Monthly Archives: August 2012

August Burns Red Bassist Guests On New Affiance Album; ABR Streaming New Song

Posted by on August 31, 2012

When Affiance drop their second full length album, The Campaign, this November, it’ll have a high-profile guest helping out. August Burns Red fbassist Dustin Davidson showed up to lend some vocals to the album. “Just finished up a guest vocal spot for the new Affiance album!,” he said on his Instagram account.  “It sounds super tight! […]

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Coheed And Cambria Discuss Album Artwork In New Video

Posted by on August 31, 2012

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ec97aU0tdU[/youtube]Earlier this week New York progressive rockers Coheed And Cambria unleashed their video for lead single “Domino The Destitute”. Now the band have released a short video explanation of the cover artwork for their October release, The Afterman: Ascension. Ascension is the first half of two albums with Descension coming out in February 2013. A deluxe version […]

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New Dethklok Song Will Make You Come… Back For More

Posted by on August 31, 2012

We’ve known that Dethklok would be coming out with Dethalbum III for a while now. They were all set to be touring with Lamb of God and Gojira right now, but of course, that wasn’t meant to be. But with the album now set to be released on October 16, more details are starting to trickle […]

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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Declares Tampa, FL The Capital Of Death Metal

Posted by on August 31, 2012

Whether you’ve been watching it or not, we all know that the Republican National Convention took place this past week in Tampa, FL. Now to many fans, Tampa serves as the “mecca” of death metal. And as it turns out, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow agrees. During a segment called “Debunktion Junction” on last Wednesday’s show, Rachel […]

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The Sword To Appear On “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations”

Posted by on August 31, 2012

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su6vO7Egjvk[/youtube] In addition to their new album Apocryphon (set to come out on October 22), The Sword will also be pimping out their own hot sauce Tears Of Fire on September 4. That’s why it’s rather fitting that the stoner metal group will be appearing on the Travel Channel’s Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations – The […]

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Video: Phil Anselmo On Isaac’s Vulgar Display Of Shower

Posted by on August 30, 2012

Some of Down’s last album, 2007’s excellent Over the Under, was written about the band’s anger over Hurricane Katrina and the way things were handled in the wake of it. So it makes total sense to have Philip J. Anselmo check in from New Orleans as Hurricane Isaac barreled down on the city seven years […]

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Deftones Announce Confusing Album Title, Headlining Tour

Posted by on August 30, 2012

It’s no secret that Deftones have been working on a new album. The band have gone so far as to play two new songs from the album live, “Rosemary” and “Roller Derby.” Now the album finally has an album title and a firm release date. The band’s seventh studio album, Koi No Yokan, will be released on […]

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Big Brother’s Adam Poch On Jenn Arroyo – Week 7

Posted by on August 30, 2012

Adam Poch, Big Brother 13′s “Heavy Metal Teddy Bear” and known metalhead, will be recapping the week in Big Brother 14′s current season for as long as former Kittie bassist Jenn Arroyo remains on the show. As long as Jenn’s in the game, Adam will weigh in. You can also follow him on Twitter at @heavymetalteddy.   […]

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Iron Thrones Have Throne In The Towel

Posted by on August 30, 2012

Well, this sucks. Iron Thrones, winners of Metal Insider and Scion’s No Label Needed Contest & Series, have decided to call it a day. They announced that they were no more via a Facebook earlier today, stating that the band have grown apart from each other. As winners of the 2010 contest, the band received […]

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Today In Metal Injuries: Pentagram And Suicide Silence

Posted by on August 30, 2012

Take a good look at the picture to the right. What is it? Color-corrected radar of Hurricane Isaac wreaking havoc on Louisiana? A closeup of a wolf wounded by a shotgun? The worst old person porn ever? Nope, it’s actually a picture of Pentagram frontman Bobby Liebling’s skull after suffering a bicycle injury. Liebling apparently […]

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