Brazen Bull Posts Pre-Production Track Online

Brisbane death/grind band Brazen Bull have uploaded the first of several pre-production teaser tracks due to visit in the internet for their upcoming album “The Traveling Parasite,” due out later this year. The track, interesting titled “IDDQD,” is available on their Myspace and Reverbnation page or embedded below.

Artwork as well as “some exciting new developments” are coming soon.

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Within The Ruins Posts New Song To Myspace

Westfield metallers Within the Ruins have posted another new song to the band's myspace page. The song, titled "Red Flagged," appears on the band's new album "Invade." "Invade" is set to hit store shelves on August 31st, 2010 through Victory Records.

You can listen to the new song, "Red Flagged," here.

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Marduk Confirms Festival Appearance

Marduk is the next act in a long list of bands being confirmed for the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise ship metal festival. 70,000 Tons of Metal will sail on January 24th, 2011 aboard the Royal Caribbean “Majesty of the Seas” from Miami, Florida.

Confirmed bands:
Agent Steel
Amon Amarth
Death Angel
Ensiferum
Epica
Exodus
Fear Factory
Finntroll
Forbidden
Iced Earth
Marduk
Moonspell
Obituary
Raven
Saxon
Sodom
Sonata Arctica
Swashbuckle
Testament
Trouble
Uli Jon Roth
Witchburner

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Daath Announces New Album Details

Atlanta metallers Daath have announced the title and release for thier forthcoming self-titled album. The album, which is the third for the band, was produced by Mark Lewis and co-produced Eyal Levi.

"Daath" is set for release on October 26th, 2010 through Century Media Records.

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Arch Enemy Announces U.K. Tour

Sweden's Arch Enemy have announced the dates for thier "The United Kingdom Of Heavy Metal" tour. The mini-tour of the U.K. kicks off on November 23rd, 2010 and features support from Chthonic, Grand Magus and Malefice.

Arch Enemy U.K. tour dates:
Nov 23 - Academy - Manchester
Nov 24 - Garage - Glasgow
Nov 25 - Wulfren Hall - Wolverhampton
Nov 27 - HMV Forum - London

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Venom Members Form Prime Evil

Former Venom members Jeff Dunn, Antony Lant and Tony Dolan have formed a new metal project called Prime Evil. The band are currently preparing their debut album planned for release in the spring of 2011. The album is also set to feature an appearance from former Venom guitarist Mike Hickey.

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Mantic Ritual Parts With Drummer Adam Haritan

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Mantic Ritual have announced the departure of Adam Haritan from the band's ranks. The band commented by saying:

"This was a mutual decision and we all agree that it's best for everyone involved. It's been obvious to us for some time that Adam was not as interested in making music as he once was, and we all thought this would be a good time for him to pursue other things while we found another drummer who can be fully dedicated to Mantic Ritual. There are no hard feelings between us, and we're grateful for all the time and effort Adam has put into this band over the last five years. We wish him the best and we're sure he'll be successful in whatever path he chooses. Mantic Ritual will be looking for a new drummer immediately to continue writing, recording, and touring. We'll be back in action as soon as possible!"

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Neurosis To Headline 2011 Maryland Deathfest

Oakland, California's alternative dark metallers Neurosis have been confirmed as one of the headlining acts for the 2011 edition of the Maryland Deathfest. The ninth edition of the festival is set to take place May 27th, 28th and 29th, 2011 at Sonar in Baltimore, Maryland.

Currently announced line-up:
AVULSED
BLOOD FREAK
CIANIDE
CREATIVE WASTE
CRETIN
CRIPPLE BASTARDS
DEFEATED SANITY
DEVOURMENT
EXHORDER
EXHUMED
HOODED MENACE
IMPALED NAZARENE
THE KILL
LAST DAYS OF HUMANITY
MACHETAZO
MALIGNANT TUMOUR
NEUROSIS
NIGHTBRINGER
NOKTURNEL
REPUGNANT
WORMED

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Stormzone Releases "Death Dealer" Video

Irish metallers Stormzone have posted thier brand new music video for the track "Death Dealer" online. The song comes off of the band's latest album of the same name, which was released this past April.

