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ROUGH SILK: In Songwriting Mode

Singer Ferdy Doernberg of the German epic/melodic metallers ROUGH SILK has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Not so much new in the ROUGH SILK headquarters. We're writing songs and also rehearsing more songs for the live set. "I'm busy producing the new album of the ska...

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DESTRUCTION: 'Inventor Of Evil' Cover Artwork Posted Online, More Guest Appearances Revealed

German thrashers DESTRUCTION have uploaded the cover artwork for their upcoming album, "Inventor of Evil", at this location. In other news, DESTRUCTION have confirmed that they have tapped nne diferent world-renowned metal singers from all different heavy metal styles to make a guest appearance in t...

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POWERGOD: 'Metal Lesson II' Tribute Album Track Listing Revealed

Germany's POWERGOD will be releasing their new '80s metal tribute album, "Long Live The Loud – That's Metal Lesson II", in July via Massacre Records. The complete track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Fall Out / Long Live The Loud (originally performed by EXCITER) 02. Screams from the Grav...

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DESTRUCTION Confirmed For Israel's METALIST FESTIVAL

German thrashers DESTRUCTION have been confirmed for Israel's annual Metalist Festival, set to take place on June 22 at the Hangar 11 club in Tel Aviv. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are headliners MEGADETH alongside homegrown metallers ETERNAL GRAY, CROSSFIRE, DISTORTED, LEHAVOTH and STEL...

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DESTRUCTION: New Live Photos Posted Online

A number of high-quality photos of German thrashers DESTRUCTION performing at La Loco in Paris, France on May 22 have been posted online at MetalChroniques.com. As previously reported, DESTRUCTION have tapped several world-renowned metal singers — including Paul Di'Anno (ex-IRON MAIDEN) and Messiah...

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MEGADETH, ANNIHILATOR, DESTRUCTION Members Comment On METAL CHURCH Singer's Passing

Several well-known metal musicians have issued statements offering their condolences on the passing of original METAL CHURCH frontman David Wayne. As previously reported, Wayne died on Tuesday (May 10) due to complications from injuries he sustained in a head-on automobile accident several months ag...

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DESTRUCTION: New CD To Feature Guest Appearances By PAUL DI'ANNO, MESSIAH MARCOLIN

German thrashers DESTRUCTION have tapped several world-renowned metal singers — including Paul Di'Anno (ex-IRON MAIDEN) and Messiah Marcolin (CANDLEMASS) — to make a guest appearance in their track "The Alliance of Hellhoundz", to be included on their forthcoming CD, "Inventor of Evil", due on Augus...

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DESTRUCTION Hit Back At Greek Promoter: This Motherfucker Is History

German thrashers DESTRUCTION have hit back at a Greek promoter over his claims that the group's previously announced two shows in Greece were cancelled due to the band's "excessive demands." An initial statement issued by DESTRUCTION's booking agency, A.S.S./Dragon Productions, had blamed the cancel...

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DESTRUCTION To Enter Studio In January

Due to the fact that their current record label negotiations have taken longer than expected, German thrashers DESTRUCTION have postponed the projected release date of their new album to late summer 2005. "But the new label will be announced in the next weeks, latest at beginning of the next year,"...

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DESTRUCTION Hard At Work On New Material

Veteran German thrashers DESTRUCTION are currently working on the material for their next studio album, tentatively due in 2005. Following the completion of the album's touring cycle, the band plan on taking "a little creative break," according to a posting on the group's web site. "I mean, we could...

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DESTRUCTION: SCHMIER's Stage Jacket Stolen, Reward Offered

DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer had his stage jacket stolen after the band's performance at the Metal Camp festival in Slovenia this past weekend. "This jacket is very valuable to Schmier and is a real personal loss to him," reads a posting on the group's web site. "If you can...

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DESTRUCTION Deny Having Cancelled U.K. Tour

German thrashers DESTRUCTION have issued a statement refuting reports that they have cancelled a planned U.K. tour in March. Says DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer: "This tour was never down on paper with us. It was the Metallysee Agency who offered us a U.K. tour but they have...

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DAVE GROHL Responds To ZAKK WYLDE's Threat

Former NIRVANA drummer/current FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl has responded to Zakk Wylde's infamous 2001 quote in which the OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist threatened to "kick [Grohl's] ass" because he wrote this cheese-dick song for OZZ that Zakk had to play on during the recording sessions for OSBOURNE...

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DESTRUCTION Speak Out Against 'Money-Hungry' European Record Stores

German thrashers DESTRUCTION are continuing to receive complains from fans who are being asked to pay double-CD prices for the special-edition "Metal Discharge" double-CD — an album originally intended by the band and their label (Nuclear Blast) to be sold for the price of a single-CD release. Comme...

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DESTRUCTION Frontman: 'I Love The American Way Of Life'

DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer recently spoke to ElectricBasement.com about the negative feedback the band received over their decision to make available for download their version of THE EXPLOITED's "Fuck The U.S.A." at the height of America's war with Iraq (see previous cov...