“Videodrom”, the new album from Germany’s “video metal” band CALLEJON, entered the Media Control chart in the group’s home country at position No.
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HAIL!, the supergroup featuring mainstays Tim “Ripper” Owens (BEYOND FEAR, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH), David Ellefson (MEGADETH) and Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA), has announced its newest all-star member ? Paul Gray from SLIPKNOT will be the new bass player for the band’s upcoming European and Asian dates.
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Swedish female-fronted heavy rock band SISTER SIN entered the studio in February to begin recording its sophomore album, “True Sound Of The Underground”, for a summer release.
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Reunited Massachusetts hard rockers EXTREME will release the “Take Us Alive” live CD and DVD on April 23 in Europe and May 4 in the U.S.
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JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford will guest this week on “Sixx Sense”, the new national radio program hosted by CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx.
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VIRGIN STEELE and KAMELOT have been confirmed for this year’s edition of the Magic Circle Festival, set to take place on July 11, 2010 as part of the Metalcamp festival in Tolmin, Slovenia.
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Legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N’ ROSES) played the first full set with his solo band past Saturday, April 10 at the Roxy in Hollywood, California.
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Attention Deficit Delirium’s Bryan Reesman visited Pixar Animation Studios outside of San Francisco earlier this month to watch a nearly completed version of “Toy Story 3”.
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Raleigh, North Carolina-based progressive metalcore quintet BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME will celebrate “Record Store Day” by taking part in a signing session this Saturday, April 17 at Schoolkids Records in Raleigh.
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InsideCostaRica.com reports that the promoter of the GUNS N’ ROSES concert in Costa Rica is pulling out all the stops to satisfy fans of the band that were disappointed when the concert at the Saprissa stadium was cancelled due to a faulty stage.
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Germany’s Massacre Records has set an August 27 European release date for “Invidious Dominion”, the new album from Florida death metal veterans MALEVOLENT CREATION.
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Florida-based black metallers KULT OV AZAZEL have issued the following update: “In August we will be releasing a ‘best-of’ compilation titled ‘Desecrations: A Decade Of Defiling the Cross’ through Arctic Music.
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Sweden’s self-proclaimed masters of “genuine, dirty, in-your-face cock rock” BONAFIDE have parted ways with drummer Sticky Bomb “due to musical and personal differences” and have replaced him with Niklas Mattsson.
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