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TO/DIE/FOR To Play Lebanon In August

Finnish gothic metal band TO/DIE/FOR will play the Big Bang Festival in Lebanon on August 24. According to a posting on the group's MySpace page, they will be joined at the event by THE STROKES and MOONSPELL, among other acts. A TO/DIE/FOR signing session will also take place at the Virgin Megastore...

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When you're the lone musical export from a country of roughly 50,000 I'd imagine there would be just a tiny bit of pressure placed on your shoulders when it comes to representing your fellow countrymen. Fortunately for the residents of the Faroe Islands, TYR takes on this distinction with triumphant...

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FULL BLOWN CHAOS Explains Tour Cancellation

New York-based hardcore/metal band FULL BLOWN CHAOS has released the following statement regarding the cancellation of the remaning dates on its Summer of Scum tour (also featuring SHAI HULUD, ELYSIA and WOE OF TYRANTS): "It is out of our hands. Between constant catastrophic vehicle problems combine...

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RUSH: New Concert DVD Due In November

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site RushIsABand.com, RUSH filmed its July 22, 2008 concert at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Alpharetta, Georgia. The main purpose for the shoot was to get video footage of the songs "Red Barchetta", "The Trees", "Ghost Of A Chance" and "2112", along with Ne...

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KING DIAMOND: There Is No Way In Hell I Would Miss The Opportunity To Pay Tribute To DIMEBAG

King Diamond has issued the following update: "Now that it's been made official, yes, I will participate in the tribute to Dimebag at Ozzfest. It's an honor to have been asked to participate, and my back is steadily getting better, definitely good enough for a short appearance, and it couldn't be fo...

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CYNIC: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

Reunited progressive metallers CYNIC — whose 1993 album "Focus" is regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/progressive metal — have set "Traced In Air" as the title of their new album, due on October 27 via Season of Mist Records. Returning from the "Focus" era for the new eight-son...

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BONFIRE To Release 'The Räuber' DVD In August

Veteran German hard rockers BONFIRE will release their new DVD, "The Räuber", on August 1 via LZ Records. Commented the band: "After two months of hard work on the filming and cutting, the first visual documentary about BONFIRE's rock opera 'The Räuber' is ready for a release on DVD format. The succ...

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ZIMMERS HOLE Guitarist Checks In

Guitarist Jed Simon (ZIMMERS HOLE, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, TENET) has issued the following update: "It's good to be back in Vancouver, and it's great to be back at work with my Metal Family. Over the last week we [ZIMMERS HOLE] have been slammin' out the new tunes (old ones too!) and enjoying every mom...

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DOWN: Six New Songs Recorded

DOWN/ex-PANTERA vocalist Philip Anselmo has posted the following update on the DOWN web site: "Well, once again it's been TOO long since I last contacted all of you — but here it is! "We've been hammering Europe to pieces as of late, and today is our last of four shows in Gothenberg, Sweden. Two sho...

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INFESTUS To Release New Album In August

German black metallers INFESTUS will release their second album, "Chroniken Des Ablebens", on August 29 via Debemur Morti Productions. According to a press release, the CD "sends forth seven infectious spells, brimful of black magick and oozing a twisted, comforting malice." "Chroniken des Ablebens"...

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C.C. DEVILLE Wants POISON Concerts To Be 'Honoring To God'

Pete Wilson, the pastor at Cross Point Church in Nashville, Tennessee recently got a call from POISON guitarist C.C. DeVille asking for advice and inviting him to POISON's July 8 concert at the Sommet Center in Nashville. According to Pete, "C.C. has just become a Christian and was wondering if I wo...

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INSOMNIUM To Enter Studio In March

Guitarist Ville Friman of the Finnish metal band INSOMNIUM has issued the following update: "We are currently rehearsing new material, which will become fourth INSOMNIUM album at some point. At the moment, we have four songs ready and lots of semi-ready material in store just waiting to be trained a...

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MUDVAYNE Says Something Is 'Coming'

The Pulse of Radio reports: MUDVAYNE's MySpace page has recently changed, with all the usual features going away and replaced by a simple, riff-heavy music loop and a black screen that displays a message in bursts of static. The message reads, "It's happening. It's coming. Are you ready?" This is th...

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EUROPE: Norwegian TV Report On MIDNATTSROCKEN Appearance Available

A Norwegian TV (NRK 1) video report on EUROPE's appearance at this year's Midnattsrocken festival — which was held July 10-13, 2008 near Lakselv, Norway — can be viewed below. The one-minute video includes an interview with guitarist John Norum and performance clips of the songs "Ready or Not" and "...

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FULL BLOWN CHAOS: Video Interview With RAY MAZZOLA Posted Online

HardTimes.ca recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ray Mazzola of the New York-based hardcore/metal band FULL BLOWN CHAOS. Watch the 10-minute chat below. FULL BLOWN CHAOS's latest full-length CD, "Heavy Lies the Crown", was released in August 2007 via Ferret Music. The CD was produced by th...