The new Motörhead video has premiered online and it is for the song "Lost Woman Blues". The song is, of course, taken from the band's latest album Aftershock released last year. The video for the song "Lost Woman Blues" was filmed live from The Warfield in San Francisco on April 18th, 2014. You can now watch the video over here.

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Slipknot have announced that Knotfest will return to America this year. The festival is set to take place from October 24th-26th at San Manuel Amphitheater and Campgrounds in San Bernardino, California. The band headlines two nights of the event, playing different sets each night, with the lineup of the three-day bill already announced as well. Check out the bands confirmed below. The tickets go on sale today, July 7th.

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Canadians Striker are preparing to release a new album called City Of Gold on August 29th (Europe), September 1st in the UK and September 9th USA/Canada via Napalm Records. The speed metal band has now unveiled the artwork by artist Eliran Kantor (Testament, Sodom, Iced Earth). Feast your eyes on the cover artwork below. This will be the band's third album after 2012's Armed To The Teeth.

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Jon Dette will fill in for drummer Charlie Benante on the first few weeks of Anthrax's 29-city European tour that kicked off on May 27th in Barcelona, Spain and runs until July 12th in Balingen, Germany. Benante, who had surgery on his hand last summer and has been going for regular physical therapy up until just recently, thought he'd be back to 100% for the Carolina Rebellion and Beale Street Music Festival shows that Anthrax also did earlier this month.

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Bassist Randy Coven, who toured and recorded with artists including Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai, Mountain, Holy Mother, Ark, Riot, and many others, passed away on May 20th of undisclosed causes. He was 54. Randy Coven currently played with his band Shadow Eden and guitarist David Mercado announced via his Facebook page the death of his bandmate.

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Montreal-based death metal powerhouse Kataklysm has a treat for you today. The band released the music video for their rendition of the Sacred Reich classic "The American Way." The clip was shot by director Tommy Jones (Testament, Death Angel, Ex Deo), during their recent North American tour with Belgian gore-grinders Aborted. Check out the band's newest video below.

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The line-up changes continue this week now with American thrash metal band Flotsam & Jetsam. Guitarist Edward Carlson and bassist Jason Ward bid farewell and the band welcomes guitarist Steve Conley and bassist Michael Spencer as replacements.

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Legendary thrashers Testament have received a lot of backlash after their headlining performance at Kukar Rockin' Fest 2014 in Tenggarong, Indonesia on March 9th. There was an incident involving Testament and the Indonesian band Power Metal, who performed before them. According to a report, Testament's stage crew pulled the plug on Power Metal's cables from their amps during their third song. Chuck Billy appeared on stage and the Indonesian band stepped down. The crowd was upset and sat down during Testament's performance that ended up being cut short. They left the stage and Power Metal later returned to perform. Testament have now released a statement about this justifying the situation with miscommunication and urgency to catch a flight, apologizing to the fans.

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2013 was truly an eventful year for German metallers Dew-Scented. The band released a special anniversary compilation Insurgent, toured Europe with Testament in April, performed at several outstanding festivals (including the inaugural Full Metal Cruise as well as Wacken Open Air) and then finished the year by touring Europe again with Death Angel. Leaving that behind, the main focus for Dew-Scented in 2014 will be the intense work on their 10th full-length studio album, which shall see the light in early 2015, tentatively.

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In the continuing saga that is the Australian Soundwave festival for 2014, it now seems that Newsted have also decided to cancel.

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Problems are not over for Megadeth. After the unclear situation of Newsted being booted out of the Soundwave sideshows, now the band has cancelled their Australian tour dates. Well, that was messy.

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As you might remember, Newsted was recently booted from Australia's Soundwave Sidewaves with Megadeth. Soundwave says it was at Megadeth's request but Dave Mustaine and their tour manager say that didn't happen. Regardless, Newsted will still perform at the Sidewaves but with Testament instead. So, you're going to kick me out, I'll still go to Australia with Testament. Take that!

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"Left For Dead", the new video from San Francisco Bay Area thrash metallers Death Angel, has been unveiled. The clip was directed by Tommy Jones, who has previously worked with Soilwork and Testament, among others. The song is taken from the band's recently released seventh studio album The Dream Calls For Blood, and comes on the verge of their upcoming tour with Children Of Bodom. Enjoy the video below and let us know if you like it.

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Finnish promising thrashers Lost Society continue to reveal new details about their new album Terror Hungry. With its release set for April 1st (North America) and April 4th (Europe) via Nuclear Blast Records, you can now take a look at the cover artwork that will grace this new opus.

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Testament announced on their official website and Facebook page that Greg Christian, the band's original and longtime bassist, has departed after a nearly-nine-year second term with them. The band's statement fortunately indicates that the split is mutual, and also saves us all the anticipation of waiting for the replacement. None other than Steve DiGiorgio has stepped in to fill Christian's shoes.

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