Group 3 of the Extreme Metal Olympics features an incredibly diverse group of bands from countries such as Sweden, Australia, Poland, France + more. In the Quarter Finals of the Extreme Metal Olympics, we’ve got the sole Finnish entry facing one of the Sweden’s most extreme bands. Children of Bodom continue their trek for Finland in the Extreme Metal Olympics, narrowly beating out French metallers Gojira in the closest match
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Extreme Metal Olympics: Group 3, Quarter Finals
August 3rd, 2012 
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August 3rd, 2012 Metalkult Group 4 of the Extreme Metal Olympics has featured heavier-than-hell bands from countries such as Belgium, Austria, Japan and Canada. The eight bands within Group 4 have been diminished into two Quarter-Finalists, one of who will win their bracket and move on to the Semi Finals. In perhaps the most fascinating upset of the Extreme Metal Olympics so far, Japanese metal enigmas Dir En Grey defeated one of the most
Posted in News Tags: austria, bands-from, bracket, bracket-and, countries-such, diminished-into, eight-bands, extreme, metal-enigmas, most, quarter-, semi, such-as-belgium No Comments »Lamb of God Vocalist Randy Blythe Released From Czech Jail, Returns Home to United States
August 3rd, 2012 Metalkult After more than a month of incarceration, Randy Blythe was released from a Czech prison on Thursday (Aug. 2), according to the Czech news site Blesk.cz. The Lamb of God frontman is reported to have boarded a flight at 1PM Czech time today (Aug. 3), and is expected to arrive in New York this afternoon. As well documented by Loudwire and several other outlets over the past month, Blythe was
Posted in News Tags: afternoon, and-several, blesk-cz-, blythe, czech, flight-at-1pm, news-site, other-outlets, outlets, over-the, over-the-past, thursday, time-today No Comments »Daily Reload: Flyleaf, Incubus + More
August 3rd, 2012 Metalkult In today’s Daily Reload, Loudwire premieres Flyleaf’s new track ‘New Horizons’; Incubus’ Brandon Boyd says the band will probably take a break while he brainstorms a second solo album; and No Use for a Name frontman Tony Sly passes away at 41. Also, Green Day announce the release of a career-encompassing 8-CD box set; Motley Crue’s Vince Neil is set to headline the Tybee Island Pirate Festival; Phil Anselmo discusses
Posted in News Tags: a-break-while, announce-the, band, daily-reload, green, headline-the, horizons, incubus, motley crue, passes-away, pirate-festival, probably-take, tybee, vince-neil No Comments »Brandon Boyd Says Incubus Will Likely Take a Break and Eyes Second Solo Album
August 3rd, 2012 Metalkult Incubus singer Brandon Boyd has revealed that the band has no immediate plan for the future as they close out the promotion cycle for 2011′s ‘If Not Now, When?’ with the Honda Civic tour. The future is uncertain in terms of the band’s label situation, as it completed its contract with longtime label Epic. Therefore, Boyd spoke about these aspects and about his personal aspirations. “We have no plans, to
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August 3rd, 2012 Metalkult How do you know that you’re part of a subculture that most people don’t ‘get’? One clue may be that the subculture is parodied in a commercial. We do need to give credit where it’s due, however, because FedEx just premiered a pretty entertaining ad where a black metal band needs to find a way to ship their golf clubs. Created by New York City-based ad agency BBDO, the FedEx
Posted in News Tags: a-black-metal, a-pretty-entertaining, band-needs, bbdo, black-metal, city-based, fedex, give-credit, golf, golf-clubs-, most-people, pretty-entertaining, ship-their, subculture, you-know No Comments »Queensryche Vocalist Todd La Torre Denies Using Geoff Tate Vocal Tracks at Live Shows
August 3rd, 2012 Metalkult Since the not-so-amicable split between singer Geoff Tate and the rest of Queensryche, the band recently recruited Crimson Glory vocalist Todd La Torre to front the band. Since his debut, La Torre has been accused of using Geoff Tate’s recorded vocals during live performances — an allegation which La Torre has now officially denied. Tate was fired from Queensryche after a series of confrontations with his former band members, which
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