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SODOM Pulls Out Of BANGALORE OPEN AIR Festival

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German thrash metal veterans SODOM have been forced to cancel their appearance at the Bangalore Open Air festival on July 6 in Bangalore, India. Says the band: "We already had our suitcases packed and were ready to go. "We are awfully sorry to take these steps and we are deeply disappointed by this situation, but in the end there's the awareness that not everything is done to our entire satisfaction. "We are 'only' the musicians, who would have loved to rock India and we owe this to our fans, even more because we never performed over there, of course through no fault of our own. The one who botched this up will have to be confronted with the fans and the local scene for his faults.
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IRON MAIDEN: New Tour-Diary Video Posted Online

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The first in a series of new tour-diary videos from British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN can be seen below. IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson recently told the Swedish web siteTalarforum (Speakers' Forum) that there are plans for the band to enter the studio to record a new album for a tentative 2014 release. MAIDEN's 15th studio CD, 2010's "The Final Frontier", featured 10 tracks that had an average running time of seven minutes and 40 seconds, with the shortest song, "The Alchemist", clocking in at four minutes and 29 seconds, and the longest, "When The Wild Wind Blows", lasting ten minutes and 59 seconds.
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VOIVOD Joined By JASON NEWSTED, PHILIP ANSELMO On Stage At France’s HELLFEST: Pro-Shot Video

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Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD were joined by their former bassistJason Newsted and DOWN/ex-PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo during their June 23 concert at Hellfest in Clisson, France to perform the songs "Voivod" and "Astronomy Domine" (PINK FLOYD cover), respectively. Professionally filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Newsted joined VOIVOD in 2002 and served as producer for the metal legends' self-titled album in 2003 on the Chophouse Records label (in association with Surfdog Records). Longtime friends and pioneers of metal music, Newsted and originalVOIVOD vocalist Snake (a.k.a. Denis Belanger), guitarist Piggy (a.k.a.Denis D'Amour), and drummer Away (a.k.a. Michel Langevin) first began working together at Newsted's Chophouse studio in 1995, intent on keeping the music alive between busy touring schedules. However, withNewsted's departure from METALLICA in January 2001, he was free to join VOIVOD as a full-fledged member and would remain involved with the group until 2008.
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SEPULTURA: More Footage From The Studio Posted Online

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Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA have reunited with producerRoss Robinson (KORN, LIMP BIZKIT, SLIPKNOT) to record the band's next album, tentatively due in October via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD is currently being tracked at Robinson's studio in Venice, California and is being co-produced by Steve Evetts, who previously worked withSEPULTURA on the "Nation" (2001), "Revolusongs" (2002) and"Roorback" (2003) albums, in addition to having collaborated with Rosson a number of other projects in the past. A short video clip of SEPULTURA bassist Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. laying down his tracks can be seen below. SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser recently stated about the upcoming CD: "I think this album is one of the heaviest albums we ever did. We want to bring the SEPULTURA live attitude to the studio and with Ross we achieved that more than any other album, it sounds very alive, the performances are at their best. But we have one specific song that is more dramatic, clean but heavy and dark.
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FEAR FACTORY Performs Non-DINO CAZARES-Era Song ‘Archetype’ In Brisbane; Video Available

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Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY played the song"Archetype" — originally written and recorded during guitarist Dino Cazares' time away from the band — for the first time in years earlier tonight (Thursday, July 4) at the Tivoli in Brisbane, Australia. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. Said Cazares after the show: "Yes, I played 'Archetype' last night. Some people are tripping out about about that in a good way. I just want to please the fans." Asked whose idea it was to perform FEAR FACTORY's classic classic 1995 sophomore album, "Demanufacture", on the band's Australian tour, vocalist Burton C. Bell told The Rockpit: "It was kinda like a joke at first. Last time we were there for 'The Industrialist' on tour, we were playing a lot of tracks from 'Demanufacture', and we just thought, 'Why don't we just play the whole damn record?' and the promoter was, like, 'Oh, that's actually a great idea. We should plan it properly,' and blah blah blah, and just started talking about it. And we thought about it, and it was Australia that embraced FEAR FACTORY
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DECAPITATED: ‘404’ Video Released

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"404", the new video from Polish extreme metal veterans DECAPITATED, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's latest album,"Carnival Is Forever", which sold around 2,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 11 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200. "Carnival Is Forever" was released in North America on July 12, 2011 viaNuclear Blast Records. The CD's cover art was created by Lukasz Jaszak and can be seen below. The follow-up to 2006's "Organic Hallucinosis" was
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IRON MAIDEN’s Trooper Beer Hits One-Million-Pint Mark

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According to The Drinks Business, Robinsons Brewery has announced the production of the one millionth pint of IRON MAIDEN's Trooper beer. The brewery said the mark had been reached six months ahead of schedule — just eight weeks after Trooper was launched. This equates to over 20,000 pints of the beer being drunk every day since its launch on May 9. Robinsons' managing director Oliver Robinson said: "We are amazed to reach this mark in such a short time, a million pints already is way ahead of all rational expectations, and are grateful for the support we have had from the retailers, MAIDEN fans, real ale enthusiasts, our distributors and the beer trade generally as they were so quick to catch on to the genuine and unique quality of this beer.
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KAMELOT Guitarist: The Band Is Better Now Than It Ever Has Been

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Nick Tevelis of Australia's Metal Obsession recently conducted an interview with guitarist Thomas Youngblood of American/German/Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Obsession: "Silverthorn" is the first record with Tommy[Karevik] on vocals. How was the recording process for this album compared to the past? Did Tommy have a lot to do with the writing of the record or was it basically written before he joined the band?
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KORN: Video Footage Of Entire HELLFEST Performance

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Fan-filmed video footage of KORN's entire June 22 performance at Hellfest in Clisson, France can be seen below. KORN has set a September 24 release date for its 11th studio album, the first to feature founding guitarist Brian "Head" Welch since 2003's "Take A Look In The Mirror". With singer Jonathan Davis saying not long ago that he thinks the new disc is the best KORN has ever done, The Pulse Of Radio asked KORNguitarist James "Munky" Shaffer for his assessment. "It's heavy metal with lots of melody," he said. "Jonathan's lyrics are — the way he elaborates and articulates on different subjects, his melodies are so killer. I can't wait for people to hear it."
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FEAR FACTORY Guitarist Says ‘Demanufacture’ Album Was Ahead Of Its Time

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On July 2, AndrewHaug.com, Australia's first-ever dedicated 24/7 rock and metal online radio station launched by Andrew Haug, the former host ofTriple J Australia's "The Racket" radio show (originally "Full Metal Racket"; 2001-2011), conducted an interview with guitarist Dino Cazares of Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked whose idea it was to perform FEAR FACTORY's classic classic 1995 sophomore album, "Demanufacture", on the band's Australian tour, vocalist Burton C. Bell told The Rockpit: "It was kinda like a joke at first. Last time we were there for 'The Industrialist' on tour, we were playing a lot of tracks from 'Demanufacture', and we just thought, 'Why don't we just play the whole damn record?' and the promoter was, like, 'Oh, that's actually a great idea. We should plan it properly,' and blah blah blah, and just started talking about it. And we thought about it, and it was Australia that embraced FEAR FACTORY wholeheartedly first and so Australia was where we received our first silver and gold records for 'Demanufacture', so we figured that we'd go to Australia."
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