EPICA vocalist Simone Simons has posted Part 2 of her South American tour blog online. Check it out below.

OPETH’s “Still Life” album will be re-released on double vinyl on June 7 via Peaceville Records.
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RATT guitarist Warren DeMartini is featured in a new interview with Mark Morton at the Heavy Metal Examiner. DeMartini discusses the band’s new album, Infestation,…
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An e-card for “Reptilian”, the new album from Norwegian extreme metal veterans KEEP OF KALESSIN, can be accessed at this location.
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Los Angeles-based MY RUIN, featuring guitarist Mick Murphy and vocalist Tairrie B, have announced a special one-off show for London, England to celebrate the release…
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TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA violinist Anna Phoebe recently announced that she has joined the ROXY MUSIC line-up for their summer tour. She has confirmed the following dates: June 17…
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REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE/ex-STRATOVARIUS guitarist Timo Tolkki will be interviewed by Dave Pattenden at the Ultimate World Guitar Exhibition festival in Bologna, Italy on My 15 for the forthcoming TV series “Metal Evolution”.
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NECRONOMICON’s new album, The Return Of The Witch, is now available for pre-order through Napalm Records. Go to this location for details. Official album…
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Calgary’s KOBRA AND THE LOTUS have updated their tour schedule with cross Canada tour dates from June through to August. It is now as follows: May 8…
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Bassist Jason Newsted’s (VOIVOD, METALLICA, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM) first exhibition of original art is being held May 4 – June 27, 2010 at Micaëla Gallery (49 Geary Street, No.
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BRUTAL GODZ, the new Germany-based project featuring former/current members of BLIND GUARDIAN, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, REBELLION and METAL CHURCH, has entered guitarist Uwe Lulis’ studio in Frankfurt, Germany to begin recording its debut album, “Echoes Of The Dead”, for a fall release.
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San Francisco bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT are rehearsing a brand new set for the upcoming “American Carnage” tour with SLAYER and MEGADETH.
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Bassist Peter Baltes and new vocalist Mark Tornillo of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT were interviewed on last night’s (Friday, May 7) edition of Eddie Trunk’s “Friday Night Rocks” radio show on New York’s Q104.3 FM.
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