Japanese progressive metallers GONIN-ISH will have their 2005 album “Naishikyo-Sekai” released in Europe on November 10 and in North America on November 11 via Season of Mist.
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AEROSMITH guitarist Brad Whitford, who’s currently on the road as part of the all-star Experience Hendrix tour, has told Billboard.com that the members of AEROSMITH plan to get back together in 2009 ? to, among other things, complete an album that group has already started recording.
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VIRUS, the Norwegian band featuring Carl-Michael Eide (a.k.a.
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Guitarist “Metal” Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM, SEBASTIAN BACH) has been added to the list of artists who are scheduled to make guest appearances at the Chiller Theatre toy, model and film expo on October 24-26 at the Hilton Hotel in Parsippany, New Jersey.
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A new song from Florida-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER entitled “Seed Of Filth” is available for streaming on the Metal Blade Records MySpace page.
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LAY DOWN ROTTEN has replaced HAIL OF BULLETS on the billing of the previously announced Darkness Over X-Mas Tour 2008, set to take place in December.
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HAEMORRHAGE, CREPITATION, AMPUTATED REPUGNANCE, INGESTED, SPAWN and JIG AI re among the newly confirmed bands for next year’s edition of the Death Feast Open Air festival, set to take place June 11-13, 2009 in Hünxe, Germany.
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Swedish hard rockers MUSTASCH have confirmed the addition of guitarist David Johannesson (ex-SPARZANZA) to the group’s ranks.
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METALLICA has announced seven shows in Germany as part of the band’s European indoor arena tour.
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Richie Kotzen (MR.
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After releasing three successful EPs for three years straight, Swedish rockers CIRKUS have just completed work on their full-on frontal assault debut album titled “Let the Madness Begin” with musical genius Chris Tsangarides, a Grammy-nominated producer and mixing engineer for bands such as JUDAS PRIEST, THIN LIZZY, BLACK SABBATH, BRUCE DICKINSON and YNGWIE MALMSTEEN.
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Toronto’s all female act SCARLET SINS have issued the following press release: The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences has placed Scarlet Sins on the…
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SAVATAGE / TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery has checked in with the followiingupdate: ?Hi all… The first three days of rehearsal are finished and I must…
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