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ARMORED SAINT Working On New Studio Album

Veteran California metallers ARMORED SAINT have issued the following update: "Due to the nature of vague speculation albeit created by your authors here, ARMORED SAINT are officially announcing that they’ve begun writing new songs for a new record due in 2009. "The band lineup is as it was on 2000's...

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JOE LYNN TURNER Comments On OVER THE RAINBOW

Former RAINBOW musicians Joe Lynn Turner, Tony Carey, Bobby Rondinelli and Greg Smith have united with a second-generation Blackmore to form OVER THE RAINBOW. OVER THE RAINBOW is: Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW 1980-1984) - Vocals Tony Carey (RAINBOW 1975-1978) - Keyboards Bobby Rondinelli (RAINBOW 1980-1...

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ULCERATE: Two New Songs Posted Online

New Zealand-based technical/brutal death metal band ULCERATE has uploaded two songs from its forthcoming album, "Everything Is Fire", on the group's MySpace page. "Everything Is Fire" is scheduled for release in March 2009 via Willowtip Records. A seething, more emotionally darker album than 2007's...

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ST. VITUS, TROUBLE, CANDLEMASS Among Top 10 Doom Metal Bands

Carlos Ramirez of IGN.com has compiled a list of the 10 best doom metal bands. Ramirez writes, "Doom metal is one of metal's many offshoots and it hasn't ever achieved the kind of commercial or even, critical praise that a lot of the lesser interesting ones have. The bands within this smaller scene...

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ARMORED SAINT/Ex-ANTHRAX Singer JOHN BUSH Talks AC/DC; Audio Available

For the sixteenth installment of the "Shockwaves Skull Sessions" podcast, host Bob Nalbandian is joined by John Bush (ARMORED SAINT, ANTHRAX) and Ed Rivadavia from AllMusic.com and BMG/Sony Music for an engaging conversation about the mighty AC/DC. The three discuss the entire AC/DC catalog, from th...

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MANDY LION Schedules Hollywood Date With DC4

Vocalist Mandy Lion (WWIII, WICKED ALLIANCE) will perform at the Key Club in Hollywood, California on February 21, 2009. Also scheduled to appear is DC4, the Los Angeles-based hard rock band featuring former DIO guitarist Rowan Robertson alongside brothers Jeff Duncan (ARMORED SAINT, ODIN) on lead v...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Confirmed For Norway's KARMØYGEDDON 2009 Festival

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have been confirmed for the Karmøygeddon 2009 festival, set to take place April 24-25, 2009 in Haugesund, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: GAMMA RAY DARK TRANQUILLITY BEHEMOTH PRIMAL FEAR AURA NOIR PRIMORDIAL MERCENARY BRAINSTOR...

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ANGEL WITCH, BARONESS, MINSK Confirmed For ROADBURN Festival

Reactivated NWOBHM legends ANGEL WITCH have been confirmed for Friday's April 24 date at the 2009 Roadburn Festival. The 14th annual Roadburn Festival will take place April 23-26, 2009 and will be held at the 013 venue in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Also scheduled to appear on April 24 are CATHEDRAL a...

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5 STAR GRAVE To Release New Album This Week

Italian horror metallers 5 STAR GRAVE — who feature in their ranks Claudio Ravinale from the death-metal act DISARMONIA MUNDI on vocals — will release their brand new album entitled "Corpse Breed Syndrome" on November 24 via CD Baby. The CD was recorded and mixed at One Voice Studio by Daniele Giord...

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ODIN To Release CD Collection In January

ODIN, the classic Los Angeles band featuring Jeff Duncan (ARMORED SAINT, DC4),Shawn Duncan (DC4),Aaron Samson and Randy O, will release a new 18-song compilation in January 2009. Much of the material on the collection has never been available on CD before and ALL of it has been remastered by Roy Z...

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OSI To Begin Mixing New Album Next Month

OSI (OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INFLUENCE),the project featuring FATES WARNING guitarist Jim Matheos and ex-DREAM THEATER keyboardist Kevin Moore, will begin mixing its as-yet-untitled third album in early December with engineer Phil Magnotti. A spring 2009 release is expected. OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfe...

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SAINT VITUS Guitarist Talks About Upcoming ROADBURN Appearance

Olivier "Zoltar" Badin of UK's Terrorizer magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Dave Chandler of the legendary U.S. doom metal band SAINT VITUS. Terrorizer: Ironically, in between 1996 when you first split up, and 2003, the band's popularity had grown a lot. How do you explain it?...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE, HINDER, THEORY OF A DEADMAN: North American Tour Dates Announced

Billboard.com reports that MÖTLEY CRÜE will follow up this summer's Crüe Fest amphitheater tour with a North American arena trek, beginning February 2, 2009, at Cox Arena in San Diego and wrapping March 18 at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine. The 25-city-plus jaunt will feature...

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ARMORED SAINT: California Show Announced

California metal veterans ARMORED SAINT will play the Key Club in West Hollywood, California on Friday, March 6, 2009. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, November 15 and will be $20.00. Reality Check TV has posted interview and performance footage of ARMORED SAINT filmed at this year's Rocklahoma fes...

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DC4 Hits The Studio

DC4, the Los Angeles-based hard rock band featuring former DIO guitarist Rowan Robertson alongside brothers Jeff Duncan (ARMORED SAINT, ODIN) on lead vocals and guitar, Shawn Duncan (ODIN) on drums and Matt Duncan on bass, has entered the Skull Seven studio with producers Bill Metoyer (SLAYER, LIZZY...