San Francisco, Bay Area thrash metallers DEATH ANGEL have issued the following: “As many of you may or may not know, (bassist) Dennis (Pepa) has departed…
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The Pulse of Radio reports that KORN is in the middle of its longest break in years, but that doesn’t mean the band’s three remaining original members are not keeping busy.
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Bassist Frank Bindig has left the Austrian female-fronted symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE in order to focus on his other projects.
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According to Gigwise.com, singer CHRIS CORNELL has said he finds the idea of a LED ZEPPELIN reunion tour without frontman Robert Plant ?depressing?. Cornell…
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Royal Metal Fest 09 is scheduled for January 9th – 10th at Voxhall in Århus, Denmark. Acts scheduled to perform include: AEON, BORN FROM PAIN, BURNING…
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“Zombieactionhauptquartier”, the new album from German “riff masters” CALLEJON, will be streamed in its entirety on the band’s MySpace page for one week beginning this Friday, November 14.
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Swedish guitarist/producer Marko Tervonen (THE CROWN, ANGEL BLAKE, DOBERMANN) has launched a new project called LADY MOURNING.
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Austrian metallers EDENBRIDGE have issued the following update: “(Bassist) Frank Bindig (pictured) has decided to leave Edenbridge due to his other projects. Edenbridge wish Frank…
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Legendary German power metallers HELLOWEEN have issued the following update: “You can meet Dani Löble for an exclusive signing-session at the Agner Swiss Drumsticks stand in…
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IN FLAMES have announced a UK headline tour for April 2009. This comes right after the band’s amazing headline tour which was seen by over…
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According to The Pulse of Radio, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist and political activist Tom Morello commented on last week’s historic election of Barack Obama as President of the United States in an interview with Spinner.com.
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A video trailer for “Ablaze all Shrines”, the second full-length album from Costa Rica-based metallers DECEMBER’S COLD WINTER, can be viewed below.
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Powerhouse metal vocalist Tim “Ripper” Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) will perform at the first annual Montreal Metal Gathering on November 15 at La Place À Côté in Montrea, Quebec, Canada.
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