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PRETTY MAIDS: 'Mother Of All Lies' Video Released

"Mother Of All Lies", the new video from veteran Danish hard rockers PRETTY MAIDS, can be seen below. The clip was shot by the famed director Thomas Tjader. "Mother Of All Lies" comes off PRETTY MAIDS' new album, "Motherland", which will be released on March 22 in Europe and March 26 in North Americ...

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DORO PESCH To Guest On WJCU's 'Metal On Metal'

German metal queen Doro Pesch will guest on WJCU's "Metal On Metal" radio program live tonight (Friday, January 18) at 6:30 p.m. EST. "Metal On Metal", hosted by Bill Peters (pictured below backstage at the Wacken Open Air festival with Doro),can be heard live every Friday night from 6:30 p.m. to 9...

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TORTURE SQUAD Working On Concept Album About Brazilian Military Dictatorship

Brazilian metallers TORTURE SQUAD have announced that their next release will be a concept album about the period when Brazil was under a military dictatorship that lasted for over 21 years, from 1964 to 1985. Commented TORTURE SQUAD drummer Amilcar Christófaro: "Something was telling me that our ne...

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PRETTY MAIDS To Release 'Motherland' In March

Frontiers Records will release "Motherland", the new album from veteran Danish hard rockers PRETTY MAIDS, on March 22 in Europe and March 26 in North America. After their successful and highly acclaimed 2010 album "Pandemonium", PRETTY MAIDS celebrated their 30th anniversary with their debut visual...

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AXEL RUDI PELL To Release 'Live On Fire' In March

Despite having planned his career meticulously over the past 25 years or so, even in the camp of German hard rock master Axel Rudi Pell surprises cannot be ruled out: Before playing in front of a sold-out Cologne crowd on the second leg of his wildly successful "Circle Of The Oath" tour, the opportu...

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BLOWSIGHT Signs With ECLIPSE RECORDS

Eclipse Records has announced the signing of Stockholm, Sweden-based modern rockers BLOWSIGHT to a North American deal. The band just wrapped up production of its brand new full-length album, "Life & Death", to be released in North America on April 9. A press release states: "Sweden has always b...

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DEGRADEAD To Enter Studio On Monday

Stockholm, Sweden-based melodic death metallers DEGRADEAD, whose singer, Mikael Sehlin, recently joined fellow Swedes ENGEL as their new frontman, will enter the studio on Monday, January 14 to begin recording their fourth album. Regarding what impact Sehlin's addition to ENGEL will have on his stat...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE Frontman Interviewed On 'The Classic Metal Show' (Audio)

Former SAVATAGE and current CIRCLE II CIRCLE frontman Zak Stevens was recently interviewed on "The Classic Metal Show", which is heard live on Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. EST at TheClassicMetalShow.com. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. CIRCLE II CIRCLE will release it...

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LEAVES' EYES: New Album Title Announced

LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY — has set "Symphonies Of The Night" as the title of its new album, due later in the year via Napalm Records. A new LEAVES' EYES video, for the song "Melusine", featurin...

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ULI JON ROTH Looks Ahead To 'A Very Busy And Intensely Productive Year'

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) has issued the following update: "Greetings to all of you! I hope you had a great New Year. "Here is a condensed list of some of the events that are planned for the first half of this year. 2013 is going to be a very busy and intensely productive ...

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EKTOMORF Working On 'Black Flag' Video

Hungarian extreme metallers EKTOMORF are currently filming a video for the song "Black Flag". The band's frontman, Zoltán "Zoli" Farkas, states: "The video shoot [is] going awesome. The video is gonna be fucking agressive!" "Black Flag" is the title track of EKTOMORF's new album, which was released...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE: New Song Available For Streaming

CIRCLE II CIRCLE, the band led by ex-SAVATAGE frontman Zak Stevens, will release its sixth studio album, "Seasons Will Fall", on January 25, 2013 via earMUSIC, the Hamburg, Germany-based international rock label which is part of Edel Group. Formed in 2001, CIRCLE II CIRCLE has always reinvented itse...

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A MILLION MILES Signs With ABANDON RECORDS

Hamburg, Germany-based metal band A MILLION MILES has inked a deal with Abandon Records for the release of its debut album, "What's Left Behind". Due on April 5 via New Music distribution, the CD was recorded at Hammer Studios (GAMMY RAY) in Hamburg with producer Eike Freese of DARK AGE. After four...

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HENRY ROLLINS: 'I Like Stress; It Keeps Me Rockin''

Punk rock icon Henry Rollins was interviewed on the December 21-23 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to FullMetalJackieRadio.com. Inter...

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MOTÖRHEAD: New Video Interview With MIKKEY DEE

Germany's RockInk TV conducted an interview with MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee during the band's recent European tour with ANTHRAX. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. MOTÖRHEAD was forced to cancel the December 11 concert in Kempten, Germany after the band's frontman, Ian Fraser "Lemmy" K...