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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Have Officially Entered The Studio

The photo attached to this post is of drummer Blake Richardson and producer Jamie King tuning drums in the studio. Why are they tuning drums? Because Between The Buried and Me have officially kicked off recording sessions for their new album, the sequel to their EP, The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues. The working title is currently Parallax 2. But don't expect it to sound anything like Parallax. As we posted recently, bassist Dan Briggs described it as being "pretty fucking out there." It will be a cohesive concept record, in the vein of Colors. The band plan to be in the studio for about six weeks, and then kick off their run as one of the co-headliners of this year's Summer Slaughter tour. [via BTBAM's Facebook]

• Posted by RobInjection on May 16, 2012
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SUFFOCATION and ORIGIN Announce European Tour

First off, I just want to point out that all our metal head lads from across the pond seem to get way cooler tours than North America. Now that the bitching is over, for all those lucky enough to be living in Europe, Suffocation and Origin have announced dates for an upcoming European tour, dubbed The End of Humanity. The show looks sick and makes me wish I had a few thousand dollars and some vacation days tucked in my back pocket.  (more…)

• Posted by Kevin Juliff on May 16, 2012
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This Is Officially The Worst SLAYER Tattoo I Have Ever Seen

OH DEAR GOD, MAKE IT STOP! Slayer is known for their rabid fan base, but this GUY! I mean, come on. We've seen bad tattoos in the past, like this dude who can't spell "extreme", or the dude who got Unearth guitarist Ken Susi tat'd on his rear but none as terrible as this, in my opinion. I wonder if this guy asked himself if he could be tight with Jesus and still have tattoos? [via UGO]

• Posted by RobInjection on May 16, 2012
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Black Metal Bassist Is Now A Member of Greek Parliment; Might Be A Neo-Nazi

You see that dude on the left? His name is Giorgos Germenis. Not only is he the bassist of Greek black metal band, Naer Mataron, but he will represent the Golden Dawn party from the Greater Athens district in Greek parliament. Here's the best part! The Golden Dawn party is known as one of the most extremely right political parties in Greece, with endless comparisons to the neo-nazis. The party has a hard stance against immigration, and a history of violence towards immigrants in Greece. Lovely. As for the band, I've never heard of them and neither have many Greek reporters. A local rock zine reporter was quoted in this story saying "[Giorgos] wasn't a well-known musician here in Greece. And to be honest, not many webzines were paying attention to NAER MATARON. It was just another black metal band, a mediocre one, so no one was really paying attention."

So the dude is now known as that racist black metal dude who happens to have a seat in Greek parliament. His plan to revitalize Greece? (more…)

• Posted by RobInjection on May 16, 2012
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A/V Roundup: Album Streams from SAINT VITUS, PHILM; New Track from BODOM; DEVIN TOWNSEND Live Track; NASUM Reunion Footage

It's hump day and we have a ton of new music to report on. We got full album streams from Saint Vitus and Dave Lombardo's PHILM, new tracks from Children of Bodom and Devin Towsend as well as live footage from the Nasum reunion. Let's go!

Are you high right now? Then you might enjoy this full album stream from doom godfathers Saint Vitus. Even if you're not stoned, I think you may enjoy it. Their new album, Lillie: F-65 comes out next Tuesday, May 22nd. (more…)

• Posted by RobInjection on May 16, 2012
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Relapse Records Podcast #20 – Maryland Deathfest Special

Its the Relapse Records Maryland Death Fest podcast special!! Featuring tracks from all performing Relapse Artists, old and new, in addition to exclusive tracks from Baroness, Primate and Mantas!!! We also have new music from Royal Thunder, Dying Fetus & more!! This month's interview is with Jenks Miller of Horseback! DOWNLOAD, PLUG IN, & TURN IT UP!! Here is the playlist: (more…)

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• Posted by RobInjection on May 15, 2012
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Bill Ward Releases Statement Officially Confirming He Will Sit Out The Entirety Of the BLACK SABBATH Reunion

