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Suffocation frontman to sit out most shows in support of new album
24 Oct 2012

Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks! conducted an interview with vocalist Frank Mullen of New York death metal veterans Suffocation prior to the band's October 21 concert at Club Revolution in Amityville, New York.

Asked about Suffocation's touring plans in support of the band's upcoming album, Mullen said, "I can't really tour full time anymore. So when the album comes out, they'll probably set up about a month-[long] tour, or something like that, in the States. I'll only do about two weeks of it. There'll be a fill-in singer [doing the rest of the shows]. And then I'll probably do maybe a week, or a week and a half, over in Europe, and then any other touring they do f ...


Flotsam and Jetsam to release new album
24 Oct 2012

The cover artwork for Ugly Noise, the new album from Arizona metal veterans Flotsam and Jetsam, can be seen here. The CD will be released on November 21.


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Entire new Stone Sour album available for streaming
23 Oct 2012

Stone Sour's new album, House of Gold & Bones, is available for streaming in its entirety at AOL Music. The CD will made available as a double album and a four-issue comic book.


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New Bullet for My Valentine song available for streaming
23 Oct 2012

Temper Temper, the new single from Welsh metallers Bullet for My Valentine, can be streamed here. The track will be released on November 25 in the U.K. and October 30 in the rest of the world across all digital providers.

Temper Temper comes off Bullet for My Valentine as-yet-untitled fourth album, which is due out in early 2013. The CD was once again produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Good Charlotte), who worked on the group's last LP, 2010's Fever, and was mixed by noted engineer Chris Lord-Alge (Deftones, Nickelback, Avenged Sevenfold).


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Civil War release details for debut EP
23 Oct 2012

The debut EP from Civil War — the new Swedish metal band featuring former Sabaton members Rikard Sundén (guitar), Daniel Mullback (drums), Daniel Mÿhr (keyboards) and Oskar Montelius (guitar) alongside singer Patrik Johansson (Astral Doors, Lion's Share) and bassist Stefan "Pizza" Eriksson (Volturyon) — will be released on November 13 via Despotz Records.


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Devin Townsend and Gojira to tour North America
22 Oct 2012

Gojira and The Devin Townsend Project will join forces for a North American tour in January/February.

The trek, which was announced during this weekend's edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show, will also include support from The Atlas Moth.

The dates are as follows:

Jan. 14 - Mill City Nights – Minneapolis, MN
Jan. 15 - Garrick Centre – Winnipeg, MB
Jan. 16 - Odeon Events Centre – Saskatoon, SK
Jan. 17 - MacEwan Hall – Calgary, AB
Jan. 19 - Vogue Theatre – Vancouver, BC
Jan. 20 - Studio 7 – Seattle, WA
Jan. 21 - Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
Jan. 23 - The Fillmore â ...
Saturnus release new album details
22 Oct 2012

Danish melodic doom metal masters Saturnus will release their new album, Saturn in Ascension, on November 30 via Cyclone Empire. The CD was produced by Flemming Rasmussen, who has previously worked with Metallica, Morbid Angel and Blind Guardian, among others. The artwork for the effort, which can be seen here, was created by Frode Sylthe of Friction.com (At the Gates, Napalm Death, The Haunted). A bonus track, Limbs of Crystal Clear (a remastered demo recording from 1994), will be included on the limited first edition digipack and the limited double LP.


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Heavy Metal Television to launch next month
22 Oct 2012

Heavy Metal Television, a live television station, streaming worldwide 24 hours a day in hi-def video and hi-fi audio, will launch on November 15.

The channel brings the classic MTV format back to life with band’s such as Judas Priest and Iron Maiden as well as newer bands like Five Finger Death Punch and Shinedown.

The format will play conceptual videos presented by young VJs with short segments of rock news and interviews sprinkled throughout with heavy metal promos of all kinds driving the content. Concerts will be shown Saturday nights. Specialty programing is being developed.

Sponsors will enjoy banner ads, 10-15-s ...


Cradle of Filth release new music video
22 Oct 2012

Frost on Her Pillow, the new video from British extreme metallers Cradle of Filth, can be seen here. The song comes off the band's tenth studio album, The Manticore and Other Horrors, which will be released in North America on October 30 via Nuclear Blast Records.


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New Mors Principium Est song available for streaming
21 Oct 2012

Finnish melodic death metallers Mors Principium Est will release their fourth album, …And Death Said Live, in North America on January 15, 2013 via AFM Records.

A track from the CD, Destroyer of All, can be streamed here.


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