Japanese metal veterans LOUDNESS will release a new album, “King Of Pain”, in Japan on May 19 via Tokuma Japan Communications.
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Michael “Mike” Inez, the Grammy Award-winning rock musician best known for his role as the bass guitarist of ALICE IN CHAINS, took the plunge and started a whole new chapter of life ? marriage.
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Austrian female-fronted symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE will release its seventh album, “Solitaire”, on the following dates: June 30: Spain July 2: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy, Sweden July 5: Rest of Europe July 13: USA/Canada The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01.
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German melodic folk/death metallers SUIDAKRA have issued the following update: “Quite some time has passed since the last update.
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Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY has issued the following update: “That’s right, folks! Eyjafjallajökull willing, we’ll leave our home town of Gothenburg tomorrow to embark on a massive headline trek taking us through the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.
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Goth rockers SIRENIA have been confirmed to play the Jorddunstfestivalen (Jorddunst Rock Festival) in Frøya, Norway on July 15th. Go to this location…
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Former PRONG drummer Ted Parsons has issued the following statement in support of Prong’s former live engineer Lee Popa, who is currently suffering from primary…
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German a capella metal band VAN CANTO have updated their tour schedule, which now includes a string of dates supporting BLIND GUARDIAN in Germany this…
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WARMACHINE frontman Joe Di Taranto is featured in a new interview with Caroline Restiaux at X-Plosive Metal. An excerpt from the interview is available below: XM:…
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Toronto rockers DANKO JONES will open for OZZY OSBOURNE om September 20th at the Bercy Stadion in Paris, France. KORN is also on the bill….
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TESTAMENT vocalist Chuck Billy has issued the following update: “The band has been rehearsing songs from the more current albums to dominate the set list of…
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Roxx Productions, Rowe Productions and Soundmass have all teamed up to present the Ultimate Jesus Metal Podcast. A press release reads as follows: “Our plan is to…
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Tidal Wave 12 is a free metal festival being held in San Francisco, CA at Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park on July 24th and…
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