KORN has announced a spring tour that will take the band through some of the most intimate venues it has played in years.
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California metallers LIZZY BORDEN 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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Diskant.dk conducted an interview with guitarist Bob Balch of off the Southern California heavy fuzz rock band FU MANCHU on February 21, 2010 in Malmö, Sweden.
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“Nothing=You”, the new video from Philadelphia-based singer LEIANA, can be viewed below.
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A scheduled GUNS N’ ROSES show in a stadium in Rio De Janeiro on Sunday (March 14) was scrapped when heavy rains caused the stage to collapse.
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BAL-SAGOTH and AHAB have been confirmed for the 15-year-anniversary edition of the Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 12-14, 2010 in Josefov, Czech Republic.
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The first installment of TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick’s guest column at GuitarPlayer.com can be found at this location.
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This latest episode of “Talking Metal” features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Jon Leon and Erik Kluiber of the Los Angeles-based traditional metal act WHITE WIZZARD.
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GODSMACK, PAPA ROACH and DROWNING POOL are among the confirmed bands for the Rockfest 2010, set to take place Saturday, May 15 at Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N’ ROSES) performed his new solo song “Beautiful Dangerous” with the BLACK EYED PEAS this past Saturday night (March 13) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
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MUNICIPAL WASTE, IHSAHN, ARMED FOR APOCALYPSE, TURMION KÄTILÖT and SURVIVORS ZERO have been confirmed for the thirteenth annual Tuska festival, set to take place July 2-4, 2010 in Helsinki, Finland.
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According to a posting on MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG) guitarist/keyboardist Wayne Findlay’s MySpace page, an MSG show filmed in January 2010 in Japan will be aired on the Japanese TV channel NHK-BS2 on Saturday, March 27 from 11:30 p.m.
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The third in a series of weekly video blogs from HYDROGYN members Julie Westlake (vocals), Jeff Westlake (guitar) and Jeff Young (guitar; ex-MEGADETH) regarding the progress of the songwriting/recording sessions for the band’s new album, “Judgement”, can be viewed below.
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