RAVEN and HELLS BELLES have been confirmed for this year’s edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany.
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Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS will release their final studio album, “Sting In The Tail”, in North America on March 23 via Universal Music Enterprises.
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Former MEGADETH and current F5 bassist David Ellefson has posted the latest episode in “David Ellefson’s Rock Shop”, an ongoing YouTube video series hosted by the bassist himself.
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Roadrunner Records has re-signed guitar legend Zakk Wylde’s BLACK LABEL SOCIETY exclusively for the European territory.
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BORKNAGAR’s new album, “Universal”, will be released on February 22 in Europe and March 2 in North America through Indie Recordings.
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Progressive/power metal band KATAGORY V has uploaded video footage of the group’s comeback performance in its hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah.
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The motto of the new MOLLY HATCHET release, “Justice” (due on May 31 via SPV/Steamhammer), was coined by guitarist Bobby Ingram years ago.
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“Sunset Blvd.”, the new video from KOTTAK (formerly KRUNK) ? the band featuring singer/songwriter/guitarist Jimmy Ratchitt (a.k.a.
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RockMusicStar.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth of veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL.
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Reunited Cleveland metal band SHOK PARIS will perform at a benefit concert forthe Help Hotline Crisis Center (a suicide prevention service) on January 29 at The Breakfast Club in Lakewood, Ohio.
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Florida metallers TRIVIUM entered the studio last week to record a new song, entitled “Shattering The Skies Above”, as well as a cover version of SEPULTURA’s “Slave New World”.
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Chicago-based metallers VEIL OF MAYA have completed work on their new album, “[id]” , for an April release via Sumerian Records.
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