BRUTAL GODZ, the new Germany-based project featuring former/current members of BLIND GUARDIAN, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, REBELLION and METAL CHURCH, is putting the finishing touches on the songwriting process for its upcoming debut album, “Echoes Of The Dead”.
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IRON MAIDEN’s “Flight 666” and RUSH’s “Snakes & Arrows Live” are among the nominees in the “Music DVD Of The Year” category at the 2010 Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards).
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The Pulse of Radio reports: Nearly a year after parting ways with Brian May and Roger Taylor of QUEEN, Paul Rodgers says that he’s amenable to teaming up with the pair for special occasions.
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BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward has posted the following message on his officail web site: “I’ve just finishing reading the London Times article for SABBATH’s 40th anniversary of the album ‘Black Sabbath’, dated Saturday, February 13, 2010.
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“Nifelvind”, the new album from Finnish folk metallers FINNTROLL, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Finland: #8 Germany: #31 Switzerland: #41 Austria: #61 “Nifelvind” will be released in North America on March 9 via Century Media Records.
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“Make Your Move”, the new video from reunited Virginia thrash metal legends AT WAR, can be viewed below.
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Canadian metallers THREAT SIGNAL have issued the following update: “We sincerely regret to inform you that our 2010 European tour dates with (HED) P.E.
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Norwegian black metallers 1349 will release their new album, “Demonoir”, on April 26 in Europe via Indie Recordings and one day later in North America through Prosthetic Records.
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Israeli fans of the legendary heavy metal band METALLICA have ended their boycott of the group’s May 22 concert at the Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv after reaching an agreement with the show’s promoter about a significant drop in ticket prices.
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Drummer Chris Kontos (MACHINE HEAD, TESTAMENT) of the reunited San Francisco Bay Area hardcore/crossover/thrash metal band ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT has issued the following update: “Back in 2007 ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT started doing gigs again.
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Vintage Rock correspondent Rachael Cadden conducted an interview with KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer at the Hughes & Kettner booth at this year’s NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 14-17, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
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Marina Araújo of Brazil’s Globo News recently conducted an interview with METALLICA frontman James Hetfield.
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“Never See The Day”, the new video from the Knoxville, Tennessee-based female-fronted metal/hardcore act STRAIGHT LINE STITCH, can be viewed below.
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