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BANG TANGO: New Audio Interview With JOE LESTÉ Available

A 14-minute audio interview with BANG TANGO frontman Joe Lesté, conducted recently by Norway's Metal Express Radio (web site),has been posted online at this location. BANG TANGO's latest album, "From the Hip", was released on October 31 via Perris Records. The CD was engineered by Scott "Goody" Goo...

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NOVEMBERS DOOM Frontman: 'I've Been On Painkillers And Vicodin For Six Years Now'

The Washington Post's Express recently conducted an interview with NOVEMBERS DOOM frontman Paul Kuhr. A couple of excerpts follow: "Eight years ago I was diagnosed with spinal stenosis, which is a degenerative spine disease," Kuhr said. "Basically, the spine is breaking down and collapsing on the ne...

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10 YEARS Drummer Gives New Album Update

Launch Radio Networks reports: 10 YEARS drummer Brian Vodinh has posted an update at the band's MySpace page about the progress of their second album. He indicated that the group has written 30 to 40 songs and is looking for a new producer after the initial production team didn't work out. As for th...

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GURD: 'Bang!' Video Posted Online

Switzerland's GURD, the band formed out of the ashes of the power-thrash metal legends POLTERGEIST, has posted the video for the title track of its eighth album "Bang!" at YouTube. Check out pictures from the video shoot at this location. GURD will support PRO-PAIN on a European tour beginning April...

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TWISTED SISTER To Headline ROCKLAHOMA

Today heavy metal fans across the nation heard the news they've been hoping for from "House of Hair" nationally syndicated radio host and TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider. "It is my distinct pleasure to announce that TWISTED SISTER will once again be involved with a show that will go down in histo...

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WHITE LION Added To ROCKLAHOMA

WHITE LION has been confirmed for Rocklahoma, a three-day outdoor '80s hard rock festival, set to take place July 13-15, in Pryor, OK at the Pryor Festival Grounds. Also rumored to be appearing is TWISTED SISTER, although the band's participation has not yet been officially confirmed by the event or...

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EDGUY Frontman Discusses AVANTASIA Project

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet recently gave an interview to his webmaster about "The Scarecrow", the third installment of his AVANTASIA solo project. The album is being produced by Sascha Paeth, who also played the rhythm guitar on the CD. The drums were laid down by KISS/ALICE COOPER drummer Eric Si...

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TOM MORELLO Is Looking For Zealots And Trying To Rattle Cages

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE/ex-AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello recently answered a couple of questions for Salon.com. Read on: Salon.com: Why did you make the decision to step away from AUDIOSLAVE and scale down to just voice and guitar? Morello: With AUDIOSLAVE, if we sold a million records, we might...

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KING DIAMOND Making Tour Plans

KING DIAMOND manager Ole Bang has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Rumours saying that KING DIAMOND is planning for a tour in support of the new album have been posted on the web. Without going into detail, I can say that this is correct. More info as we firm it ...

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ABORTED Launches 'Slaughter and Apparatus TV'

Belgian masters of brutality ABORTED are launching a new MySpace and YouTube video series titled Slaughter and Apparatus TV, giving back something special to their fans by letting them vote for what they want to see and know about the band. Sven De Caluwe (vocals) comments on the series: "The concep...

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WEDNESDAY 13: Setlist, Photos From Amsterdam DVD Shoot Available

WEDNESDAY 13 — the namesake band of the former frontman of the MURDERDOLLS — filmed its sold-out concert last night (Friday, April 6) at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, The Netherlands for a forthcoming DVD. Support came from the Sweden-based rock 'n' rollers MARYSLIM and Finland's THE 69 EYES. A number o...

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EXCITER Will NOT Perform At This Year's MILWAUKEE METALFEST

Despite the organizers' previous announcement to the contrary, Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER will **NOT** perform at this year's Milwaukee Metalfest, set to take place May 11-12 at the Waukesha Expo Center in Waukesha, WI. "We did talk to the promoter about playing, but we were unable to co...

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DEICIDE Confirmed For MILWAUKEE METAL FEST XIX

Long-running Florida-based death metallers DEICIDE have been confirmed for the Milwaukee Metal Fest XIX, set to take place May 11-12 at the Waukesha Expo Center in Waukesha, WI. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 3 MILE SCREAM A.N.J. ABACINATE ACHERONGODLESS RISING AGENT STEEL ANAL BLAST...

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GURD Begins Filming 'Bang!' Video

Switzerland's GURD, the band formed out of the ashes of the power-thrash metal legends POLTERGEIST, has begun shooting a video for the title track of its eighth album "Bang!" According to a posting on the group's web site, the clip will be "a comic-style fun video in which we freak around in a virtu...

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Worldwide Response To ROCKLAHOMA 'Amazing'

Only one week after announcing plans for Rocklahoma, the largest '80s rock festival of its kind to ever be organized, an onslaught of fans worldwide have purchased tickets and made their plans to travel to Oklahoma. Fans from throughout Europe, Australia, South Africa, Canada and 32 states in the U....