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EXHUMED: ‘Coins Upon The Eyes’ Video Released

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West Coast horror hellions EXHUMED will release their new album, "Necrocacy", via Relapse Records in North America on August 6, in Germany/Benelux on August 2 and in the rest of the world on August 5. The effort wil be available in CD, LP, deluxe LP and digital formats. The limited-edition "Necrocracy Party 2013 Political Rally Pack" contains a deluxe LP plus a bonus CD with the entire album plus five exclusive tracks, a pin set, bumper sticker and poster pack, limited to a one-time pressing of 500 copies worldwide. Among Decibel magazine's most anticipated albums of 2013, "Necrocacy" delivers nine goretorn tracks of prime audio sickness oozing blazing guitars, filth-stricken vocals and obscene drum blasts. Quite possibly their finest hour yet, as the years roll by EXHUMED refuse to mellow. This is a band that stinks like the rotting flesh of a nation waiting for revolution: Vote Necrocracy Party 2013!
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‘Lullaby Versions’ Of TOOL Due This Month

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Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star, the company which creates "beautiful lullaby versions of your favorite artists," will release "Lullaby Versions Of Tool" on July 16 via Roma Music Group. "Lullaby Versions Of Tool" track listing: 01. Sober 02. Right In Two 03. Vicarious 04. Lateralus 05. Parabola 06. Eulogy 07. Aenima 08. 10,000 Days 09. Stinkfist 10. Forty Six & 2 11. The Grudge 12. Schism A full-length version of "Sober" can be streamed below.
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SCORPIONS: ‘MTV Unplugged – Live In Athens’ Due Before End Of Year

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On September 11, September 12 and September 14, German hard rock legends SCORPIONS will play three concerts in Athens, Greece under the banner "MTV Unplugged - Scorpions Live In Athens" at the Lycabettus Theatre over the roofs of the ancient city. For the first time in the history of the "MTV Unplugged" series, a concert in Greece under the open sky will take place. The SCORPIONS will perform their biggest hits, album classics as well as some exclusive new songs in the typical sound and arrangement of "MTV Unplugged". They will be supported by national and international surprise guests, to be announced at a later date. Says the band: "'MTV Unplugged' was already top on our wish list and therefore we have gladly accepted the offer to stage these concerts as part of our farewell tour. We are [happy to be working] together with MTVon this very special event in Athens."
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MACHINE HEAD Frontman: ‘I Definitely Consider Myself Lucky’

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Earlier this week, Linda Leseman of LA Weekly conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD. An excerpt from the chat follows below. LA Weekly: I was going to ask you where you think your musical talent comes from, but then I read that you're adopted. Do you know whether your biological parents were musicians? Flynn: I don't know my birth parents. No one in my adoptive family was musical. We would listen to music. It's kind of funny because I wasn't raised with metal. All of my early musical experience was the Beatles.
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IN FLAMES Guitarist To Sit Out A Few Shows; THE HAUNTED’s JENSEN To Fill In

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Guitarist Niclas Engelin of Swedish metallers IN FLAMES will sit out a few of the band's shows this summer. His temporary replacement for those gigs will be Patrik Jensen (pictured below) from THE HAUNTED. IN FLAMES' tenth album, "Sounds Of A Playground Fading" (Century Media), sold around 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 27 on The Billboard 200 chart. IN FLAMES' previous CD, "A Sense of Purpose" (Koch) opened with 20,000 units to land at No. 28. This was slightly less than the opening tally of "Come Clarity" (Ferret), which shifted just under 24,000 copies in February 2006 to enter the chart at position No. 58.
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MANOWAR Bassist Discusses ‘Warriors Of The World’ 10th-Anniversary Remastered Edition

