Happy St. Patrick’s Day From Frantik Mag! Now let’s get shitfaced! Bottoms Up!

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KING DIAMOND/MERCYFUL FATE frontman King Diamond has posted the following message on his official web site, CovenWorldwide.org:  Read more...

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Hot Chip – I Feel Better

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Alice In Chains bassist Mike Inez and drummer Sean Kinney recently sat down to do an exclusive interview for AOL’s video podcast the “Creep Show” on Noisecreep. The full interview, which can be seen here, has the rhythmic duo giving insight into how they choose their set lists, the bands legacy and place in the hard rock scene, and their new chart topping single “Your Decision”. The pair were also open to discussing the band’s recent resurgence and moving forward without late frontman Layne Staley.  Read more...

HOLLYWOOD, CA (March 17, 2010) – This recording captures EXTREME at the peak of their game with a renewed enthusiasm led by Gary Cherone’s spellbinding stage performance and powerful vocals, Nuno Bettencourt’s ferocious guitar, Pat Badger’s flawless bass and Kevin Figueiredo’s pounding drums not to mention the Extreme trademark, spot on, back-up vocals.  Read more...

When a teenage comic book fanboy’s obsession takes over his life and he becomes a costumed super-hero named KICK-ASS – with no super-powers whatsoever – the results are the twisted, funny, high-octane adventure movie that opens in U.S. theatres on April 16th. Preceding the movie on March 30th, DGC/Interscope Records, a unit of Universal Music Group, will release the soundtrack album KICK-ASS: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE.  Read more...

Bjork and director Michel Gondry are set to work on a new 3D film project, Gondry has announced.  Read more...

TESTAMENT’s Alex Skolnick joined SHADOWS FALL on stage on March 4, 2010 at The Opera House in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to perform a cover version of the OZZY OSBOURNE classic “Bark At The Moon”. You can watch footage of the performance below.  Read more...

British hard rock legends Motorhead has announced that they will be embarking on a headlining tour of the United Kingdom this November in celebration of their 35th anniversary. Tickets will go on sale this friday and retail at £26 everywhere except London, where tickets will cost £32.50 The band are also expected to release a new album sometime this year.  Read more...

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Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES recently released “The Flames of the End”, a three-disc DVD set including the band’s 2008 Wacken performance, through Earache Records. Now, Earache is due to release “Purgatory Unleashed – Live at Wacken”, a standalone CD and vinyl LP release of the same iconic Wacken show, on Monday, March 22nd.  Read more...

Official Metallica.com footage of METALLICA’s March 7, 2010 concert at Saprissa Stadium in San Jose, Costa Rica — including clips of the pre-show tuning-room jam as well as the actual performance — can be viewed below.  Read more...

Fan-filmed video footage of FEAR FACTORY performing the song “Mechanize” on March 12, 2010 at Gagarin 205 in Athens, Greece can be viewed below.  Read more...

The 28 year-old attempted to strike the female officer on the head after she was called out to a disturbance at his flat last year, Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard.  Read more...

YouTube has helped launched the career of many an awesome band (and Justin Bieber), now the video-sharing site is taking active steps to help out struggling artists by launching a YouTube Partner program at SXSW called Musicians Wanted.  Read more...

Ryan Adams has announced plans to release a heavy metal album.  Read more...