The AMERICAN CARNAGE TOUR featuring SLAYER, MEGADETH & TESTAMENT has finally made it's trek across the US rounding out the summer concert season, and of course Sonic Excess was there to bring you REVIEWS, PHOTOS & INTERVIEWS. Beware South America, this tour may be coming to you soon.

After a nearly eight year hiatus, horror supergroup MURDERDOLLS featuring JOEY JORDISON (SLIPKNOT), WEDNESDAY 13, and RACCI SHAY HEART (DOPE) will be releasing the band's sophomore album entitled Women and Children Last on August 31st. Sonic Excess had the chance to speak with Wednesday 13 about the band's second release. Watch the chat HERE

The 3rd annual ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL TOUR has been traveling full throttle across the US during the course of this summer, with headliners KORN & ROB ZOMBIE billed on the main stage. Despite that, the tour seemed to peak last year with more extreme artists. The 2010 installment was one of the highlights of the 2010 summer concert series, and Sonic Excess was in the middle of it all to bring you PHOTOS & INTERVIEWS

For the first time in nearly seven years, ROB HALFORD played a solo show with the HALFORD band, and our staff photographer was on-hand to bring you live  PHOTOS  and a full REVIEW of the show...before the band's OZZFEST tour this summer and HALFORD'S new studio album due out this fall.

IRON MAIDEN is on a "Final Frontier of the World Tour" in support of their up-coming album "The Final Frontier". With only a few select US and Canadian dates, Sonic Excess was at one of the greatest shows on Earth to bring you PHOTOS and a full REVIEW from one of the first tour dates.

TESTAMENT'S CHUCK BILLY is ready for carnage. While gearing up to go on tour with SLAYER & MEGADETH, BILLY spoke to Sonic Excess about the AMERICAN CARNAGE TOUR and TESTAMENT'S up-coming album. Read the interview HERE  

VINNE PAUL is having one hell of a time touring with HELLYEAH, and we caught up with the drumming legend to talk about HELLYEAH, his cookbook, PANTERA, and a few other topics. Read the chat HERE

The first annual GERMANY METALFEST OPEN AIR came to the sleepy town of Dessau from 5.12 through 5.16 for mayhem and metal with over 70 bands including TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, BEHEMOTH, TESTAMENT, BOLT THROWER, SEPULTURA and many more. Check out exclusive PHOTOS and a full four day recap with a Sonic Excess FESTIVAL REVIEW 

A TASTE OF EXTREME DIVINITY TOUR  coverage from 5.14 & 5.16 with photos and show review. Plus, an  INTERVIEW with HATE from their first US tour.

Masters of shock rock, ALICE COOPER & ROB ZOMBIE teamed up for a four date tour of the US, and Sonic Excess was on hand for a  night of fright. Check out tour PHOTOS & REVIEW

  Recent Interviews with:

SLAYER, BEHEMOTH , OVERKILL, DAVID ELLEFSON MEGADETH, ROB HALFORD

 

ALBUM REVIEWS:

Ozzy Osborne-Scream

In Stores June 22nd 

Black Label SocietyOrder of the Black 

In Stores August 10th

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whitechapel- A New Era of Corruption

In Stores June 8th

 DanzigDeth Red Sabaoth

In Stores July 22nd

 

 

 

 

 

 NEW PHOTO GALLERIES OF:

Metallica, Nile, Marilyn Manson, Soulfly, Dethklok 

 

DEVILDRIVER: Ninth 'Chapter' Of Full-Length Documentary Posted Online

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA WANTS YOU TO WIN AN iPAD

RONNIE JAMES DIO To Be Honored At First-Ever CLASSIC GOLD MUSIC AWARDS

OZZY OSBOURNE In 'Jersey Shore'; Official Spoof Video Released

PANTERA: Previously Unreleased Track To Make Online Debut Next Monday

MEGADETH: 'Rust In Peace Live' Audio Samples Available

SOUNDGARDEN Bassist Says He Is Not Homeless

'The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

BEHEMOTH Frontman Suffering From Leukemia, Bone-Marrow Transplant Urgently Needed

RED HARVEST Calls It Quits

STONE SOUR: 'Audio Secrecy' Limited And Special Editions To Include Bonus Material

DAATH: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

TONY IOMMI's Guitar Stolen At HIGH VOLTAGE Festival

BEHEMOTH: 'Alas The Lord Is Upon Me' Video Released

IRON MAIDEN, MOTÖRHEAD, RONNIE JAMES DIO Honored At Germany's METAL HAMMER Awards

SLAYER Performs On 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' (Video)

CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, AMON AMARTH, APOCALYPTICA Pay Tribute To BLACK SABBATH

News Source: Blabbermouth.net

New Releases 

August 31st, 2010

Cephalic Carnage - Misled By Certainty (Relapse)
The Contortionist - Exoplanet (Good Fight)
Disturbed - Asylum (Reprise)
Infernaeon - Genesis To Nemesis (Prosthetic)
Interment - Into The Crypts Of Blasphemy (Pulverised)
Murderdolls - Women And Children Last (Roadrunner)
Neurosis - Enemy Of The Sun Re-Release (Neurot)
Neurosis - Live At Roadburn 2007 (Neurot)
Nightfall - Astron Black and the Thirty Tyrants (Metal Blade)
The Other - New Blood (SPV)
Shadowgarden - Ashen (Napalm)
Tarja Turunen - What Lies Beneath (The End)
Tristania - Rubicon (Napalm)
Within The Ruins - Invade (Victory)
The Word Alive - Deceiver (Fearless)

September 7, 2010

Armagedda - I Am EP (Norvis)
Constants - If Tomorrow The War (Science Of Silence)
The Great American Beast - Domestic Blood (Bullet Tooth)
Helmet - Seeing Eye Dog (Work Song)
Megadeth - Rust In Peace Live DVD/CD (Shout Factory)
Suicidal Tendencies - No Mercy Fool!/The Suicidal Family (Suicidal)

September 14, 2010

The Absence - Enemy Unbound (Metal Blade)
Accept - Blood Of The Nations (Nuclear Blast)
Addicted To Pain - Addicted To Pain (Megaforce)
Atrocity f/Yasmin - After The Storm (Napalm)
Autopsy - The Tomb Within EP (Peaceville)
Beneath The Massacre - Marée Noire EP (Prosthetic)
Brutal Truth - Need To Control Re-Release (Earache)
Dawn of Ashes - Genocide Chapters (Metal Blade)
Death Angel - Relentless Retribution (Nuclear Blast)
Dragonforce - Twilight Dementia (Live) (Roadrunner)
Flotsam and Jetsam - The Cold (Driven)
Immortal - The Seventh Date Of Blashyrkh DVD/CD (Nuclear Blast)
Kamelot - Poetry For The Poisoned (KMG)
Liv Kristine - Skintight (Napalm)
Lordi - Babez For Breakfast (The End)
Mar de Grises - Stream Inward (Season Of Mist)
Otargos - No God, No Satan (Season Of Mist)
Queensryche - Empire Re-Release (Capitol)
System Divine - The Conscious Sedation (Metal Blade)
Terror - Keepers Of The Faith (Century Media)
These Are They - Disposing Of Betrayers (The End)
Valient Thorr - Stranger (Volcom)

September 21, 2010

Dawnbringer - Nucleus (Profound Lore)
Drudkh - Handful Of Stars (Season Of Mist)
Lustre - A Glimpse Of Glory (De Tenebrarum Principio)
Methods Of Mayhem - A Public Disservice Announcement (Roadrunner)
Opeth - In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall DVD/CD (Roadrunner)

 

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