MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update: “Wow! What a week!! “I have been running and gunning since we got back from this tour.
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TRIDENT and THE STONE have been confirmed for this year’s edition of the Festung Open Air festival, set to take place May 22-23, 2010 at Glider Airfield in Bitterfeld/Renneritz, Germany.
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Xaphan (KULT OV AZAZEL) will record guest vocals for the song “Oath of Blasphemy” on the new EP by Pennsylvanian death metal band NELDÖRETH.
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German progressive metallers VANDEN PLAS will release their new album, “The Seraphic Clockwork”, on June 4 via Frontiers Records.
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Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have posted a new “Nightmail” session featuring fan questions answered by various members of the band and crew.
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Jon Oliva (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, JON OLIVA’S PAIN) has recorded a guest appearance on “The Labyrinth Of Truths”, the second full-length album from the Brazilian power metal opera project SOULSPELL.
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LABYRINTH singer Roberto Tiranti has dubbed vocals for the Italian version of “I’m In The Band”, a music-filled, comedy series for the entire family about a teenager who realizes his wildest dream when he joins his favorite “vintage” rock band, IRON WEASEL.
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The sixth 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, “Judgment”, can be viewed below.
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LILLIAN AXE guitarist Steve Blaze will appear at the 33rd annual Dallas International Guitar Festival at Dallas Market Hall on April 16-18.
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BLACKMORE’S NIGHT is in the “final mix stage” on its new CD for a late 2010 release.
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Audio samples of all the songs that appear on DOKKEN’s new greatest-hits package, “Greatest Hits 2” ? a collection of all-new versions of tracks such as “Dream Warriors”, “Breaking the Chains” and “Just Got Lucky”, paired two new songs and two covers (including a version of “Lies”, originally recorded by THE KNICKERBOCKERS, available on the Japanese version of the CD only) ? are available on Amazo
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Vocalist Ryan Clark of Seattle-based Christian metallers DEMON HUNTER was interviewed by phone on EffectRadio.com on March 9, 2010.
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Vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish “love” metallers HIM was interviewed by Nomag in the lobby of the Queen Elizabeth hotel when the band played Montreal, Quebec, Canada on March 30, 2010.
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