Dallas, Texas-based death metal band THE FAMINE has announced the addition of bassist Jon Richardson (SABOTEUR, THE MONARCH) to the group’s ranks.
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FEJD, the Swedish folk rock/metal band featuring members of NOSTRADAMEUS and PATHOS, has issued the following update: “We’ve been talking back and forth about the start of the recordings of our second full-length album, and we finally agreed on March 22 as a start date for the recordings.
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MEGADETH’s “Endgame” album took the No.
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Reformed Dutch death metal outfit ASPHYX has parted ways with bassist Wannes Gubbels due to “musical differences.” The group states, “Since ASPHYX is a non-compromising band, we had no other choice than to find a suitable replacement.
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FULLFORCE (now apparently written as one word), the new Swedish melodic metal project featuring Mike Andersson (CLOUDSCAPE, SILENT MEMORIAL, PLANET ALLIANCE) on vocals, Stefan Elmgren (HAMMERFALL) on guitar, Anders Johansson (HAMMERFALL, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) on drums, and Carl-Johan Grimmark (NARNIA) on guitar, has announced the addition of bassist Tommy Larsson (HEED) to the group’s ranks.
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Legendary progressive rock veterans URIAH HEEP will embark on their first North American tour since 2002 this summer.
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UNLEASHED, RAGE, EQUILIBRIUM, SUICIDAL ANGELS, ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY and MILKING THE GOATMACHINE will perform on the Nuclear Blast label night during this year’s installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 19-21, 2010 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany.
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Canadian hard rock veterans HELIX filmed two new videos ? “Monday Morning Meltdown” and “Make ‘Em Dance” ? last weekend in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.
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British death/grind band TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED has entered the studio to begin recording its third album for a tentative late spring/early summer release.
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KKOAGULAA, the multimedia, multidimensional project formed by Ccernn (a.k.a.
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Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE will release their sophomore album, “No Guts.
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“To The Metal”, the new video from German power metallers GAMMA RAY, can be viewed below.
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Thomas Stanley Orwat Jr.
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