Austria’s Stormbringer.at webzine conducted an interview with guitarist Mikael Hedlund of Swedish extreme metal veterans HYPOCRISY on February 17, 2010 when the band played in Vienna, Austria.
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The official video for “Tattoos And Tequila”, the title track of MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil’s forthcoming solo album, can be viewed below.
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NRV-TV recently conducted an interview with Lou Koller (vocals) and Pete Koller (guitar) of New York hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL.
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In a recent interview with Italy’s Musica Metal web site, keyboardist Henri “Trollhorn” Sorvali of Finnish folk metallers FINNTROLL was asked if his band would ever follow the example of Norwegian black metallers KEEP OF KALESSIN and consider taking part in the the Eurovision Song Contest (KEEP OF KALESSIN was eliminated from the competition after placing third in the Norwegian grand final).
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NWOBHM legends DIAMOND HEAD will headline this year’s Metal Forces Festival XIII, set to take place Novemebr 27, 2010 in Lörrach, Germany.
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BLACK SUN AEON ? the new “dark, death, doom” project from Tuomas Saukkonen (BEFORE THE DAWN, THE FINAL HARVEST, DAWN OF SOLACE) ? will release its second CD, “Routa” (Finnish for “ground frost”), on March 31.
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“We Are The Void”, the ninth album from Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY, is available for streaming in its entirety on the band’s MySpace page.
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The Ryan Begley-designed cover artwork for “Full Of Hell”, the new album from Providence, Rhode Island’s HOWL, can be viewed below.
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DJERV, the new Norwegian rock/metal act featuring members of ANIMAL ALPHA, STONEGARD, WARDRUNA and TRELLDOM, is seeking musicians to complete its live lineup.
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DESTRUCTION and NIGHTMARE have been confirmed for the Dokk’em open-air festival, set to take place June 11 and 12, 2009 in Raard (near Leeuwarden), Netherlands.
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Cleveland metal legends SHOK PARIS and recently reunited death metallers CRYPTKICKER will headline WJCU’s 2010 Radiothon benefit concerts, set to take place February 19-20, 2010 at The Breakfast Club in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Massacre Records will release new vinyl versions of six KING DIAMOND albums on March 26: * The Spider’s Lullabye (1995) * The Graveyard (1996) * Voodoo (1998) * House Of God (2000) * The Puppet Master (2003) * Give Me Your Soul …
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AS I LAY DYING, ATREYU, STONE SOUR and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have been confirmed for the Swiss edition of the Sonisphere festival, set to take place on Friday, June 18, 2010 at Degenaupark in Wil/Jonschwil, Switzerland.
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