MEGADETH:Dave Mustaine Interviewed On 'Hangar 19'

Cutter of Envision Radio Networks' "Hangar 19" recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below.MEGADETH's new album, "Super Collider", sold 29,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 6 on The Billboard 200 chart. The record arrived in stores on June 4 via Mustaine's new label, Tradecraft, distributed by Universal Music Enterprises...

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Jared MacEachern announced as new Machine Head bassist

Machine Head have found their new bassist! After the group parted ways with longtime bassist Adam Duce, Machine Head allowed the public to audition for a chance to act as the band’s touring bassist for the entire duration of the 2013 Mayhem Festival. After months of searching, bassist Jared MacEachern has finally been given the gig.Soon after Duce’s exit from Machine Head was announced, frontman Robb Flynn posted a long and emotional statement, revealing...

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Tom Araya Uncertain About Slayer Future

The remaining members of Slayer seem to have different stands on what the future holds for the iconic thrash act. During an interview with Guitar World, guitarist Kerry King and singer/bassist Tom Araya showed different levels of determination to move on without the late axeman.As Blabbermouth reports, Araya was more uncertain in his predictions, saying that "after 30 years, it would literally be like starting over.""To move forward without Jeff...

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Lemmy Health Scare Cancels Festival Show

Motorhead were forced to cancel a festival appearance at the weekend when front man Lemmy was diagnosed with a serious health issue.The renown bassist has reportedly suffered a hematoma, where blood collects outside of blood vessels under the skin, according to Blabbermouth.It looks quite unpleasant, judging by the wikipedia page for the ailment, and the effects can vary so it's not clear exactly how serious is it, but the fact that they were forced...

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Bands Confirmed For Bloodstock With Headliners Lamb Of God

 Voivod, Sabaton and Wolfsbane are among the latest bands confirmed for this year’s Bloodstock Open Air festival with headliners Slayer, Lamb Of God and King Diamond. The four day event will be held at, Derbyshire in the United Kingdom from August 8-11. Lamb Of God will headline the Ronnie James Dio stage on day three of the festival on Saturday, August 10. The performance will be LOG’s first appearance in the UK for 2013.Also confirmed...

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Lamb of God's Mark Morton To Guest On New Unearth Album

 Unearth guitarist Buz McGrath has revealed that Lamb Of God guitarist Mark Morton has recorded a bass solo for the band’s forthcoming sixth studio album.   Morton later confirmed the collaboration, when he told he would appear on, “about 8 measures” of the album.Meanwhile, Unearth has announced they have parted ways with Metal Blade Records and will release their new album through eOne Music. Vocalist Trevor Phipps, explained the...

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Avantasia - The Mystery Of Time Review

  Avantasia     The Mystery of TimeOver the years since its initial inception in 2000, Tobias Sammet‘s Avantasia has moved out of the realm of a simple side-project, and many would regard it as his main musical focus to date. With a new album being released every two years, the rate of output has far exceeded that of his original band, Edguy. And as focus shifts, so does quality. While Edguy and Avantasia have both been highly...

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OZZY OSBOURNE CAN’T REMEMBER THE ’90S

Nostalgia can be a creative stumbling block for a lot of our favorite classic rockers, but we probably don’t need to worry about Ozzy Osbourne getting stuck in the past — if only because he can’t seem to remember most of it.The Black Sabbath frontman celebrated the band’s new album, ‘13,’ in a recent interview with Reuters, saying that the best thing about their return to active duty is that “we are still f—ing all alive to be in a band.”Referencing...

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BLACK SABBATH ’13′ BONUS TRACKS – SONG REVIEWS

If the eight songs on Black Sabbath‘s just-released ‘13‘ aren’t enough new reunited Sabbath for you, four bonus tracks are available from a couple of different places, adding 20 minutes to the album’s 53-minute running time. But how do these bonus songs stack up against the rest of ’13′? ’Methademic’The best of the bonus tracks, ‘Methademic’ (from the Deluxe Edition of the album), clocks in at six minutes, putting it closer to ’13”s sludgy sprawl...

