Outspoken conservative rocker Ted Nugent has generated a fresh wave controversy after urging Americans to "ammo up" in preparation for a 9/11 anniversary attack from "4th world allahpuke zombies." Writing on his Facebook page, Nugent predicted that "helpless Americans and Europeans will be viciously ambushed when they least expect it" on Thursday — ...
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"Met Al Metal" — Israel's metal radio show hosted by brothers Lior and Niv Peleg — last month conducted an interview with BIOHAZARD drummer Danny Schuler. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the current lineup of BIOHAZARD: Danny: "Well, we've ...
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"NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990", Tony Rettman's ambitious oral history, captures ten years of struggle, including the scene's regional rivalries with D.C. and Boston, the birth of moshing, the clash and coming to terms of hardcore and heavy metal, the straightedge movement, and the unlikely influence of Krishna consciousness. Due in November from Bazillion Points ...
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U.K. doom metal veterans MY DYING BRIDE have parted ways with guitarist Hamish Glencross due to "irreconcilable differences" and have been rejoined by Calvin Robertshaw. MY DYING BRIDE's three remaining festival appearances in 2014 — Denmark's Copenhell on June 13, Slovenia's Metaldays on July 25 and Czech Republic's Brutal Assault on August 9 — will ...
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Former CRO-MAGS bass player and one-time frontman Harley Flanagan is in the process of recording his newest LP, to be released later this year on Southern Lord. With his musical roots tracing back to the beginning of the 1980s, Flanagan was involved in New York City punk act THE STIMULATORS before even hitting his teens. ...
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Robb Flynn of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD has posted the latest installment of his online blog, "The General Journals: Diary Of A Frontman... And Other Ramblings". It follows below in its entirety. "Sometime in late 2006, during the recording of 'The Blackening', I read a Revolver magazine review of IGNITE's 'Our Darkest ...
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"Destroy And Dominate", the new video from Bay Area thrash metallers POTENTIAL THREAT SF, can be seen below. The clip was directed and edited by Mike Sloat and was filmed at Soundwave Studios in Oakland, California. "Destroy And Dominate" is taken from POTENTIAL THREAT SF's latest album, "Civilization Under Threat", which was released in June ...
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"Slither", a brand new song from AKANI, the band featuring guitarist Anders Björler (AT THE GATES, THE HAUNTED), vocalist Jorge Rosado (MERAUDER), guitarist Daniel Antonsson (SOILWORK, DARK TRANQUILLITY), bassist Victor Brandt (ENTOMBED, SATYRICON) and drummer Anders Lowren (DEAD REPRISE), can be streamed using the Bandcamp widget below. The track is taken from AKANI's four-song seven-inch ...
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AKANI, the new band featuring guitarist Anders Björler (AT THE GATES, THE HAUNTED), vocalist Jorge Rosado (MERAUDER), guitarist Daniel Antonsson (SOILWORK, DARK TRANQUILLITY), bassist Victor Brandt (ENTOMBED, SATYRICON) and drummer Anders Lowren (DEAD REPRISE), will release a four-song seven-inch single entitled "Santa Muerte" in May through Demons Run Amok Records (SUBZERO, CRO-MAGS). The effort was ...
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Shed My Skin 's interview with bassist Mike D'Antonio of Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE was essentially two '90s hardcore kids catching up, talking the early days of what over the years magically morphed into the new wave of metal. In the 14-minute clip below, Shed My Skin and D'Antonio discuss Mike's other two ...
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Former CRO-MAGS bass player and one-time frontman Harley Flanagan has released a demo version of a new solo song titled "Trust No One". The track, which features Al Romano (SUN RED SUN, BELLADONNA) on guitar, is expected to appear on Flanagan's upcoming CD, due later in the year via Southern Lord. "Trust No One" is ...
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Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with guitarist Mitts (real name: Brian Daniels) of New York hardcore legends MADBALL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: What is MADBALL currently up to? Mitts: We're writing for a new record right now. We've got three or four songs. As ...
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New Jersey-based metalcore band NEGATIVE SKY has signed with RockArmy Records for the worldwide release of its new five-song EP, "Death Of The Sun". Formed in 2009, NEGATIVE SKY — vocalist Dan Caputo, guitarist J.J. Sammataro, bassist George Pond, and drummer Tom Fitzgibbon — has become a fierce presence in New Jersey's thriving heavy music ...
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According to the Van Halen News Desk, VAN HALEN guitar legend Eddie Van Halen is featured in the January/February 2014 issue of Guitar Aficionado magazine. "I'm not the typical guitar collector in the least," Eddie is quoted as saying in the article. "I've bought a lot of vintage pieces over the years, but ...
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"Refuse The Lie", the new video from VEHEMENT SERENADE, can be seen below. The clip is set to the backdrop of structural waste lands in the ruins of Detroit — a city once heralded as "the new Paris" and the model of the American working middle class. The band's choice for this location is no ...
