Christina Rowatt from Sydney, Australia has produced a four-minute video featuring interviews with Dino Cazares (FEAR FACTORY), Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW), Vinnie Paul Abbott (HELLYEAH, PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) and Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) in which they remember PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, who died five years ago.
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SCARPOINT drummer Erik Thyselius has issued the following update: “Last night we had an extremely good evening. First we had a productive meeting with our…
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DEEP MACHINE, the 1980’s East London metal band, has reformed. They have recruited singer Lenny Baxter (ex-GANGLAND) to join original guitarists Bob Hooker and John…
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HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with Blake Judd of Illinois-based extreme metallers NACHTMYSTIUM before the band’s November 21, 2009 performance in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Two separate video interviews with original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley (with Swedish talk show “Robins” and Aftonbladet TV) conducted during his recent visit to Sweden can be viewed below.
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Bruce Kulick (KISS, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, UNION), Bob Kulick and Anthony Esposito were interviewed for the third annual “A Very Merry Kissmas” edition of the “Rockin’ Metal Revival” show.
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The German edition of Metal Hammer magazine has posted video footage of Oli Sykes (vocals) and Jona Weinhofen (guitar) of Sheffield, U.K.
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ARTIZAN, the Jacksonville, Florida-based progressive metal band featuring former LEVIATHAN members Tom Braden (vocals) and Ty Tammeus (drums), has released a three-song EP containing “well-crafted compositions which blend melodic hooks with developed, but not overbearingly complex, progressive arrangements,” according to a press release.
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BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN & HELL bassist Geezer Butler has posted the following message on his official web site: “As a friend and colleague of legendary heavy metal singer] Ronnie James Dio [DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW], I just wanted to write a few sentences to express my admiration for the more than 50,000 people who have sent get well wishes to him.
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“Hurt To Kill”, the new video from SUICIDE OF DEMONS ? the Belgian band featuring NIGHTRAGE drummer Jo Nunez ? can be viewed below.
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Swedish death/thrashers IMPIOUS recently filmed a video for the song “Dead Awakening”.
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CIVILIZATION ONE, the band led by singer Chitral “Chity” Somapala (ex-FIREWIND, FARO, AVALON) and bassist Pierre-Emmanuel Pélisson (MALADAPTIVE, ex-HEAVENLY), has announced its new lineup: Chitral “Chity” Somapala (FIREWIND, FARO, AVALON) – Vocals Pierre-Emmanuel Pélisson (MALADAPTIVE, HEAVENLY) – Bass Michael Stein – Drums Oliver Marmann – Guitar Nicklaus Bergen – Guitar CIVILIZATION ON
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ANVIL’s acclaimed documentary, “Anvil! The Story of Anvil”, was honored in the “Feature Documentary” category during the 2009 International Documentary Association Documentary Awards this past Friday night (December 4) at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles.
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