SIC, the hardcore/thrash metal band from the Faroe Islands, has recruited Danish drummer Dennis Buhl (HATESPHERE) for the recording sessions of its sophomore album, “Fighters The Bleed”, tentatively due in the fall.
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On Thursday, February 25, DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy joined Terry Bozzio (FRANK ZAPPA, MISSING PERSONS) on DC Live ? a Drum Channel event.
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Filmmaker David Hall and the reformed BRUTAL TRUTH have joined forces as Hall’s production company, Handshake Inc., heads to Winnipeg to document the band’s performance at the 2010 Manitoba Metal Fest.
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The “revolutionary” and patented i-tab for the first time ever offers guitarists a pocket-sized unit that scrolls chords and lyrics in perfect time.
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Video footage of DRAGONFORCE guitarist Herman Li’s March 11, 2010 guitar workshop at Musik Produktiv Schweiz AG in Niederlenz, Switzerland can be viewed below.
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THE DEVIL’S BLOOD, GOD DETHRONED, VOLBEAT, PARADISE LOST, JON OLIVA’S PAIN and KAMELOT have been confirmed for the “Aardschok” stage at this year’s Zwarte Cross (Black Cross) festival, set to take place July 16-18, 2010 in Lichtenvoorde, Holland.
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Video footage of former GUNS N’ ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash talking about the late Michael Jackson, for whom Slash laid down some guitar parts on the album “Dangerous”, during an interview on Thursday morning (March 11) at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Ontario as part of Canadian Music Week can be viewed below.
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West Virginia metallers BYZANTINE played three reunion shows earlier in the month in the band’s home state.
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Multinational melodic metallers EDEN’S CURSE have entered Higher Studios in Tewkesbury, England, to begin recording the drums for their third album, “Trinity”.
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“The Last Fight”, the new video from Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, can be viewed below.
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Swedish rockers MAMA KIN have been confirmed for Dakota Rock Fest, set to take place in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on July 22, 23, and 24, at the Sioux Empire Fairgrounds.
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According to Type 3 Media, Mike Patton’s (FAITH NO MORE, PEEPING TOM, TOMAHAWK) Italian language rock-meets-orchestra hybrid MONDO CANE will release its self-titled debut album on May 4 via Ipecac Recordings.
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