Christina Rowatt conducted an interview with vocalist Dez Fafara of Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER before the band’s December 12, 2009 concert in Sydney, Australia with LAMB OF GOD and HIGH ON FIRE.
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Fan-filmed video footage of STRATOVARIUS’ January 13, 2010 performance in Toulouse, France can be viewed below.
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Isabel Guerra of LivingInPeru.com reports that the Peruvian metal band NECROPSYA will support METALLICA on January 19 at the Universidad Mayor de San Marcos Stadium in Lima.
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Riverside, California-based technical/progressive death metallers ARKAIK have posted a new song, “The Divine Manifestation”, on their MySpace page.
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South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE kicked off their North American headlining tour this past Friday (January 15) at Sonar in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Baltimore, Maryland’s MISERY INDEX entered Wright Way Studios (DYING FETUS, SLIPKNOT, MOS DEF) on January 2 with engineer Steve Wright to begin recording its new album, tentatively titled “Heirs To Thievery”, for a May release via Relapse Records.
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The debut album from thrash metal “virtuoso” Dave Reffett’s band SHREDDING THE ENVELOPE, entitled “The Call Of The Flames”, is available for streaming in its entirety on the project’s a href=”http://www.myspace.com/shreddingtheenvelope” target=”_blank”>MySpace page.
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Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc., America’s leader in outdoor TV, today unveiled the list of nominees for its 10th annual Golden Moose Awards, the most popular and longstanding outdoor television awards event in the country.
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Sweden’s PAIN OF SALVATION has been confirmed to join the national Swedish competition for the Eurovision Song Contest, Melodifestivalen.
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Brad Wheeler of The Globe and Mail recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry.
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BEHEMOTH, DEATHBOUND, WINTERWOLF and TORTURE PULSE are the first confirmed bands for the Jalometalli Winterfest, set to take place Saturday, March 6 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland.
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Jon Oliva (JON OLIVA’S PAIN, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SAVATAGE) has joined the list of guest musicians who will appear on the forthcoming release from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet’s AVANTASIA project.
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Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen was interviewed at the Seymour Duncan booth 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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