Swedish death/black metal band ZONARIA has completed the songwriting process for its new album and will soon enter the Abyss studio in Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY, SONIC SYNDICATE, HYPOCRISY, CENTINEX, CARNAL FORGE) to begin recording the effort for a spring/summer release.
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Belgian razorgrind warriors LENG TCH’E have issued the following update: “Regarding the new [LENG TCH’E] album, everything is finished and [producer] Mr.
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STEELWING has replaced SIREN on the billing of this year’s Keep It True XIII festival, set to take place April 23-24, 2010 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany.
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Share My Guitar conducted an interview with TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick at this year’s NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 14-17, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
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Grindcore supergroup LOCK UP will enter the studio in the next month to record new material to be included on a split seven-inch single with U.S.
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Andy Copping, the organizer of the U.K.’s Download festival, has told Xfm’s “Rock Show” that a possiblity exists that AC/DC will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its landmark album, “Back In Black”, by performing the LP in its entirety when they headline this year’s event.
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According to Bring Back Glam!, CINDERELLA’s manager Tim Heyne has confirmed that the band will embark on a full-fledged tour in 2010.
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The memorial service for Joe Ptacek, former vocalist of the long-defunct 1990s Illinois death metal band BROKEN HOPE, will be held on Saturday, January 30 at 10:00 a.m.
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According to Pollstar.com, there appears to be no truth to the rumor that fans wearing T-shirts depicting former GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Slash were to turn the shirts inside out if they wanted admittance to the band’s concert in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada last Wednesday.
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TMZ.com reports that Steven Tyler sang two of AEROSMITH’s biggest hits a cappella over the loudspeaker this past weekend at a Home Depot in Rancho Mirage, California.
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Telegraph.co.uk reports: The family of a “heroic” teenage musician who drowned trying to save his friend off the coast of Brazil have said they will struggle to pay the “huge” cost of bringing his body home.
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Metal Express Radio’s U.K.
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American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT have issued the following update: “KAMELOT has enlisted renowned photographer Francisco Serralvo to chronicle the upcoming European tour that kicks off March 25, 2010 in Charleroi, Belgium and runs throughout Western Europe until April 17.
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