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Megadeth - New Video Online

Noisecreep are premiering the new Megadeth video for "The Right to Go Insane". Click here to check it out. Here's the story behind the video:

On May 17, 1995, a U.S. Army veteran and unemployed plumber in San Diego, Shawn Timothy Nelson, snapped and stole an M60 Patton tank from a nearby National Guard Armory. He drove down the highway, crushing cars, fire hydrants and an RV before he was stopped and killed by police.

The headline-grabbing story forms the basis of Megadeth's new video for "The Right to Go Insane", the second single from the band's acclaimed 2009 disc Endgame. In the clip, which surprisingly features no performance footage, frontman Dave Mustaine is filmed sneaking onto a military facility, stealing a tank and playing crash-up derby through the streets. Video footage from the cockpit shows him singing and laughing, while shots from a surveillance helicopter depict a missile gunsight tracking him as he pillages.

"If I am going to carjack something, I'm going to do it Mustaine-style and go over the top like my new M-60 Abram's tank with a sunroof," Mustaine joked to Noisecreep. In addition to the action shots, there are numerous flashbacks of Mustaine's character fighting with his wife, being served divorce papers and finding a note on his front door notifying him his home was in foreclosure, the dramatized factors that led to his breakdown.

"The Right to Go Insane" was shot in South El Monte, California and directed by Bill Fishman, who also shot Megadeth's "Head Crusher", the Grammy-nominated first single from Endgame.

"This video was a blast to film; Bill Fishman did a great job; even better in my honest opinion than our first video with him. But let me warn you, even though it looks like fun... don't try this at home."

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Source: noisecreep.com
Band profile: Megadeth
Posted: 11.04.2010 by CHEF METALHEAD | Comments (3)


Greatest Metal Video Ever... So Far

It is Sunday morning, there's a huge amount of dead serious news to be reported, so there's certainly no room for fooling around. Just like in the previous editions, this feature only takes care of severely important matters, being the high value metal videos - aka the ones that are not recorded in an abandoned factory/the frontman's backyard/high school parking lots. So sit up straight. Remove that chewing gum. No smiling allowed.

Greatest metal video of all time... for this week... is Red Fang - Prehistoric Dog.

Here's the breathtakingly simple formula for making the greatest metal video ever recorded: you need beer, medieval weaponry, vomit, blood, more beer, armored dudes destroying each other, RPG nerds, you really don't have enough beer yet, the clip should be full of awesome (despite the RPG nerds), there should be some metal in it too, beer cans, make that lots and lots of beer cans, a Chihuahua, and some dudes jamming in a kitchen... or something.

Red Fang's self-titled debut was released in March 2009 through Sargent House.

PS: my apologies to the guy hero who suggested this totally awesome video for not acknowledging his contribution - my mailbox was destroyed by a tsunami/my dog ate your letter/I (accidentally) deleted your PM to make more room for Viagra spam. Sorry brah

Thryce with your suggestions for next week's edition.]

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Posted: 11.04.2010 by Thryce | Comments (28)


Aeternus - Working On New Material

Norway's Aeternus posted the following brief update on their MySpace blog:

"Aeternus is working soon on their 6th song for their new album. During easter, two songs were more or less completed and the composing continues. Hopefully there will be a chance for the band to go to the studio after the summer."

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Aeternus
Posted: 11.04.2010 by BudDa | Comments (1)


Annihilator - New Album Details Revealed, New Song Online

Original news, posted on 18.03.2010

Annihilator are due to release a new, self-titled studio album in Europe on May 17 via Earache Records, in Japan via Marquee and in Australia by Riot Entertainment. USA and Canadian dates coming soon.

Annihilator cover art] tracklist:

01. The Trend
02. Coward
03. Ambush
04. Betrayed
05. 25 Seconds
06. Nowhere To Go
07. The Other Side
08. Death In Your Eyes
09. Payback
10. Romeo Delight

UPDATE

"Coward", a new song from Canadian metallers Annihilator, is available for streaming at the Earache Records' MySpace page.

