ASESINO — the death metal/grindcore project featuring FEAR FACTORY/DIVINE HERESY guitarist Dino Cazares and ex-STATIC-X bassist Tony Campos (on bass/vocals) — is preparing to enter the studio to begin recording its third album, "La Segunda Venida" (English-language translation: "The Second Coming") for a late 2013 release via Odio Records. Prior to laying down the new ...
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Guitar World magazine recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett about his book, "Too Much Horror Business - The Kirk Hammett Collection". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitar World: If you made a horror film about METALLICA, which monster would play each band member? Kirk: I would ...
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Pennsylvania-based black metallers SATHANAS have begun writing material for their next release, "Worship The Devil". The band states, "Expect the most punishing SATHANAS to date! A new era of old-school devil music!" SATHANAS' latest album, "La Hora De Lucifer", was mixed at 905 Studios in Ambridge, Pennsylvania and was released via Pagan in Europe, Astral ...
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"Cassandra's Mirror", the new video from French symphonic/gothic metallers WHYZDOM, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's sophomore album, "Blind?", which was released on October 30 via Scarlet Records. According to a press release, the band "blends intricate orchestral parts (including all the subtleties of strings, winds, brass, classical percussions, piano, harp, ...
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THE CULT will release a "prequel" to accompany the band's latest album, "Choice Of Weapon". The digital-only release "Weapon Of Choice" reveals the songs at a stage of development that will be of interest to THE CULT's fans and followers. "Weapon Of Choice" is a document of a work in progress and offers a unique ...
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Greek Satanic blackened thrash outfit SATAN'S WRATH will release its debut album, "Galloping Blasphemy", on September 25 (one day earlier interntationally) via Metal Blade Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Leonard Rising - Night Of The Whip 02. Between Belial And Satan 03. One Thousand Goats In Sodom 04. Hail ...
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Leslie Michelle Derrough of GlideMagazine.com recently conducted an interview with THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GlideMagazine.com: What about playing the new songs live? Billy: The big acid test of a band is you play the new music live. I know a lot of the ...
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"Darkness Within", the new video from San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD, can be seen below (courtesy of Loudwire). The clip was filmed in the Czech Republic between May 4 and May 9. The song comes off the band's new album, "Unto The Locust", which sold more than 17,000 copies in the ...
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Radio Metal recently conducted an interview with former EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Sverre Tveitan). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Radio Metal: The album is called "Eremita", which is Latin for "hermit." That's quite an obvious question, but do you see yourself as a hermit? Ihsahn: I guess ...
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BEHEMOTH frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski makes a guest appearance on "Psychocountry", the new album from Polish singer-songwriter Maciej Malenczuk. Nergal contributes lead vocals to the country song "Highwayman", originally written by American songwriter Jimmy Webb. Also appearing on the same track are Ginek Loska and John Porter. You can now stream the song in the ...
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THE CULT's new album, "Choice Of Weapon", sold around 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 34 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD was made available on May 22 via THE CULT's new label Cooking Vinyl. "Choice Of Weapon" is the follow-up to the ...
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Greek black metallers NAER MATARON will release their new album, the title of which translates to "Long Live Death", on July 6. The CD was produced at Hertz Studio, the cover art was created by George "Grin" Prasinis and the entire layout was handled by Mentalporn.com. The album will be released as a digipak and ...
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THE CULT was the musical guest on last night's (Friday, May 18) edition ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!". The band performed two songs — "For The Animals" and "Wild Flower" — on the show's outdoor stage in front of a standing-room-only crowd. You can now watch video footage of the group's appearance below. THE CULT's new ...
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On April 28, Turbo from RSU Radio and the Metal Meltdown conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Adam "Nergal" Darski of Polish extreme metal veterans BEHEMOTH in Oklahoma City during the "Decibel Magazine Tour" with WATAIN, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD and IN SOLITUDE. You can now watch the entire chat in four parts below. When asked how ...
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On April 25, Jason Saulnier of the MusicLegends.ca web site conducted an interview with THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube below. THE CULT's new album, "Choice Of Weapon", will be made available on May 22 via THE CULT's new label Cooking Vinyl. "Choice Of ...
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Dutch post-hardcore act NOTE TO AMY will release its debut album, "Midnight Arsons / Morning Ghosts", on June 15 through Graviton – The Missing Link. According to a press release, "Midnight Arsons/Morning Ghosts" contains thirteen energetic, catchy and hard-rocking songs that already gained praise in magazines like Aardschok (NL), Big Cheese (UK), File Under (NL), ...
