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Scotland's ATTICA RAGE Announces New Guitarist

Scottish metal band ATTICA RAGE has announced the addition of Stephen Bell of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire as the group's lead guitarist following the recent departure of Shaun Nelson. Singer Jonny Parr explains: "Shaun has had to take some time out for personal reasons for an indefinite period and we ha...

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DC4 To Head Back Into 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 announced that it will hit the studio beginning May 12 to put the finishi...

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SAINT CAINE Schedules Dates With SEVENDUST, GODSMACK

SAINT CAINE, the new band featuring guitarist/vocalist John Kosco (ex-DROPBOX),ex-BLOODSIMPLE/DOWNSET drummer Chris Hamilton, guitarist Joey Wilkinson (ex-DROPBOX) and bassist John "Eville" Freeman, has lined up the following dates: April 17 - Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA (with SEVENDUST) Apri...

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ARMORED SAINT Schedules California Concert

Legendary California metallers ARMORED SAINT will play at Viper Room in Hollywood on May 19. This will be a warm-up gig for the band's appearance at this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, which will be held May 25-27 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Other bands scheduled to perform at the Rock Har...

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THE HIDDEN HAND's WINO Talks Politics

Mark Carras of RockMyMonkey.com recently conducted an interview with doom legend Scott "Wino" Weinrich (ST. VITUS, THE OBSESSED, SPIRIT CARAVAN, THE HIDDEN HAND). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rock My Monkey: I got to ask this question. Senator Dodd, Senator Clinton, or Senator Obama? W...

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JOEY VERA Offers Update On ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING

ARMORED SAINT/FATES WARNING bass player Joey Vera recently spoke with Metal Asylum about his new solo effort, titled "A Chinese Firedrill", as well as the current status of ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING, and the new SEVEN WITCHES album. A couple of excerpts follow: Metal Asylum: So tell us about why...

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THIN LIZZY, DEATH ANGEL, NAGLFAR Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD Festival

DEATH ANGEL, THIN LIZZY, CRUCIFIED BARBARA and NAGLFAR have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AMON AMARTH ARMORED SAINT AXEL RUDI PELL BULLET...

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METAL BLADE RECORDS' 25th Anniversary Celebration Detailed

In 1982, Metal Blade Records began operating in a young Heavy Metal fan's mom's garage in suburban Los Angeles. The result of that metal fan's enthusiasm was the first Metal Blade Records release, "Metal Massacre", a local band compilation that included METALLICA's first recorded release, BLACK N BL...

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DC4's JEFF DUNCAN And ROWAN ROBERTSON To Guest On KNAC.COM Today

DC4's Jeff Duncan (also in ARMORED SAINT) and Rowan Robertson (ex-DIO) will be on KNAC.COM with The Junkman Monday, March 12 at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time. They will be discussing, as well as playing music from, the band's upcoming debut album, "Explode". This is the first interview with the two guitari...

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The Resurrection of Whiskey Foote

Stoner rock isn't exactly known for its innovative streak — many of its most beloved practitioners are content to fire off the same turbo-charged riffs and yowl like wigged-out surfers about the usual velvet-poster topics. All well and good, but that just makes it all the odder when one of the genre...

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IN FLAMES, HELLOWEEN, ARMORED SAINT Featured On 'Bang Your Head!!! 2006' DVD

IN FLAMES, DEATH ANGEL, RAVEN, HELLOWEEN, JON OLIVA'S PAIN and ARMORED SAINT are among the bands featured on the "Bang Your Head!!! 2006" DVD, due in Europe on March 12. In addition to 34 songs that were filmed during last year's Bang Your Head!!! festival (which took place June 23-24, 2006 in Balin...

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SAINT: DVD Preview Clip Available

'80s Christian rockers SAINT reformed for a one-time performance last summer for the Christian metal festival Up From The Ashes. Live clips from SAINT, DELIVERANCE, ULTIMATUM and many more will all be represented as Roxx Records captured many of the performances and will release them on DVD this spr...

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IMPALER: Tour Dates Announced

Shock rock punk/metal band IMPALER has lined up the following dates: Mar. 17 - Club Underground - Minneapolis, Minnesota Apr. 07 - Station 4 - Saint Paul, Minnesota Apr. 19 - George's Union Station - Colorado Springs, Colorado Apr. 20 - Hubba's House of Rock N Roll - Aurora, Colorado Apr. 21 - Club...

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DC4: Three-Song Webcast To Premiere Tonight

DC4, the California-based 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, recently wrapped up filming an appearance on FlashRock. FlashRock is an online musician'...

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SAINT CAINE Featuring Former DROPBOX, BLOODSIMPLE Members: Music Posted Online

SAINT CAINE, the new band featuring guitarist/vocalist John Kosco (ex-DROPBOX),ex-BLOODSIMPLE/DOWNSET drummer Chris Hamilton, guitarist Joey Wilkinson (ex-DROPBOX) and bassist John "Eville" Freeman, has uploaded two demo songs — "Beautiful Dead" and "You Will" — on its MySpace page. The group is co...