Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley will be the featured guest on “The Metal File” with Mike Metal this Friday night, February 29 at midnight (technically Saturday morning) on CHOM 97.7 FM in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
iTunes Store becomes second biggest music retailer
According to a Reuters report, Apple‘s iTunes Music Store is now the second largest music retailer in the United States. The statistic is particularly notable since the retailer category includes both physical and digital media, with only Walmart’s physical CDs coming ahead of iTunes.
Based on 2007 sales, legal music downloads now account for 10 percent of music acquired in the United States, but the increase failed to offset a decline in physical CD sales. The amount of music purchased by consumers rose 6 percent from a surge in digital music sales. But actual spending rates across the industry declined by 10 percent due to lackluster CD sales, dropping from about $44 per capita to $40 among Internet users.
The iTunes Store now has more than 50 million customers and has sold a total of 4 billion songs.
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ANTHRAX Drummer Goes Back To School
Charlie Benante, drummer for thrash legends ANTHRAX, spent Monday, February 11 back in the classroom.
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WARBRINGER To Play Wacken Open Air 2008
Californian thrashers WARBRINGER are confirmed for Wacken Open Air 2008. This year, the legendary festival is going to happen from July 31st – August 2nd and…
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POISON THE WELL: Video Interview Available
This week on Buckshot’s Bonanza, Buckshot sat down with guitarist Ryan Primack of the Miami, Florida-based metalcore band POISON THE WELL.
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Smoking Popes to perform new album live in March
Though a label and title has not been announced, the Smoking Popes have unveiled plans to perform the entirety of their long-awaited new abum on March 2nd at Schuba’s in Chicago.
The band’s last proper full length was Destination Failure released in 1997. Since then, the band has released the live album, At Metro [CD/DVD] and the covers compilation The Party’s Over.
Some rough mixes from the new album are available on their myspace page.
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Former GREAT WHITE Tour Manager To Be Released From Prison Next Month
The Associated Press reports that the man who set off the pyrotechnics that sparked a nightclub fire in 2003 that killed 100 people will be released from prison on March 19.
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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE: New Video Interview Available
Jukka Penttinen from Get In The Pit TV conducted an interview with Jason “Jay” James (bass) from BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE on February 22, 2008 at Tavastia club in Helsinki, Finland.
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BRIEF RESPITE Seek Singer
Quebec-based act BRIEF RESPITE are currently looking for a new singer. Interested parties can contact Matt or Jonathan on the band’s MySpace page. Check out…
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It’s Official: TIM ‘RIPPER’ OWENS Is The New YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singer
As BLABBERMOUTH.NET exclusively reported earlier today, former JUDAS PRIEST/ICED EARTH singer Tim “Ripper” Owens has now officially joined YNGWIE MALMSTEEN’s band.
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KISS – Helsinki Date Sold Out In Seven Minutes
KISS News USA is reporting that according to KissArmySweden.com, all 13,000 tickets that went on sale for KISS’ upcoming date in Helsinki, Finland sold out…
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TACERE – Four New Demo Tracks Posted
Finnish melodic metallers TACERE have updated their MySpace page to stream the new demo tracks ‘The Storm Of The Century’, ‘Absolute Power’, ‘Without My Soul’…
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DEVIL’S GIFT Completes Filming ‘Shadow Never Ending’ Video
DEVIL’S GIFT, the metal project of Orlando, Florida-based singer-songwriter Lennon Murphy (who performs under the name LENNON), has finished filming a video for the song “Shadow Never Ending” in Los Angeles.
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