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The latest on Arch Enemy

Melodic Death Metal Band Arch Enemy has new music in the making, drummer Daniel Erlandsson recently posted a video clip of him on the drums on his Facebook page, from the looks of the video it was new tunes in the making for Arch Enemy's next album which is coming out sometime next year, the date is yet to be announced later on. Lead guitarist Michael Amott and Bassist Sharlee D'Angelo are currently touring with there side project Spiritual Beggars....

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Dream Theater: 'Systematic Chaos’ Album Review

First of all, this album art is atrocious. What the fuck do ants have to do with freeways? Is this supposed to be a grandiose concept about how we waste our lives in traffic? (I’m not a fan of rush hour either though trust me). Maybe the art fit the sonic aesthetics portrayed in single “Constant Motion”.Freeways are fast and ants are…ohAnyway, without further ado I’ll get to what you IMNs came here for if you didn’t already look for...

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MEGADETH: 'Super Collider' Sales Revealed

MEGADETH's new album, "Super Collider", sold 29,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 6 on The Billboard 200 chart. The record arrived in stores on June 4 via MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine's new label, Tradecraft, distributed by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe). The disc follows up "TH1RT3EN", which opened with 42,000 units back in November 2011 to enter the chart at No. 11. The band's 2009 CD,...

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THE TOP 25 METAL DRUMMERS

Did you have as much fun reading our list of  Top 25  Metal Drummers ? Are you feeling a little glum that now it’s over?Well turn that frown upside down — because we’ve collected the entire list in one place for your convenience. So now you can relive the excitement, the adventure, and the magic!!!And now, the full list:1: Scott Hull (Agoraphobic Nosebleed)2: Mario Duplantier (Gojira)3: Danny Walker (Intronaut, Exhumed, Jesu, etc)4: Brann...

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Lamb Of God Is Working On Their New Album

 The new Protest The Hero album – which was given a huge helping hand by an immensely successful Kickstarter campaign – will feature a very special guest in the shape of Lamb Of God drummer Chris Adl...

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Slayer announce that Paul Bostaph has rejoined the band on a full-time basis.

Slayer's Tom Araya and Kerry King are very pleased to announce that Paul Bostaph has rejoined the band on a full-time basis. Bostaph will be behind the drum kit beginning June 4 when Slayer kicks off the first leg of its 2013 international tour in Warsaw, Poland. Gary Holt will continue to fill in for fallen guitarist Jeff Hanneman.Slayer's 2013 itinerary will have them playing 35 dates that will include headline shows as well as a number of major...

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Behemoth revealed the title of their forthcoming album.

Polish metal titans Behemoth have revealed the title of their forthcoming tenth album.The band have been holed up in Hertz Studios working on ‘The Satanist’ which is due for release in the Autumn via Nuclear Blast.Commenting on the new album, frontman Nergal said: “It took us over two decades to come up with a title that…says it all. While our new songs artistically take surprisingly adventurous directions, our message stands steadfast—Proud and...

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Happy Birthday Tom Araya!

Today marks Slayer frontman and all round badass Tom Araya’s 51st birthday. So, Metalhead Spotted would like to raise the horns and let out a raptorous ‘Angel Of Death’ scream for the m...

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ANCIIENTS ADDED TO LAMB OF GOD TOUR

Unsigned & Streamed vets Anciients, who’s Season of Mist debut Heart of Oak is out now, have landed the opening slot on the Lamb of God tour. Check out the dates here.Tour dates after the jump.6/6 Fargo ND @ The Venue6/7 Madison WI @ Orpheum Theater6/8 Lincoln NE @ Bourbon Theater6/9 Wichita KS @ The Cotillion6/10 Tulsa OK @ Cain’s Ballroom6/12 Ft. Wayne IN @ Pierre’s6/13 Rochester NY @ Water Street Music Hall6/14 Atlantic City NJ @ House of...

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BEHEMOTH DROPS OFF OF MAYHEM FEST

This year’s Mayhem Fest will now be at least a little bit calmer: Behemoth have dropped off the tour. Explains Nergal via Facebook: “This must have been the most difficult decision we were forced to make in recent years. Behemoth is known for not canceling any shows or tours. But this is not something we can do whenwe are missing our driving force, the man behind the drums – Inferno. Unfortunately, he was hospitalized due to appendix surgery and...

