Los Angeles-based guitarist Stuart Smith, a classically-trained former axeman for the bands SIDEWINDER and HEAVEN & EARTH and current member of STEVE PRIEST’S SWEET, was visiting Chile with his family at the time of Saturday’s massive magnitude 8.8 quake, one of the strongest on record.
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Former SEAR BLISS members István Neubrandt (guitar), Attila Kovács (guitar), Zoltán Pál (trombone) and Zoltán Schönberger (drums) have launched a brand new band called I DIVINE.
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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and APOCALYPTICA are among the confirmed bands for X103’s Mayday 2010, set to take place Saturday, May 29 at Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana .
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TORTURE DIVISION, the Swedish death metal project featuring guitarist Lord K.
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ALICE COOPER, MASTODON, ANVIL, FEAR FACTORY and KATAKLYSM have been confirmed for the Heavy MTL 2010 festival, set to take place on July 24-25, 2010 at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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The Straits Times reports that organizers on Tuesday cancelled the fourth B’estFest in Bucharest, Romania in July, traditionally one of Eastern Europe’s biggest rock festivals, blaming the economic crisis.
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Artisan News Service conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine at the February 17 press conference held at the Rainbow Bar & Grill on the world famous Sunset Strip in Los Angeles to announce the nominees for the second annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards.
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Swedish metallers ASTRAL DOORS have been confirmed for this year’s edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany.
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German pagan metallers EQUILIBRIUM have announced the addition of vocalist Robse to the group’s ranks.
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Guitarist/vocalist Rainer Nygård of Finnish metallers DIABLO has issued the following update: “Late autumn last year we thought that we needed some time off from rock ‘n’ roll business.
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Quality fan-filmed video footage of ALICE IN CHAINS’ February 25, 2010 performance at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia can be viewed below.
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BAD RELIGION vocalist Greg Graffin tells Spinner that his band will return to the studio later this year to record its 15th album, tentatively due this fall.
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ACCEPT and EXHORDER have been confirmed for this year’s installment of the Rock Hard festival, set to take place May 21-23, 2010 at the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
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