U.K.’s Metal Hammer magazine has posted a six-and-a-half-minute video clip of legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N’ ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) talking about his upcoming first true solo album, simply entitled “Slash”.
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
BLIND GUARDIAN Putting Finishing Touches On New Album Recordings
Vocalist Hansi Kürsch of long-running German metallers BLIND GUARDIAN has issued the following update: “I would like to tell you what is going in the GUARDIAN camp.
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Ex-METAL CHURCH Guitarist’s PRESTO BALLET Working On New Album
PRESTO BALLET, the project led by ex-METAL CHURCH guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof, is currently working on its third album for a late summer release via ProgRock Records.
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VILE: New Album Update
Colin Davis, founding member and songwriter of Californian brutal death metallers VILE, has issued the following update: “The [new VILE] album has been almost completed for several months now and I have been working through many technical difficulties that arise when you record with musicians who live across the world.
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Returning MEGADETH Bassist Says He And MUSTAINE ‘Have A Greater Appreciation For Each Other’
Returning MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, along with the band’s drummer Shawn Drover, were interviewed for a special edition of “The Metal File” podcast from Montreal’s CHOM-FM.
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Big D and The Kids Table: “We Can Live Anywhere”
Big D and the Kids Table have posted a video for “We Can Live Anywhere,” a track from their 2009 full-length Fluent in Stroll.
Starting tonight in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, the band will be touring alongside State Radio.
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This is Hell post new studio video
This Is Hell have posted some more footage as they work on their debut for Rise Records. The band has been in the studio for the past few days recording the follow up to the Warbirds [7 inch] in 2009 and prior to that, the acclaimed Misfortunes in 2008.
Hawthorne Heights plan new album for May
Hawthorne Heights have announced a new album on Windup Records set for release in May. The record is titled Skeletons and is due out May 18, 2010. The 13-track album was produced by Howard Benson (Seether, Three Days Grace, Daughtry, My Chemical Romance) at his Bay 7 studios in Valley Village, CA.
The album is the first from the band since 2008’s Fragile Future on Victory Records.
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Nowhere Fast: ‘The Highlands Sessions’
Our stream today comes from Louisville, KY-based Nowhere Fast. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new EP, The Highlands Sessions.
You can check it out on their Punknews.org page.
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EHNAHRE To Release ‘Alpha/Omega’ 12-Inch In March
Boston-based avant black/death/doom metal band EHNAHRE will follow up its debut record, “The Man Closing Up”, with a new 12-inch release, entitled “Alpha/Omega”.
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Norway’s WILD SIDE Taps KING DIAMOND Guitarist For New Album Mix
Norwegian hard rockers WILD SIDE are currently mixing their second album, “Speed Devil”, at Andy La Rocque’s (KING DIAMOND) Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden.
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BRUCE KULICK Interviewed On ‘Heavy Metal Mayhem’; Audio Available
Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick was interviewed on this past Sunday’s (February 7) edition of the “Heavy Metal Mayhem” radio show with Mike “The Big Cheese”.
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X-PIRAL Announces New Bassist
Athens, Greece-based power metallers X-PIRAL have announced the addition of bassist John Litinakis (REFLECTION, FUNKEY) to the group’s ranks.
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