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ABSENCE OF THE SUN Signs With HOLD TRUE RECORDINGS
Hold True Recordings has announced the signing of Portland, Maine's champions of melodic metal ABSENCE OF THE SUN. The band's debut album, "A Symphony of Unheard Words", will be released this spring. For those who are not yet familiar with ABSENCE OF THE SUN, the quintet draws from the proven influe...February 24, 2009
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GOD FORBID has never made the same album twice and each release shows true artistic development and musical ability without a compromise in heaviness. The band has had its share of detractors over the years, but no one can say that GOD FORBID has not always sought to improve and expand its horizons...February 24, 2009
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SLIPKNOT, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, MASTODON, CLUTCH Members Talk 'Watchmen' Movie
ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino has written a feature compiling band reactions to the upcoming $120 million comic book adaptation "Watchmen". For this exclusive feature, he spoke with SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor, SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan, MASTODON drummer Brann D...February 23, 2009
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CHAOSSTAR: Debut Album Out Now
Slovenian experimental/progressive metallers CHAOSSTAR released their debut album, "Lifetime", on January 30 via On Parole Productions. The CD contains eight songs "full of pounding drums, different bass techniques, biting guitars with lightning fast solos and soaring vocals with screams, worthy of...February 23, 2009
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ACTIVISION's TIM RILEY Talks 'Guitar Hero: Metallica'; Video Available
Tim Riley, vice president of music affairs at Activision, recently spoke to the Scandinavian gaming mag Gamereactor about the new importance of games as a platform for distribution and the new position it holds as catalyst for increased digital music sales in reference to the company's upcoming META...February 23, 2009
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CHILDREN OF BODOM To Release Collection Of Covers
Bassist Henkka Seppälä (a.k.a. Henkka T. Blacksmith) of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM has told FemaleFirst that the band is planning on releasing a collection of covers sometime in the fall. The set is expected to feature most of the group's previously released cover versions, including the fo...February 23, 2009
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DESTRUCTION: Moscow Photos Available
German thrashers DESTRUCTION played a headlining show at X.O. club in Moscow, Russia on Saturday, February 21. Check out photos from the concert: Darkside The MetalList Headbanger.ru The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Intro 02. Soul Collector 03. Bestial Invasion 04. Devolution 05. Eternal Ban...February 23, 2009
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FAIRYLAND: 'Score To A New Beginning' Artwork, Release Dates Revealed
French symphonic metallers FAIRYLAND will release their new album, "Score To A New Beginning", on the following dates: Mar. 25 - Japan and rest of Asia (Marquee/Avalon) Apr. 29 - Finland, Spain (Napalm Records) Apr. 30 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Sweden (Napalm Records)...February 22, 2009
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SCORPIONS Performs At Germany's ECHO AWARDS; Video Available
German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS received a lifetime achievement award at this year's ECHO German Music Awards. The band accepted its ECHO in person last night (Saturday, February 21) at Berlin's O2 World and performed an exclusive medley of the SCORPIONS hits "Big City Nights", "Rock You Like A...February 22, 2009
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AL ATKINS' HOLY RAGE Schedules More Dates
HOLY RAGE (pictured below),the new band fronted by original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins, has scheduled the following dates: Feb. 22 - JB's - Dudley, Midlands, UK Mar. 29 - Takaroo - Cannock, UK Apr. 30 - Robin 2 - Bilston, West Midlands, UK May 31 - [to be announced] - New York, NY ...February 21, 2009
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SAMAEL Frontman: 'We Wanted To Do A More Stripped Down Metal Album'
Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with SAMAEL frontman Vorph. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Tangra Mega Rock: [Let's] talk about [the upcoming SAMAEL album] "Above". Where does the excitement for this one came from? Vorph: Well, you've probably heard abou...February 21, 2009
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MEGADETH's MUSTAINE, TESTAMENT's BILLY To Guest On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show
MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine and TESTAMENT's Chuck Billy will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on March 13, 2009 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the broadcast live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m....February 20, 2009
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LAMB OF GOD Interviewed On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show; Audio Available
Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD were IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests earlier tonight (Friday, February 20) during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". The program is now available for streaming at BBC.co.uk. On Tuesday, Febru...February 20, 2009
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BLAZE BAYLEY: New DVD Title Revealed
Former IRON MAIDEN/WOLFSBANE singer Blaze Bayley has set "The Night That Will Not Die" as the title of his new live DVD, due next month via Blaze Bayley Recordings. This DVD was filmed on December 13, 2008 at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland and features two hours of live perfomance material, directed by...February 20, 2009
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MERCENARY, LOCH VOSTOK Confirmed For PROGPOWER SCANDINAVIA
MERCENARY and LOCH VOSTOK have been confirmed for this year's installment of the ProgPower Scandinavia festival, set to take place September 25-26 at Vega, the premium rock venue in Copenhagen, Denmark. Also scheduled to appear are PRETTY MAIDS and IRON FIRE. There will be 10 bands performing over t...February 20, 2009
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