Danish black metallers HORNED ALMIGHTY have inked a deal with Candlelight Records.
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The iTunes LP version of Serj Tankian’s eagerly awaited “Elect the Dead Symphony” went on sale exclusively on iTunes on February 23, a full two weeks before the CD/DVD package is released by Serjical Strike/Reprise Records on March 9 and made available from all retailers.
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Original AC/DC singer Dave Evans has scheduled the following U.K.
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HAIL! ? the supergroup featuring David Ellefson (MEGADETH), Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER), Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA) and Tim “Ripper” Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ICED EARTH) ? will perform at this year’s Rock In Rio Lisbon festival on Saturday, May 29 in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE have scheduled the following dates: Mar.
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German power metal band SINBREED (formerly NEOSHINE), which features in its ranks guitarist Flo Laurin, BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Frederik Ehmke and SEVENTH AVENUE vocalist Herbie Langhans, will release its debut album, “When Worlds Collide”, in Japan on March 24 via King Records.
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CHICKENFOOT, the supergroup featuring Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith, has issued the following update: “Some of you have heard the rumors for a while and we are happy to confirm/announce that in late spring a live CHICKENFOOT DVD will be coming out.
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After years of speculation, groundbreaking English hardcore band GBH has announced plans to release their eleventh studio album, “Perfume and Piss”, via Hellcat Records on April 6.
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Legendary VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Slash was interviewed by Absolute Radio at this year’s Shockwaves NME Awards, which was held last night (Wednesday, February 24) at the O2 Academy Brixton in London, England.
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Photos of Ozzy Osbourne’s February 21, 2010 book signing at Book Passage in San Francisco, California can be found at MonstersAndCritics.com.
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Veteran rockers THE CULT have finished recording four new songs at a Los Angeles-area studio with producer Chris Goss (MASTERS OF REALITY, KYUSS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE) for a brand new EP, to be released this summer.
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Rockinbones.net conducted an interview with guitarist Joel Stroetzel of Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE on February 24, 2010 in Austin, Texas.
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS’ first new album in nine years will now be released on May 25 via Atlantic Records.
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