Japanese metallers LOUDNESS have scheduled the following European tour dates: July 16/17 – Bang Your Head!!! – Balingen, Germany July 18 – Zwarte Cross – Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands July 19 – Dynamo Club – Eindhoven, Netherlands July 20 – Knust – Hamburg, Germany July 22 – On Stage Club – Athens, Greece July 23 – Matrix – Bochum, Germany July 24 – Colos-Saal – Aschaffenburg, Germany
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The Pulse of Radio reports that SHINEDOWN, WOLFMOTHER and others have all contributed new or previously unreleased songs to the soundtrack of the upcoming movie “Alice In Wonderland”.
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On January 11, Rustyn Rose of Metalholic.com conducted an interview with bassist Andrew “AJ” Jacobs of the New Jersey-based sextet MUTINY WITHIN (formerly MUTINY).
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Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell, the filmmakes behind “Until The Light Takes Us” ? a feature-length documentary about black metal ? were interviewed on the January 7 edition of “The ParaFactor”.
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Kill TV has uploaded a three-camera edit of GWAR’s November 24, 2009 performance at the Grand Ballroom in San Francisco, California.
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Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) will pay tribute to to the late, great Les Paul on Monday, January 25 at 8:00 p.m.
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MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil’s previously announced January 13 appearance at Governors Square in the Cayman Islands to promote Tres Rios Tequila has been cancelled “due to uncontrollable circumstances and last-minute scheduling conflicts,” according to a statement released by Reisha Roopchand, General Manager of Tres Rios Beverage Group, Co.
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“Maiestrit”, the magical and passionate re-interpretation of NEGURA BUNGET’s classic album “Maiastru Sfetnic” from 2000, will be released by Lupus Lounge/Prophecy on March 15.
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The Straits Times reports that veteran rockers AEROSMITH have been added to the first annual Show Of Peace Concert, a globally televised event that will take place April 17 before an expected crowd of 100,000 at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, China.
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Guitarist Jack Starr (VIRGIN STEELE, DEVIL CHILDE, PHANTOM LORD, GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME) will be interviewed live on Friday, January 15 on Greece’s “Metalzone” radio show with Kostas Purevil Kyriakakis.
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Reactivated Dutch death metal veterans HOUWITSER will enter the studio in early March to begin recording their fifth album, “Bestial Atrocity”, for a late spring/early summer release via Sevared Records.
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Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA will have their latest album, “A-Lex”, re-released in April via SPV/Steamhammer with two brand new songs.
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Swiss melodic metallers EMERALD will enter the studio this summer to begin recording their fifth album for a late 2010 release via Pure Steel Records.
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