called AVENGED SEVENFOLD out for songs like "This ...
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Invade TV recently conducted an interview with drummer Steve Asheim of Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE. You can now watch the chat below. DEICIDE's latest album, "In The Minds Of Evil", sold 2,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. Issued on November 25 via Century Media Records, the follow-up to ...
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Eagle Vision has meticulously issued DEEP PURPLE live videos over recent years covering the variant Mark periods of the band. It's only fitting they unearth the reunion of the MKII-era lineup for "Perfect Strangers Live", a video document showcasing Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice, Roger Glover and the late Jon Lord as they reformed ...
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Earlier this week, Keven Skinner of Gotham News conducted an interview with former STATIC-X leader and current solo artist Wayne Static. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Gotham News: The last time we spoke, we talked about the old STATIC-X band dynamic and you had mentioned it was more of ...
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Christofer Johnsson of Swedish progressive/experimental metallers THERION has issued the following update: "The coming rock opera will be about the rise and fall of Antichrist and is inspired by and partly (not to be confused with 'entirely') based on Vladimir Soloviev's 'A Short Story Of The Anti-Christ'. "I have been attempting to write a regular ...
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PANTERA/DOWN vocalist Philip Anselmo recently spoke to Loudwire about the moment he knew PANTERA was over and how he misses having a friendship with the band's drummer, Vinnie Paul Abbott. "It is unfortunate," Anselmo said about the rift between him and Vinnie Paul (see video below). "I am a music fan. I hate ...
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"End The Wrath Of God", the new video from Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's latest album, "In The Minds Of Evil", which sold 2,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. Issued on November 25 via Century Media Records, the follow-up ...
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Bassist/vocalist Glen Benton of Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE was interviewed on the November 29 – December 1 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the Podbean player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to ...
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Underground death metal veterans ACHERON have completed work on their new album, "Kult Des Hasses"; their first for Listenable Records. Vocalist/bassist Vincent Crowley has been joined on the CD by longtime drummer Kyle Severn and guitarist Art Taylor. Also appearing on the recording as a guest second lead guitarist is Ricktor Ravensbruck from the bands ...
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A389 Recordings has announced the signing of Arkansas-based underlords NAPALM CHRIST. Formed in late 2010, NAPALM CHRIST unites a crew of longtime henchmen who have helped shape the Little Rock area extreme music scene over the past two or more decades. Since the early 1990s, the four horsemen who form NAPALM CHRIST have collectively spent ...
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WOLFPACK44, the new band featuring Ricktor Ravensbruck (THE ELECTRIC HELLFIRE CLUB, ACHERON), Julian Xes (KULT OF AZAZEL) and Paul Collier (ANGELCORPSE, PESSIMIST), will release its debut album, "The Scourge", before the end of the year via the French label Deadlight Entertainment. The CD was recorded at Glitch Mode Studio by Nik Skum (DOPE) and features ...
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BODY COUNT, the metal band fronted by legendary rapper Ice-T, has begun recording the vocals for its new album, "Manslaughter", for a 2014 release via Sumerian Records. BODY COUNT's last album, "Murder 4 Hire", came out in 2006 via Escapi Music. Lyrically, the songs ranged from political ("The End Game"), personal ("You Don't ...
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Despite being listed as influences on countless notable bands, there has never been a book that tells the complete story of both FAITH NO MORE and MR. BUNGLE. Until now. Author/journalist Greg Prato's tenth book overall, "The Faith No More & Mr. Bungle Companion", serves as both a career overview and analyzation of both bands ...
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James Anaya of "The Hellion Rocks" on Bleach Bangs Radio recently conducted an interview with drummer Steve Asheim of Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. DEICIDE will release its new album, "In The Minds Of Evil", on November 25 via Century Media Records. The ...
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On October 22, Premier Guitar's Chris Kies was on location in Omaha, Nebraska where he caught up with the techs behind the rigs of AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarists Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance, and bassist Johnny Christ, who all used their own signature Schecter instruments during the fall leg of the "Hail To The King" 2013 ...
