MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update from the "Priest Feast" tour, also featuring JUDAS PRIEST and TESTAMENT:

"Today I was able to talk with Mike Gitter [A&R executive] from Roadrunner Records, who has graciously allowed me to make this [new MEGADETH] record and to let me do it without some of the ridiculous things that he was ordered to tell me, and I think we are going to have a really good record.

"Lemme see, I sent him the music for Track 2, and he said, 'This just got my dick hard,' which suggests success. I am really excited about the lyrics and the title that I have chosen for this penultimate offering to Roadrunner.

"We are p ...

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London: Candlelight Records today confirms the worldwide signing of England’s ANAAL NATHRAKH. The popular extreme metal duo are currently in the studio working on their label debut titled "In The Constellation Of The Black Widow". The album is expected for a summertime release. Vocalist V.I.T.R.I.O.L. says, “Candlelight have shown a strong belief in ANAAL NATHRAKH and looking at some of the acts on their roster both past and present it seems they are capable of backing up their good intentions. With their help we hope we can finally get the planet cracked in half.”

Formed in 1998, ANAAL NATHRAKH have recorded five full-length albums, their most recent "Hell is Empty and ...

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Italian hard rock band LACUNA COIL, which offers the dual vocals of male singer Andrea Ferro and female vocalist Cristina Scabbia, will release its much-anticipated new album, "Shallow Life", via Century Media Records on the following dates:

Europe: April 20
North America: April 21

The CD was recorded in September/October at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, California with producer Don Gilmore, who has previously worked with LINKIN PARK, TRAPT, AVRIL LAVIGNE, GOOD CHARLOTTE, THE VERONICAS, PEARL JAM, TRUST COMPANY and DURAN DURAN.

"Shallow Life" track listing:

01. Survive
02. I Won't Tell You
03. Not Enough
04. I'm Not Afraid
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"Trenches", the new video from Swedish metallers THE HAUNTED, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed in December 2008 in Gothenburg, Sweden with director Daniel Larsson of Addictive Alliance.

THE HAUNTED has just completed an extremely successful European co-headlining tour with ALL THAT REMAINS. Guitarist Anders Björler states, "We got back from the ALL THAT REMAINS tour about a week ago and it's been an awesome ride. Cool guys (and girls), pretty much on the same level as ourselves. It was a very relaxed and laid-back tour for us, where we could concentrate fully on making good shows each night. Sharing a bus has never been so easy. We want to thank all the people who came do ...

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AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen has announced the details of his new project, GUILT MACHINE.

As AYREON fans have come to expect from Arjen, the music of GUILT MACHINE ranges from dark and heavy to atmospheric and melancholic. But GUILT MACHINE introduces some new twists as well, particularly when it comes to the vocals. Rather than putting together an ensemble cast of vocalists from the prog, rock and metal scene, Arjen has enlisted the talents of a single alternative rock vocalist, Jasper Steverlinck.

How did Arjen get an alternative rock vocalist to switch genres and sing on a prog rock project? "In the beginning, it was hard to convince Jasper to sing on this album, ...

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Away-Team.com conducted an interview with DISTURBED frontman David Draiman on February 16, 2009. An excerpt from the chat follows below.

Away-Team.com: Let's talk about the latest album, "Indestructible". First of all, congratulations on "The Night" being your fourth single to be released from that album, and also your incredible Grammy nomination for the single "Inside The Fire". Even though you were totally screwed by the academy when they handed the award to THE MARS VOLTA, a band that isn't even really hard rock…the fact is, a friggin' metal band got nominated and you guys are totally creating roads for those that come behind you. Did you ever, in a million years, think you' ...

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DIMMU BORGIR guitarist/songwriter Silenoz is featured on ShockHound's "Stella Can't Cook" show.

"I come from a musical background where you don't really have much cash," states Silenoz, "so you have to spend the little you have on cheap stuff."

Check out the video below of Silenoz's preparation of grilled hot dogs with shrimp salad wrapped in tortillas with show host Stella (who is a terrible cook).

Silenoz's favorite countries to eat in are: Brazil, Mexico, Japan, and the U.S.

The recent "Blackest Of The Black" tour with DANZIG helped support DIMMU's latest DVD titled "The Invaluable Darkness", which debuted at No. 5 on the Top Music Videos chart ...

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Former FAITH NO MORE singer Mike Patton's publicist has confirmed that the hugely influential '90s alt-metal band will reunite for a summer tour. At the moment, it appears that the group will only perform in Europe and there are absolutely no plans to tour the States.

The news was broken in the final line of a press release sent late Monday night (February 23) promoting Patton's involvement in the "major motion film 'Crank 2: High Voltage', which listed Patton's upcoming performance schedule, including a stop at the Coachella festival and "the highly anticipated reunion tour with FAITH NO MORE in Europe this summer."

As previously reported, a source close to guitarist J ...

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Contraband Candy's René Ackermann conducted an interview with veteran Welsh death metallers DESECRATION at last year's Damnation Festival, which was held November 22, 2008 in Leeds, U.K. Watch the nine-minute chat below.

DESECRATION's sixth studio album, "Forensix", was released late last year via Metal Age Productions.

For more information, visit the band's MySpace page.

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Ruth Harrison of FemaleFirst recently conducted an interview with keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen of the Finnish/Swedish symhonic metal band NIGHTWISH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

FemaleFirst: Hey Tuomas, how are things in the world of NIGHTWISH at the moment?

Tuomas: Well, actually, we are on a three-month break at the moment after the first leg of the tour finished last November in South America. The story continues on the 11 of March in London, from where we start our European tour and it goes right up until the end of September; so there are still five of six more months to go.

FemaleFirst: Wow, what a busy life... so what made ...

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