The “all-star” black metal band OMNIGOAT, which consists of current and past members of such prominent Finnish underground acts as ENTHRANIA, RAPTUS SPIRITUALIS, HERESIA, AZARTHERYM, CALL OF THE SHADES and LUDICROUS, will release its new EP, “Souldeath Rendez-Vouz”, in the spring.
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German industrial rockers OOMPH! will release their first greatest-hits collection with English lyrics at the end of February.
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Four new songs from the Swedish black metal act APOSTASY are available for streaming on the band’s MySpace page.
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Otago Daily Times reports that police arrested 50 people in Wellington, New Zealand following AC/DC’s show last night (Saturday, January 30), mostly for drunk and disorderly behavior.
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Atlanta’s SEVENDUST has finished mixing its new album, “Cold Day Memory”, for a tentative spring release.
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A new song from Polish metallers CRIONICS entitled “Scapegoat (Welcome to Necropolis)” is available for streaming on the band’s MySpace page.
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“The End Starts Here”, the new video from the Dutch melodic death/thrash act FUELBLOODED, can be viewed below.
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Fan-filmed video footage of former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di’Anno’s January 28, 2010 concert at the Reverb in Toronto, Ontario, Canada can be viewed below (courtesy of “MrMichaelLonergan”).
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The March 2010 issue of Decibel magazine features a cover story on FEAR FACTORY, including interviews with the band’s currently active members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Burton C.
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David “Gus” Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with ALICE IN CHAINS bassist Mike Inez 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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Long-running Italian extreme metallers NECRODEATH will celebrate their 25th anniversary by releasing a covers album, entitled “Old Skull”.
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Video Hits’ Faustina Agolley and Dylan Lewis conducted an interview with Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON at Australia’s Big Day Out 2010 festival on January 15, 2010.
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Guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH has issued the following update: “I just finished and approved the mastering of a new song I wrote called ‘The Throat Of Winter’.
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