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'Led Zeppelin' Rock & Roll Comics 'Graphic Novel' Due In November

"Rock 'N' Roll Comics" was a popular staple on the newsstands in the '90s. Now the title will be receiving an encore as newly packaged graphic novels through Bluewater Productions in partnership with the original creators Revolutionary Comics. "Great ideas, like the marriage of rock 'n' roll and com...

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MANOWAR Re-Recording 'Battle Hymns' With Original Drummer; Video Available

MANOWAR is in process of re-recording its classic 1982 debut album, "Battle Hymns", for a 2011 release. Commented MANOWAR bassist Joey DeMaio: "We've had a couple of people ask why re-record a record like 'Battle Hymns' when it's perfect... I didn't say it's perfect, but other people said it's perfe...

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AC/DC's 'Iron Man 2' Among 'Favorite Soundtrack' Nominees At AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS

AC/DC's "Iron Man 2" soundtrack has been nominated in the "Favorite Soundtrack" category at this year's American Music Awards, which will be broadcast live on ABC from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 21. Also nominated in the same category are "Glee: The Music, Volume 3 The Show...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE: European Tour Announced

Italian symphonic metal masters RHAPSODY OF FIRE will embark on a European headlining tour in February 2011. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 07 - Pratteln (CH) Preproduction Feb. 08 - Pratteln (CH) Z7 Feb. 09 - Lyon (F) Transbordeur Feb. 11 - Bilbao (SP) Rockstar Live Feb. 12 - Madrid (SP) La R...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER Selling Equipment On eBay

Canadian guitarist Glen Drover (MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND, EIDOLON) is auctioning two MEGADETH-related pieces of guitar equipment. The first item is a custom-made four-channel switcher rackmount by Whirlwind which Drover acquired before MEGADETH's 2006 Gigantour and used right up untill the time of his...

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Lords of Depravity: Part II

Seems like I should have received some kind of certificate in the mail for completing the 380-minute SODOM history course that is presented in two chapters: "Lords of Depravity: Part I" and "Lords of Depravity: Part II". And that's not even including the lengthy performance discs, which in the case...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Is Digging CANNIBAL CORPSE

Keith Carman of Canada's Exclaim! recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Exclaim!: You've always been a straight shooter. It's kind of expected that your book should be the same way. Mustaine: That's a good thing. If I ha...

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PRIMAL FEAR, Ex-BLACK SABBATH, RIOT Members Featured On New PHENOMENA Album

Escape Music has set a September 24 release date for the much-anticipated new album from Tom Galley, the creator of PHENOMENA, titled "Blind Faith". The effort features guest contributions from countless renowned musicians such as: * Mike DeMeo (RIOT, MASTERPLAN) * Rob Moratti and Ian Crichton (SAGA...

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FALLEN ANGEL Interviewed On HIT LIST 101

Upstate New York metal band FALLEN ANGEL, which features in its ranks former JOEY BELLADONNA guitarist Robb Lotta, was recently interviewed on the Hit List 101. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. FALLEN ANGEL has been hard at work writing and recording its fallen angel saga...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE To Release 'The Cold Embrace Of Fear' 35-Minute Symphony

Italian symphonic metal masters RHAPSODY OF FIRE will release an epic monument called "The Cold Embrace Of Fear - A Dark Romantic Symphony" on October 15 via Nuclear Blast Records. Comments RHAPSODY OF FIRE guitarist Luca Turilli: "For this special CD we composed a unique song of around 35 minutes d...

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THE SWORD: U.S., European, Australian Tour Dates Announced

Austin, Texas metal luminaries THE SWORD have scheduled the following tour dates: United States: Oct. 01 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre Oct. 02 - San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom Oct. 03 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre Oct. 04 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo Oct. 06 - Denver, CO ...

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THE SWORD: 'iTunes Festival: London 2010' EP Available

A live EP featuring five songs that were recorded during THE SWORD's July 3, 2010 performance at the iTunes festival at London, England's Roundhouse has been released exclusively via Apple's iTunes Store. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Freya (live) 02. Arrows In The Dark (live)...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE: New Audio Interview With LUCA TURILLI Available

On July 10, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist Luca Turilli of Italian symphonic metal masters RHAPSODY OF FIRE. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. RHAPSODY OF FIRE's new album, "The Frozen Tears Of Angels", sold around 800 copies in the U...

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LORD To Release 'Return Of The Tyrant' EP

Australian melodic metallers LORD will release a new EP, "Return Of The Tyrant", later in the year. Commented LORD mainmain Lord Tim: "Anyone who has followed our history knows about DUNGEON, the band that spawned LORD after it dissolved in 2005. DUNGEON had a popular song called 'Tarranno Del Mar'...

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THE SWORD: New Song Available

"Tres Brujas", a brand new song from Austin, Texas metal luminaries THE SWORD, is now available for purchase via iTunes. The track comes off the band's third full-length album, "Warp Riders", which is scheduled for release on August 24 via Kemado Records. "Tres Brujas" audio stream: