JERSEY DOGS, the late ’80s band formed by the ex-ATTACKER members Lou Ciarlo and Mike Sabatini, will release a digital EP, “Live @ Streets”, on February 16.
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JON OLIVA’S PAIN, the band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, will release its fourth album, “Festival”, on February 19, 2010 via AFM Records.
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Canadian metal legends ANVIL kicked off their 2010 North American tour this past Thursday night (January 7) in Cleveland, Ohio at the House Of Blues.
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A short video clip of drummer Rick Colaluca practising the song “Projections” off the forthcoming WATCHTOWER album, “Mathematics”, can be viewed below.
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Congratulations are in order for TRIVIUM vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy, who is marrying his girlfriend Ashley Howard later today (Saturday, January 9) in a ceremony in Orlando, Florida.
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Norwegian “ompa-party-trollish” metallers TROLLFEST, featuring members of PANTHEON I and SARKOM, will enter the studio tomorrow (Sunday, January 10) to begin recording their fourth full-length CD for a spring/summer release.
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Chicago’s LOCRIAN has completed work on its new collaborative studio album, entitled “Territories”.
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Congratulations are in order for Pepper Keenan (DOWN, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY) whose significant other gave birth to a baby girl, Flannery Rose, over Christmas.
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Canadian all-girl act KITTIE has posted the second in a series of video updates from the band’s current European headlining tour with IT DIES TODAY and MALEFICE.
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On January 8, Rustyn Rose of Metalholic.com conducted an interview with vocalist Dez Fafara of Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER.
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MANOWAR director Neil Johnson ? who is responsible for overseeing all of the band’s DVDs and music videos ? has posted behind-the-scenes footage of the preparations for the band’s European tour, which is scheduled to kick off on January 16 in Leipzig, Germany.
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WARMEN, the brainchild of CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman, will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with a concert during the Helsinki Metal Meeting weekend on February 18 at Dante’s Highlight in Helsinki Finland.
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Ben Lammas of Express & Star recently conducted separate interviews with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford, Rob’s sister Sue, his brother Nigel and Rob’s parents Barrie and Joan (both of whom are in their 80s).
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