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METALLICA: Official 33-Minute Video Recap Of Second 30th-Anniversary Show

METALLICA has posted a 33-minute video recap of the second of four intimate shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco as part of the week-long celebration of its 30th anniversary as a band for fan club members only. Check it out below. Lou Reed, King Diamond (MERCYFUL FATE),Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FAT...

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PIET SIELCK Quits SAVAGE CIRCUS

IRON SAVIOR mainman Piet Sielck has left SAVAGE CIRCUS, the multinational project featuring Jens Karlsson (vocals; PERSUADER),Emil Norberg (lead guitar; PERSUADER),and Mike Terrana (drums; AXEL RUDI PELL, RAGE, YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN, MASTERPLAN). He says in a statement, "After long and intensive thi...

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SATURNUS Signs With CYCLONE EMPIRE

Danish melodic doom metal masters SATURNUS have inked a deal with Cyclone Empire Records. The band's fourth album will be released in the spring. Commented the group: "We are extremely happy and excited about having signed with Cyclone Empire to release our new album. Cyclone Empire were one of the...

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KELLS: New Song Available For Streaming

French female-fronted symphonic metallers KELLS will release their third album, "Anachromie", on January 20, 2012 via Season Of Mist. The CD was recorded and mixed by Yann Klimezyk (MYPOLLUX) at MS Studio and was mastered by Ted Jensen (KORN, DEFTONES, MUSE) at Sterling Sound Studio in New York City...

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JOHN ARCH: 'It Is Very Gratifying To Break Away From Early Comparisons And Find Your Own Voice'

Phil Swanson of Powerline recently conducted an interview with former FATES WARNING singer John Arch about ARCH/MATHEOS, the new progressive rock band featuring Arch and FATES WARNING/OSI guitarist Jim Matheos. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Powerline: Lyrically, in my opinion, you...

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VOLBEAT Taps MERCYFUL FATE Guitarist For 'Gigantour'

Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT have tapped Hank Shermann of MERCYFUL FATE to play guitar on their their upcoming North American tour as part of "Gigantour". Shermann most recently shared the stage with METALLICA at one of four intimate shows which took place at the Fillmore in San Francisco a...

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SNOWY SHAW 'Is Alive!'

Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw has set "Snowy Shaw Is Alive!" as the title of his new live album, due just a few days before Christmas via iTunes. A "super-deluxe, limited-edition" double vinyl version of the record will be made available in early 2012. "Snowy Shaw Is Alive!" was recorde...

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MERCYFUL FATE's Manager Offers Recap Of Band's Performance At METALLICA's Anniversary Event

MERCYFUL FATE members King Diamond (vocals),Hank Shermann (guitar),Timi Hansen (bass) and Michael Denner (guitar) were among the musicians who joined METALLICA on stage on December 7 for the second of four intimate shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco as part of the week-long celebration of META...

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DIAMOND HEAD Guitar-Lesson Videos Now Available

Music lesson web site PlayThisRiff.com is now featuring guitar lesson videos with Brian Tatler from DIAMOND HEAD. At PlayThisRiff.com you will find the following guitar lesson videos by Brian Tatler: * "Am I Evil" * "Helpless" * "It's Electric" * "Lightning To The Nations" (Intro) * "Lightning To Th...

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PARADOX Parts Ways With Guitarist GUS DRAX

German metallers PARADOX have parted ways with Greek guitarist Gus Drax "due to personal reasons." Drax will focus on his SUNBURST project, which also features vocalist Vasilis Georgiou (INNOSENSE, BLACK FATE),drummer Kostas Milonas (BLACKLEGS, N.U.R.V., G.K GROUP) and bassist Vasilis Liakos (INNOS...

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VOIVOD Drummer Talks 'To The Death 84' In New Audio Interview

ExploreMusic's Sully recently conducted an interview with drummer Michel "Away" Langevin of Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD about the release of the band's original demo tape from 1984. Entitled "To The Death 84", the set includes material that was recorded in the band's Quebec jam space in January...

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MERCYFUL FATE, ARMORED SAINT Members Perform With METALLICA At Second 30th-Anniversary Show

Lou Reed, King Diamond (MERCYFUL FATE),Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE),Timi Hansen (MERCYFUL FATE),Michael Denner (MERCYFUL FATE) , Marianne Faithfull, Ray Haller (SWEET SAVAGE),Kid Rock and John Bush (ARMORED SAINT) joined METALLICA on stage last night (Wednesday, December 7) for the second of fo...

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VOLBEAT Parts Ways With Guitarist

Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT have issued the following update: "VOLBEAT has decided to part ways with Thomas Bredahl. "Being in a band is in many ways similar to a marriage with ups and downs. At times you can work it out and sometimes you need to go separate ways... "We want to thank ...

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JUDAS PRIEST Singer: We Have A Professional Standard That We've Always Tried To Maintain

Joel Weiss of Creative Loafing recently conducted an interview with vocalist Rob Halford of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. A couple of excerpts follow. Creative Loafing: You mentioned you'd been sober for about 25 years, but you...

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BUSH On ANTHRAX's Reunion With BELLADONNA: 'Everything Happened The Way It Was Supposed To'

Former ANTHRAX and current ARMORED SAINT vocalist John Bush was interviewed on last night's (Friday, November 18) edition of Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM. Bush, who fronted ANTHRAX between 1992 and 2005, temporarily rejoined the group for a number of shows in...