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THORIUM Performs With New Lineup For First Time
Having performed in front of a packed house at the Belsepub Club in Gothenburg, Sweden on August 29, Danish metal band THORIUM is now ready to play more shows with the new lineup featuring Johan Axelsson (ex-DERANGED) on guitar replacing longtime member Allan Tvedebrink. Commented vocalist Michael H...September 24, 2008
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TAPROOT: 'Our Long Road Home' First-Week Sales Revealed
"Our Long Road Home", the new album from the Michigan-based hard rock quartet TAPROOT, sold around 7,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 65. Released through Velvet Hammer, the label founded by the management company of the sa...September 24, 2008
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PROFESSIONAL MURDER MUSIC: So Where's That 'New Music?'
Guitarist Tom Hatziemanouel of the Los Angeles industrial band PROFESSIONAL MURDER MUSIC has issued the following update: "SO WHERE'S THAT 'NEW MUSIC???' "It's now September 2008. 2009 is coming up fast. It's been how long now? "Yet another blog from me, followed by a long silence... hopefully NOT....September 23, 2008
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UFO Guitarist Signs Solo Deal With MASCOT RECORDS
UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore has inked a deal with Holland's Mascot Records for the worldwide release of his upcoming solo album, tentatively due in early 2009. XM's Boneyard host Eddie Trunk, who has a long-running radio show, "Friday Night Rocks", on New York's Q104.3 FM, conducted an interview with...September 23, 2008
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ANGEL Frontman Shoots Down Reunion Rumors
Get Ready To Roll! recently interviewed singer Frank DiMino of '70s rock group ANGEL where he discussed the reissue of the band's third album, "On Earth As It Is In Heaven", Gene Simmons and Frank Zappa. He was also asked about the rumors that keyboardist Gregg Giuffria might be rejoining the band f...September 23, 2008
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MEGADETH Mainman Is 'Still Eyeing' The Top Spot On BILLBOARD Chart
MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I am sending you this post from Maui, Hawaii, where I currently am, to get one last vacation in before I start my next record. "We also are going to be announcing some really maj...September 23, 2008
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DEMON HUNTER: '45 Days' Trailer Available
A trailer for "45 Days", the forthcoming CD/DVD package from Seattle-based metallers DEMON HUNTER, can be viewed below. Due on November 25 through Solid State, the three-disc set will feature a 90-minute documentary about the band and footage of the group's June 26, 2008 concert at Rockettown in Nas...September 23, 2008
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TORTURE DIVISION Preparing To Enter Studio
TORTURE DIVISION — the new Swedish death metal project featuring guitarist Lord K. Philipson (THE PROJECT HATE, GOD AMONG INSECTS, ex-LEUKEMIA),bassist/vocalist Jörgen Sandström (VICIOUS ART, THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE) and drummer Tobias "Tobben" Gustafsson (VOMITORY) — is preparing to e...September 23, 2008
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Report: Fans Frustrated By Resellers After AC/DC Sells Out In Four Minutes
Amy O'Brian of the Vancouver Sun reports: When tickets to AC/DC's November concert at GM Place went on sale Friday morning, Annette Romano and thousands of others were poised at their computers, ready to click for tickets. The $99 tickets went on sale at precisely 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster's website,...September 23, 2008
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NIDRIKE Hoping To Enter Studio In November
NIDRIKE, the Swedish black metal project featuring VANMAKT mainman Gorgoth and Gjallar from SKALD as the main lyric writer, recently inked a deal with Undead Propaganda Records from Sweden for the release of a new mini-CD, tentatively due in early 2009. Gorgoth says, "I have finished five new songs...September 19, 2008
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DEF LEPPARD Ready To Rock NHL North American Opener In Detroit
According to CBC Sports, British rockers DEF LEPPARD will perform at Detroit's Fox Theatre prior to the NHL's North American opener between the Red Wings and the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, October 9 (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m. ET). CBCSports.ca will provide live streaming of the concer...September 19, 2008
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DUFF MCKAGAN's LOADED Checks In From Europe
LOADED, the band formed by current VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan (on guitar and vocals) after he left GUNS N' ROSES, has issued the following update: "We are on day five of the Europe tour and things have been beyond fantastic! The shows have been so much fun, thank you to everybody for comin...September 18, 2008
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MEGADETH Drummer Says Band's New Recording Studio Is Getting 'Close To Being 100% Operative'
MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has issued the following update: "So I'm down here in San Diego at [MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine's] new recording studio that is getting closer to being 100% operative. I am helping out with getting certain things a bit more 'cosmetically appealing,' shall we say. Thi...September 17, 2008
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Report: Chattanooga Heavy Metal Musicians Defend Controversial Genre
Laura Galbraith of the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports: It is a music genre that has been dismissed by some as "devil music," but for a number of young adults in the Chattanooga [Tennessee] area, heavy metal is both a creative outlet and a source of personal strength. "Metal music is very much...September 17, 2008
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NADIWRATH Hard At Work On Debut Album
Greek black metallers NADIWRATH, featuring DODSFERD mainman Wrath on vocals, are currently working on their debut album. Wrath states, "The NADIWRATH recordings started one week ago! We have finished the drum recordings — nine songs of raw and sick black metal! By the end of this year, our first ful...September 17, 2008
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