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Early-years FATES WARNING guitarist Victor Arduini spearheads his new group, FREEDOMS REIGN and as one might expect, there's a fair share of early-to-mid-Eighties L.A. power metal action going on in his camp. However, there's much more than that. In fact, the self-titled debut of Arduini's project takes a walk through the years of heavy music, ...
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Rolland Adrian of Bloodbath.ro has uploaded video footage of MY DYING BRIDE's October 26 performance in Bucharest, Romania. Check it out below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Kneel Till Doomsday 02. Like Gods Of The Sun 03. The Raven And The Rose 04. From Darkest Skies 05. Turn Loose The Swans ...
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The official lyric video for the 31-second song "Break Every Chain" from DEATH RAY VISION — the project featuring SHADOWS FALL frontman Brian Fair, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE bassist Mike D'Antonio and former OVERCAST/SEEMLESS guitarist Pete Cortese — can be seen below. The track comes off DEATH RAY VISION's debut album, "We Ain't Leavin' Till You're Bleedin'", ...
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CRO-MAGS frontman John Joseph has denied that the band is suing its founder, Harley Flanagan, over an incident in New York City on July 6, 2012 when Harley allegedly attacked two members of the group's current lineup during the CBGB Festival. According to the New York Post, Michael Couls and William Berardo are ...
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According to the New York Post, members of the legendary hardcore band the CRO-MAGS are suing the group's founder, Harley Flanagan, over an incident in New York City on July 6, 2012 when he allegedly attacked the musicians during the CBGB Festival. Michael Couls and William Berardo are suing Harley in civil court, ...
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Cleveland, Ohio metal/hardcore veterans RINGWORM recently entered Spider Studios in their hometown with producer Ben Schigel (CHIMAIRA, WALLS OF JERICHO) to begin recording their new album for a late 2013 release via Relapse Records. In a new Facebook post, RINGWORM states: "[We] finished mixing two songs for our first official Relapse Records release. This will ...
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DEATH RAY VISION, the project featuring SHADOWS FALL frontman Brian Fair, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE bassist Mike D'Antonio and former OVERCAST/SEEMLESS guitarist Pete Cortese, will release its debut 12-song album, "We Ain't Leavin' Till You're Bleedin'", on September 10 via Bullet Tooth. These veterans of the Boston metal scene play a raw brand of metallic hardcore that ...
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After a decade of silence, RYKER'S, Germany's leading old-school hardcore outfit and pioneers of the European scene in the '90s, will reunite to perform a special comeback show at the 20th anniversary of the With Full Force festival, set to take place June 27-30 in Roitzschjora, Germany. Comments RYKER'S bassist Chris: "Exactly 20 years after ...
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U.K. doom metal veterans MY DYING BRIDE will release a new EP, "The Manuscript", on May 13 via Peaceville Records on CD and vinyl. The EP's title track is now available for streaming using the SoundCloud widget below (courtesy of Terrorizer magazine). "The Manuscript" contains four new and exclusive songs; a dark voyage ...
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U.K. doom metal veterans MY DYING BRIDE will release a new EP, "The Manuscript", on May 13 via Peaceville Records on CD and vinyl. Check out audio samples in the YouTube clip below. "The Manuscript" contains four new and exclusive songs; a dark voyage spanning over 27 minutes of supreme doom in the unmistakable MY ...
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Cleveland, Ohio metal/hardcore veterans RINGWORM have entered Spider Studios in their hometown with producer Ben Schigel (CHIMAIRA, WALLS OF JERICHO) to begin recording their new album for a late 2013 release via Relapse Records. Formed in 1990, RINGWORM has previously released six full-length albums on labels Deathwish, A389 and Victory Records in addition to playing ...
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"Civilization Under Threat" from Bay Area thrash metallers POTENTIAL THREAT SF will be released on June 18 via Old School Metal Records. The album gives a nod to the old school by combining aggressive, commanding vocals with dual guitars and a thundering bottom end. Engineered and mastered by Juan Urteaga (MACHINE HEAD, TESTAMENT, HEATHEN) at ...
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U.K. doom metal veterans MY DYING BRIDE will release a new EP, "The Manuscript", on May 13 via Peaceville Records on CD and vinyl. "The Manuscript" contains four new and exclusive songs; a dark voyage spanning over 27 minutes of supreme doom in the unmistakable MY DYING BRIDE style of heaviness mixed with dark tales ...
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DEATH RAY VISION, the project featuring SHADOWS FALL frontman Brian Fair, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE bassist Mike D'Antonio and former OVERCAST/SEEMLESS guitarist Pete Cortese, will re-release its debut five-song EP, "Get Lost Or Get Dead", on May 14 via Bullet Tooth (the label run by Trustkill Records founder Josh Grabelle) in seven-inch vinyl, digipack CD, and digital ...
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Relapse Records has announced the signing of Cleveland, Ohio metal/hardcore veterans RINGWORM. The band will enter the studio in April to record its new album for a late 2013 release. Formed in 1990, RINGWORM has previously released six full-length albums on labels Deathwish, A389 and Victory Records in addition to playing countless shows with the ...
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