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TAD MOROSE Announces New Lineup

Guitarist Christer "Krunt" Andersson of Swedish metallers TAD MOROSE has commented on the band's current status via the following posting at the band's official forum: "We are proud to announce the new lineup! After a few years with various problems it feels great that we now are a working band agai...

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GOJIRA: Performance Footage Of New Song Available

French progressive-extreme metallers GOJIRA performed a brand new song called "Vacuity" during their August 14, 2008 concert at the Rock en France festival at Grand d'Arras in Arras, France (where they supported METALLICA). Watch fan-filmed video footage of the track below. "Vacuity" comes off GOJIR...

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ENSLAVED's 'Vertebrae' To Receive North American Release In October

"Vertebrae", the new album from the Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED, will be released in North America on October 28 via Nuclear Blast Records (through a licensing arrangement with Indie Recordings in Norway). ENSLAVED founding member/guitarist Ivar Bjørnson shares his t...

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GOD FORBID Guitarist Weighs In On POISON Vs. DEF LEPPARD Feud

GOD FORBID guitarist Dallas Coyle has written the latest entry for his weekly column on MetalSucks, "The Hard R". This week Dallas reveals more details behind the band's cover of MUSE, and shares his thoughts on the public controversy going on between POISON and DEF LEPPARD. An excerpt from the blog...

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ENSLAVED Members Comment On 'Vertebrae' Artwork, WACKEN Listening Session

The Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED have revealed the first glimpse of the artwork for their forthcoming masterpiece "Vertebrae" which will be released September 29 via Indie Recordings. Painter Truls Espedal comments on the artwork: "Back in 2001, one of those nights wi...

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BAD RELIGION: New Tour Dates Announced

California punk rockers BAD RELIGION have lined up the following dates: Aug. 29 - Area 4 Festival - Luedinghausen, Germany Aug. 30 - Rock Am See - Konstanz, Germany Sep. 05 - Fortaleza, Brazil - Monophone Arena Sep. 06 - Jóquei Clube De SP (GAS Festival) - São Paulo, Brazil Sep. 10 - Regency Grand ....

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BELIEVER: New Album To Feature Guest Appearances By SACRIFICE, Ex-EVANESCENCE Members

Guitarist/vocalist Kurt Bachman of the reactivated late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metal band BELIEVER has posted the following message on the group's MySpace page: "Everything is going great with the [recording of the new BELIEVER] record. We just recorded some amazing guest guitar solos from...

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HEAVEN AND HELL: Jones Beach Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of HEAVEN AND HELL's August 10, 2008 performance at the Nikon at Jones Beach in Wantagh, New York (where the band was playing as part of the "Metal Masters Tour" alongside TESTAMENT, MOTÖRHEAD and JUDAS PRIEST) can be viewed below (clips uploaded by YouTube user "oneshot73")...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG Says His Solo Album Is 'About 85 Percent Complete'

Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has issued the following update: "Dear friends, I want to thank you so much for your open ears and all the amazingly thoughtful comments and feedback you have shared with me since the initial posting of the three advance tracks from my pending album, 'Equilibrium...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Comments On Upcoming U.S. Dates With METALLICA

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD will support METALLICA on the third leg of their upcoming North American tour. Commented MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn, "We are so fuckin stoked beyond belief to be main support to METALLICA in America; we're speechless!!! Dream come true type shit! L...

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HEAVEN AND HELL Apologizes For Abbreviated Set In Wantagh, Holmdel

Joe Siegler, the webmaster of the unofficial BLACK SABBATH web site Black-Sabbath.com, has received the following note from a spokesperson for SABBATH/HEAVEN AND HELL: "The band [HEAVEN AND HELL] would like to apologize for not having played 'Neon Knights' in Jones Beach [in Wantagh, New York] nor a...

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Former OZZY, DIO, DEEP PURPLE, AC/DC and QUIET RIOT Musicians Bring BIG NOIZE To Iraq

Vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),bassist Phil Soussan (OZZY OSBOURNE),guitarist Carlos Cavazo (QUIET RIOT) and drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC) will bring their band BIG NOIZE to Iraq and Kuwait in September. This rock and roll invasion is designed to increase morale a...

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METALLICA: North American Tour Dates Announced

METALLICA has posted the following message on its official web site: "Time for a different sort of vacation ... one right here on our home turf!! Now that [the new METALLICA album] 'Death Magnetic' is complete, we're ready to start a proper indoor arena tour of the States and Canada and we can't wai...

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POISON Singer BRET MICHAELS: 'I Don't Wanna Fight JOE ELLIOTT'

POISON singer Bret Michaels spoke to the nationally syndicated rock radio show "The Tour Bus" (web site) about his band's ongoing war of words with DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott over Elliott's comments at a June 6 press conference at the Sweden Rock Festival, in which Joe said bands like POISON and...

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JOE STUMP Putting Finishing Touches On New Solo Album

REIGN OF TERROR/HOLYHELL guitarist Joe Stump has issued the following update: "Both the Bulgarian festival and the Magic Circle Festival were quite successful for HOLYHELL. The band played killer sets at both, and the band's fan base has really begun to grow. We previewed a couple new things from th...