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SPIRITUAL BEGGARS Working On New Material

SPIRITUAL BEGGARS — the Swedish band featuring ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott and bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, along with vocalist Apollo Papathanasio (FIREWIND) — is busy in the studio all this week, writing "new riffs" and coming up with "new songs," according to Amott. SPIRITUAL BEGGARS last yea...

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PAPA WHEELIE Bassist's ORBITER 500 Releases Debut Album

PAPA WHEELIE bassist Joe Ledesma (a.k.a. Joefus) and his band ORBITER 500 from Oakland, California just released its new album, "XL". ORBITER 500's sonic road trip takes you through super-heavy riffs and crushing grooves mixed with powerful vocals and uncompromising, explosive, live performances. Pu...

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RAGE Guitarist Interviewed On 'Heavy Metal Thunder' (Audio)

DJ JC Green of Metal Messiah Radio's "Heavy Metal Thunder" show recently conducted an interview with guitarist Victor Smolski of German power metallers RAGE. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Interview (audio): ...

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VAN HALEN: Audio Of Three Songs From Secret Los Angeles Show Posted Online

VAN HALEN played an hour-long secret show on Wednesday night (February 1) at Henson Studios in Hollywood, California. The audience of about 250 attendees saw the band perform three songs from its new album, "A Different Kind Of Truth", including "She's The Woman", "The Trouble With Never" and first...

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FREEDOM CALL: 'Hero On Video' Video Released

"Hero On Video", the new video from German melodic metallers FREEDOM CALL, can be seen below (courtesy of AOL's Noisecreep). The song comes off the band's new album, "Land Of The Crimson Dawn", which will be released on February 24 in Germany, February 27 in the rest of Europe and February 28 in ...

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SLASH: New Album Release Date Announced

Slash — the iconic, Grammy-winning rock guitarist and songwriter — is currently in a Los Angeles studio putting the finishing touches on his second solo album. The as-yet-untitled disc is due out May 22 on Slash's own label Dik Hayd International distributed through EMI and will follow his 2010 debu...

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LANFEAR: 'This Harmonic Consonance' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Unveiled

"This Harmonic Consonance", the sixth album from German power metallers LANFEAR, will be released on February 24 via Pure Steel Records. The group previously described the effort as "the heaviest LANFEAR album until now. [It contains] some pretty fast tracks but also the very first doom song in our...

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RUNNING WILD: New Video Message From ROCK 'N' ROLF

A new video message from guitarist/vocalist Rock 'N' Rolf of reunited German metal legends RUNNING WILD can be seen below. RUNNING WILD will release its brand new album, "Shadowmaker", in Germany on April 20, in the rest of Europe on April 23 and in the U.S./Canada on April 24 via SPV/Steamhammer. T...

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ADRENALINE MOB: Debut Album Samples Available

"Omertá", the full-length debut from ADRENALINE MOB — the band featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD),SYMPHONY X frontman Russell Allen and guitar virtuoso Mike Orlando (SONIC STOMP) — will be released in Europe on March 19 in Europe via Century Media Records. The CD will...

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ELECTRIC BOYS Frontman Plays Acoustic Set For EXPRESSEN TV (Video)

Video footage of ELECTRIC BOYS frontman Conny Bloom playing a short acoustic set for Expressen TV's XL Live can be seen below. The reunited original ELECTRIC BOYS lineup — Franco Santunione (guitar),Andy Christell (bass),Niklas Sigevall (drums) and Conny Bloom (guitar, vocals) — released its first...

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PASSENGER, HELLFUELED Members Join Forces In CRAWL BACK TO ZERO

CRAWL BACK TO ZERO, the new Swedish band featuring drummer Patrik J. Sten (PASSENGER, TRANSPORT LEAGUE, KEROZENE),vocalist Mikael Skager (KEROZENE) and guitarist Jocke Lundgren (HELLFUELDED),has completed work on its 11-song debut album for a 2012 via an as-yet-undetermined record label. CRAWL BAC...

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VAN HALEN: 'The Whole Truth: Howard Stern' Special To Air Tomorrow

According to the unofficial VAN HALEN web site Van Halen News Desk, A special called "The Whole Truth: The Howard Stern/Van Halen Special" — which is basically a five-hour uncensored history of VAN HALEN on "The Howard Stern Show"… the good, the bad and the ugly — will air tomorrow (Tuesday, Februar...

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ASPHYX: 'Deathhammer' Formats Unveiled

Dutch doom death metal legends ASPHYX will release their new studio album, "Deathhammer", on February 27 in Europe and February 28 in North America via Century Media Records. The effort will be made available in the following formats: * Limited-edition mediabook 2CD with special bonus disc * Standar...

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IRON MAIDEN Drummer 'Not Sure' When There Will Be New Studio Album

David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain at the 2012 NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, a massive music-products convention that took place January 19-22 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. You...

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GOATWHORE Guitarist Interviewed On 'The Oath' (Audio)

Johnny Thrash of the "The Oath" metal radio show, which airs on the KBZS-FM / 106.3 The Buzz station in Wichita Falls, Texas, recently conducted an interview with guitarist Sammy Duet of New Orleans, Louisiana's sons of American no-frills-black-metal-meets-death-'n'-roll GOATWHORE. You can now liste...