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MELECHESH Recording Demos For New Album

Ashmedi and Moloch of the Sumerian thrashing black metal act MELECHESH are holed up at the Sulphonic studio in Rotterdam working on demos for the follow-up to the "Emissaries" album. This will be MELECHESH's fifth full-length effort and first for Nuclear Blast Records. No date is set for the recordi...

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ENFORCER: New Demo Track Posted Online

Hot on the heels of the release of their critically acclaimed album "Into The Night", Swedish metallers ENFORCER unleash a preview of things to come with a new demo track from their upcoming album, tentatively scheduled for release mid-2010. The song, entitled "Roll The Dice", is available for strea...

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'Ultimate Hendrix' Book Authors To Guest On 'Rockline'

The June 10 edition of the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn will spotlight "Ultimate Hendrix", the new book by author John McDermott, bassist Billy Cox, and sound engineer and photographer Eddie Kramer. Fans are encouraged to speak with McDermott, Cox, and Kramer by c...

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UNHOLY In Montreal: Interview, Performance Footage Available

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with the Syracuse, New York-based hardcore band UNHOLY when they played Montreal, Quebec, Canada on May 29, 2009. Check it out below. Also available is performance footage from the Montreal show. "New Life Behind Closed Eyes", the new album from UNHOLY, was releas...

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GREAT WHITE Singer Gets Band Portrait Tattooed On His Back

Mary Stegmeir of WCFcourier.com reports: GREAT WHITE formed more than 30 years ago, but it wasn't until last week that frontman Jack Russell felt confident inking a portrait of the Grammy-nominated rock band on his back. "I've always wanted to do it," said the vocalist, moments before a friend start...

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SPICE AND THE RJ BAND, TORCH, WITCHCRAFT To Play Sweden's MUSKELROCK Festival

SPICE AND THE RJ BAND, TORCH, CAULDRON, WITCHCRAFT, AXE WITCH, BACKDRAFT, SOLID GROUND, GRAVEYARD and THE DEVIL'S BLOOD have been confirmed for Muskelrock, set to take place June 12-13 in Tyrolen, outside Växjö, Sweden (with a pre-show event scheduled for June 11). The festival billing is shaping up...

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COMPOS MENTIS Explains Label Choice

Danish melodic death metallers COMPOS MENTIS have inked a deal with Strange Ears for the release of their third album, "Our Kingdom of Decay". Due on June 22, the CD's lyrical concept is based on "various shady sides of Denmark's history, e.g. the disfiguration of The Little Mermaid, an insane king,...

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Signed ROBERT PLANT Painting Raises Funds For Acorns Children's Hospice

Kidderminster Shuttle reports that a painting of Kidderminster's rock superstar, Robert Plant, has raised £1,500 for Acorns Children's Hospice. Painted by Sue Verity, of Tamworth and autographed by the rock legend, the portrait has been snapped up by LED ZEPPELIN fan, Catharine Zelinski, living in O...

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LICK THE BLADE Replaces PILEDRIVER At Germany's HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Festival

Cleveland, Ohio-based metallers LICK THE BLADE have replaced Canadian cult metal band THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER (a.k.a. PILEDRIVER) on the billing of this year's Headbangers Open Air festival, set to take place July 23-25, 2009 in in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. The following bands are now scheduled...

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CANDLEMASS, SAHG, ABSU, CYNIC Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

CANDLEMASS, SAHG, ABSU and CYNIC are among the newly confirmed bands for the Hole in the Sky festival (a.k.a. Bergen Metal Fest X),set to take place August 26-29, 2009 in Bergen, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Tuesday, August 25 - Hole in the Sky: Incoming SAHG KVELERTAK DER...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Flight 666" Exclusive Premiere On VH1 CLASSIC, PALLADIA And VH1 On June 6 (6/6)

On February 8, 2008, British heavy rock legends IRON MAIDEN embarked on the most ambitious and adventurous tour in rock history. For the first time ever the band gave full access to a film crew to document their journey and this resulted in the critically acclaimed, full-length documentary film, "Ir...

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UNHOLY: Entire New Album To Be Streamed Online

"New Life Behind Closed Eyes", the new album from the Syracuse, New York-based quintet UNHOLY, wil be made available for streaming in its entirety on Lambgoat.com starting on Tuesday, May 5. Due on May 12 via Prosthetic Records, the follow-up to 2007's "Blood of the Medusa" (Lambgoat Records) was re...

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ENSLAVED To Be Joined By DARKTHRONE, EMPEROR, DARKTHRONE Members At Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY

Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED have been confirmed for the Hole in the Sky festival (a.k.a. Bergen Metal Fest X),set to take place August 26-29, 2009 in Bergen, Norway. Commented promoter Torgrim Øyre: "Wow, it's been 10 years already. Who would have though that when w...

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GREAT WHITE: New Audio Interview With JACK RUSSELL Available

GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell was interviewed on last night's (Saturday, April 18) edition of the "Maximum Threshold" show. The program is now available for download at this location. GREAT WHITE will release its new album, "Rising", in North America on April 21 via Shrapnel Records. The CD was is...

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MELECHESH Mainman Focus Of New Documentary; Trailer Available

Ashmedi, the founder of the pioneering Mesopotamian black/thrash metal band MELECHESH, is the focus of a new documentary from Tools of the Trade Productions. Entitled "Ashmedi: A Metal Disporant", "this documentary [tries] to capture Ashmedi in his personal surroundings as well as his music life in...