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BLAZE BAYLEY: Pratteln Photos Available

Quality photos of BLAZE BAYLEY's (ex-IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) December 13, 2008 concert at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland can be found at Metalchroniques. Blaze reportedly dedicated the song "While You Were Gone" to his wife/manager Debbie Hartland, who died in late September after suffering a brain hem...

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PRIESTESS: New Video Interview With MIKEY HEPPNER Available

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikey Heppner of the Montreal, Quebec, Canada foursome PRIESTESS on December 13, 2008 in the band's hometown. Watch the eight-minute chat below. PRIESTESS recently finished recording its second album in Los Angeles with producer Dave Schiff...

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DANKO JONES Interviewed On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show; Audio Available

Canadian rockers DANKO JONES were IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests this past Friday (December 12) during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". You can now listen to the interview at BBC.co.uk "King Of Magazines", the new video from DANK...

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Aggressive Dissension

"Aggressive Dissension" by the Twin-Cities' RED GEM OF HADES is the product of vocalist Pat "Flex" Young and guitarist Kyle Vraa who decided that the world needs some deathly thrash metal with classic heavy metal guitar solos. To that end, the duo has succeeded. As far as studio projects go, the deb...

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Into the Night

Heavy Artillery Records just keeps on delivering the goods. After a run of righteous vintage thrash albums, the label has now unleashed one in the traditional heavy metal vein, albeit a disc with a significant speed metal element. On "Into the Night", Sweden's ENFORCER stomp on the gas pedal and rac...

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Overlords of Chaos

A more appropriate name for this Portuguese band does not exist. The music of IRONSWORD heard on new album "Overlords of Chaos" (from traditional heavy metal label Shadow Kingdom) conjures images not of just Marshall stacks and denim 'n leather throngs, but of burly, hirsute dudes wielding axes and...

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Freedom Metal

How about those Chicago boys? In keeping with Cruz Del Sur's legacy of releasing some of the world's best heavy metal (in the most traditional sense),the Italian label can take pride in BIBLE OF THE DEVIL's fifth full-length album, "Freedom Metal". It does not disappoint. The Windy City quartet bri...

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Fogcutter

Reading the Canadian press statements on Windsor's FIFTYWATTHEAD you would think that they are in fact the second coming of Jesus Christ. Calm down, "Fogcutter" has got a lot of juicy guitar riff wreckage going on, but let's not get carried away here. Much of what is heard on the album is listenable...

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Your Drug of Choice

Here we have the (eighth? ninth? do we count that remix album?) full-length effort of muscled down, grown up thrash metal from these Swiss scene veterans (anyone remember POLTERGEIST, besides me and whoever empties the dumpsters at Century Media?). GURD may have zero profile here in the States, but...

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IRON MAIDEN: Promotional Video For Lima Concert Available

A four-minute promotional video for IRON MAIDEN's March 26, 2009 concert at the Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru can be viewed below. The clip includes a brief message from MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson for the band's Peruvian fans. He says, "To play in Peru is a bit of a result for us. We are really...

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Two Lucky New Zealand Bands To Play With IRON MAIDEN

Scoop.zo.nz reports: Two lucky bands are destined for true rock-star status when they open each of the IRON MAIDEN New Zealand concerts with a 30-minute set at Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium on February 20 and Christchurch's AMI Stadium on February 21. The Rock radio station is running a competition fr...

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AEROSMITH Frontman Performs With TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA In New York, New Jersey

AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler was the special surprise guest for the TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA concerts at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York on December 12 and the Izod Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey on December 13. According to Kevin Alba of MetalAsylum.net, "halfw...

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HALFORD: 'Live At Rock In Rio III' Blu-Ray Details Revealed

Metal God Entertainment has announced the pre-sale of HALFORD "Resurrection World Tour – Live At Rock In Rio III" 5.1 special-edition Blu-ray. Hosted by Rob Halford and members of his new solo band, "Resurrection World Tour" documents each new HALFORD musician as they find themselves in a fast-paced...

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IRON MAIDEN Confirmed For Argentina's QUILMES ROCK Festival

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN will return to Argentina to headline the Quilmes Rock festival at River Plate Stadium on Saturday, March 28, 2009. The other headliners announced so far on the four-day festival are RADIOHEAD and LOS PIOJOS, a hugely popular Argentine band. A full supporting b...

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HEAVEN AND HELL Completes Basic Tracks For New Album

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH members Ronnie James Dio (vocals),Tony Iommi (guitar),Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) — has finished laying down the basic tracks for its new CD for an early 2009 release via Rhino Records. "It has been a pleasurable experience writi...