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MASSIVE Audio Roundup: New music from CHARRED WALLS, WARBRINGER, STEEL PANTHER, 3, Mick Barr, TIGER FLOWERS, PATHOLOGY, EAST OF THE WALL, RWAKE

As Tuesday wraps up, we bring you this enlarged, super-sized, mega Audio Roundup, featuring a lot of great tunes from a wide spectrum of metal. Get those headphones on and let's start headbanging…

Who's ready to thrash some Warbringer? The band have a new album, Worlds Torn Asunder, due September 27th on Century Media, and have released the first taste of the album. Listen to "Shattered Like Glass" on Guitar World. The track is all sorts of awesome. (more…)

Back in the Day

Ready, Set, FIGHT!

by: Frank Godla

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FUCK YES!! I'm always surprised to learn many people either never heard of Fight, or simply never got hip to it. That's understandable though,maybe balls to the wall crushing metal with top notch musicians, and one of the best front men known in the genre's history may not be your thing… but that doesn't make you less naive.

The year was 1993, mainstream metal was only getting lighter and weaker across the U.S. when ex-Judas Priest front man Rob Halford announced he'd be making a come back with a new younger band, and a more direct approach. His last effort with Priest then was Painkiller, an LP that was as epic then as it is now. So needless to say the metal community was both eager and worried to see what Halford had in store. Most critics claimed he'll never be able to release something as heavy as Painkiller again, and it's simply not where metal is anymore. Wow were they wrong! (more…)

Reviews

CD review: LORDI, Babez for Breakfast

By Ben Apatoff

LORDI look like GWAR. Now that that's out of the way, remember that originality is overrated, and that being a pioneer doesn't necessarily mean being the high standard. Judged on its own, Lordi's music is exactly what it should be–stoopid, basic, catchy hard rock with song titles that were probably taken from JOEY DEMAIO's notebook. The Finnish metal beasts' fifth album, Babez for Breakfast, isn't quite up to the comedy metal of Gwar or STEEL PANTHER, and it's nowhere near as idiosyncratic as their best labelmates on The End. But I bet it sounds awesome when performed by pyro-happy monsters. (more…)

Latest News

Comedy Central greenlights STEEL PANTHER faux-reality show pilot

I have seen Steel Panther perform live twice and even got the chance to interview them last year, and these dudes get it. A lot of people say they can't get into the band's music, but honestly, that's not even their best assett. Seeing the band live, you don't only see them go through a bunch of 80's covers, you see them deliver the most hilarious metal-based stand up comedy around. They just have really good comic timing. And that's ultimately what sells me on them. So, when I was reading a press release that Comedy Central issued detailing their upcoming year of production I was excited to see that the band sold the channel on a pilot based on their schtick. And you'll never guess who's producing it: (more…)

Best of 2009

Frank's Top 10 Music Videos of 2009

by Frank Godla

Metal Injection undeniably watches a crap load of music videos each year, I suppose that is part of our job for better or worse. Luckily, every now and then I come across a music video that not only allows insight to the bands demeanor, but is an absolute pleasurable viewing experience for one reason or another. I've compiled a list of said videos to share with you below… (more…)

A/V Quick Bits

STEEL PANTHER's new album streaming in it's entirety

Fresh off the release of their new music video, the world's best self-parody glam band, STEEL PANTHER is now streaming their entire new CD (which is in stores now), Feel the Steel. Hear it after the jump… (more…)

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The final batch of interviews from the REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS Awards Black Carpet

Here we present the second and final batch of interviews from last Tuesday's Revolver Golden God Awards. I can't believe it's already been a week. We have some interviews with Machine Head, Devildriver, WWE wrestling CM Punk and more. If you missed it yesterday, here is the first batch featuring SLAYER, TRIVIUM and more.


MACHINE HEAD Interview at the Revolver Golden God Awards

MACHINE FUCKIN HEAD stop by to chat it up about getting drunk, touring with Metallica, their experiences at award shows and what's in their CD player


LUNA MORTIS / DAATH Interview at REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS Awards

Rob reflects on the previous night's binge drinking with fellow drunks Eyal from DAATH and Mary of LUNA MORTIS. The Black Carpet is also thoroughly discussed and dissected


DEVILDRIVER Interview at the Revolver Golden God Awards

Rob tries to conduct an interview with Devildriver while getting really intimate with an oversized security staffer


STEEL PANTHER Interview at the REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS Awards

The legendary 80s glam band graces us with their presence explaining to Rob how he can score more chicks.


DOMMIN Interview at the REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS Awards

Kristopher from gothish Roadrunner act DOMMIN discusses how the devil's lock gets the ladies.


CM Punk Interview at the Revolver Golden God Awards

WWE's Straight Edge Superstar talks to us for a few minutes about some of his favorite metal bands, winning the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania and much more

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