"Coward" comes off Annihilator's upcoming self-titled album, which is due to be released in Europe on May 17 via Earache Records.

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Source: annihilatormetal.com
Band profile: Annihilator
Posted: 11.04.2010 by Dominus | Comments (17)


Amaseffer - New Album Details

Israeli metallers Amaseffer have issued the following update on their official website:

"Hello holy friends,

Few months has passed since our last update for we took some time off in order to focus on the new album. We now want to update you with the latest developments at Amaseffer's camp.

First, we will now reveal the title for the second installment of our Exodus trilogy! Title for the new album is: When The Lions Leave Their Den.

We think that this title is best describing the events of our new album which will mainly deal with the actual Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. The trigger to use this title was actually that it's a part of the lyrics for the opening track, "Pillar Of Fire", written by our dear friend Yotam Avni. Yotam is writing all the lyrics for the new album and so far we think he's "cooking" a divine creation!

As stated before, Mats Leven, our lead singer, has already recorded vocal lines for a few songs and we expect him to finish the album by the end of May.

Now to the real fire: Basically all orchestrations are composed, arranged and recorded, now we just have to add them to the rest of the mix (once we'll finish it) and find the right balance for them so it will blend smoothly in the song structures.

We set a recording date for the 60 piece choir and the drums. Both will be recorded at Gal-Kol studios in Israel and we expect the recording sessions to stretch on a 4 days period in beginning of June. Guitars are mostly written and will be recorded at Amaseffer's studio in Jerusalem right after we finish recording the choir and drums. It will take a few days of guitar recordings and right after that, we will start mixing the album, also at Amaseffer's studio, then we will send it to Germany for final mastering process. If everything works out as we plan, we expect to have a finished album by July or early August at the latest.

The concept for the album art work is also in final stages of development and we are very very happy with it.

It is confirmed that Maya Avraham will sing on our new album as well. In our debut album, Slaves For Life, Maya sang on one track ("Zipporah") and we were truly amazed by her vocal abilities, so for the new album we have decided to give her bigger and more significant vocal parts. We will record Maya at Amaseffer's studio at the beginning of June. Two more very special guests will be revealed right before the album release date, so stay tuned!

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Source: amaseffer.com
Band profile: Amaseffer
Posted: 11.04.2010 by White Winter Sun | Comments (3)


Saturnus - Update From The Band

Danish doom metallers Saturnus have issued the following update:

"Dear all, we think that now is the time to let you in on what is currently going on in camp Saturnus...

As you might know we went through a substantial "re-grouping" last year. Thomas and Brian are of course still in the band handling vocals and bass while lead guitarist Rune Stiassny, who already participated in two European tours, also is a full-blooded member of Saturnus. We are looking forward to present our drummer and a rhythm guitarist as well when the time comes.

While we are humble towards the achievements of the past we are at the same time confident that we are able to carry on the flame and create a new Saturnus album. When exactly a new album will see the light of day we can't say for sure. But what we can say is that we are currently in the process of writing new songs and that we will do some pre-recording for our album this spring.

The new material - in our opinion - is promising indeed. But if you would like a peek listen as to how it actually sounds like we have uploaded a YouTube clip at our MySpace from our performance of the new song "Wind Torn" in Madrid last fall. We hope you like it... (our former drummer Jesper and Martin from Nightlight/Iron Fire helped us out on this tour - thank you!)."

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Saturnus
Posted: 10.04.2010 by SlaytallicA | Comments (5)


Edenbridge - More Album Details Revealed

Edenbridge's long-awaited new album Solitaire will be released on the following dates:

June 30: Spain
July 02: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy, Sweden
July 05: Rest of Europe
July13: USA/Canada

The cover artwork of the band's 7th studio album was designed by Anthony Clarkson.

