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Sunday Old School: Izzy Stradlin

Izzy Stradlin was the member (and co-founder) of Guns N’ Roses that presumably could handle his heroin use. He left Guns N’ Roses in 1991 and has led his own band or solo efforts since.

Izzy was born and grew up in Lafayette, Indiana where he was friends with William Bailey, later known as Axl Rose. In 1980 Stradlin moved to Los Angeles and joined the punk band Naughty Women. After a brief stint with Naughty Women, Stradlin would play with The Atoms and Shire before forming Hollywood Rose with his childhood friend Axl Rose. In 1984 the band recorded a five-song demo and also during this time (Stradlin) formed the short-lived band Stalin. In 1985 Stradlin, founded Guns N’ Roses with Rose and several members of L.A. Guns. The band released the epic ‘Appetite for Destruction’ album in 1987. Stradlin wrote or co-wrote most of the songs as well as “Patience” off the follow-up album "Lies."

The band blue up as did tensions around drug use. Around 1989 Stradlin took some time off and sobered up. In 1991 Guns N’ Roses released the "Use Your Illusion" albums. Stradlin co-wrote many of the songs, but now sober, was not happy with the band shenanigans and left the band in 1991. More...

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Dagger Of Betrayal Posts "The Art Of Exhumation"

Greek death metal band Dagger Of Betrayal has a new video clip out now for "The Art of Exhumation," taken off the band's 2013 album release "Paradox Hive." The album's track listing is as follows:

1. Collapsing Skies and Drained Seas
2. Griefseeker
3. Paleness
4. Scourge
5. Pitch Black
6. Resonance
7. Dead Cascades
8. Retribution
9. The Art Of Exhumation More...

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Nasty Toaster Streaming "Bitter Hangover"

Today you get to experience a "Bitter Hangover" - and with no drinking required! Check out the new song from Nasty Toaster below. The track comes by way of a new EP from the French hardcore/metal outfit, and the track listing is as follows:

1. Plastic Hips
2. Hobos Do Have Souls
3. Heat Up Your Hearts ´till Its Last Beats
4. Bitter Hangover

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Holotropic Releases "Traveller" Lyric Video

The Slovakian extreme/progressive metal band Holotropic has a new lyric video out now for the track titled "Traveller."

"Traveller" is taken off the band's upcoming debut full-length album "Permeate," which was tracked at M2 recording studios and features a guest sitar appearance by Miloslav Kollár.

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A Glimpse Of Daylight Posts Music Video

Falkenberg, Sweden's A Glimpse Of Daylight is currently demoing new material for an upcoming release, and in the meantime you can check out the band's music video for "Heaven Shall Burn" below.

Photographs from the filming of the "Heaven Shall Burn" video clip are also available at the A Glimpse Of Daylight Facebook profile here. The group consists of these members:

Teddie Helander -Guitar
Jonathan Helander - Drums
Ken Nilsson - Vocals
Sebastian Karlström - Bass
Jimmy Eriksson - Guitar

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Billion Dollar Man Checks In From The Studio

Sweden's Billion Dollar Man is currently recording a second EP release to be titled "Ruins," and now the band has checked in with a short studio clip available below. Further details on the release are forthcoming. Billion Dollar Man is:

Vocals - Oscar Andreasen
Drums - Siros Vaziri
Guitar - Viktor Alvar
Guitar - Dennis Källgård
Bass - Ludvig Johansson

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Espera XIII Posts "Barbarians" Video

"Barbarians" is the title of the new music video taken from Espera XIII's "Thy Great Expedition" release, and the clip can be seen below.

You can stream the album at this location. The full track listing for "Thy Great Expedition" is as follows:

1. Barbarians 04:01
2. Cannon Beast 03:32
3. Luto 05:54
4. Thy Great Expedition 04:07

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The Cursed Releases "Undefined Kind Of Power" Clip

Moldova outfit The Cursed just released a new music video for "Undefined Kind Of Power," which is available below. The band comments:

"Self-enamored, fast-shot, hand-cut and fan-domed. Ladies and infant ladies, meet our beloved firstborn offspring: UKoP fu-dg-ing finally released!"

The Cursed consists of:

Vladimir Lensky - Guitar Ego
Max Trotsky - Dread Bass
Dennis Milsen - Cute Vocals
Hostvind - Drum'n'Bash

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Caustic Method Releasing EP, Posts Video

Caustic Method - featuring former Belladonna guitarist Darin Scott - has a new video clip out now for "The Virus," which is the title track off the upcoming EP of the same name (pre-order info available here).

"The Virus" was directed by Jesse Conti of Chariot-Media Productions and can be seen below. The band describes the clip:

"A scientist, shunned by his colleagues, takes refuge in an abandoned warehouse where he continues his experiments on the very individuals who drove him away. Determined to create the perfect genetic code, on the brink of success-- when suddenly things take an unexpected turn."

In related news, Darin Scott recently had a cameo in the movie "Adult World" starring John Cusack and Emma Roberts (American Horror Story: The Coven).

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The Fallen Symmetry Posts New Music Video

Peruvian metal outfit The Fallen Symmetry has a video clip out now for the track "Only in Loneliness we Trust," which is part of a trilogy of videos taken from "Code Black."

The clip was directed by Maurice Cateriano Houghton and can be seen below. The Fallen Symmetry is:

Gustavo Fernandez Zaferson - Vocals
Favio Arana Jurgens - Guitars
Leo Vannucci - Guitars & Screams
Brian Henriquez - Bass
Pepe Ormeño - Drums

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Zombie Frogs Releases Music Video

Zombie Frogs has released a new music video for the track "Anura," which can be seen in the YouTube player below. You can also stream or download the single over at the Zombie Frogs Bandcamp page here.

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