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HIRAX Singer Says There Was A Lot More Talent In The Old-School Metal

Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with legendary HIRAX vocalist Katon W. De Pena. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: You've obviously experience a lot of line-up changes over the years. Has there been one common factor behind these changes? Katon: "Basically, it's b...

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AC/DC Frontman Throws His Weight Behind Florida's BIG MACHINE

AC/DC vocalist Brian Johnson has co-written all of the material and handpicked the members of a new Florida-based band called BIG MACHINE. The quintet has labels and industry folk alike shuffling about trying to find out more about the group performing the first new material written from the iconic...

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AGENT STEEL To Perform Entire 'Skeptics Apocalypse' Album At Germany's KEEP IT TRUE Festival

AGENT STEEL will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their classic "Skeptics Apocalypse" LP by performing the album in its entirety at the Keep It True IV Festival on April 2 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Koenigshofen, Germany. The complete list of acts currently scheduled to appear at the festival i...

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HEARSE Complete Work On New Album

Swedish "death 'n' roll" band HEARSE, featuring former ARCH ENEMY singer Johan Liiva, have finished recording their third album, "The Last Ordeal", for a summer release through Karmageddon Media. The follow-up to 2004's "Armageddon Mon Amour", "The Last Ordeal" was recorded and mixed at Stockholm's...

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AFTER ALL Pull Out Of KEEP IT TRUE Warm-Up Gig; LANFEAR Step In

Belgium's AFTER ALL have been forced to cancel their previously announced appearance at the Keep It True IV Festival warm-up show on April 1 at Pfarrkeller in Lauda, Germany. "They were invited to support AGENT STEEL on other dates and so cannot play on our warm-up," reads a press release from the f...

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AFTER ALL Confirmed For KEEP IT TRUE IV FESTIVAL Warm-Up Gig

Belgium's AFTER ALL have been announced as the openers at the Keep It True IV Festival warm-up show on April 1, 2005 at Pfarrkeller in Lauda, Germany. Also set to appear at the gig are MARTYR and two other, as-yet-undetermined acts. The Keep It True IV Festival is scheduled to take place April 2, 20...

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AGENT STEEL Prepare To Enter Studio

Reunited California speed metallers AGENT STEEL have finished writing nine new songs for the follow-up to last year's "Order of the Illuminati", tentatively due in 2005. Songtitles set to appear on the as-yet-untitled CD are "Curse Reborn", "Hail to the Chief" and "Wash This Planet Clean" (sample mp...

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SATAN, AGENT STEEL, TORCH Confirmed For Germany's KEEP IT TRUE IV Festival

Reunited British heavy metal legends SATAN, AGENT STEEL and TORCH are among the bands confirmed for Keep It True IV festival, set to be held April 2, 2005 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Koenigshofen, Germany. The complete list of acts currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: AGEN...

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KING DIAMOND And MERCYFUL FATE 'Retro' DVDs On The Way

KING DIAMOND frontman/namesake recently gave a lengthy interview to Metal Sludge as part of the web site's weekly "20 Questions With..." feature. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Metal Sludge: What are you currently up to? Briefly plug whatever it is you have to plug so we can get go...

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BLO.TORCH To Guest On Dutch Radio Show

Dutch death metallers BLO.TORCH will be guests on the local radio show "Stork on Air" airing on October 8 on Radio West. In addition to offering the latest news on the band, the group will be playing some songs live on the air. "Stork on Air" will air between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Dutch ...

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BLO.TORCH: New Song Available For Download

Dutch death metallers BLO.TORCH have posted a new track, entitled "Consumed by Indifference", at the Vitaminic web site. Check it out here. "Consumed by Indifference" comes off the group's recently completed sophomore album, "Volatile". The follow-up to 1999's "Blo.torch" (Wicked World) was produced...

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TORCH Sign With ROBOTIC EMPIRE RECORDS

TORCH, the South Florida-based band formed out of the ashes of FLOOR and TYRANNY OF SHAW, have signed a deal with Robotic Empire Records. The group, whose lineup includes Steve Brooks, the main songwriter, vocalist and guitarist from FLOOR and Rick Smith, the "ferocious" drummer of TYRANNY OF SHAW,...

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OZZY And SHARON Dine With Daughter AIMEE In Beverly Hills: Photos Available

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne dined with their daughter Aimee in Beverly Hills, California the other day. Check out pictures from Clasos. As previously reported, Ozzy Osbourne will be one of the performers at a huge free concert in London to mark the arrival of the Olympic flame in Britain, according to...

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Report: OZZY OSBOURNE To Light Up Olympic Concert

OZZY OSBOURNE will be one of the performers at a huge free concert in London to mark the arrival of the Olympic flame in Britain, according to Reuters. The concert, which will be headlined by ROD STEWART, will also feature performances by JAMES BROWN, OZZY's daughter Kelly, JAMELIA, EMMA BUNTON, WIL...

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F5: Former SICK SPEED Singer Talks About Working With Ex-MEGADETH Bassist

F5, the new Arizona-based band featuring former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, ex-SICK SPEED vocalist Dale Steele, drummer David Small, and guitarists Steve Conley and John Davis, have been hard at work in the studio working to complete their debut album. Three of the tracks are fully finished and...