French neo-classical metallers ADAGIO have uploaded video footage from their recently completed European tour as the support act for KAMELOT.
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Jon Wiederhorn of MTV.com has posted a personal essay about the passing of TYPE O NEGATIVE frontman Peter Steele.
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Peter Hodgson of the I Heart Guitar blog recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman.
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Australian progressive metal band VANISHING POINT is currently writing material for its as-yet-untitled fifth studio album, to be released in late 2010/early 2011.
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Video footage of NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis performing the title track of the band’s forthcoming album, “The Obsidian Conspiracy”, during a guitar clinic on April 7, 2010 in Warsaw, Poland can be viewed below.
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The first part of a new question-and-answer video feature with Armand Majidi (drums) and Lou Koller (vocals) of New York hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL answering fan-submitted questions can be viewed below.
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EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet’s AVANTASIA project released its new epic masterpiece on April 3 as regular CDs (“The Wicked Symphony” and “Angel Of Babylon”), two separate double picture vinyls, and as a beautiful collector’s edition with an AVANTASIA picture book.
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GUNS N’ ROSES will play two shows in Norway in late May/early June: May 31 – Bergen, Norway – Vestlandshallen Jun.
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On Thursday, April 15, Shawn of Rockstar Radio conducted an interview with Wednesday 13 of the activated MURDERDOLLS about the band’s forthcoming second album, “Women and Children Last”, and the passing of Peter Steele of TYPE O NEGATIVE.
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MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine and guitarist Fredrik Åkesson of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will guest on this weekend’s (April 16-18) edition of Full Metal Jackie’s nationally syndicated radio show.
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SIXX: A.M., the band featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx alongside James Michael and D.J.
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VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Slash’s all-star collaborations album, simply titled “Slash”, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Sweden: #1 Canada: #1 Finland: #2 Switzerland: #3 USA: #3 Norway: #4 Denmark: #6 Poland: #11 Spain: #26 United Kingdom: #30 “Slash” scored the highest new entry on this week’s The Billboard 200 chart, with first-week U.S.
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Former ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna has made three more albums available online at CDbaby.com, with plans to release them on dozens of other digital distribution sites within weeks.
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