Petition Launched For Lemmy Statue

Katon W. De Pena from Hirax has launched an online petition seeking support to build a statue of Lemmy Kilmister to be placed at the the Rainbow Bar & Grill in California.

As of this writing, the Change.org petition - available here - has just under 3,600 signatures. The petition reads:

"People around the world would like to have a statue to pay respects for this rock n roll legend. He frequented this well known restaurant and would serve as a memorial. We the undersigned are concerned citizens who urge our leaders to act now."

The legendary Motorhead frontman passed away at the end of December at the age of 70. You can read our tribute to the iconic singer here, and footage from his last show ever is also online at this location.

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Fleshgod Apocalypse Supporting Ensiferum On Tour

Fleshgod Apocalypse just issued this announcement about hitting the road later this year in Europe alongside Ensiferum:

"Big news European fellows! This April we'll be back on the road supporting the crazy Finnish metal combo Ensiferum all over Europe. Needless to say it's going to be absolutely EPIC!!! Check out all the dates below! SEE YOU SOON!"

Tickets for the April trek are available over here. Fleshgod Apocalypse will be supporting new album "King," which was voted our most anticipated metal album of 2016 in the year-end staff awards. More...

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Canine Recording New Album

Israeli metalcore group Canine just issued this announcement online about recording a new album:

"Happy new year to all of you! 2015 was an amazing year for us,we released a single, we played all over Israel, we made a lot of new friends and got to finish the year with our biggest show up to date supporting Orphaned Land at Reading 3.

"As some of you know we have been working very hard on our album, so here are some updates and announcements regarding our debut album. First of all we aim for it to be a 2016 release, so, this year you will all be able to get a new Canine album!

"The album will be recorded at the Keoss studios by Daniel Strosberg, its produced by Erez Yohanan, and our good friend, Nir Leberstein from Adamas will record the drums on the album.
The recording will begin in the end of this month, stay tuned for studio updated, pics and videos from us.

"And finally, so we can all start this year fresh, here's a new official photo of the band taken by Dudi Genis. Thank you all for the support!" More...

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Throes Of Ire Offering Discography For Download

Throes Of Ire is currently offering all the band's previous releases on a name-your-price (or even free) basis at Bandcamp here, with latest EP "The Mourner's Cairn" also available for streaming below. Throes Of Ire comments:

"We hope everyone had an amazing New Year. Both of us took some time off for the holidays and to spend some time with family. We plan to get back to the grind and get vocals tracked for our second full length very, very soon!

"Be sure to check out 'The Mourner's Cairn' EP and download it for free at our official Bandcamp.
Be ready for some of the best writing we have done yet on 'The Caliginous Malediction' everyone. Thank you all for your continued support." More...

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Pirosaint Posts New Live Video

New York band Pirosaint just uploaded live video for the track “A New Yesterday.” The video was recorded on September 4th, 2015 at Blackthorn 51 in Queens, NY and edited by Promusicvideo.

The clip contains live footage from the band performing for the very first time live with new singer Billy Vanders - check it out below.

The track "A New Yesterday" was originally released in 2013 featuring Gonzalo Rodriguez on vocals. Pirosaint is currently working on the vocal tracks for a new album that is expected to be out by July/August 2016 via Digmetalworld Records in North America. Stay tuned for more info. Pirosaint is:

Billy Vanders - Vocals
Bill Smith - Guitars
Ron Buckner - Bass
Ignacio Orellana - Drums More...

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Sunday Old School: Spineshank

In the late nineties and early 2000s, metal was being represented by the nu metal genre, which for those of you too young to remember, consisted mostly of guys with short hair, piercings and tattoos, a lack of guitar solos and perhaps most offensive to “true” metal fans of all, hit singles. While some of the big names in the field such as Limp Bizkit and Coal Chamber were being slated by metalheads, there were a few which were considered hidden gems in the hated genre, one of which was the more industrial influenced, Spineshank.

The seeds of Spineshank were sewn when vocalist Jonny Santos, guitar player Mike Sarkisyan and drummer Tom Decker were all part of a band named Basic Enigma. Shortly after forming, the group heard the album, "Demanufacture" from industrial metal favourites, Fear Factory and decided to take their music further into such a direction, changing their moniker to the now familiar name of Spineshank and bringing in bassist Robert Garcia. As luck would have it, the band befriended the members of Fear Factory, particularly guitarist Dino Cazares, who was impressed with their demo and offered them a slot opening for his band at the Whiskey A-Go-Go. More...

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Hypno5e Premieres New Song "In Our Deaf Lands"

French experimental metallers Hypno5e premieres a new song entitled "East Shore - In Our Deaf Lands", taken from the upcoming new album "Shores of the Abstract Line", which will be out in stores February 19 via Pelagic Records.

Check out now "East Shore - In Our Deaf Lands" below.

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Gloria Morti Reveals New Cover Art & Track Listing

Finnish metal act Gloria Morti reveals the cover-front artwork and track listing of the upcoming new album "Kuebiko", which will be out in stores on March 18, via Willowtip Records.

The track listing is as follows: More...

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