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Carrying to the tradition of classic heavy metal in the U.K., the London-based band Savage Messiah make their way stateside with their debut release on Candlelight Records this week. Resonant with classic thrash sounds and precision in their technical musicianship, this is a band to keep on the radar in the coming months...

Calling all shower and car singers! Starting Jan. 12, 2010, Hollywood's first real Heavy Metal Karaoke gives the average metal fan a chance at super stardom. The event, which will be hosted by Phil Varone of Skid Row and Saigon Kick fame, operates like normal karaoke...

We've all heard of supergroups. But a supergroup that is also a cover band? That's not so common. Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser, ex-Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson, Stone Sour drummer Roy Mayorga and ex-Judas Priest/Iced Earth throat Tim 'Ripper' Owens have all congregated under the name Hail...

"Somewhere between Black Sabbath and Judas Priest lives a band you never heard of." This is the tagline for the trailer of the upcoming documentary film 'Last Rites: The Fall and Rise of Bobby Liebling'. The band in question is of course Pentagram, founded and fronted by Bobby Liebling...

Massachusetts' metalcore masters All That Remains debuted a new video for their latest single, 'Forever in Your Hands,' earlier this week. Shot at this summer's Mayhem Fest stop in Washington, D.C., the video is directed by David Brodsky (Unearth, the Black Dahlia Murder, Suicide Silence) and features cameos by Adam D...

As both the metal and the gamer communities gear up for the Oct. 13 release of 'Brutal Legend -- the much anticipated action/adventure game that features heavy metal roadie Eddie Riggs (voiced by Jack Black) on his quest to save the world -- the onslaught of ads ensue...

"A small person falls, you help them up. Anyone falls, you help them up and keep it f---ing moving," Goatwhore vocalist Benjamin Falgoust demanded Oct. 24 when they played Gramercy Theater with Obituary. This was part of Falgoust's Judas Priest circa 1982 concert ethics speech (he gives it often)...

Last week, octogenarian Margaret Priebe became something of a viral sensation when the St. Petersburg Times ran a piece on the 85-year-old, who claims she's one of Metallica's oldest fans. Over the weekend, Priebe got to meet the members of her favorite band after getting a special backstage invite from the thrash legends...

Some say Rob Halford invented the heavy metal style, and the time has finally come to get the goods. After announcing the launch of Metal God Apparel three months ago, the legendary Judas Priest frontman previewed his new collection in downtown New York on Wednesday...

As some of the leaders of the new school of thrash metal, the boys in Athens, Ohio quintet Skeletonwitch play swift, staccato riffs and rapidfire beats colored with gargling death metal vocals and some epic, atmospheric rhythms reminiscent of the best Viking power metal...