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Diamond Head's Karl Wilcox loves Psycho Las Vegas

Diamond Head recently created a buzz at this year's version of Psycho Las Vegas by injecting the festival crowd with a much needed dose of New Wave of British Heavy Metal. MetalUnderground.com sat down with drummer Karl Wilcox after their set on August 19th, to bring us up to speed with the band and what to expect from them in the future. More...

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Sunday Old School: Probot

When searching through the history of metal, one will come across numerous gems such as bands who were unable to break into the mainstream, collaborations (Ozzy and Miss Piggy not being one of the more treasured discoveries) and side projects. Today we'll be looking at a release which combined the latter two of those finds, which saw one of the most successful rock stars of the modern age team up with some of his cult heroes to create one solid album, the self-titled debut of Probot.

Probot was the brain child of Dave Grohl, who after performing in underground acts such as Scream, joined Nirvana, who became the biggest rock band in the world after their sophomore full length, "Nevermind" was released. Following the suicide of the group's frontman Kurt Cobain, Grohl again achieved worldwide success with Foo Fighters, which began as a series of songs he'd written at home while in Nirvana. The more the world was exposed to Grohl, the more his reputation grew, both as "the nicest guy in rock" and as a sincere fan of metal and hardcore, despite becoming a star by playing alternative rock. More...

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Being As An Ocean Debuts New Song "Thorns"

Being As An Ocean debuts a new song titled "Thorns", taken from the outfit's forthcoming new album "Waiting For Morning To Come". The band recently parted ways with its label Equal Vision and is planning an independent release of its new album later this year.

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Sxuperion Premieres New Music Video "Myriad"

Cosmic blackened death metal unit Sxuperion premieres a new music video for the title track of the band's upcoming new EP "Myriad", which will be out in stores September 1st via Bloody Mountain.

Check out now "Myriad" below.

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