OVERKILL, ENGEL, CORRODED and ISOBEL & NOVEMBER have been confirmed for next year’s Getaway Rock festival, set to take place July 8-10, 2010 in Gävle, Sweden.
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Swedish technical death metallers VISCERAL BLEEDING have parted ways with guitarist Peter Persson and have replaced him with Benny Bats (PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT).
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Progressive Norwegian rock/metal band ULVER has scheduled the following dates: Feb.
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Finnish melodic black metallers CATAMENIA have finished recording their new album, “Cavalcade”, at Mastervox Studios in Oulu, Finland for a tentative spring release.
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Aniruddh “Andrew” Bansal of Full Metal Rock conducted an interview with guitarist Phil Demmel of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD on December 5, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe joined DANZIG on stage on December 19, 2009 at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California to perform the song “Tired of Being Alive”.
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After previously signing with Femme Metal Records for the physical release of the album “The Primrose Path”, CARDAMON ? the Dutch rock/metal band featuring Koen Romeijn (DETONATION) and Luuk van Gerven (AFTER FOREVER) ? has now inked a worldwide digital distribution deal with Rusty Cage Records.
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LACUNA COIL, U.D.O., EPICA, MASTERPLAN and SABATON members participated in the second “Christmas Metal Symphony” show, which was held this past Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 013, Tilburg, Holland.
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NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane made his solo live debut this past Saturday (December 19) at Studio Seven in Seattle, Washington.
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Doug Elfman of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil is currently in Las Vegas at friend Danny “Count” Koker’s Desert Moon Productions recording his new solo album, “Tattoos And Tequila”, with bassist Dana Strum and Jeff Blando (both of SLAUGHTER) and drummer Zoltan Chaney.
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According to the Herald Sun, ROSE TATTOO guitarist Mick Cocks lost his battle with liver cancer earlier today (Tuesday, December 22).
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JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford recently spoke to Bloody Disgusting about his favorite horror movies.
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Swedish black metallers WATAIN will enter Necromorbus Studio (WATAIN, NOMINON, AVERSE SEFIRA, FUNERAL MIST, MORK GRYNING, ADORIOR) in Alvik, Sweden with longtime producer Tore Stjerna on January 3, 2010 to begin recording their new album for a late spril/early summer release.
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