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IMMORTAL, OVERKILL, STORMWARRIOR Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

IMMORTAL, OVERKILL and STORMWARRIOR are the first confirmed bands for next year's edition of Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place July 15-16, 2011 in Balingen, Germany. Launched in 1996, the Bang Your Head!!! festival has become one of the most prominent metal festivals in central Germany,...

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Former OVERKILL Guitarist BOBBY GUSTAFSON To Guest On AC/DZ Album

Former OVERKILL guitarist Bobby Gustafson has been added to the list of guitarists who will lay down guest solos on the forthcoming debut album from AC/DZ, the San Francisco Bay Area-based AC/DC tribute band formed by legendary thrash singer Steve "Zetro" Souza (TENET, DUBLIN DEATH PATROL, EXODUS, L...

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OVERKILL Interviewed By Australia's SCHITZOPHONIC (Video)

Schitzophonic, a Sydney, Australia-based media production company, conducted an interview with OVERKILL bassist D.D. Verni and vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth before the band's September 25, 2010 concert at Sydney's Metro Theatre. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. OVERKILL's latest alb...

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THE SUMMONED: New Song Posted Online

"The Flood", a brand new song from Boston, Massachusetts-based experimental death metallers THE SUMMONED, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's forthcoming debut album, "If Only Minds Could Paint Pictures", tentatively due in December/January via Firs...

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New RANDY RHOADS, MOTÖRHEAD Biographies To Arrive In The Spring

Joel McIver, the author of 16 books on rock and metal including the bestselling "Justice For All: The Truth About Metallica", announced the release of two new books at his web site today. Both are set for publication in spring 2011. McIver writes: "'Crazy Train: The High Life And Tragic Death Of Ran...

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'Lemmy' Movie: New Trailer Released

A new trailer for "Lemmy", the long-awaited documentary examining the life and career of MOTÖRHEAD frontman and rock icon Lemmy Kilmister, can be viewed below. "Lemmy" premiered in March 2010 during the South by Southwest at the historic Paramount Theatre in Austin. Check out reviews of the film: *...

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BONDED BY BLOOD Parts Ways With Singer, Announces Replacement

Pomona, California thrashers BONDED BY BLOOD have parted ways with vocalist Jose Barrales and have replaced him with Mauro Gonzales (MUTANTS OF WAR). Commented the band: "After five long years of hard work and dedication, our vocalist and friend Jose Barrales has decided to part ways with the band d...

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EXODUS Frontman's GENERATION KILL: First Studio Webisode Released

GENERATION KILL, the crossover metal outfit featuring EXODUS frontman Rob Dukes, has released the first in a five-part series of video blogs (see below) documenting the making of the band's as-yet-untitled debut album. The clip was shot in two locations — at North Rockland Studios in West Haverstraw...

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Opposing Forces

Well, what do you know? It's another band on the Stormspell Records roster that takes a tried and true style and performs it with passion, balls, and skill. Greece's CROSSWIND plays what most would call power metal, the difference being that on "Opposing Forces" that playing sounds far fresher and m...

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DORO PESCH Talks RONNIE JAMES DIO, Upcoming DVD And U.S. Tour

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with German "metal queen" Doro Pesch. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: How have your preparations been for these four upcoming U.S. dates? Doro: I'm planning to play all the highlights and some g...

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OVERKILL, BONDED BY BLOOD Members Interviewed On 'Mars Attacks' (Audio)

OVERKILL's Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and BONDED BY BLOOD's Jose Barrales were interviewed by host Victor M. Ruiz for the latest episode of the "Mars Attacks" podcast. You can now stream the podcast using the audio player below. OVERKILL's new album, "Ironbound", sold 4,100 copies in the United States...

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DEW-SCENTED: Japanese Version Of 'Invocation' To Include Four Bonus Tracks

"Invocation", the latest album from German thrashers DEW-SCENTED, will be released in Japan on September 15 via Spiritual Beast. Commented the band: "We are super-happy to have found a new partner for our album[s] in Japan and will certainly try to return for a third touring visit of the country at...

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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD: We Owe DEBBIE ABONO 'A Lot Of Respect And Gratitude'

Video footage of the short speech METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield gave at a special event to celebrate the life of Debbie Abono — a well-respected and much-loved manager and promotional machine behind some of San Francisco Bay Area's strongest metal bands (POSSESSED, FORBIDDEN, EXODUS, V...

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AFTER ALL Added To 'Killfest' European Tour

Belgian metallers AFTER ALL have been added to the European Killfest 2011 Tour, also featuring OVERKILL, DESTRUCTION and HEATHEN. The dates are as follows: March 03 - London, UK - O2 Islington Academy March 04 - Köln, Germany - Essigfabrik March 05 - Geiselwind, Germany - Music Hall March 06 - Stutt...

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METALLICA, MACHINE HEAD, DEATH ANGEL, FORBIDDEN Members Celebrate Life Of DEBBIE ABONO

Members of METALLICA, MACHINE HEAD, DEATH ANGEL, FORBIDDEN, SKINLAB and D.R.I., as well as former members of EXODUS, OVERKILL, S.O.D., POSSESSED, SACRILEGE B.C. and STEREOMUD, are among the musicians who made an appearance at a special event to celebrate the life of Debbie Abono, a well-respected an...