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DYING FETUS To Tour Canada In August

Canada, prepare to have your ears pounded into submission by the jams of slamming death metal titans Dying Fetus. The band will be travelling to Canada this Fall for a handful of shows that begin in late August. A full North American tour is reportedly also in the works. Canadian readers, please go to one of these shows.08/23 Clifton Park, NY – Trick Shot08/24 Hamilton, ON – Club Absinthe08/25 Montreal, QC – Les Foufounes Electriques08/26 Rimouski,...

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Records of the Month – April 2013

April has not been a disappointing month. In fact, April has seen our highest scores yet of 2013 as things begin to ramp up. And that’s good because sweet jeebus this year has been looking pretty mediocre-to-bad so far. However, something not really expected, is that this month it wasn’t Amorphis or Ghost or any of the other big names that really rocked our worlds. Instead the world rockin’ came from less expected places on the spectrum. Following...

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Eldkraft – Shaman Review

Shaman is the debut album from Sweden’s Eldkraft, a group who attempt to unite the ancient and mystic with the epic and contemporary. Their conceptual influences are Norse mythology and pagan rituals, especially those concerned with transition, growth and spiritual journeys. Their sound, however, does not have the folksy old-fashioned quality that one might expect; instead, they have gone for modern production and complex instrumentation that makes...

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Napalm Records goes for more goth-metal

Sure, I think we all need a break from the endless waves of retro-death, retro-thrash and black metal (which is by definition retro). Lacrimas Profundere has been around forever and over the past five or six albums, they've settled into a comfort zone of glum, goth-rock in the same vein as Entwine, H.I.M., To Die For and naturally they include plenty of nods to The Cure and The Cult. While one can hammer them for essentially releasing Ave End over...

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Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson Announce Tour Dates

Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson will be touring together this June, starting at Red Rocks in Colorado and winding up in Rockford, Illinois. Both Cooper and Manson are (in)famous for their dramatic, horror-inspired performances, cashing in on violence, eroticism, and general shock value to become icons of the disaffected, and it is only fitting that the “Masters of Madness” finally come together in a tour that promises to be a thrilling spectacle.Alice...

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DAVE MUSTAINE DOES A BELLY DANCE, AND NAMES HIS BAND AFTER TOOTHPASTE

In 1989, I received a gift certificate for a record store called Bambuco, in Bogota's Unicentro shopping mall. I eagerly anticipated the day that I'd be able to use the certificate, since I was already devoting pretty much every waking moment of my day to thinking about metal bands, drawing concerts by metal bands, designing logos for metal bands and so on. This being late 80s Colombia, however, the selection of metal records at local stores was...

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Paul Bostaph Returns Behind The Kit For Slayer

It’s been a strange few months to be a Slayer fan. With the unfortunate loss of the legend that was Hanneman and the departure of Lombardo, it’s been a rocky ride. However, the band have announced that drummer Paul Bostaph has returned to the band for their upcoming tour dates, replacing the aforementioned Lombardo, with Araya stati...

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Behemoth Announce New Album ‘The Satanist’

Good to see that Nergal’s recent legal troubles haven’t made him go soft, then. Polish death metal icons.Behemoth have announced that their brand new album The Satanist will land this Autumn via Nuclear Blast.“It took us over two decades to come up with a title that… says it all,” explains our Nergy Nerg. “While our new songs artistically take surprisingly adventurous directions, our message stands steadfast — proud and radical. The Satanist stands...

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WHO ARE THE TOP TEN METAL LYRICISTS?

Justin M. Norton over at Invisible Oranges has been killing it this week. Yesterday, he wrote a really great piece about entitled “Why Ghost Matters,” which you should definitely check out, especially if, for some reason, you’re still not convinced that those Swedes are the real deal; now, he’s unveiled his list of the Top 10 Metal Lyricists, which, I imagine, will cause exactly the kind of shit storm that makes the internet...

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