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OZZY OSBOURNE 12-Story Sunset Strip Art Wall Unveiled

The Sunset Strip Music Festival — taking place September 10-12 — will honor the larger-than-life rock icon Ozzy Osbourne as its "Sunset Strip Icon 2009." The tribute actually began on Thursday, August 20 when Osbourne's immortal image was unveiled on one of the largest billboards in Los Angeles (see...

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HADES Hot Sauce Is Here!

Fresh on the heels of the announcement that the original HADES lineup is reuniting for two shows in April 2010 comes HADES hot sauce. Seriously, what band name invokes heat more than HADES? HADES hot sauce (Persephone's Fire) was created, not just as another novelty hot sauce that burns your mouth,...

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SLAYER: Japanese Version Of 'World Painted Blood' To Include Bonus DVD

According to Eil.com, the world's leading provider of rare music and music memorabilia, SLAYER's new album, "World Painted Blood", will be released in Japan on October 14. The limited-edition two-disc set will include the 11-track CD album, plus a bonus Region 2 NTSC DVD (content to be announced),p...

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ENSIFERUM, HYPOCRISY, EX DEO, BLACKGUARD: North American Tour Dates Announced

Fresh off a successful stint on this year's Summer Slaughter Tour, Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM will kick off an American headlining tour with support from Nuclear Blast recording artists HYPOCRISY and EX DEO as well as Sumerian recording artists BLACKGUARD. Said ENSIFERUM guitarist Markus Toivo...

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DETHKLOK's BRENDON SMALL To Guest On FULL METAL JACKIE's Radio Show

Brendon Small, co-creator of "Metalocalypse", the smash hit animated series on Adult Swim featuring the fictitious metal band DETHKLOK, will be the featured guest on this weekend's (August 28-30) edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. Jackie will also be debuting a track fr...

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ATREYU: Performance Footage Of New Song Available

Fan-filmed video footage of ATREYU performing a brand new song, "Bleeding Is A Luxury", at the Epicenter festival on Saturday, August 22 at the Fairplex in Pomona, California can be viewed below. The track comes off the Orange County rock act's follow-up to 2007's acclaimed "Lead Sails Paper Anchor"...

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MALPRACTICE Continuing Work On New Material

MALPRACTICE, the Finnish progressive metal band featuring members of TO/DIE/FOR, MANITOU, OMNIUM GATHERUM and REVERSION, has issued the following update: "We are currently writing material for our fourth studio album. We have already four full songs written which means about 30 minutes worth of new...

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MARDUK: North American Tour Announced

Following three very special U.S. appearances earlier this month in Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York (effectively breaking their streak of visa issues),Swedish black metal battalion MARDUK will return for a full North American headlining tour this November. The band will be joined by NACHTMYSTI...

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EVERY TIME I DIE: 'Wanderlust' Video Released

"Wanderlust", the new video from Buffalo's hardest-rocking band EVERY TIME I DIE, can be viewed below. The clip was helmed by visionary director Chris Sims (STAIND, NORMA JEAN, LAMB OF GOD) and is described in a press release as "a mind trip set in a dimly lit hotel, where singer Keith Buckley walks...

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HYPOCRISY: European Headlining Tour Announced

HYPOCRISY, the Swedish extreme metal band led by guitarist/vocalist Peter Tägtgren (also of PAIN),will embark on a European headlining tour in January 2010. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 24 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle Jan. 25 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club Jan. 26 - Gdynia, Poland - U...

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SOIL: New Single Preview Available

"Like It Is", the new single from Chicago heavy rockers SOIL, can be previewed using the audio player below. "Like It Is" is the first single ...

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EVERY TIME I DIE Taps Former DEAD AND DIVINE Drummer

Ryan "Legs" Leger, former drummer for the Burlington, Ontario, Canada metalcore band DEAD AND DIVINE, has been tapped by Buffalo bruisers EVERY TIME I DIE for their upcoming tour, which is scheduled to kick off on September 8 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Leger made his live debut with EVERY TIME I DIE...

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Classic HELIX Lineup To Hit The Road In October

The classic '80s lineup of Canadian hard rockers HELIX — Brent "The Doctor" Doerner on lead guitar, Greg "Fritz" Hinz on drums, Daryl Gray on bass, and Brian Vollmer on vocals — has reunited and is planning to hit the road throughout western Canada in October. According to Vollmer, some of the shows...

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NIKKI SIXX's 'Countdown To Normality'

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has issued the following update: "I have been immersed in books again lately. Some needed reading. Some I'm just revisiting the classics. Just another reminder of the greatness that was gifted to us before we were here and will be passed on long after we have passed aw...

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JUDAS PRIEST Bassist Talks About 30th Anniversary Of 'British Steel'

Direct Metal Music recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Direct Metal Music: What was the recording process like for [1980's "British Steel" album]? Ian Hill: The writing process back then, was basically Ken [Downing, guitar] a...