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AC/DC: Club Tour, New Album On The Way

AC/DC will reportedly play special "secret" club gig on January 25 at Glashaus in Reinach, Switzerland. Only 400 tickets are apparently available for the concert, which is part of a short mini-tour of small venues the band is planning on undertaking at the end of the month. According to the Spanish...

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MORTAL SIN, PSYCROPTIC, ALCHEMIST Featured On 'A Blaze In The Southern Skies' Collection

Prime Cuts Music, in association with Brash Group & Soundworks, has finished producing a double compilation CD of Australia's (and New Zealand's) "biggest and most exciting metal acts." Entitled "A Blaze in the Southern Skies" and featuring 33 tracks, this double CD "showcases the vast and diver...

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ANCIENT RITES Singer: 'It Is No Secret That I Always Took A Deep Interest In History'

Vocalist Gunther Theys of Belium's ANCIENT RITES has issued the following update: "It is no secret that I always took a deep interest in history, ever since my childhood. Before I became a musician (or pretended to be one) I tried to express this passion through drawing and creating graphic novels....

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THROWDOWN: Video Interview With BEN DUSSAULT Available

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with THROWDOWN drummer Ben Dussault prior to the band's show in Montreal, Quebec, Canada this past summer. Watch the five-and-a-half-minute clip below. THROWDOWN's latest album, "Venom & Tears", was released on August 7, 2007 via Trustkill. The CD was produced...

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QUEENSRŸCHE: Recording Equipment Used During Making Of 'Mindcrime II' Being Auctioned

Two MX-2424 digital audio hard disk recorders used by QUEENSRŸCHE during the making of "Operation: Mindcrime II" are being auctioned on eBay. According to a posting on the auction page, "this equipment was used by QUEENSRŸCHE and producer Jason Slater in 2006 to record the music that would tell the...

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BLACK SABBATH, SLAYER, DIAMOND HEAD, IRON MAIDEN Among Top Albums For Riffs

Leading Japanese rock magazine Burrn! has published an article titled "Think About The Riffs" in which it cites DIAMOND HEAD's "Lightning To The Nations" album as the third greatest album for riffs following BLACK SABBATH's "Master Of Reality" and SLAYER's "Reign In Blood". The article goes on to sa...

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AC/DC Drummer Beats Assault Conviction

According to ADateZ Inc., AC/DC drummer Phillip Rudd, who was born Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis, pleaded guilty to one charge of common assault when he appeared in Tauranga District Court on Wednesday (December 26). The self-employed musician pleaded guilty after police reduced the charg...

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THROWDOWN: Singing With MAX CAVALERA And Destroying South America

Frontman Dave Peters of the Orange County, California-based hardcore/metal act THROWDOWN has issued the following update: "Singing with Max Cavalera and SOULFLY… destroying South America... and actually they happened completely independently of each other in spite of the fact that Mr. Cavalera hails...

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Red Harvest

With a pedigree that includes former members of VISION OF DISORDER (vocalist Tim Williams and guitarist Mike Kennedy) and a brother (Kyle) of MASTODON's Troy Sanders on bass, one might be inclined to think the music of BLOODSIMPLE shares at least one thing in common with those bands: aggression. And...

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Heavy Metal Stars Pick Their Favorite Albums Of 2007

Thiago Sarkis of the Imhotep webzine has compiled a list of more than 60 hard rock/heavy metal stars' favorite albums of 2007 and has posted it online at this location. The following is complete list of the musicians offering their picks for the finest releases of last year: Alan Nemtheanga (PRIMORD...

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OBITUARY Frontman Discusses ALLEN WEST's Departure

Justin Donnelly of Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with OBITUARY frontman John Tardy. A few excerpts from the chat follow: "The reaction to 'Xecutioner's Return' has been awesome. From the moment the promos went out to all the press and those people, everything has been p...

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Heavy Metal Singer Who Had Sex With Underage Girl Banned From Public Playing

Mike Johnson of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: The rock 'n roll life of a 21-year-old heavy-metal musician who had a sexual encounter with an underage girl he met through MySpace.com came to a crashing halt Friday after a judge ordered him not to play in public for five years. Randall Shest...

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NIFELHEIM Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish cult metallers NIFELHEIM have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN AVANTASIA AXEL RUDI PELL AXXIS CARCASS CH...

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POSSESSED: Mokena Show Added

POSSESSED, featuring sole original member Jeff Becerra (vocals) backed by members of California's SADISTIC INTENT, has scheduled the following dates: Feb. 29 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon Mar. 02 - West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues Apr. 11 - Mokena, IL @ The Pearl Room Tickets for the Mokena show can...

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THROWDOWN, SOILWORK, THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD: North American Dates Announced

THROWDOWN will headline the Scum Of The Earth Tour, which is set to kick off in February and will cross the United States (and some Canadian cities as well) through early April. It is the band's first headlining tour in support of their new album, "Venom & Tears", which was released in August. J...