JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford and members of members of Savannah, Georgia’s BARONESS will guest on this weekend’s (December 11-13) edition of Full Metal Jackie’s nationally syndicated radio show.
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Grammy Award-winning R&B artist Rihanna performed two songs ? “Hard” and “Russian Roulette” ? on “Saturday Night Live” this past Saturday (December 5) backed by a powerhouse eight-piece rock band, featuring EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt.
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Due to health issues, vocalist Phil Winterbottom has left U.K.
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Florida metallers NONPOINT have recorded a version of the PANTERA classic “5 Minutes Alone” as an online bonus track for the forthcoming “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott (PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) tribute album, which will be released on the cover of the 200th issue of U.K.’s Metal Hammer magazine.
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Australian extreme metallers THE RED SHORE have inked a deal with the Australian branch of Roadrunner Records.
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Rock Radio conducted an interview with QUEENSR?CHE frontman Geoff Tate at this past weekend’s Hard Rock Hell festival at Pontins in Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, United Kingdom.
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OVERKILL, OBITUARY, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, CANNIBAL CORPSE and GRAVE DIGGER have been confirmed for next year’s edition of the Unirock open-air festival, set to take place July 2-4, 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM ended their one-and-a-half-year “Blooddrunk” world tour in Moscow, Russia in October, and are now enjoying some well-earned time off.
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Guitarist Herman Li and bassist Frédéric Leclercq of British extreme epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE were interviewed by John Kilbride of Scotland’s STV when the band performed in Glasgow on December 3, 2009.
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Swedish melancholic metallers IN MOURNING have set “Monolith” as the title of their second full-length album, due in February 2010 via Pulverised Records.
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Danish metal label Mighty Music has announced three new signings from Denmark: ANOXIA, INVISIUS and PSY:CODE.
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Pearl Aday ? ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian’s wife and daughter of legendary crooner Meat Loaf ? will perform the song “Mama” on ABC-TV’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Wednesday, January 20 (which will actually air the morning of Thursday, January 21).
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A new webisode documenting the drum-tracking sessions for the forthcoming third album from Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE can be viewed below.
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