At the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods awards last week, deathcore superstars in training Suicide Silence performed the new song "Wake Up," from their upcoming Machine-produced album. Now, the band has decided to stream another track, "Lifted." The tune features more nuances and dynamics than most of the songs on the band's debut "The Cleansing," but it's still bloodier than a slaughter house drain, featuring a choking assortment of blast beats, pig squeals and guitar histrionics. Click more for a preview of the carnage. And get ready for a podcast interview with the band from the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods coming Friday. Read more...

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A few hours before Megadeth delivered the headline performance of the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, HeadbangersBlog.com met up with frontman Dave Mustaine to talk about the ceremony, why there has never been a popular metal awards show in the U.S., how MySpace is ruining music, what the next Megadeth album is gonna sound like and his recent interaction with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich before Metallica was nominated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Click "more" to stream or download the podcast. And don't miss all our upcoming audio and video footage from the awards ceremony on HeadbangersBlog.com and MTV2's "Headbangers Ball." Our comprehensive coverage will culminate in a one-hour presentation of the Revolver Golden Gods awards show on May 2. Read more...