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Previously Unreleased Music From CIRCLE II CIRCLE, ROSS THE BOSS Featured On 'Metallic Dawning'

AFM Records has announced plans to release a double CD compilation titled "Metallic Dawning" featuring some of the hottest true, power and heavy metal tracks recorded during the last few years. The album will be sold at a special price, and will include cover artwork by Dimitar Nikolov as well as th...

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A PERFECT CIRCLE Is Coming Around Again

According to The Pulse of Radio, A PERFECT CIRCLE, the band featuring TOOL's Maynard James Keenan on vocals and Billy Howerdel on guitar, seems like it's definitely coming back to life again after a six-year hiatus. Howerdel's band ASHES DIVIDE performed at Hollywood's Viper Room on Wednesday night...

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THE SMASHING PUMPKINS To Perform At SUNSET STRIP MUSIC FESTIVAL

Organizers of the Sunset Strip Music Festival have confirmed that THE SMASHING PUMPKINS will headline the street festival on Saturday, August 28, with a live performance on the legendary Strip, which is being closed to traffic for the second time in its history. The iconic band will wrap up the thir...

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WATAIN Announces European Headlining Tour

Swedish black metallers WATAIN will embark on a European headlining tour in the fall. Support on the trek will come from DESTROYER 666. Commented WATAIN: "Finally the paths are prepared and the pacts sealed for the march of 'Reaping Death', the first full tour we will do for [the new WATAIN album] '...

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THE ROYAL HIGHNESS Recruits Former GODHEAD Drummer

Ty Smith (formerly of GODHEAD, BULLETS AND OCTANE and THE VANDALS) has joined THE ROYAL HIGHNESS on drums, replacing original member Karl Rosqvist, who left the band to join ex-HANOI ROCKS lead singer Michael Monroe's new solo group. Comments guitarist Todd Youth (ACE FREHLEY, ex-D-GENERATION, DANZI...

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STOS Bassist Dies On Stage

Bassist Janusz Soloma of Polish metallers STOS died on stage while performing with the band on May 8, 2010 in Myslowice, Poland after suffering a heart attack. He was 48 years old. Janusz joined the reactivated STOS in 2000 and was part of all of the band's live shows and recorded output since then....

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ANDRÉ MATOS Interviewed In Milan

HeavyWorlds.com conducted an interview with Brazilian singer André Matos (ex-ANGRA, SHAAMAN, VIPER) on April 10, 2010 when André performed in Milan, Italy with the CLAIRVOYANTS. Watch the chat in three parts below. "Mentalize", the second solo album from André Matos, was released in Europe on Februa...

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CRYSTAL VIPER To Release Live Album

Polish female-fronted heavy metal act CRYSTAL VIPER will release a new live album, "Defenders Of The Magic Circle: Live In Germany", on June 4 via AFM Records. The CD will include the band's entire live set recorded in 2009 at the Magic Circle Festival in Germany along with a bunch of studio cuts. T...

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CANDLEMASS Pulls Out Of Germany's KEEP IT TRUE XIII Festival

Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS have cancelled their appearance at this year's Keep It True XIII festival, set to take place April 23-24, 2010 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. According to the festival organizers, "[The members of CANDLEMASS] fear they will not make it in t...

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EDGUY Frontman Discusses New AVANTASIA Album; Audio Available

Italian web site LineaRock recently conducted an interview with EDGUY/AVANTASIA frontman Tobias Sammet. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. AVANTASIA released its new epic masterpiece on April 3 as regular CDs ("The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon"),two sepa...

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AVANTASIA: More 'Wicked' / 'Angel' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project released its new epic masterpiece on April 3 as regular CDs ("The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon"),two separate double picture vinyls, and as a beautiful collector's edition with an AVANTASIA picture book. The deluxe box set features two CDs...

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AVANTASIA Lands On German Chart

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project released its new epic masterpiece on April 3 as regular CDs ("The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon"),two separate double picture vinyls, and as a beautiful collector's edition with an AVANTASIA picture book. The deluxe box set features two CDs...

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DANKO JONES Live In Los Angeles; Video Available

Video footage of the Canadian rock trio DANKO JONES performing at the Bad Taste Records showcase on March 26, 2010 at the Viper Room in West Hollywood, California can be viewed below. DANKO JONES's new album, "Below The Belt", is scheduled for a May 10-14 release (depending on which country you live...

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BÖRN AGAIN Joined By STORMWARRIOR Guitarist

BÖRN AGAIN, the brand new female-fronted multi-national power metal band featuring current/former members of CRYSTAL VIPER, STORMWITCH and MAJESTY, has announced the addition of guitarist Alex Guth (of STORMWARRIOR fame) to the group's ranks. "Neverending Fire", the first official video from BÖRN AG...

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WHIPLASH Pulls Out Of Germany's KEEP IT TRUE XIII Festival

Reactivated New Jersey thrashers WHIPLASH have been forced to cancel their appearance at this year's Keep It True XIII festival, set to take place April 23-24, 2010 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. According to the festival organizers, "the lawyer of one bandmember cancelled all...