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GIRLSCHOOL Putting Finishing Touches On 'Guilty As Sin' Album, Preparing For U.S. Tour

Veteran British female hard rockers GIRLSCHOOL are putting the finishing touches on their thirteenth album, "Guilty As Sin", at the Ecology Room in the U.K. with producer Chris Tsangarides (JUDAS PRIEST, THIN LIZZY, GARY MOORE). The CD will be released this summer via UDR Music. Tsangarides previous...

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New DORO Studio Album Won't Arrive Before 2016

Metal Life magazine recently conducted an interview with German metal queen Doro Pesch. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On people using their iPhones and smartphones are concerts to either film the performances...

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MESHUGGAH Awarded Swedish Songwriting Prize

Every year SKAP awards scholarships and prizes to celebrate Swedish creativity across all musical genres. The awards ceremony takes place in tandem with SKAP's annual spring party which is organized with the composers in mind and creativity as the main focus. In 2014, Swedish progressive metallers M...

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SLAYER: New Song 'When The Stillness Comes' To Be Made Available For 'Record Store Day'

"When The Stillness Comes", the first new track from SLAYER in nearly a year, will be available as part of Record Store Day on April 18, it is announced today by SLAYER and Nuclear Blast. The song, accompanied by a live recording of "Black Magic", from the band's 1983 album "Show No Mercy" and recor...

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JON OLIVA Wants To 'Get In Shape' And 'Knock People Out' At SAVATAGE Reunion

Classic American metal band SAVATAGE, which was active from 1978 until 2002, will reunite for an exclusive European appearance at next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2015 in Wacken, Germany. Asked in a brand new interview with Miriam "NocturnalC...

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CHRIS CAFFERY Says 'There's A Possibility' SAVATAGE Will Do 'Something More' After WACKEN Performance

Classic American metal band SAVATAGE, which was active from 1978 until 2002, will reunite for an exclusive European appearance at next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2015 in Wacken, Germany. Asked in a brand new interview with Vanyaland if SAVAT...

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GIRLSCHOOL Taps Producer CHRIS TSANGARIDES For New Studio Album

Veteran British female hard rockers GIRLSCHOOL will enter the Ecology Room in the UK on January 26, 2015 with producer Chris Tsangarides (JUDAS PRIEST, THIN LIZZY, GARY MOORE) to begin recording their 13th album for a spring release via UDR Music. Tsangarides, who already had a brief cooperation wit...

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BLIND GUARDIAN: 'Beyond The Red Mirror' Album Trailer

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have set "Beyond The Red Mirror" as the title of their tenth studio album, due in Europe on January 30, 2015 and February 3, 2015 in North America via Nuclear Blast. A trailer for the CD is available below. Four and a half years in the making, the follow-up to ....

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BLIND GUARDIAN To Release 'Beyond The Red Mirror' In January

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have set "Beyond The Red Mirror" as the title of their tenth studio album, due in Europe on January 30, 2015 and February 3, 2015 in North America via Nuclear Blast. Four and a half years in the making, the follow-up to 2010's "At The Edge Of Time" was recorded...

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MESHUGGAH's MÅRTEN HAGSTRÖM: 'We're Messing Around With New Ideas' For Next Studio Album

Nev Pearce of Australia's "Rabid Noise" podcast recently conducted an interview with guitarist Mårten Hagström of Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked what MESHUGGAH has been up to the last few months, Mårten said: "We've b...

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DORO Joined By BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH, JEFF WATERS, JEAN BEAUVOIR, LEATHER LEONE At NYC Show (Video)

Reigning queen of metal Doro Pesch kicked off the North American leg of her "30 Years Strong & Proud" anniversary tour on October 10 in Wisconsin. The German singer has rocked ten venues so far, including New York City's Gramercy Theater on October 20, where she was joined by a host of special g...

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DORO To Be Joined By BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH, JEFF WATERS, JEAN BEAUVOIR, LEATHER LEONE At NYC Show

Reigning queen of metal Doro Pesch kicked off the North American leg of her "30 Years Strong & Proud" anniversary tour this past Friday, October 10 in Wisconsin. The German singer is scheduled to rock eleven venues, including New York City's Gramercy Theater on October 20, where she will be join...

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BLIND GUARDIAN To Release 'Twilight Of The Gods' Single In December; New Album Due In January

German "fantasy" metallers BLIND GUARDIAN will release "Twilight Of The Gods", the first single from their long-awaited new album, on December 5 via Nuclear Blast. BLIND GUARDIAN vocalist Hansi Kürsch says: "This song is a statement about BLIND GUARDIAN. The pure definition of all that the band stan...

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SAXON To Release 'Warriors Of The Road - The Saxon Chronicles Part II' DVD, CD, Blu-Ray

British heavy metal legends SAXON continue their detailed documentation of life on the road with "Warriors Of The Road - The Saxon Chronicles Part II", to be released in Europe on November 7 and in North America on November 25. The set features extensive coverage of the band's 2013 appearance at the...

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SLAYER'S TOM ARAYA On Next Album: It 'Sounds Real F**kin' Heavy'

SLAYER has returned to the studio to resume recording its new album for a tentative early 2015 release. Helming the sessions is Terry Date, who previously worked with the band on the song "Implode", which was made available as a free download as a "thank you" to the band's fans for their continued s...