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TANK Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Legendary British power metal mercenaries TANK — featuring Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans on guitar alongside three new recruits, ex-RAINBOW/YNGWIE MALMSTEEN frontman Doogie White, ex-BRUCE DICKINSON bassist Chris Dale and ex-ZODIAC MINDWARP drummer Dave "Grav" Cavill — are putting the finishing touche...

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ORDER OF ENNEAD To Cover Classic DEATH Songs On Upcoming Tour

Florida death metallers ORDER OF ENNEAD are very excited to soon be hitting the road with HATE ETERNAL, CANNABIS CORPSE, WORMROT and others in support of their latest release, "An Examination Of Being". The band's existential style and highly technical musicianship are best experienced in a live set...

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SOILWORK Drummer To Guest On THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT's 'Deconstruction'

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) is hard at work on "Deconstruction" and "Ghost", the third and fourth in a series of albums to be made available under THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT moniker. According to Devin, "'Ghost' is the m...

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FORBIDDEN Guitarist To Guest On AC/DZ Debut

Craig Locicero (FORBIDDEN, DEMONICA) has been added to the list of guitarists who will lay down guest solos on the forthcoming debut album from AC/DZ, the San Francisco Bay Area-based AC/DC tribute band formed by legendary thrash singer Steve "Zetro" Souza (TENET, DUBLIN DEATH PATROL, EXODUS, LEGACY...

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36 CRAZYFISTS Frontman Interviewed At Montreal's HEAVY MTL

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with vocalist Brock Lindow of Alaskan metallers 36 CRAZYFISTS at this year's edition of the Heavy MTL festival, which was held July 24-25, 2010 at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. 36 CRAZYFISTS' latest album, "Collis...

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TWISTED SISTER, TUFF, W.A.S.P. Members Cover TED NUGENT for 'Fat Chicks' Tribute Album

Three additional musicians have been confirmed for the upcoming tribute album "Whole Lotta Love: An All-Star Salute To Fat Chicks". Founding TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French, TUFF vocalist Stevie Rachelle and drummer Stet Howland (LITA FORD, W.A.S.P.) have collaborated on a new recording of t...

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ATHEIST: 'Jupiter' Track Listing Revealed

Reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have set "Jupiter" as the title of their long-awaited fourth album, tentatively due in November via Season Of Mist. The CD was recorded at LedBelly studios in Atlanta, Georgia with engineer Matt Washburn and was mixed by Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, CHI...

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PLASTIC HEAD Signs SPV Deal

SPV GmbH has announced a new distribution agreement in the U.K. with Plastic Head Music Distribution Ltd. The agreement, which covers HMV and other stores, is for the house owned labels Steamhammer, Synthetic Symphony, Oblivion and Red. The first frontline titles in autumn on Steamhammer will be the...

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IRON MAIDEN Guitarist JANICK GERS Talks Finnish Storm, New Album

Bryan Reesman of Attention Deficit Delirium recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN guitarist Janick Gers. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Attention Deficit Delirium: I heard there was really bad weather at your recent Finnish festival gig, and some bands canceled. What hap...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Bassist Interviewed On 'Metal Mutilation'

Bassist Liam Wilson of mathcore band THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN was interviewed by the WMHB 89.7 FM metal radio show called "Metal Mutilation" at the Mansfield, Massachusetts stop of the Vans Warped Tour on July 13, 2010. You can now listen to the chat below. THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN's new album, "O...

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IRON MAIDEN Drummer Says Having No. 1 Album In The U.S. 'Would Be Amazing'

MusicRadar.com recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MusicRadar.com: You've had No. 1 albums in the past in the U.K. and other countries, but it looks as though "The Final Frontier" could debut at the top spot in the...

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ATHEIST Drummer Wants Everybody To 'Chill'

Drummer Steve Flynn of reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST, who received criticism from some of the band's fans for how they announced the departure of bassist Tony Choy, has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "Wow, seriously folks... I'm not sure how this was tak...

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X JAPAN Set To Invade America With First-Ever U.S. Tour

They've sold 30 million records and DVDs, filled the 55,000-seast Tokyo Dome a record-breaking 18 times, they pioneered "Visual-Kei," the Japanese music movement that helped spark the current world-wide Anime craze, and their leader has been referred to as "the Bono of Japan." But the one thing this...

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ANVIL CHORUS Interviewed On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

Aaron Zimpel and Thaen Rasmussen of the influential '80s progressive NWOSFHM (New Wave of San Francisco Heavy Metal) band ANVIL CHORUS were interviewed on the August 8, 2010 edition of the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". You can now listen to the program using the audio p...

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DEATH ANGEL Frontman To Guest On FULL METAL JACKIE's Radio Show

Vocalist Mark Osegueda of San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL will guest on this weekend's (August 13-15) edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. Jackie will also premiere new music from DEATH ANGEL and THE CONTORTIONIST. To see a full list of stations carrying the...