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In a brand new interview with Kory Grow of Minneapolis City Pages, SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya was asked about the recent departure of the band's original drummer, Dave Lombardo. "Dave left the band originally in '91 or '92," Tom said. "After that we brought in Jon Dette for two years and then we ...
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On December 10 (November 11 in the U.K.), American Recordings will reissue ten of SLAYER's seminal albums on vinyl. All ten albums will be available individually and were remastered from the original analog flat master tapes and pressed on the highest quality, 180-gram audiophile vinyl. Albums include nine of SLAYER's studio recordings — "Reign In ...
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DJ Rob of MetalHeadRadio.com recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Glen Benton of Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. DEICIDE will release its new album, "In The Minds Of Evil", on November 25 via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded at ...
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Former VOIVOD and current E-FORCE frontman Eric Forrest was interviewed prior to E-FORCE's October 26 concert in Manosque, France. You can now watch the chat below. E-FORCE is putting the finishing touches on its third album, entitled "The Curse Of The C**t". Tentatively due in early 2014, the CD's lyrical concept will attempt to explain ...
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Radio.com recently conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD vocalist M. Shadows and bassist Johnny Christ. You can now watch the chat below. Asked how it feels to be compared to METALLICA, M. Shadows said: "To me, we have so many eerie similarities to METALLICA, it's ridiculous. We lost a member during one of ...
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Greek groove metallers BEWIZED released their sophomore album, "Undead Legacy", on October 28 via NoiseHead Records. The CD was recorded at StelthSound/Red House Studios by Stelios "Stelth" Koslidis (HUMAN REJECTION, HEAD CLEANER) and Emmanouil Hermano Tselepis. The mixing and mastering were handled by Jon Howard (THREAT SIGNAL, ARKAEA) at Woodward Avenue Studios in Ontario, Canada. ...
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Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE will release their new album, "In The Minds Of Evil", on November 25 via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded at AudioHammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, AUGUST BURNS RED, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, ALL THAT REMAINS, WHITECHAPEL, DEVILDRIVER). "In The Minds Of Evil" track ...
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Lauren Wise of the Phoenix New Times recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Phoenix New Times: The connection between heavy metal and spirituality is a really apparent theme in your memoir. In one part, you mention that you were scared you ...
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A special deluxe edition of P.O.D.'s current album, "Murdered Love", has just been made available digitally via iTunes. Highlights include two previously unreleased studio tracks, "Burn It Down" and "Find A Way" (recorded with producer Howard Benson) and an acoustic version of the band's Top 5 hit "Beautiful". Additional audio tracks include an acoustic version ...
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The Age Of Metal conducted an interview with Matt Harvey of West Coast horror hellions EXHUMED on October 7 at The Orpheum in Tampa, Florida. You can now watch the chat below. EXHUMED's latest album, "Necrocacy", was released in August via Relapse Records. The effort was made available in CD, LP, deluxe LP and digital ...
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Ryan Black of 105.7 The X Rock recently conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. AVENGED SEVENFOLD recently filmed a video for the song "Shepherd Of Fire" with director Wayne Isham, who has helmed clips for such artists as METALLICA, PANTERA, ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ was recently interviewed on the "Hard Rock Nights" syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat below. AVENGED SEVENFOLD recently filmed a video for the song "Shepherd Of Fire" with director Wayne Isham, who has helmed clips for such artists as METALLICA, PANTERA, GODSMACK, DEF LEPPARD and BON ...
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Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE will release their new album, "In The Minds Of Evil", on November 25 via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded at AudioHammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, AUGUST BURNS RED, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, ALL THAT REMAINS, WHITECHAPEL, DEVILDRIVER). "In The Minds Of Evil" track ...
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan has revealed via Twitter that he has "started working" on a covers album. He added: "[It] should be good practice for the eventual SYSTEM OF A DOWN album sometime in the future." At the conclusion of SYSTEM OF A DOWN's July 29 concert at the Hollywood ...
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