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SCUM And YATTERING Pull Out Of INFERNO FESTIVAL; MYRKSKOG And BATTERED Step In

SCUM and YATTERING have been forced to cancel their appearances at the Inferno Festival, which is scheduled to take place April 13-15 at the Rockefeller Music Hall and John Dee venues in Oslo. Replacing them on the bill will be MYRKSKOG and BATTERED. The updated schedule for the festival is as follo...

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EMPEROR Announce Oslo Signing Session

Norwegian black metal legends EMPEROR will be holding a signing session on Saturday, April 15 between 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. at Bodymap in Oslo, Norway. The in-store appearance will take place on day after the band's performance at the Inferno Festival, which is scheduled to take place April 13-15...

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Ex-GILLAN Guitarist BERNIE TORME To Tour U.S. This Fall

GUY-MCCOY-TORME (GMT),featuring Irish guitarist Bernie Torme (GILLAN, OZZY OSBOURNE),will be embaking on a U.S. tour this fall. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. Handling both guitar and vocals, Torme has partnered with his old compadre from GILLAN, bassist John McCoy — who has worked...

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HAMMERFALL: More Details Revealed About Charity Hockey Game

More details have been revealed about the charity ice-hockey game that HAMMERFALL members Joacim Cans (vocals) and Oscar Dronjak (guitar) will participate in on Thursday, March 30 in Vättlehallen in Stenkullen, outside of Göteborg, Sweden. The event is being arranged by artisterforlivet.com and will...

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BACKYARD BABIES: More European Tour Dates Announced

Sweden's BACKYARD BABIES have lined up the following European dates during the coming months: Apr. 12 - Helsinki, FIN @ Noustori Apr. 13 - Helsinki, FIN @ Tavastia Apr. 14 - Tampere, FIN @ Pakkahuunhe Apr. 15 - Eskilstuna, SWE @ Kåren Apr. 16 - Gävle, SWE @ Sin City Apr. 17 - Åre, SWE ...

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MADDER MORTEM: 'My Name Is Silence' Video Available For Download

MADDER MORTEM's video for the track "My Name Is Silence" has been made available for download at this location (Quicktime required, 7 MB). The song is the opening cut on the Norwegian band's new album, "Desiderata", which is being released in Europe today (March 27) via Peaceville Records. MADDER MO...

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LORDI Confirmed For EARTHSHAKER FEST Kick-Off Concert

Finnish hard rockers LORDI, whose live show is described as "a combination of theatre, fire and horror," have been confirmed for the Earthshaker Fest kick-off concert on Thursday, July 20 in Kreuth, Germany. More acts for the pre-festival party are expected to be announced soon. This year's Earthsha...

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TWISTED SISTER Guitarist Schedules CD-Release Party For Solo Album

TWISTED SISTER guitarist Eddie Ojeda has scheduled a record-release party for his new solo CD, "Axes 2 Axes", on Sunday, April 9 at The Cutting Room (19 W. 24th Street) in New York City between 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. The album features guest appearances by such acclaimed hard rock/heavy metal voca...

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ANTHRAX, BIOHAZARD, TYPE O NEGATIVE Members To Guest On VH1 CLASSIC's 'Matzo and Metal II'

VH1 Classic is celebrating Passover Vegas-style with "Matzo and Metal II: Back To The Desert". The second annual Seder set to premiere on the network for classic rock lovers will bring together rock artists — that all happen to be Jewish — for a meal never to be forgotten at the Mandalay Bay Resort...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Guitarist Throws 40th Birthday Bash: Photos Available

ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell celebrated his 40th birthday at a private party in Los Angeles Saturday night (March 18). Attending the event were a number of well-known musicians from the hard rock/heavy metal world, including Lemmy and Mikkey Dee (MOTÖRHEAD),Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER...

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TWISTED SISTER Guitarist Rules Out Possibility Of New Studio Album

TWISTED SISTER's official web site has been updated with a brand-new interview with the group's guitarist, Jay Jay French. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the possibility of releasing a new TWISTED SISTER studio album: Jay Jay: "That'll never happen because Dee [Snider, vocals] doesn't write...

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FACE DOWN Play First Show With New Drummer: Photos Available

FACE DOWN, the reunited Swedish outfit featuring former THE HAUNTED singer Marco Aro, played their first show with drummer Christofer Barkensjö (KAAMOS, BLACKSHINE) on March 10 at Club Monster in Gävle, Sweden. Check out "some truly lo-fi quality pictures" from the show at this location. Barkensjö j...

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HAMMERFALL Members To Play Hockey For Charity

HAMMERFALL singer Joacim Cans and guitarist Oscar Dronjak will be part of a Swedish ice-hockey team called "Artists for Life". The team, who will play against a reality-show team from Swedish ZTV, will feature celebrities like football and ice-hockey legends, stand-up comedians, and other musicians,...

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LORDI's 'The Arockalypse' Is No. 4 On Finnish Album Chart

Finland's hard rockers LORDI, whose live show is described as "a combination of theatre, fire and horror," have this week climbed up to position No. 4 on the official Finnish album chart with their latest CD, "The Arockalypse". View the whole chart at this location. The album, which landed at No. 5...

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Heavy Metal Documentary 'A Headbanger's Journey' To Receive DVD Release In May

Heavy Metal has long been a stigmatized musical genre characterized by aggressive rhythms, dark lyrics and satanic worship. "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" is a ground-breaking film that explores the history of how these stereotypes came to be and explains the motivation and truth behind the music t...