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Joey DeMaioIris Bernotat of Focusion Promotion & Marketing recently conducted a short interview with MANOWAR bassist Joey DeMaio about the 10th-anniversary remastered edition of the band's "Warriors Of The World"album. You can now read the chat below. Q: Hi Joey. How are you? Joey: I am doing very well, thank you. We are currently working in the studio, finishing the mixing and mastering for "The Lord Of Steel Live"album, and listening to the recordings from these recent shows is a blast. Brings back so many great memories. Q: We can imagine. Speaking of memories: You have remastered"Warriors Of The World" and released as a 10th-anniversary remastered edition. You must have plenty of memories about that album, too? Joey: Too many to count or tell. There is something special about each of our albums and that is why we and our fans enjoy looking back on our material as much as we enjoy looking forward to the new material."Warriors Of The World" was the beginning of a new era. One of the many memories is Stefan Raab of Germany's "TV Total" performing with us on stage, and we also had many insane moments with German comedian Olli Pocher. And, as everyone who joined us on this tour will well remember, the "Warriors Of The World" tour in 2002 was just wild.
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ZAKK WYLDE Weighs In On TIM LAMBESIS Murder-For-Hire Drama

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In a brand new interview with Under The Gun Review, Zakk Wylde(BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) was asked to weigh in on the recent arrest of AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis on suspicion of solicitation to commit murder for allegedly hiring someone to kill Tim's estranged wife. "We did gigs with those guys [AS I LAY DYING] out on Ozzfest," Zakksaid. "That's just a massive, massive mess over there. "It's just like any of our friends. If any of our buddies were gonna do something like that, we'd be like, 'What are you talking about, man?!' I get it if he's pissed off, saying, 'I swear to God I want to rip her fucking head off,' but that's okay, you can dump your feelings out, go to the bar and get tanked and spill your guts, but you're not fucking killing anyone, dude. Let's just chalk it up as a loss. See what happened to OJ [Simpson], so why would you want to go there? She's gonna get the fucking house, she's gonna take half the money. Now, as your managers, we're gonna be booking AS I LAY DYING till the fucking cow comes home. The band is doing great, you're gonna be fine and you just keep moving forward.
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JON OLIVA Says European Fans Seem To Be ‘More Into The Live-Performance Thing’

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Matt Coe of DeadRhetoric.com recently conducted an interview with JON OLIVA'S PAIN and SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva. A few excerpts from the chat follow below: DeadRhetoric.com: "Raise The Curtain" is the first solo album in your career. Can you inform the readers why now is the right time to release a solo record and what type of guidelines did you put on the songwriting that maybe differentiate this release from your work in SAVATAGE or JON OLIVA'S PAIN? Jon Oliva: The idea actually came to do the solo record when guitaristMatt LaPorte passed away. A friend of mine, Dan Fasciano, who you see on the record, co-wrote a lot of the material with me. I was working withTSO (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) in the afternoons and Dan and I would hang out in the mornings and we just started writing material. I had a few riffs of [late SAVATAGE guitarist and Jon's brother] Criss's [Oliva] left that I wanted to do something with and it wasn't really planned that way. Losing Matt, I didn'
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STEEL PANTHER: New Video Footage From The Studio

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Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER are putting the finishing touches on their third full-length album at a studio in Sherman Oaks, California with producer Jay Ruston (ANTHRAX, STONE SOUR,MEATLOAF) for a fall release. A new 12-minute video clip featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the studio can be seen below. Speaking to the South Bend Tribune, STEEL PANTHER drummer Stix Zadinia (real name: Darren Leader) stated about the band's as-yet-untitled new CD: "If you liked [2009's] 'Feel The Steel' and [2011's] 'Balls Out', you will love this record. It is more heavy metal songs that are hooky and great and fun and make you want to rock and make you want to have a good time and party. Also, there is a lot of riffage on this album that I think anybody who has ever questioned this band — 'Oh, those guys wear spandex and it is 2000-whatever' — these songs are going to put all of that to rest."
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SIRENIA: ‘My Destiny Coming To Pass’ Lyric Video Released

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The official lyric video for the song "My Destiny Coming To Pass" from Norwegian/Spanish symphonic gothic metallers SIRENIA, can be seen below. The track comes off the band's sixth studio album, "Perils Of The Deep Blue", which will be released on June 28 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced by SIRENIA mainman Morten Veland, while the mixing and mastering was handled by Endre Kirkesola at Dub Studios in Oslo. "Perils Of The Deep Blue" track listing: 01. Ducere Me In Lucem 02. Seven Widows Weep 03. My Destiny Coming To Pass 04. Ditt Endelikt 05. Cold Caress
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