Drummer Marcus Losbjer of the Swedish progressive metal band WOLVERINE has issued the following update: “I’m looking forward to FINALLY record the new album, after more than three (!) years of writing in a limbo! The absence of inspiration have been really severe this time.
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Vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (BIG NOIZE, OVER THE RAINBOW) will be co-hosting New York-based metal guru Eddie Trunk’s radio show on January 9th between 11:00pm…
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John Doran of The Quietus has posted a track-by-track review of the forthcoming MASTODON album, “Crack The Skye”.
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METALLICA frontman James Hetfield is featured in a new video interview with San Francisco radio station 107.7 The Bone’s Nikki Blakk, found below. It was…
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Toronto’s CAULDRON will play an all ages show in town on January 3rd at The Black Swan Tavern (154 Danforth Ave.). Tickets are $10.00, doors…
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AVA INFERI, the Portugal-based band whose lineup includes guitarist Rune Eriksen (a.k.a.
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HORSE THE BAND ? the experimental metalcore act from Los Angeles ? has issued the following update: “We’re about to sign to a new label! I think it is a good home for us.
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According to the BBC News, former LED ZEPPELIN singer Robert Plant was among the 966 people granted civic honors yesterday (Tuesday, December 30) in the U.K.
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MEGADETH is in the final stages of the songwriting process for the band’s new album, which is tentatively expected sometime next year via Roadrunner Records.
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Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will perform with Kotoko, a female J-pop singer who has released five albums, at Budokan in Tokyo, Japan this Friday, January 2.
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“The Calling”, the debut CD from New Jersey-based symphonic/power metallers OPERATIKA, will be made available in Mexico and Japan in early 2009.
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Jack Frost (SEVEN WITCHES, BRONX CASKET CO., SAVATAGE) will contribute a guest solo to the upcoming album from the Philadelphia-based metal band SINGLE BULLET THEORY, “Divine Ways Of Chaos”.
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Florida extreme-metal veterans OBITUARY and MALEVOLENT CREATION will team up for the following shows in February: Feb, 20 – Guatemala City, Guatemala – El Rincon Salvadoreno Feb.
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