Seattle, Washington-based death metallers I DECLARE WAR have inked a deal with Artery Recordings, the new joint venture between The Artery Foundation and Razor & Tie.
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According to Classic Rock magazine, MOTÖRHEAD will finish off the year with a massive U.K.
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Fan-filmed video footage of ICED EARTH performing the song “Pure Evil” at the Hammerfest II festival, which was held March 11-13, 2010 at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, United Kingdom, can be viewed below (courtesy of “DTmasters”).
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ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS guitarist Dean DeLeo.
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One of the last major dividing lines between “old school” and modern touring is the use of digital audio.
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Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA will celebrate the five-year anniversary of their sophomore album, “Consign To Oblivion”, by performing the CD in its entirety on March 21 at Effenaar in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
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“Full Of Regret”, a brand new track from the Canadian rock trio DANKO JONES, is available for streaming using the audio player below.
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Grindcore supergroup LOCK UP ? featuring AT THE GATES frontman Tomas Lindberg, Anton Reisenegger of PENTAGRAM and CRIMINAL on guitar, NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury and ex-DIMMU BORGIR and TESTAMENT drummer Nick Barker ? has 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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Italian web site SpazioRock.it conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Kai Hansen of German power metallers GAMMA RAY before the band’s March 16, 2010 concert in Milan, Italy.
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The Australian iTunes store is offering 30-second audio samples of all the tracks that appear on the forthcoming first true solo album from legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N’ ROSES), simply entitled “Slash”.
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“Rise, Rebel, Resist”, the new video from California’s OTEP, can be viewed below.
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New video footage has surfaced of GUNS N’ ROSES frontman Axl Rose getting hit with a plastic bottle about two minutes into his band’s headlining concert this past Saturday night (March 13) at Estádio do Palmeiras in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Californian rockers TESLA recently took part in an interview and acoustic performance on Chicago’s WLUP-FM 97.9 (Loop 97.9) radio station with morning personality Byrd.
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