Solitaire cover artwork] tracklist:

01. Entree Unique
02. Solitaire
03. Higher
04. Skyline's End
05. Bon Voyage Vagabond
06. Come Undone
07. Out Of This World
08. Further Afield
09. A Virtual Dream?
10. Brothers On Diamir
11. Exit Unique

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Source: edenbridge.org
Band profile: Edenbridge
Posted: 10.04.2010 by Enissa | Comments (5)


Forbidden - Tentative Song Titles, Demo Online

Bay Area Trash metallers Forbidden are in the Sonic Room/Audio Voyage Studio at this moment to record their first new output in about 13 years. Guitarist Craig Locicero has given a small insight into the working titels of the songs for the new still untiteld record. Two of them can be heard as demo versions on the bands MySpace page.

Intro
Swine
Immortal Wounds
Omega Wave
Hopenosis
Adapt Or Die
Forsaken At The Gates
Inhuman Race
Behind The Mask
Dragging My Casket
Overthrow

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Source: nuclearblast.de
Band profile: Forbidden
Posted: 10.04.2010 by BudDa | Comments (1)


God Forbid - New Album In The Works

The guys from God Forbid are in the writing process for a new album. In a quite lengthy update by guitarist Doc Coyle, the following was announced:

"Now we immerse ourselves back in the writing process for the next God Forbid album for an unknown record label as our contact with Century Media has ended. It's always difficult to tell how a new album will sound this early in the process, but I can say that our new guitar player Matt Wicklund is contributing tons of material. His stuff is very hook oriented with a Scandinavian twinge. The stuff I've been writing has been varied from evil Morbid Angels, black metal shit to mid tempo/power groove Machine Head type stuff, and signature GF material that is a logical progression from our previous albums. The process has changed with all of the touring and space between members, there's been more writing and demoing on our own. I'm finally utilizing technology. It's cool. I like it a little more than recording my out of time riffs into a tape recorder with my old Peavey practice amp. Now it's Garageband, Line 6 tone port and EZ Drummer. I may yet still become a professional."

Read the rest of the update here.

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: God Forbid
Posted: 10.04.2010 by BudDa | Comments (5)


Amorphis - DVD Details Revealed

Amorphis have revealed the cover artwork and tracklisting of their forthcoming DVD package called Forging The Land Of Thousand Lakes, which will be released on June 25 (Europe) and June 23 (Finland) - and not on June 4th, as announced earlier.

The tracklisting for the limited 2DVD + 2CD version is as follows:

DVD 1: Live at The Oulu Club:
01. Silver Bride
02. Sampo
03. Towards And Against
04. The Castaway
05. Smithereens / The Smoke
06. Majestic Beast
07. Alone
08. Silent Waters
09. Divinity
10. Elegy Medley (Against Widows / Cares / On Rich And Poor)
11. From The Heaven Of My Heart
12. Sky Is Mine
13. Magic And Mayhem / Black Winter Day
14. Sign From The Northside
15. House Of Sleep
16. My Kantele

DVD 2: Live at Summer Breeze Open Air 2009
01. Leaves Scar
02. Towards And Against
03. From The Heaven Of My Heart
04. Against Widows
05. The Castaway
06. Sampo
07. Silver Bride
08. Alone
09. The Smoke
10. My Kantele
11. House Of Sleep
12. Magic And Mayhem

Bonus Material:

- Tales From The 20 Years (documentary)
- Photo gallery
- Video clips:
01. Black Winter Day
02. My Kantele
03. Against Widows
04. Divinity
05. Alone
06. Evil Inside
07. House Of Sleep
08. The Smoke
09. Silent Waters
10. Silver Bride
11. From The Heaven Of My Heart
12. My Kantele (Jyrki TV show, 1996)
13. Amorphis interview (JYRKI TV show, 1996)

CD 1:
01. Silver Bride
02. Sampo
03. Towards And Against
04. The Castaway
05. Smithereens / The Smoke
06. Majestic Beast
07. Alone
08. Silent Waters
09. Divinity

CD 2:
01. Elegy Medley (Against Widows / Cares / On Rich And Poor)
02. From The Heaven Of My Heart
03. Sky Is Mine
04. Magic And Mayhem / Black Winter Day
05. Sign From The Northside
06. House Of Sleep
07. My Kantele

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Source: nuclearblast.de
Band profile: Amorphis
Posted: 10.04.2010 by BudDa | Comments (7)


Dark Tranquillity - Latin American Tour Announced

Dark Tranquillity have announced a Latin American tour, scheduled for June this year. The band comments: "We're very excited to finally return and perform for some of the most devoted DT fans on earth and are looking forward to visiting no less than three new countries for the first time: Peru, Uruguay and Brazil."

