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The Haunted man speaks

Peter Dolving, frontman of The Haunted, has spoken recently about their forthcoming 11th studio album (scheduled for an early 2011 release), describing it as “awesome.” Well, they’re hardly going to describe it as crap are they? Or slightly above average? Congrats on being the 2,054,129th band to describe your latest album as being awesome.

Snide remarks aside though, I am rather looking forward to this release. If you are too, read more over at Blabbermouth.

As I Lay Dying on telly

If you’re sick of all the horrid trance, drum n’ bass and pop shite music that is constantly being played on the television, then you might be interested in watching this live footage of As I Lay Dying performing for Fuse TV. It’s just a shame the sound isn’t fantastic and the singing is a little off key…

Regardless, check it out after the jump.

Manowar like balls

Manowar may or may not like balls. Looking at them I’d say they probably do, but that’s none of my business. This post is actually about some information regarding the upcoming new album.

Not only is original drummer, Donnie Hamzik back (I’d be excited, if I cared), but the band have apparently scrapped all material they had previously worked on and are starting afresh (unfortunately they’re not capable of going back in time and scrapping their whole career, but I can dream).

Manowar’s new album, Hammer Of The Gods, will be out some point between right now and probably some time next year. They’re also re-releasing Battle Hymns in November in case you care. If you’re wondering what the new album will sound like however, DeMaio described it as like ‘somebody put gasoline on your fucking balls and lit it’. And just like I would avoid having my balls set ablaze, I will also avoid this album.

Interview in the form of a video after the jump.

Iron Maiden announcement

British legends, Iron Maiden, are making a special UK announcement on the 11th November at 12pm (UK time… obviously!)

Oh my, what could it be? Could it be they’re announcing the second coming of Christ? (Hint – seems very unlikely) Could it be they’re headlining next year’s Download Festival? (Hint – doubtful) Or could it be that they will be announcing a UK tour for next year? (Hint – much more likely)

Find out more about the announcement here at DoM, as soon as we have news. Or otherwise, you could just check out the band’s site here.

Evile will thrash the UK

Evile recently thrashed Vancouver (we reported it), and now they’re set to thrash the UK (and again, we’re reporting it – aren’t we awesome?)

The dates are as followed:

9th February – Manchester University
10th February – Newcastle O2 Academy
13th February – Camden Underworld

Source: Metal Hammer