OBITUARY drummer Donald Tardy and the folks at the legendary Brass Mug (the CBGB of Tampa) have organized the Metal Meowlisha benefit show on March 27 to help the homeless, abused, and neglected cats of the Tampa Bay area.
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Ipecac Recordings has revelaed the cover artwork for Mike Patton’s MONDO CANE, a new entity for the inimitable vocalist that marries his instrument-like voice with a 40-piece orchestra, choir and band.
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RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer’s autobiography, “Tales Of A Ratt – Things You Shouldn’t Know”, will be released on April 20, the same day that the band’s new CD, “Infestation”, is being made available.
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The Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida will be the first stop on a multi-city tour featuring legendary artists LYNYRD SKYNYRD and POISON singer Bret Michaels along with guests .38 SPECIAL.
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The vinyl edition of “Wormwood”, the latest album from Swedish black metallers MARDUK, has finally been released.
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Quality video footage of OVERKILL’s March 18, 2010 performance at Teatro Flores in Buenos Aires, Argentina can be viewed below.
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AIRBOURNE, RAVEN, THE DEVIL’S BLOOD, EVERGREY, DARK FUNERAL, SYLOSIS, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, ELUVEITIE, HELLYEAH, KATATONIA and FINNTROLL have been confirmed for this year’s edition of the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 25-27, 2010 in Dessel, Belgium.
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Video footage of ex-KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Jesse Leach performing with his former bandmates on Friday, March 19 at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza can be viewed below.
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AVIAN, the melodic metal band featuring singer Lance King (BALANCE OF POWER, PYRAMAZE) and guitarist Yan Leviathan, is currently in pre-production for its third album, to be released in early 2011.
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The second part of a new video teaser for “Lustdriven”, the fourth album from Finnish power metallers KIUAS, can be viewed below.
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Part two of a new video feature in which vocalist Lou Koller and drummer Armand Majidi of New York hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL offer a track-by-track breakdown of the band’s new album, “Based On A True Story”, can be viewed below.
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Mark Hawthorne of The Sydney Morning Herald reports: Rumours have circulated for more than a year about a KISS venture in Melbourne, Australia.
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Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED are putting the finishing touches on a video for the song “Everyone Bleeds Now”.
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