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JOEY VERA, JASON MCMASTER: New Audio Interviews Available

Shockwaves/HardRadio podcast #10 features an interview with revered bassist Joey Vera, who discusses his past and present with ARMORED SAINT, his new solo project A CHINESE FIREDRILL, his involvement with FATES WARNING and SEVEN WITCHES, his current production projects, as well as his pre-ARMORED SA...

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VADER Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

Veteran Polish death metallers VADER 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 CATARACT DARK FUNE...

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HAMMERFALL Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL; KATAKLYSM Pulls Out

Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place May 25-27 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Meanwhile, Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have pulled out of the event. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetica...

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SIEGES EVEN Announces 'Paramount Tour' Dates

Reformed cult German progressive metal band SIEGES EVEN has announced the first dates for its "Paramount Tour 2007". They are as follows: Oct. 05 - München, Metropolis (DE) Oct. 06 - Musichall, Weiher (DE) Oct. 07 - Progpower Europe Festival 2007, Baarlo (NL) Oct. 08 - Markthalle, Hamburg (DE) Oct....

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DEICIDE Confirms Dates In Mexico And Costa Rica Despite Controversy

Death metal stalwarts DEICIDE have confirmed March tour dates in Mexico and Costa Rica, despite current backlash from members of the Costa Rican churches and community over the band's visit to the country. Monsignor Jose Francisco Ulloa, president of the Episcopal Conference and bishop of Carthage,...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Featured In New KURT COBAIN Documentary

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan was interviewed for the upcoming forthcoming BBC documentary "The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain", which is scheduled to air on Sunday, February 18 at 10:00 p.m. on BBC2. Journalist Greg Prato recently conducted an e-mail interview with the film's...

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SAINT VITUS Tribute Album Available For Free Download

After almost seven years of waiting, "A Timeless Tale: The Tribute to Saint Vitus" will finally be available for your listening pleasure, and to sweeten the deal, the entire thing will be available for free download. The tracks will first be released a few at a time at the SAINT VITUS tribute MySpac...

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Singer JOHN BUSH: 'I Am Not Ready' To Commit To ANTHRAX Again

On January 23, 2007, Bob Nalbandian of Shockwaves magazine conducted a 36-minute interview with ARMORED SAINT/ex-ANTHRAX vocalist John Bush about Bush's current status with ANTHRAX and his future plans. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET from Shockwaves Podcas...

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ARMORED SAINT Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

ARMORED SAINT has 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 CATARACT DARK FUNERAL GRAVE DIGGER HARDCOR...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Wants To Write 'Unbelievable' New Record

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM drummer Craig Nielsen has issued the following update: "Unreal and impressive is the only way to describe how [Eric] A.K. [vocals] is doing so well at his flight training, and he will very soon be eligible to fly helicopters privately, then he gets his professional license soon af...

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DC4 Featuring ARMORED SAINT, Ex-DIO Members: New Music Posted Online

Los Angeles-based hard rock band DC4, featuring former DIO guitarist Rowan Robertson alongside brothers Jeff Duncan (ARMORED SAINT, ODIN) on lead vocals and guitar, Shawn Duncan (ODIN, BIRD OF PREY) on drums and Matt Duncan on bass, have uploaded two finished tracks to their MySpace page. The songs...

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MEGADETH: 'United Abominations' To Be Released In May

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "It was great seeing some of the guitarists that were at [the] Dean [booth at NAMM in Anaheim, California] that I respect as players (most of them from when I was developing my ow...

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STONE SOUR, LACUNA COIL, SHADOWS FALL: Tour Dates Announced

STONE SOUR, LACUNA COIL and SHADOWS FALL will team up for the latest installment of the Jägermeister Music Tour, set to kick off March 23 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The dates are as follows: Mar. 23 - Maplewood, MN @ Myth Mar. 24 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave Eagles Club Mar. 25 - Cincinnati, ...

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SIEGES EVEN: New Album Update

Reformed cult German progressive metal band SIEGES EVEN has issued the following update: "It has been quite quiet from our side for some time now. Here a brief update concerning our 'steps' towards the new album. "Writing is going really well. So far we have finished or almost finished about six, se...

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Former NIGHTWISH Frontwoman Named Best Finnish Female Singer

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's official web site has been updated with the following message: "[On] December 30, 2006 more than 7600 readers of Finnish newspaper Iltalehti voted in different categories for the personalities of the year 2006 in Finland. They chose Tarja as the best Finnish f...