The video can be viewed below:

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Swashbuckle Reveals New Album Cover

Pirate metal outfit Swashbuckle is releasing a new album entitled "Crime Always Pays..." on Nuclear Blast. It is scheduled to drop on September 10, and singer Admiral Nobeard had the following to say about the upcoming release:

"'Crime Always Pays...' is our heaviest and fastest record to date. It'll tear your head off of your neck and shove a pegleg in your eye-sockets.

"We're proud to have Nuclear Blast release this malicious metal madness, and we're sure you'll all be pleased with the shenanigans that are about to ensue.

Thrash hard, mosh fast, and leave a decaying corpse swingin' from the noose!"

The album's track list is below, and you can check out the album cover for "Crime Always Pays..." at their MySpace Blog.

"Crime Always Pays..." Tracklist
01. Slowly Wept The Sea
02. We Are The Storm
03. This Round's On YOU!
04. Powder Keg
05. Where Victory Is Penned
06. Of Hooks And Hornswogglers
07. A Time Of Wooden Ships & Iron Men
08. Crime Always Pays
09. Raw Doggin' At The Raw Bar
10. The Gallow's Pole Dancer
11. Legacy's Allure
12. At The Bottom Of A Glass
13. To Steal A Life
14. You Bring The Cannon, We'll Bring The Balls
15. Surf-N-Turf (For Piratical Girth)
16. Rope's End

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Growing Up Twisted: Rock and Roll Ain't Dead

This week’s Growing Up Twisted begins with Cody telling a story of a chef that puts an eel up his drunk friends ass. At this point there really needs to be one show dedicated to Cody’s sexuality. Actually, one episode may not be enough, we are talking miniseries.

Dee receives an offer to do a show in Atlantic City so he uses this opportunity to take the family on a road trip to A.C. After a stop at the recording studio where Jesse is playing his new song, “Rock and Roll Aint Dead”, Dee decides he wants to sing the song with his son at his upcoming show. Meanwhile, back at the house Lita Ford (who is apparently opening for Dee) is calling to invite Cheyenne to sing her song “Cherry Bomb” live at the show. Of course Cheyenne, Dee’s little drama queen, has a sore throat and is unsure she will be able to perform the song. More...

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Behemoth Uploads "Alas, Lord Is Upon Me" Video

Update: this video has since been removed from YouTube. The censored version is now available for viewing at this location.

Behemoth has posted the music video online for "Alas, Lord Is Upon Me," which can be viewed below. The clip was produced and directed by Rafal Szermanowicz and Grupa 13 who also shot Behemoth’s videos for "Ov Fire and the Void" and "At the left hand ov God." Nergal commented on the new video:

"First of all, we’ve overcome ourselves with this new video clip. Period. It’s something we’ve wanted to do for a very long time. Pretty much no digital intervention, no blue boxes, no fake shit this time, but great filming, good acting, and a fuckin’ awesome storyline. It’s disturbing, crazy, and evil. We’ve had over 70 people working for us on this video so we can easily say it was the biggest production so far. I’m beyond excited! Wait and see…"

Dariusz Szermanowicz of Grupa #13 adds: "This time we decided to make something different. We'd like to make video in ‘cinematic’ style without so many VFX like in last two videos. We found great location, we had dozen of actors and extras and awesome stylizing. During the 16 hours of hard work we've created amazingly killer video!”

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Iskald Issues Recording Update

Drummer Aage André Krekling of Norwegian act Iskald has issued the following recording update:

"We have just finished the third day in Urban Sound studio, Oslo. On Monday we meet up with our producer and did all the necessary setups and sorted out the sound. After that we managed to do one drum track before we felt the need for beer.