Well, this is a bummer for Black Sabbath fans. After the excitement of the Black Sabbath reunion announcement, Bill Ward balked in hopes of getting what he called "a fair deal." Sabbath weren't budging and said they were moving on without him. There were talks between both parties, and it seems those talks are officially over. Bill Ward just released a statement saying he tried to make it work, but it's not happening and he's officially sitting out. Here is the statement in full:  (more…)

• Posted by RobInjection on May 15, 2012
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TESTAMENT Announce New Album & Release Date

I would recommend you check out this sick cover art for Testament's new album, Dark Roots of the Earth, but this shit is so small you can barely make out how epic it truly is (Updated with hi-res art courtesy of artist Eliran Kantor! Awesome!!). Still, it looks quite amazing. The band will release their new album in Europe on July 27th. There is no US release date set yet, but one would assume it would either be the Tuesday before July 27th, or more likely, the Tuesday after. While I have no doubts this record is killer, I do have a friend or two who happened to hear some tracks recently, and all reviews came back incredibly positive. I can't wait to hear some new Testament. For now, let's harkon back to a time when we sent the King of Metal, Dave Hill to a Testament show to talk to some of their fans. [via MetalSucks]

• Posted by RobInjection on May 15, 2012
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PERIPHERY Confirm Album Release Date, Announce New Guest Musicians

Yesterday, we showed you the ad for the new Periphery album that has surfaced in the latest issue of Revolver Magazine, which states their highly anticipated sophomore release will be coming out July 3rd.  Today, the band confirmed to Guitar World that the release date is indeed true. They also confirmed that besides a guest solo from John Petrucci of Dream Theater, there were two other guest soloists on the album: Wes Hauch, the new guitarist of The Faceless (who was recommended to the Faceless by Periphery) and Guthrie Govan of The Aristocrats. Not too familiar with The Aristocrats myself, but if they're good enough for Periphery, they're good enough for me. Periphery will be spending the summer on the Summer Slaughter tour with Cannibal Corpse, Between The Buried and Me and others. Get dates here.

• Posted by RobInjection on May 15, 2012
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If You Like MAYHEM and MORRISEY, Do I Have The Perfect Shirt For You!

Here at Metal Injection, we are big fans of shirt mash ups. Take for example, Larrydavhead, a Larry David/Motorhead mashup shirt that I proudly rock all the time. Then there was this awesome Misfits/Bill Hicks mashup, the not-as-awesome Bieber/Slayer mashup and now this killer mashup featuring Morrisey gone black metal, with his logo getting the Mayhem black metal treatment. Kudos to the artist at Sex & Death for the great artowrk.The shirt is now for sale for $15. [via The King of Metal]

• Posted by RobInjection on May 15, 2012
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Album Review: SHADOWS FALL Fire From the Sky

Shadows Fall has made its name as one of the most influential and popular metal bands of the last ten years. Despite this fact, 2009’s Retribution didn’t seem to catch as much of a buzz as some of their previous works. For my part, I thought this was unfortunate. The record contained some of the band’s best vocal melodies and guitar work, and I know many Shadows Fall fans must agree with me. However, with classics like The Art of Balance and The War Within in the rear-view mirror, the band has a lot to live up to. So in the year 2012, nearly ten years after their generation of bands burst onto the scene, how does Fire From the Sky stand up? (more…)

• Posted by James Zalucky on May 15, 2012
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Open Metalcast Episode #47: Quick and Dirty

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• Posted by Craig Maloney on May 14, 2012
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In Case You Had Any Doubts About DETHKLOK's Dethalbum III Happening…

A few weeks ago, we learned that Metalocalypse co-creator Brendon Small is beginning work on the third album from the cartoon death metal band, Dethklok. With a huge summer tour just announced, teaming up with Lamb of God and Gojira, it seems like the perfect time to start working on a new album. That's why Brendon tweeted the photo attached to this post with the caption "Uh oh…. Look at this file I just created…" Clearly, this is the start of something big! [via Metal Insider]

• Posted by RobInjection on May 14, 2012
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