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SATYRICON Drummer Discusses Band's Musical Progression

Spiritech of Australia's PyroMusic.net recently conducted an interview with drummer Frost (real name: Kjetil Vidar Haraldstad) of Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. PyroMusic.net: In what ways do you feel "The Age Of Nero" is an improvement upon "No...

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BATTLE RAM Confirmed For HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Warm-Up Show

Italian power metallers BATTLE RAM will play a special cover set at the official Headbangers Open Air warm-up show on July 22, 2009 at Planet Alsen in Itzehoe, Germany. Headbangers Open Air festival will take place July 23-25, 2009 in in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping...

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MEGADETH Drummer Comments On Passing Of LOUDNESS' MUNETAKA HIGUCHI

MEGADETH's Shawn Drover has commented on the passing of LOUDNESS drummer Munetaka Higuchi, who died this morning (November 30) after a seven-month battle with liver cancer. He said, "I just found out that one of my favorite drummers passed away — Munetaka Higuchi from the band LOUDNESS. Munetaka had...

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MANOWAR: Video Interview With KARL LOGAN Available

An interview with MANOWAR guitarist Karl Logan about the newly released "Magic Circle Festival Volume II" DVD can be viewed below. From Wednesday, July 9 until the sunset on Saturday, July 12, 2008, 35,000 true metal fans (over the course of the entire festival) from 44 different countries across th...

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QUEEN BEAST To Release Debut In February

Fayetteville, Arkansas's QUEEN BEAST (formerly PILE OF DEAD WOMEN) will release its self-titled debut on February 13, 2009. The album was produced and engineered by Sanford Parker (PELICAN, UNEARTHLY TRANCE, RWAKE, BURIED AT SEA) at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio and at Semaphore Studios in Chicago...

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CONSOLATION, SEITA, JACKAL, LABORATORY SICKNESS To Perform At Holland's ZAANS METAAL FESTIVAL

Dutch death metallers CONSOLATION will reunite for an appearance at the first annual Zaans Metaal Festival, set to take place Friday, December 12 at De Kade in Zaandam, The Netherlands. The group, which previously released three albums and an EP — "Beautyfilth" (1994),"Brave Melvin from the Souther...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'I'm Definitely A Dictator; It's Just The Way I Am With Music'

Pat Prince of Powerline A.D. recently conducted an interview with legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Powerline A.D.: Do you ever compare yourself — competitively — with some of the other contemporary guitarists out there? Yngwie: Never. And...

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BRET MICHAELS: 'Driven' Video Available

POISON frontman Bret Michaels' video for the single "Driven", off his "Rock My World" album, has been released exclusively on BretMichaels.com and can be viewed below. The clip contains footage from the singer's VH1 show "Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels" — the first time it has been made availab...

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THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER: Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Canadian cult metal band THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER (a.k.a. PILEDRIVER) has posted several short video clips that were filmed late last year during the recording sessions for the group's first album in 22 years, "Metal Manifesto". Check them out below. Released on November 18, "Metal Manifesto" was mixe...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: Animated Series Appearances Announced

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach will make an appearance on an upcoming episode of "Robot Chicken", the Emmy-Award-winning American animated television series that parodies a number of pop culture conventions using stop motion animation of toys, action figures, dolls, and claymation (usually fo...

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GUNS N' ROSES' 'Democracy' To Debut At No. 2 On Billboard Chart

According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited new album, "Chinese Democracy", will move around 300,000 copies (including a reported 25,000 downloads at iTunes on November 23 not counted towards the opening week for the Sunday rel...

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GUNS N' ROSES' 'Democracy' Tops iTunes Rock Albums Charts Across The Globe

According to antiMUSIC, GUNS N' ROSES' "Chinese Democracy" has topped the iTunes Rock Albums charts across the globe. The long-awaited effort took the lead on the charts in U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlan...

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VINCE NEIL Says 'Chinese Democracy' Is 'Not Really GUNS N' ROSES'

MÖTLEY CRÜE's Vince Neil has told MTV.com that he thinks KANYE WEST will win the battle of charts over GUNS N' ROSES. The rapper released his fourth album, "808s And Heartbreak", the same week as GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited "Chinese Democracy", and music-industry insiders are curious to see who will...

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ROSS THE BOSS: Munich Performance Footage Available

Former MANOWAR/current DICTATORS guitarist and solo artist Ross The Boss has just completed a European tour as the support act for SINNER. Video footage of Ross The Boss' November 20, 2008 performance in Munich, Germany can be viewed below (courtesy of "eblinternational"). "New Metal Leader", the ne...

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DEICIDE Frontman Slams 'Children' Who Post 'Ignorant Bulls**t' On BLABBERMOUTH.NET

Vocalist/bassist Glen Benton of the veteran Florida-based death metal band DEICIDE has posted the following message on the band's MySpace page: "Response to Blabbercrap.net: Let me clear up a few things about past cancellations and the recent Central American fiasco. "Firstly, to all you stupid fuck...