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HardRockChick conducted an interview with bassist Orion (real name: Tomasz Wróblewski) of Polish bands BEHEMOTH, VESANIA and BLACK RIVER before BEHEMOTH's April 29 concert at the White Rabbit in San Antonio, Texas. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. BEHEMOTH is currently taking part in the inaugural "Decibel Magazine Tour" ...
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Kevin and Ian of the "Metal Shop" radio show, which airs airs every Saturday night from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. on the Seattle station KISW 99.9 FM, conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Adam "Nergal" Darski of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH prior to the band's April 20 concert at El Corazon in Seattle, Washington. You ...
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David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy on the "black carpet" of the fourth annual Revolver Golden Gods awards, which was held on April 11 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, California. You can now watch the chat below. THE CULT's new album, "Choice Of ...
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Norwegian black metal deconstructivist cell FURZE has completed the fifth chapter in the band's curious discography, and is prepared to release its most psychedelically-inclined blackened rock spectacle to date in the form of "Psych Minus Space Control". Those who have studied previous releases cultivated by the Furzement are aware how each album this rogue outfit ...
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The Drum Brother conducted an interview with drummer Zbigniew Robert "Inferno" Prominski of Polish extreme metal veterans BEHEMOTH during the band's recently completed "Full Of Hate" European tour with CANNIBAL CORPSE, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, MISERY INDEX and SUICIDAL ANGELS. You can now watch the chat below. BEHEMOTH's highly anticipated inaugural "Decibel Magazine ...
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"Shunq (To The Despaired… King Of Darkness)", the new video from the Dubai-based death/thrash metal band NERVECELL, can be seen below. The song features Karl Sanders of NILE on guest vocals. The clip was directed by Shane De Almeida and edited by Ahmad Al Sharif in the city of Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates. ...
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Polish extreme metal veterans BEHEMOTH will make an in-store appearance at Scrape Records in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on "Record Store Day" — Saturday, April 21 — between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.scraperecords.com. The highly anticipated inaugural "Decibel Magazine Tour" kicks off in a mere eight days in ...
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Audio samples of all 14 songs that are set to appear on THE CULT's new album, "Choice Of Weapon", are available for streaming at Amazon.com. The band's first full-length studio release in five years will be made available on May 22 via THE CULT's new label Cooking Vinyl. "Choice Of Weapon" is the ...
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Polish extreme metal veterans BEHEMOTH have scheduled the following in-store signing sessions during the "Decibel Magazine Tour" in April and May: April 18 at 5:00 p.m. FYE 5546 S Redwood Rd. Salt Lake City, UT 84123 www.fye.com May 4 at 5:00 p.m. Manifest Discs & Tapes 6239 South Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28217 www.manifestdisc.com/ May 6 ...
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Matthew McConaughey and Gerard Butler were just two of the celebrities who came to check out THE CULT at this year's SXSW (South By Southwest) festival in Austin, Texas. Butler was in the audience and hanging out backstage with THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy at Friday night's Chevy Sound Garage performance. On Saturday, THE CULT ...
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Legendary LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page has posted the following mesasage on his Facebook page: "On March 20, the Spring Equinox 2012, the title music for 'Lucifer Rising And Other Sound Tracks' will have its premiere and release. "The title music, along with other musical pieces recorded at my home studio in the ...
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Quality fan-filmed video footage of BEHEMOTH's February 19 performance at Trix in Antwerp, Belgium as part of the "Full Of Hate" European tour with CANNIBAL CORPSE, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, MISERY INDEX and SUICIDAL ANGELS can be seen below. BEHEMOTH guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski recently called the "Full Of Hate" tour "probably the best European ...
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Quality fan-filmed video footage of BEHEMOTH's March 4 performance at the Neurotic Deathfest at 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands can be seen below. BEHEMOTH is taking part in a European tour with CANNIBAL CORPSE, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, MISERY INDEX, SUICIDAL ANGELS and NEXUS INFERI. Commented BEHEMOTH guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski: "We are in the ...
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I'm sure I wasn't in the minority in wondering how in the hell GOATWHORE were going to top 2009 masterpiece "Carving out the Eyes of God", an album on which the band pulled off the complicated task of making their nefarious, Frost Hammering black/death hymns more succinct and memorable. And they did so naturally; it ...
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