The full tour schedule is as follows:

June 03 - Mexico city, Mexico - Circo Volador
June 04 - Puebla, Mexico - Salon JP de Puebla
June 05 - Bogota, Colombia - Teatro Metropol*
June 06 - Caracas, Venezuela - CECIM**
June 08 - Lima, Peru - Voce
June 09 - Santiago, Chile - Teatro Novedades
June 10 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Teatro Flores
June 11 - Monte Video, Uruguay - Complejo Troya
June 12 - São Paolo, Brazil - TBA
June 13 - Curitiba, Brazil - TBA

* With Hirax
** With Cynic

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Source: darktranquillity.com
Band profile: Dark Tranquillity
Event: Dark Tranquillity
Posted: 10.04.2010 by Abattoir | Comments (1)


Heaven Shall Burn - New Song Online

"The Omen", a new song from German metallers Heaven Shall Burn, is available for streaming at the band's MySpace page.

"The Omen" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled Invictus, which will be released via Century Media Records on the following dates:

May 21: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
May 24: Rest Of Europe
May 25: Spain, Italy
May 26: Sweden, Finland, Hungary
June 8: USA

Invictus cover art] tracklist:

01. Intro
02. The Omen
03. Combat
04. I Was I Am I Shall Be
05. Buried In Forgotten Grounds
06. Sevastopoll
07. The Lie You Bleed For
08. Return To Sanity
09. Against Bridge Burners
10. Of Forsaken Poets
11. Given In Death
12. Outro

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Heaven Shall Burn
Posted: 10.04.2010 by BudDa | Comments (0)


Blinded By Faith - New Bassist Announced

Canadian metallers Blinded By Faith have issued the short following update on their MySpace blog:

"Blinded by Faith is proud to announce that Michaël Beaudoin is now the new bassist. You will have the opportunity to see Michaël in action at our show on Saturday, April 17 in Drummondville."

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Blinded By Faith
Posted: 10.04.2010 by BudDa | Comments (0)


Septicflesh - Working On New Album

Greek metallers Septicflesh have issued the short following update on their MySpace blog:

"The band is frantically working on the details of the songs that will appear in the successor album of Communion. The recording process is scheduled to start on the middle of this Summer at their own newly build Devasoundz studios in Athens. Again the Orchestra will be recorded in Prague.

This time, the band's effort to expand its dark and dreamy sound-scapes will be aided by famous producer Peter Tagtgren (Amon Amarth, Marduk, Therion, Children Of Bodom, Celtic Frost, Immortal, etc)."

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Source: blogs.myspace.com
Band profile: Septicflesh
Posted: 10.04.2010 by White Winter Sun | Comments (11)


Danko Jones - New Song Online

"Full Of Regret", a new song from Canadian rockers Danko Jones, is available for streaming at the band's MySpace page (the song is also available for free download at this location).

"Full Of Regret" comes off the band's forthcoming album, Below The Belt, which is scheduled for release on May 10 via Bad Taste Records.

Below The Belt cover art] tracklist:

01. I Think Bad Thougths
02. Active Volcanoes
03. Tonight Is Fine
04. Magic Snake
05. Had Enough
06. (I Can't Handle) Moderation
07. Full Of Regret
08. The Sore Loser
09. Like Dynamite
10. Apology Accepted
11. I Wanna Break Up With You

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Source: myspace.com
Posted: 10.04.2010 by White Winter Sun | Comments (0)