"Our main focus is to get the drums done first, but we've also had time to do some vocals. Even though we have had some technical problems and setbacks, it seems that we will make it according to the schedule. We have to work hard to get there, but with just four drum tracks to go the rest of the week should be a blast. Will be back tomorrow with some updates. Check also out some pictures in the studio album here at MySpace! Now, lets find some alcohol..."

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Draugen Mixing New Album

French black metal act Draugen has checked in with the following update about starting the mixing process for a new album:

"A new mix and mastering will begin in the next few days and then be distributed on Ancestral Production, the album will also be called more 'Forgotten Times' but 'Among the lonely shades.' And finally we thank all people who supported us for years and those to come."

In the mean time you can check out Draugen's music through the band's MySpace page.

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Eclipse Eternal Clarifies Tour Schedule

Vocalist Voldamares of Canada's Eclipse Eternal has issued the following statement clarifying the band's upcoming dates, which originally included Wolven Ancestry on the bill:

"There has been some confusion swirling around regarding our upcoming gigs this Friday, Saturday and Sunday so let me try to set the record straight. Yes Wolven Ancestry is no longer playing. No the shows are not canceled. We will now be headlining both the Ottawa show and the Montreal show. Empyrean Plague will still be playing both dates. The only date canceled was the Sudbury show. Eclipse is also still playing Barrie this Friday along with Remain. Hope to see some of your fuckers on the road. Cheers."

The details of the shows are as follows:

Friday August 13th - Foxx Lounge in Barrie
Remain, Burning the Day, Eclipse Eternal
Doors 9:30

Saturday August 14th - Cafe Dekuf - Ottawa
Eclipse Eternal, Empyrean Plague, Disentient + 1tba
Tickets at Vertigo or at door

Sunday August 15th - Cafe Chaos - Montreal
Eclipse Eternal, Hollow, Empyrean Plague, Blackscorn

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For Selena And Sin Posts New Music Video

Finnish female-fronted act For Selena and Sin has posted a music video online for the song "Rusty Rails of Yesterday," which is off the album "Primrose Path." The video clip can be viewed below.

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Haradwaith To Release Debut Album

German black metal act Haradwaith has issued the following brief update about releasing a debut album through Black Bards Entertainment: "Haradwaith proudly announces that the debut album Creating Hell is going to be released in October via Black Bards Entertainment. Keep checking in for more announcements coming up soon!" You can also check out samples from the upcoming album "Creating Hell" through the band's MySpace page.

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Accept Announces First Leg of North American Tour

After debuting their new line up to a sold-out audience in New York this past May and then traveling to Europe for shows in 16 different countries in 80 days (including two shows opening for AC/DC), Germany’s legendary metal band ACCEPT will return to tour the U.S. for the first time in 14 years on a co-headlining tour with King’s X. Their first show will kick-off the eleventh annual ProgPower USA festival in Atlanta.

Guitarist & songwriter Wolf Hoffman checks in about the band’s time in Germany and their upcoming North American trek:

“Believe me, this was boot camp, but we loved every minute of it! Twelve months ago, there was nothing on the horizon that would have made us believe we would be on the stages of the world again as ACCEPT… and here we are! [New lead vocalist] Mark Tornillo inspires us to get it all out in a way we have not been challenged before. We can't wait to be on stage with him!!!! He is the new kid on the block and he is the reason we are back again. It is such a relief, such vitamin shot!!! And if we could, we would never stop!!!”

When asked what has surprised the band the most about their fans, Hoffman responds enthusiastically:

“NO DOUBT ABOUT IT – the biggest surprise is the way they make us feel welcomed. Of course we hoped the fans would be happy to have us back - who would not believe that about their fans? - but, what is happening here, EVERYWHERE we go, is a TOTAL KNOCK-OUT for us. WE HAVE NOT SEEN FANS SO HAPPY IN A LONG, LONG TIME.”

