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PRAYING MANTIS Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) legends PRAYING MANTIS have been confirmed for this year's Sweden Rock Festival festival, set to take place June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AEROSMITH (US) ALDO NOVA (CAN) ALESTORM (UK) ANVIL (CA...

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DANTESCO: Cover Artwork For Upcoming CDs Revealed

Puerto Rico's epic doom metallers DANTESCO have three albums scheduled for release this year. The band's new covers CD, "The Ten Commandments Of Metal", will feature songs from CANDLEMASS, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, MERCYFUL FATE, SANCTUARY, WARLORD, SAVATAGE, METAL CHURCH, SORCERER and MANOWAR, and wi...

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DANTESCO's Cover Of CANDLEMASS' 'Darkness In Paradise' Posted Online

Puerto Rico's epic doom metallers DANTESCO have posted their cover version of the CANDLEMASS classic "Darkness In Paradise" on their MySpace page. The track will appear on the band's new covers CD, "The Ten Commandments Of Metal", which will be released later in the year via Cruz Del Sur Music. The...

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METALLICA Is 'Profoundly Saddened By Discovery Of MORGAN DANA HARRINGTON's Body'

METALLICA has issued the following statement regarding the news that human remains discovered Tuesday, January 26 on a southern Albermarle County, Virginia, farm are confirmed to be those of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, 20, of Roanoke County, who disappeared from the band's Octob...

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ORPHANED LAND Frontman: 'My Music Creates Bridges Between Nations'

Özgür Ögret of Turkey's Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review recently conducted an interview with Kobi Farhi, vocalist of Israel's progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND, about the band's highly anticipated fourth studio opus, "The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR", which is scheduled for re...

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MUSTAINE: Praying 'That I Won't Piss As Many People Off This Week As I Did Last Week'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "In the studio yesterday it was time to stoke the old furnace, and actually fire up my amps WITHOUT my guitar tech, the inimitable Willie Gee. I started, much to my amazement, put...

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MUSTAINE: I Have Been Praying Hard That I Would Be Friends With SLAYER Again And METALLICA Too

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I went to go get a coronary calcium CT scan, or, in other words, a heart scan, and I have good news! They found one!! "All kidding aside, I had my heart scan done and my ...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: 'I Had A Profound Psychic Change In My Life'

Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: In a recent conversation I had with [MEGADETH bassist] James Lomenzo, he described you as a "perfectionist." He said that all the g...

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METALLICA Bassist On Missing Fan: 'I Was Crushed'

The Pulse of Radio reports: Tuesday (November 17) marked one month since the disappearance of METALLICA fan Morgan Harrington from outside the band's concert in Charlottesville, Virginia. The 20-year-old Virginia Tech student vanished after she accidentally left the venue and was unable to get back...

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Parents Of Missing METALLICA Fan To Hold News Conference Today

According to WDBJ7.com, the parents of Morgan Dana Harrington — the missing 20-year-old junior from Virginia Tech who was last seen at METALLICA's October 17, 2009 concert at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia — will hold a news conference Wednesday in Charlottesville concerning...

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METALLICA Still Has Hope For Missing Fan

Two weeks after the mysterious disappearance of Virginia Tech University student Morgan Harrington, no clues or leads as to her whereabouts are known to exist — but members of METALLICA remain optimistic about the safe return of the young woman last seen at the band's October 17 concert. "We are sta...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: 'I Have No Desire To Answer Any Questions, At All, About METALLICA'

MetalInsider.net recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MetalInsider.net: So I'm going to start with the elephant in the room that I'm sure you're getting asked at every single interview lately. The "Big Four" tour with M...

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PRAYING MANTIS, MACHINES OF GRACE: New Audio Interviews Posted Online

Shockwaves/HardRadio Podcast #41 — in which host Bob Nalbandian interviews guitarist Tino Troy from the classic NWOBHM band PRAYING MANTIS and vocalist Zak Stevens from MACHINES OF GRACE/SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA — is available for download at this location (M4A file, 25 MB). "Turn The Tide"...

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Former IRON MAIDEN Guitarist To Open New Rock School

SaffronWaldenReporter.co.uk reports: Budding young musicians are being invited to come along to the opening of a new branch of Clive's Easylearn Pop Music School. Saffron Walden-based musician, former IRON MAIDEN guitarist Dennis Stratton, who played on the first IRON MAIDEN album, will be present t...

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CHEVELLE: 'Jars' Video Available

"Jars", the new video from CHEVELLE, can be viewed below. The song comes off the Chicago-based trio's fifth studio album, titled "Sci-Fi Crimes", which is scheduled for release on September 1 via Epic Records. CHEVELLE spent seven weeks co-producing "Sci-Fi Crimes" with Brian Virtue (JANE'S ADDICTIO...