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Tales of Rock 'N' Roll

Considering the U.S. release date was August 1st and the disc arrived sometime thereafter, the review arrives a tad late. But hey, it's the MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, so better late than never. After 25 years (not counting the early UFO/SCORPIONS work),the German guitar god can still squeeze out a phe...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, U.D.O., EDGUY Confirmed For Mexico's MONTERREY METAL FEST

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have been confirmed as the headliners of the third edition of the Monterrey Metal Fest, which has been rescheduled for Saturday, November 18 at the Coca Cola Auditorium in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Also newly confirmed for the festival are U.D.O. and EDGUY....

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Checks In From Korea

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have posted the following message on their official web site: "Finally got some time out of the hectic schedule to issue a website update from the luxurious bar of our hotel in Korea. The tour has been a truly phenomenal experience so far, and we wan...

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A Twist In the Myth

BLIND GUARDIAN started on a mighty quest with the "Nightfall In Middle Earth" record, going ever more overboard with layers upon layers of choirs, keyboards, and overdubbed sonic madness. A band that once parlayed its unique power metal with a manic, thrashy energy grew gradually more encased in tec...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY: Another Live Video Of 'Where Death Is Most Alive' Posted Online

A video clip of Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY performing a new song, entitled "Where Death Is Most Alive", live in Melbourne, Australia on Tuesday, September 19 has been posted online at YouTube.com. DARK TRANQUILLITY recently announced that its next studio album will be produced...

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BLIND GUARDIAN's 'A Twist In The Myth' Moves Up To No. 2 On Greek Chart

"A Twist in the Myth", the latest album from the German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN, has moved up to position No. 2 on the Greek national chart after debuting at No. 3 last week. "A Twist in the Myth" first-week chart positions: Greece: #3 Germany: #4 Italy: #9 (Media Market Chart) Sweden: #10 (#...

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SUFFOCATION: Full-CD Listening Party Available

A full-CD listening party for SUFFOCATION's new, self-titled is available at AOL Music. "Suffocation" is released today (September 19) in North America and September 25 internationally. An e-card previewing "Suffocation", featuring the tracks "Abomination Reborn" and "Blind Torture Kill", can be vie...

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HAGGARD Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German 17-piece medieval metalheads HAGGARD have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BLIND GUARDIAN GRAVE DIGGER HAGGARD IMMORTAL IN FLAMES...

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METALIUM: New Album To Contain 'Most Direct And Dramatic Lyrics' So Far

German metallers METALIUM have set "Nothing To Undo – Chapter VI" as the full title of their sixth album, "Chapter VI", tentatively due in early 2007. Commented the band: The lyrical themes are about the deepest innerside of a human being…. Lies, betrayal, false friends… but also about honour, loyal...

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Shot to Hell

Talk about a prolific writer! Guitar god Zakk Wylde kicks out albums like rabbits produce offspring. On BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's "Shot to Hell" (Zakk's eighth),the only real surprise is a more varied mix of material, that being the traditional Zakk hard ass riff-n-squeal rockers along with several mel...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY: Live Video/Audio Recording Of New Song Posted Online

Australia's PyroMusic.net webzine has uploaded video and audio footage of Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY performing a new song, entitled "Where Death Is Most Alive", live at the Manning Bar in Sydney on Sunday, September 17. Support at the show came from Melbourne's ALARUM and Syd...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer Responds To MASTODON's 'Stupid Remarks'

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has responded to remarks made by MASTODON's Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher in the November 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine in which they stated that DREAM THEATER "have a little Chinese girl playing bass" and "dress all gay." Hinds also went on to say, "They wea...

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Ex-BLIND GUARDIAN Drummer Talks About SAVAGE CIRCUS, COLDSEED And His Former Band

Norway's Metal Express Radio recently conducted an interview with former BLIND GUARDIAN and current SAVAGE CIRCUS/COLDSEED drummer Thomen Stauch. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Express Radio: Have you already started writing the new SAVAGE CIRCUS album? Stauch: No, we didn't start it yet...

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DREAM EVIL: New Song Posted Online

A brand new DREAM EVIL track, entitled Fire! Battle! In Metal!, has been made available for streaming at this location. The song comes off the Swedish metallers' new album, "United", due in October via Century Media Records. The exact release dates by territory are as follows: Germany, Austria, Swit...

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KORN: New Audio Interview With Bassist FIELDY Available

KORN is scheduled to begin work on its new CD on September 24, the group's bassist, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, revealed in an interview conducted last night (Sept. 12) by Scoop of 102.7 WEBN's "Dawn Patrol" in Cincinnati. Audio of the interview has been posted online at this location. KORN has reveal...