Confirmed tour dates are as follows:

09/09/2010 ProgPower USA Kick-Off – Atlanta, GA Center Stage
09/23/2010 The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY
09/24/2010 Ram's Head Live - Baltimore, MD
09/25/2010 The Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
09/27/2010 B. B. King's – New York, NY
09/29/2010 Showcase Live - Foxboro, MA
10/01/2010 The Silo – Reading, PA
10/02/2010 The Emerald Theatre – Mt. Clemens, MI
10/09/2010 The Arcada Theatre - St. Charles (Chicago), IL
10/12/2010 House Of Blues – Dallas, TX
10/13/2010 House Of Blues - Houston TX More...

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Aborym Announces New Album Release

Four years after the release of "Generator," Italian electro/post black metallers Aborym are back with their fifth album. Set for a November 8th release, the new full-length is entitled "Psychogrotesque" and is made of one story, a single song written by the band’s mastermind Malfeitor Fabban and talented guitarist Hell:IO:Kabbalus.

Aborym describes the album as a "realistic story about the horrific human aridity and its fragile impotence. A social metaphor, uncomfortable but very current, treated cynically by bassist-singer Fabban through a story set in a mental hospital, which suggests that he used his pen with an absolute commitment and the determination to keep off Aborym from the banality and clichés both ideological-aptitudinal and musical that saturate the extreme metal scene."

"Psychogrotesque" was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Fear No One Studios by Emiliano Natali, with the sound consulting of Marc Urselli at the Eastside Sound Studios in New York.

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Wolven Ancestry Cancels August Tour

Wolven Ancestry has issued the following update about canceling the band's previously scheduled August tour dates:

"Due to the Michigan Death Fest cancellation (the main reason for our August tour dates) Wolven Ancestry will not be playing the shows scheduled. The other bands (Eclipse Eternal, Empyrean Plague, Strings of Ares) will still be performing select dates of the tour, so if you live in the area please come out and support these bands. We are planning on rescheduling another tour in the coming months that will be well worth the wait.

"We apologize to all our fans, the promoters involved, and the bands we were supposed to tour with for this decision. We really wanted to do the tour but future tour plans in the same cities are underway and we did not want this to interfere with the turnouts in the near future. As stated before, it will be well worth the wait and Wolven sends our deepest apologies.

"Please Note: Myspace is having severe errors with our page and although we have deleted the events several times from our page, the dates seem to keep showing back up on the site. PLEASE DISREGARD THESE DATES, as we are not playing these shows. Hopefully myspace fixes this problem as it is quite an annoying issue."

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The Eyes Of A Traitor Added To Maroon Tour

The Eyes of a Traitor has checked in with the following announcement about a European tour with Maroon, After the Burial, and The Agonist:

"We are excited to report that we'll be touring Europe in October/November with Maroon! The tour kicks off October 15th in Schweinfurt, Germany and wraps up November 11th in Berlin, Germany. Be sure to come out to these shows; we might even give you a taste of the new album we've been working on. You can check out the official press release and tour dates below:

"German panzer Maroon will return in full swing to take over Europe. Driven by the band’s steadfast dedication to honest, vigorous and timeless metal they will deliver a live show to remember. Support will come from the USA’s hottest export when it comes to technical yet-catchy modern metal. An 8 string brutal guitar assault is what you will get from Minnesota's own After the Burial.

"British metal crew The Eyes Of A Traitor will present their record Breathless to European audiences. ‘Breathless’, a head pounding assembly of raw fury and cavernous grooves, militaristic precision and throttling urgency. Rounding out this already immense package are Canada’s most exciting female fronted export, The Agonist, who combine shredding leads with pure technicality, topped off with the glamorous Alissa White-Gluz’s brutal growls, as well as dramatically melodic clean vocals. Be sure not to miss this neckbreaking monster of a tour."

The currently announced dates are as follows: More...

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Videos of Slayer's Jimmy Fallon Performance Online

Videos from Slayer's appearance on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" have been posted online. You can see the on-air broadcast of "Hate Worldwide" below.

