French decadent metallers WORMFOOD have announced their new lineup.
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Vocalist Jyrki 69 (born Jyrki Pekka Emil Linnankivi) of Finnish gothic metallers THE 69 EYES has issued the following update: “Our new single from [the latest THE 69 EYES album] ‘Back In Blood’ in Europe will be ‘Kiss Me Undead’ that Nuclear Blast will deliver for radio stations and all the other media in this month.
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In the third of four installments revealing the back-stories to the tracks on the upcoming EXODUS album, guitarist / songwriter Gary Holt offers additional commentary on the songs that will appear on “Exhibit B: The Human Condition”, set for release in Europe on May 7 and in North America on May 18 via Nuclear Blast Records.
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On April 6, Aniruddh “Andrew” Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist Scott Hedrick of Athens, Ohio extreme metallers SKELETONWITCH.
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Drummer Anders Johansson and guitarist Oscar Dronjak of Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL visited Bas Rutten’s Elite MMA on a day off during the band’s latest U.S.
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QUEENSR?CHE guitarist Michael Wilton will make an in-store appearance at Raptor Guitars in Phoenix, Arizona on May 19 from 6 to 8 p.m.
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“Teutonic Terror”, the new video from reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT, will make its online debut on MySpace on Wednesday, May 5 at 12:00 noon EST / 9:00 a.m.
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Austrian symphonic extreme metal outfit HOLLENTHON has parted ways with bassist Gregor Marboe and has replaced him with a man named Max.
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Swedish death metallers SOULDRAINER recently entered Empire Studio to begin recording their new album for a late 2010 release.
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Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) will perform his “Ziltoid The Omniscient” concept album in its entirety on Friday, July 2 at the thirteenth annual Tuska festival in Helsinki, Finlandas a special one-off world-exclusive show.
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SCORPIONS drummer James Kottak in featured in a new interview with Sleazeroxx.com. An excerpt is available below. Sleaze Roxx: Was it your original intention for Sting…
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Montreal’s BLACKGUARD will kick off their US headline tour with SWASHBUCKLE tomorrow (May 4th) in Trenton, NJ. The complete schedule is as follows: May 4 – Championship…
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Classic Swedish heavy metal veterans OVERDRIVE are currently in the studio recording their seventh LP.
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