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Our photo gallery is back online and faster than ever. We'll have new live galleries posted every day this week! To kick things off, two recent killer shows from NYC… Clutch and The Sword and Steel Panther. The post New photos of STEEL PANTHER, CLUTCH and THE SWORD Posted appeared first on Metal Injection .

The Devil Wears Prada are working on their Roadrunner Records debut. Take a peek into the studio. The post THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Studio Update 2013 appeared first on Metal Injection .

What rolls through my head while listening to German stoner rock trio Kadavar’s second album, Abra Kadavar? This is music to get stoned to. This is music for lying under black lights and layers of creeping smoke, and just grooving, like when you were a teenager. This is music for skipping work to hang out ... The post Review: KADAVAR Abra Kadavar appeared first on Metal Injection .

Amon Amarth will soon be releasing a documentary, Forging Mjölnir.” Here is a preview. The doc will focus on the making of the band's upcoming album, Deceiver Of The Gods out June 25th. The post AMON AMARTH Forging Mjölnir trailer appeared first on Metal Injection .

Orchid are bringing the doom rock in a big way with The Mouths of Madness, and under no circumstances should you be missing out on this. It's modern enough to be considered in that "modern retro" vein of heavy metal revival, but if this were released in the late 70's, nobody would have thought a ... The post Album Review: ORCHID The Mouths of Madness appeared first on Metal Injection .

This is the best cover of Pantera I've ever seen! The musician is Sambo Ray, Jr.. Good work, sir! [via MetalSucks] The post PANTERA Mouth For War Acoustic Cover (It Rules!) appeared first on Metal Injection .

When I got a press release in my inbox announcing a new band from the frontman of Refused, Dennis Lyxzén, I was excited to hear what they sound like. When I hit play, what I heard was not exactly what I expected: Spoiler alert: It's not metal, it's not hardcore, it's just basically Joy Division ... The post REFUSED Frontman Has A New Band And It Sounds NOTHING Like REFUSED appeared first on Metal Injection .

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I originally heard about Karnivool from Between the Buried and Me guitarist Dustie Waring. Knowing Dustie wouldn't lie about a band's awesomeness, I checked them out the first chance I got and was not disappointed. If you haven't heard of these guys yet, maybe you should hit the play button and/or download this new track ... The post Prog-Rock Nerds Rejoice: New KARNIVOOL Track For Free Download appeared first on Metal Injection .

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It's been a while since we've had a concrete update on new material from System Of A Down. They haven't released new material since 2005's double album, Mesmerize/Hypnotize and in that time frontman Serj Tankian has developed quite the solo career, while his bandmates have also gotten mild success with their solo projects. While the ... The post Is SYSTEM OF A DOWN Contemplating Moving On Without Frontman Serj Tankain? appeared first on Metal Injection .

DL, the non-touring member and studio wizard for The Acacia Strain, has called it quits and moved on to greener musical pastures. Well that kinda sucks. According to DL's Facebook fan page: Well, if you havent noticed, i havent played a show with the acacia strain in years and ive just been writing the music ... The post THE ACACIA STRAIN Part With Longtime Guitarist/Songwriter appeared first on Metal Injection .

The new video from the legendary Hatebreed for thetitle track off their new album, The Divinity of Purpose. The post HATEBREED Honor Never Dies video appeared first on Metal Injection .

There weren't too many fans of Megadeth's first single off Supercollider. "Kingmaker" makes up for it ten-fold. "Kingmaker" is the song that everyone wanted the title track to be- thrashy with sweet guitar solos and overall not lame-ass dad rock. Granted, it's not Countdown to Extinction or Rust in Peace, but it's good in it's ... The post MEGADETH Stream A (Much Better) New Track Off Super Collider . appeared first on Metal Injection .

Stone Temple Pilots are currently Weiland-less, so why not get good old Linkin Park's Chester Bennington in on the ordeal? Check out the song found by at The PRP and let us know what you think! It's a super strange combination of band and singer, but I actually dig it way more than I thought ... The post Is LINKIN PARK's Chester Bennington The New Vocalist Of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS? appeared first on Metal Injection .

• Stone Temple Pilots - Out Of Time

Trouble are back with lead singer Kyle Thomas to bring you The Distortion Field! Are you ready for the doom jams? July 16 will see a new Trouble record, the first in over six years now. Pretty cool that these guys have been keeping in going since the mid 80's, and killing it too! Outside ... The post TROUBLE Announce The Distortion Field appeared first on Metal Injection .

Impending Doom are working on an album with their original guitarist Manny Contreras! Cool stuff, so here's to hoping it's a good record. According to a press release published by LambGoat: Southern California juggernauts Impending Doom have entered The Machine Shop (Suicide Silence, Lamb of God) in Belleville, NJ this week to start working on ... The post IMPENDING DOOM Working On New Record appeared first on Metal Injection .

Sid was missing for half the week and when he came back he promised us a very huge interview. We're not exactly sure what Sid is up to, but we did find a flight ticket to San Diego. All will be revealed tonight starting at 5pm Eastern (2PM Pacific Time, 10pm In London, 7am Mon ... The post Tonight, The LIVECAST Has A World-Exclusive Interview appeared first on Metal Injection .

Things are not looking good for As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis. At a bail hearing on Friday, the judge preciding only lowered his bail from $3 million to $2 million, a fee too large for Lambesis to afford. Lambesis had plead not guilty to one count of solicitation of murder after attempting to hire a hitman to murder ... The post Watch As TIM LAMBESIS Express Frustration In New Video From Inside The Bail Hearing Courtroom appeared first on Metal Injection .

Watch Kvelertak's full set from Webster Hall as they crushed it downstairs in the studio! The post KVELERTAK Entire Set from NYC May 17, 2013 appeared first on Metal Injection .

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