Here is the web-exclusive performance of "Dead Skin Mask":

Slayer and Megadeth co-headline the 19-city "American Carnage" tour that kicks off tonight in Glens Falls, NY. Three classic Slayer in-concert DVDs - "Live Intrusion," "War at the Warfield," and "Still Reigning," will be released separately and as a box-set next week, on August 17.

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Scars On Broadway Releases New Song, "Fucking"

In celebration of their upcoming performance at Avalon in Hollywood (on August 20), Scars On Broadway has released the brand new song "Fucking" online for free download. The song can be downloaded for free by visiting ArmageddonComeAlive.com and sharing with your friends on Facebook or Twitter.

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Primitive Graven Image Comments On Music Video

Primitive Graven Image has posted two "making of" clips online from the shooting of the new music video for "The March of the Cattle," which can be viewed below. The band also commented on the video shoot:

"Hey guys, So we started shooting for the video for 'The March of the Cattle' from our new album 'Celebrating Impending Chaos'. We've got a lot of great, atmospheric performance footage, complete with smoke, trees and suitable darkness! It's going to be great! We've put together a sneak preview or two of the shoot. Check them out below.

"On another note, make sure you all check out and 'like' the Primitive Graven Image facebook page found here. This is a great place to keep up to date with updates, gigs etc. as it is updated a lot! Hails!"

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Dread The Forsaken Announces Album Release

Guatemala's Dread the Forsaken has checked in with the following brief update about releasing the band's debut album "Unbound" on October 26th:

"We are very pleased to announce that our debut CD will be released worldwide (physical/ digital) through Nightmare Records on October 26th, 2010. It will also be available through 'main chain' retailers (Amazon, FYE, Best Buy, etc.). We'll have more retail info and links when the CD becomes available."

You can also check out sample Dread the Forsaken songs through the band's MySpace page.

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Necronaut Releases New Album Track Listing

Sweden's Necronaut has announced a self-titled album will be released in Europe on October 18th, which will also feature a series of guest musicians. The album's track listing and guest musician roster is as follows:

1. Crimson Fields - Chris Reifert (Vocals)
2. Twilight At The Trenches - Andreas "Drette" Axelsson (Vocals)
3. In Dark Tribute - Hellbutcher (Vocals), Tyrant (Lead Guitar)
4. Soulside Serpents - Robert "Strings" Dahlqvist (Lead Guitar), Robert Pehrsson (Lead Guitar)
5. Infecting Madness - Chris Reifert (Vocals), Uffe Cederlund (Lead Guitar)
6. After The Void- Joakim Nilsson (Vocals), David Blomqvist (Lead Guitar)
7. The Lie In Which The Truth Is Buried - Fred Estby (Vocals), Nicke Andersson (Lead Guitar)
8. Returning To Kill The Light - E (Vocals), J.B. (Lead Guitar)
9. Tower Of Death - Nicke Andersson (Vocals)
10. Rise Of The Sentinel - Tomas Lindberg (Vocals), David Blomqvist (Lead Guitar)

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Bassist Johnny Christ Shares His "Nightmare"

Avenged Sevenfold recently hit a milestone in their career, landing at #1 on the Billboard top 200 chart with the band's fifth studio-album "Nightmare." After the passing of drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan, Avenged Sevenfold tapped Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater fame to handle the drum recording duties on the album and fill in for touring duties.

Just prior to the recent release of the music video for the title track on the new album, Bassist Johnny Christ spoke with Metalunderground about the new album and the band's future. Commenting on the death of The Rev and how it influenced the album, Johnny stated "...when he passed it kind of took the record to a darker place than it already was. It’s definitely a heavier album than the previous ones. We had already planned on that, but obviously all of us are trying to make this more of a tribute to Jimmy. There are a lot of people out there who have lost somebody and we want to let them know they aren’t alone." He also went on to discuss how Mike Portnoy approached the drumming on the album and the distinctive artwork on "Nightmare." More...

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