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Canadian AC/DC Tribute Band Takes A Comedic Approach

Canada's Comox Valley Record reports: There are tribute bands — and there's BC/DC. They were born of bush party ashes in the summer of 1999. Some 400 unexpected gigs later, Canada's BC/DC have systematically redefined the concept of a tribute band, garnering iconic status among their diehard fans an...

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KING DIAMOND Talks About Story Behind 'Give Me Your Soul ... Please'

King Diamond recently spoke to AnarchyMusic.net about the story behind his latest album "Give Me Your Soul ... Please". An excerpt follows: King Diamond: "Our distributor in Denmark called our tour manager who does all kinds of stuff with us and said, 'I just saw a painting on some artist's web site...

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EPICA: 'The Divine Conspiracy' Artwork Revealed

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band EPICA has revealed the cover artwork for its new album, "The Divine Conspiracy", due in Europe on September 10 via Nuclear Blast Records (September 7 in Germany). Check it out at this location. "The Divine Conspiracy", which was mixed by Sascha Paeth, featur...

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Ziltoid the Omniscient

"Ziltoid the Omniscient", Devin Towsend's first "pure solo album" is supposed to be it for a while for the enigmatic and creatively brilliant main man for STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND. And what a fantastic way to end this chapter of a career marked by sheer genius. "Solo" is to be...

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TWISTED SISTER Guitarist To Take Part In 'Vampires Rock' Tour

TWISTED SISTER guitarist Eddie Ojeda will take part in Steve Steinman's "Vampires Rock" tour in Europe during September-December 2007. Commented Ojeda: "It's a great show for me to be a part of and three months of touring with them will be great!" "Vampires Rock" is a musical stage show which premie...

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SYMPHONY X Frontman Talks About Making Of 'Paradise Lost'

FMQB recently conducted an interview with SYMPHONY X vocalist Russell Allen. A couple of excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow: FMQB: With a revolving lineup of musicians over the years, how does it feel to finally record three albums in a row with the same lineup? Russell: It didn't...

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MARDUK Guitarist: 'This Was Probably One Of The Smoothest Recordings We've Ever Done'

Jackie Smit of Chronicles of Chaos recently conducted an interview with MARDUK guitarist Morgan Håkansson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Chronicles of Chaos: I think that my response to hearing "Rom 5:12" for the first time was probably quite similar to a lot of people, in that I could...

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Guitarist JOE STUMP To Shoot New Instructional DVD

Guitarist Joe Stump has issued the following update: "Just a quick update to report some of the stuff I've got in the pipes. First off HOLYHELL will be playing two festivals in Europe, the Kaliakra Rock Fest in Kavarna, Bulgaria on June 30th, and the Magic Circle festival on July 7th. The Magic Circ...

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Finnish Folk Metallers TURISAS At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival; Video Available

Professionally filmed video footage of Finnish folk metallers TURISAS performing at the Download festival earlier today (Saturday, June 9) at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England has been posted at YouTube. Century Media Records has set a July 17 North American release date for the sophomore albu...

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SYMPHONY X Frontman Talks About Forthcoming 'Paradise Lost' CD

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with SYMPHONY X frontman Russell Allen. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Asylum: So it has been a while since SYMPHONY X put out a record ("The Odyssey" released in 2002). You recently started doing some shows in support of the new album "Paradi...

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RINGWORM's New CD To Feature Artwork By VOIVOD's AWAY

Cleveland-based metal/hardcore band RINGWORM has tapped VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin to create the artwork for its new album, "The Ninth Circle: The Venomous Grand Design", due on August 21 via Victory Records. The CD is being recorded at Spider Studios in Strongsville, Ohio with producer B...

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TRIVIUM: Two Headlining Dates Announced

TRIVIUM has scheduled the following headlining dates prior to the start of the Family Values tour: July 17 - Beta Bar - Tallahasse, FL July 18 - Rockettown - Nashville, TN Tickets for both shows go on sale June 15. TRIVIUM's video for the song "The Rising" has been posted online at this ...

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DARKSIDE: New Album Title, Concept Revealed

Austrian death metal band DARKSIDE has issued the following update: "DARKSIDE have started to work on their next release, which will be entitled 'Decayed 1.0' and will be featuring 16 songs of the band from their first 10 years of recording. All songs will be recorded anew and there might be cover v...

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KATAKLYSM's 'In The Arms Of Devastation' Lands On Billboard's Heatseekers Chart

Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM sold around 900 copies of their 2006 CD "In the Arms of Devastation" in the United States during the seven days ending June 3, 2007. The album's total U.S. sales now stand at just under 19,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Commented the band: "Dear fans, your bo...

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DAN SWANÖ Talks About New NIGHTINGALE Album

CenZu of the Finnish Dan Swanö fan site www.swano.net recently conducted an interview with Dan Swanö (EDGE OF SANITY, NIGHTINGALE, SECOND SKY, BLOODBATH). A couple of excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow: Q: How have you been, you have had a busy year I've understood. Would you care...