DISTURBED frontman David Draiman has told The Edmonton Journal that, twelve years down the line, it really isn’t that hard for him to keep the lyrical ideas flowing.
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Austrian heavy ‘zine Stormbringer.at conducted an interview with vocalist Brendan Schieppati of Orange County, California’s BLEEDING THROUGH prior to the band’s November 26, 2008 concert in Vienna, Austria.
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Paul Arnold of reunited Virginia thrash metal legends AT WAR will be interviewed on the “Heavy Metal Mayhem” show on Blogtalkradio.com on Sunday, December 7 at 6:00 p.m.
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According to Guardian.co.uk, LED ZEPPELIN bassist John Paul Jones will perform with experimental rockers SONIC YOUTH in a work composed by mixed-media sound composer Takehisa Kosugi for New York’s Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
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Inquirer.net multimedia reporter Alex Villafania has shot and uploaded video footage (see below) of SEPULTURA’s November 29, 2008 headlining concert at the Red Horse Muziklaban Festival in Manila, Philippines.
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Sweden’s WOLF have checked in with the following update: “Hey all. Playing Metal Forces Fest (Nov. 29) was a blast! We’d like to thank the crowd/fans for…
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Finnish metallers BURNING POINT have finalized the details of their fourth album, “Empyre”, for a February 2009 release via Metal Heaven.
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PRIMAL FEAR have issued the following studio update: “We’re still working hard on Randy’s drum-tracks and Henny’s guitar tracks. We’ve finished at the moment the sixth…
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SEPULTURA’s European promo company, Pirate Smile, has announced the following dates for the first leg of the band’s European tour for their new album, A-Lex….
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Members of the veteran German hard rock band SCORPIONS have been confirmed for a special concert on December 13 at the ISS Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany celebrating Doro Pesch’s 25-year career as the reigning queen of German heavy metal.
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Lauren Pyrah of the UK’s The Northern Echo reports: A rock legend was in the North-East yesterday to say farewell to one of the most talented drummers of his generation.
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Reactivated Swedish thrash metallers SARCASTIC will return to the live stage on December 20 when they support SABATON as part of the Rockstad festival in Uddevalla, Sweden! This will be SARCASTIC’s first performance since 2004 and its first concert with returning guitarist Erik “Beast” Halvorsen (ex-SWORDMASTER, DEATHSTARS) in 11 years! Rockstad festival billing: SABATON SARCASTIC BOMBSHEL
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The CHILDREN OF BODOM track ‘Are You Dead Yet?’, taken from the album of the same name, will be available for download for Rock Band…
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