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TRIVIUM Filming New Video

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Florida metallers TRIVIUM are filming a video for an as-yet-undiclosed song off their upcoming album at Studio One in Orlando. The clip is being directed by Ramon Boutviseth, who has previously worked withNONPOINT, DARKEST HOUR, INCUBUS and ALL THAT REMAINS, among others. Check out photos from the video shoot at this location. TRIVIUM's new CD, which is rumored to be titled "Vengeance Falls", was produced by DISTURBED and DEVICE frontman David Draiman and is due this fall via Roadrunner Records. In a recent new interview with RoadrunnerRecords.com, TRIVIUM bassistPaolo Gregoletto stated about Draiman's
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NEWSTED: Audio Samples Of Entire Debut Album

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Audio samples of all 11 tracks that are set to appear on "Heavy Metal Music", the full-length debut from NEWSTED — the new band featuring former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted and STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok — can be streamed in theYouTube clip below. "Heavy Metal Music" will be released on August 6 in North America viaChophouse Records/Collective Sounds and August 5 in Europe throughSpinefarm Records. Jason told Billboard.com the 11-song album will be very similar to the band's debut EP, "Metal", which sold around 6,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 62 on The Billboard 200 chart. "The EP was always intended to be the primer, a sampler of what was to come on the LP," he said. "It's all metal all the time. It's not all fast, but it is all heavy."
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VARG VIKERNES Was ‘Shocked’ By French Police’s ‘Polite And Professional’ Behavior

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BURZUM mastermind Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh), who was released from French police custody this past Thursday (July 18) — just two days after he and his wife were arrested on suspicion of planning a "massacre" — has written about the experience on his official blog. You can read his account of his past week's events in three parts: * Terrorism in France, part I * Terrorism in France, part II * Terrorism in France, part III An excerpt follows below: "Having found nothing whatsoever in our rental house or on our property suggesting in any way that my wife and I had any criminal plans, the police officers were left with trying to make us talk ourselves into trouble, to put it that way. Only they didn't actually seem to be too interested in 'getting' us. Instead they tried to get clarity. I was shocked! Having experience with the band of thugs known as the Norwegian criminal police, who never seemed to care for anything but getting me and everybody else they arrested, no matter what, I was talking to policemen who were instead doing their job, like common people expect them to do and like they are supposed to do. No false testimonies. No fabricated
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CORONER: ‘Death Cult’ Demo To Be Released On CD, Vinyl

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No Remorse Records will release the "Death Cult" demo from Swiss technical thrash metal masters CORONER on CD and limited vinyl. This will be the first official re-release of "Death Cult", a four-song demo which was originally recorded and issued in 1986 in a limited edition of 250 cassette tapes. Due in December, it will also include bonus material. Originally part of the road crew for fellow countrymen CELTIC FROST,CORONER went on to become one of the most progressive extreme metal acts of the Eighties. The connection between the Zurich band and CELTIC FROST was so strong, in fact, that CELTIC FROST frontman Tom G. Warrior offered to handle vocals for the emerging band's demo. Warrior and CORONERentered Switzerland's Magnetix studio on October 10, 1985, and nine days later they walked out with the impressive four-song 1986 release,"Death Cult".
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MIKE PORTNOY: ‘The Drumming Dog’ DVD Now Available

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A trailer for "The Drumming Dog" DVD, which contains drum-cam footage from the recording sessions for the self-titled debut album from THE WINERY DOGS, can be seen below. The full disc is available for purchase at MikePortnoy.com. Audio options include: Full Band Mix, Isolated Drums & MP Vox, and Headphone Mix. THE WINERY DOGS is the power trio featuring Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB), legendary bassistBilly Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH) and Richie Kotzen(MR. BIG, POISON).
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DRAIMAN Says ROLLING STONE Is ‘Creating A Platform For A Future Generation Of Psychopaths’

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DISTURBED and DEVICE singer David Draiman spoke to Revolt TV about the controversy surrounding the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine which features a cover photo of the Boston Marathon bombing suspectDzhokhar "Jahar" Tsarnaev. You can now watch the chat below. Critics have accused the magazine of glorifying Tsarnaev like a rock star by depicting him in the same light as a young Bob Dylan or Jim Morrison. On what his first reaction upon learning of the Rolling Stone's "The Bomber" cover: Draiman: "Disgust. Aberration. Anger. Resentment. Shock.
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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Performance From ‘Guitar Center’ Podcast

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's Zakk Wylde (guitar, vocals) and Nick Catanese (guitar) recently joined the "At: Guitar Center With Nic Harcourt" podcast in the vintage room at the Hollywood Guitar Centerto create what is the "loudest" "Guitar Center" podcast so far. Video footage of Wylde and Catanese performing "Machine Gun Man"for their "At: Guitar Center with Nic Harcourt" podcast can be seen below. The full BLACK LABEL SOCIETY episode, featuring three songs plus an interview with host Nic Harcourt, is available for free at GuitarCenter.comor on iTunes.
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SLAYER-Inspired Curry Restaurant Opens In Japan

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A SLAYER-inspired curry restaurant named Calayer had its grand opening on June 3 in Osaka, Japan. The spot, whose name ia combination of the words "Slayer" and "Curry" is currently open for lunch (11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.) and serves Indian and Pakistani food Monday through Saturday. For more information (in Japanese), visit the Calayer web site and profile on Tabelog.
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PHILIP ANSELMO: How I Joined PANTERA

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In a brand new interview with the Phoenix New Times, former PANTERAand current DOWN vocalist Philip Anselmo was asked what the biggest correct choices were that he made as a young adult that if he hadn't made, PANTERA as we know it today would've never been a band. "Well, honestly, a lot of hard work," Anselmo began. "I was in a band in New Orleans by the age of 13, and doing my first gigs. Eventually I got into a band with older guys . . . I was always the youngest guy, somehow. "I'll put it like this: I used to come home from school, and practice JUDAS
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NIGHTWISH: FanPOD Trailer Available

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Finish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH recently launched a new fan magazine for tablet computers. Nightwish Vol. 1 FanPOD is the first application for tablet computers about the band. The application icludes band's history, Imaginaerum movie trailer, all NIGHTWISH online services, upcoming shows, NIGHTWISHshop and plenty of previously unpublished pictures. Vol. 1 is now available in English, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese. Comments the band: "We have always been enthusiastic about new things, both in music and technology. "We have tablet computers for fun, and noticed that they could also be useful for the band and fans. That's why we started our own 'fan magazine' for tablet computers, and the Vol. 1 is now available! "More updates are coming in autumn 2013, and you'll see more previously unpublished pictures, videos, and other interesting stuff and benefits."
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Manos Spanos

Manos Spanos (Metalpaths' co-editor-in-chief), eight years in this site but still can't be characterised as a metalhead.