Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR), Dave Lombardo (SLAYER), Tomoyasu Hotei (superstar Japanese composer, whose credits include the “Kill Bill” soundtrack), Joseph Duplantier (GOJIRA) and Cristina Scabbia (LACUNA COIL) are among the confirmed musicians who have recorded guest appearances on the upcoming album from Finnish cello-rockers APOCALYPTICA, tentatively due in September.
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Velvet Revolver will release an EP titled ‘Harmony and the Tyranny‘ on June 5th. The EP will feature tracks from their full length album ‘Libertad‘ and a cover of the Talking Heads track “Psycho Killer”. ‘Libertad‘ is due out on July 3rd. The album will be released in the standard CD format and a special edition which includes a 30 minute DVD from their 2007 South American tour.
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Bombworks Records has acquired the rights to release the demos from Indonesian cult underground black metal band BEALIAH.
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According to Billboard.biz, Los Angeles-based hard rock/metal label Century Media has undergone a management change.
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DESTRUCTION’s previously announced French dates ? May 12 in Nancy and May 14 in Toulouse ? have been “postponed” by the French promoter, according to a posting on the German thrashers’ web site.
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The KissOnline.com exclusive Rock And Roll Over cocktail table is now on sale in the official Kiss Shop.
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SCAR SYMMETRY, CLAWFINGER, PAIN and MACHINAE SUPREMACY have been confirmed for the the Bandit Metalfest, set to take place May 31 at Debaser Medis in Stockholm, Sweden.
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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has issued the following update: “I write to you from the beautiful city of Cleveland, Ohio in the United States of muthafuckin’ America.
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MANOWAR has been confirmed as the headliner of the third day of the Kaliakra Rock Fest, set to take place at the Kaliakra Stadium in Kavarna, Bulgaria.
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Santa Cruz, California-based death metallers DECREPIT BIRTH entered Castle Ultimate studios on May 8 with engineer/producer Zack Ohren to begin recording their second album, “Diminishing between Worlds”.
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LACUNA COIL male vocalist Andrea Ferro has issued the following update: “As you might know, the Jägermeister tour is over and I just wanna thank everyone who showed up for the great time; we had a blast.
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PARADISE LOST frontman Nick Holmes will be the special guest on the “Sex to 9” show on the London-based radio station TotalRock (web site) tonight (Friday, May 11).
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SILENT FORCE and HAREM SCAREM will team up for a double headliner tour of Japan in September.
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