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The Crossfire

HEAVEN SHALL BURN, FEAR MY THOUGHTS (one group that has upped the ante with each successive release) and the rest of that German pack of modern melo-death/thrash rippers have put out some worthy releases over the years. Nowadays it is feeling like the style has been done to death, or maybe I can onl...

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CLOVEN HOOF, WIZARD Confirmed For Holland's HEAVY METAL MANIACS Festival

CLOVEN HOOF and WIZARD are among the confirmed bands for this year's installment of the Heavy Metal Maniacs festival, set to take place Saturday, October 25 at Manifesto in Hoorn, Holland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CLOVEN HOOF (UK) WIZARD (D) GILGAMESJ (NL) PORTRAIT (SWE) ROADKI...

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DAYLIGHT DIES: New Audio Interview Posted Online

Anthony Chowanec of All Metal Music conducted an interview with members of Raleigh-based metallers DAYLIGHT DIES last night (Tueday, May 20) at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City. Listen to the seven-minute chat below. Candlelight Records USA has posted "A Portrait in White", the...

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DAYLIGHT DIES: New Song Posted Online

Candlelight Records USA has posted "A Portrait in White", the new single from North Carolina-based DAYLIGHT DIES at this location. The song is featured on the exclusive tour single now on sale via the band (on tour now with CANDLEMASS) or the group's official web site, and direct from Candlelight Re...

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SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Subject Of Upcoming Documentary

Freelance documentary producers Mikael Eriksson and Philip Recht are icurrently working on a documentary film about the Sweden Rock Festival. The film will focus on the audience and the artists' views on heavy metal music and the Sweden Rock Festival in particular. Recht and Eriksson have chosen to...

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Celebrity Vault Presents L.A.'s Largest-Ever JIMI HENDRIX Photographic Exhibition

The legendary Jimi Hendrix is the most visually iconic superstar in the rock 'n' roll firmament. This May, Celebrity Vault gallery in Beverly Hills will mount the most extensive showing of Hendrix images with work from the largest and most varied group of photographers ever exhibited in Los Angeles....

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SEVENDUST Frontman Explains Decision To Pull Out Of ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM Tour

Greg Maki of Live-Metal.net recently conducted an interview with SEVENDUST vocalist Lajon Witherspoon. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Live-Metal.net: What is your role personally in the whole writing and recording process? Lajon: We all write together and I always feel it would be foolis...

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SIXX: A.M.: 'Uncensored' Version Of 'Pray For Me' Video Available On Playboy.com

Playboy.com has teamed up with Eleven Seven Music to premiere the uncensored music video for the new SIXX: A.M. single "Pray for Me". The steamy video will air exclusively at www.playboy.com through April 29. Playboy.com, a leading lifestyle and entertainment site, is a place where musicians and dir...

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THE_NETWORK Guitarist Helps Launch BLACK MARKET ACTIVITIES Blog

Black Market Activities has announced the posting of the first-ever artist blog entry on the label's new blog. Crafted by Kevin Howley, one of two guitarists for New Hampshire-based band THE_NETWORK, the entry features a unique self-introduction by Howley, followed by a mathematical computation of s...

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SIXX: A.M.: 'Pray For Me' Video Posted Online

"Pray for Me", the new video from MTLEY CRE bassist Nikki Sixx's SIXX: A.M. side project, can be viewed below. SIXX: A.M. which also features James Michael and DJ Ashba (ex-BEAUTIFUL CREATURES) made its live debut in July 2007 following a press conference to promote Sixx's new book and accompanying...

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DAYLIGHT DIES To Sell Limited-Edition Single On CANDLEMASS Tour

North Carolina-based DAYLIGHT DIES has issued the following update: "Time is drawing near to depart for our North American tour with CANDLEMASS. We've made the transition from recording to rehearsing and are busy figuring out setlists and running order. We plan on playing a couple songs off of the n...

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FALL OF SERENITY: Video Footage From Recording Studio Posted Online

German behemoth FALL OF SERENITY will release its fourth full-length album, "The Crossfire", in North America on May 13. But much has changed since we last heard from the death-thrash axe-slayers. After 2006's herculean "Bloodred Salvation", long-time bass player John Gahlert took over the microphon...

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JIMI HENDRIX Gets Shuffled

CNN.com reports that David Alvarez of Leavenworth, Washington has constructed a portrait of guitarist legend Jimi Hendrix using more than 8,500 Bicycle playing cards. While others have used Post-it Notes for mosaics like this, as far as Alvarez can tell from Internet searches, he is the first to exp...

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PORTRAIT Signs With IRON KODEX RECORDS

Iron Kodex Records has announced the signing of Sweden's traditional metal hopefuls PORTRAIT. The band's self-titled debut album is scheduled for release on April 3. According to a press release, "Portrait" will feature eight songs of highly energetic traditional metal in the vein of bands like SAVA...

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DAYLIGHT DIES: New Album Artwork Revealed

North Carolina-based DAYLIGHT DIES has issued the following update: "As we speak, our new album 'Lost to the Living' is being mixed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden. We are also nearing completion of the layout together with Travis Smith, which includes art and lyrics for every...