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IRON MAIDEN To Fly In Over 200 Friends, Relatives For Moscow Gig

According to RIA Novosti, British heavy metal band IRON MAIDEN, which is scheduled to perform a gig in Moscow August 19, will fly in over 200 friends and relatives with them to the Russian capital, concert organizers said Tuesday. "Two days before the concert, August 17, one of the capital's airport...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's MICK MARS: 'I Feel That I'm A Better Performer Now Than I Was' Before

ARTISTdirect recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. ARTISTdirect: Was the intention heading into this album to really get back to the sleaze that's been missing in music in recent years? Mars: Instead of us doing just another...

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PARADISE LOST: Moscow Video Footage, Photos Posted Online

Russia's Darkside e-zine has posted video footage (see below) and more than 50 photos of PARADISE LOST's July 26, 2008 performance at the Na Vzlet! festival in Moscow, Russia. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. The Enemy 02. Ash And Debris 03. No Celebration 04. Erased 05. As I Die ...

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BRUCE KULICK Featured In SAPGIR BAND Video

Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick has issued the following update: "A few months ago I told you all about a session I did for a popular Russian artist, SAPGIR BAND. Well, they used footage of my session in the video for the song [see below], and here is it to ...

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INFESTUS To Release New Album In August

German black metallers INFESTUS will release their second album, "Chroniken Des Ablebens", on August 29 via Debemur Morti Productions. According to a press release, the CD "sends forth seven infectious spells, brimful of black magick and oozing a twisted, comforting malice." "Chroniken des Ablebens"...

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Emo And Goth To Be Made Illegal In Russia?

According to The Moscow Times, the Russian government is in the process of drafting a law to make emo and goth music illegal. Last month a parliamentary committee was convened to discuss a draft proposal of the Russian government's "Government Strategy In The Sphere Of Spiritual And Ethical Educatio...

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RINGWORM: European Tour Dates Announced

Cleveland-based metal/hardcore band RINGWORM has scheduled the following European tour dates: Aug. 23 - Ieper - Ieper Festival (Belgium) Aug. 24 - London - Underworld (Great Britain) Aug. 25 - Birmingham - Asylum (Great Britain) Aug. 26 - Cardiff - Barfly (Great Britain) Sep. 06 - Rotterdam - De Bar...

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DEEP PURPLE To Tour Russia In The Fall

According to RIA Novosti, British rockers DEEP PURPLE, one of the favorite bands of the current Russian president, are set for a tour of Russia this fall, a spokesman for the tour's promotion company said on Thursday. Vladimir Zubitsky said the band, with a collective age of 297, would give performa...

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PARADISE LOST: New Concert Footage From Hungary Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of PARADISE LOST's June 25, 2008 concert at Zöld, Pardon, Hungary can be viewed below (clips uploaded by YouTube user "spamdog1"). PARADISE LOST's recently released DVD, "The Anatomy Of Melancholy", entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 42 (German chart rule...

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TEXTURES: 'Silhouettes' To Receive North American Release In September

Dutch progressive/extreme metallers TEXTURES will have their latest album, "Silhouettes", released in North America on September 30 via Listenable/Koch. The band is planning to tour the U.S. in support of the CD during the first quarter of 2009. "Silhouettes" recently entered the Dutch album chart a...

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MACHINE HEAD In Moscow: Russian TV Report Available

A two-minute Russian TV report that aired on the A1 channel featuring footage from MACHINE HEAD's July 2, 2008 concert at the B1 Maximum Club in Moscow as well as an interview with the group's frontman, Robb Flynn, can be viewed below. MACHINE HEAD's new video, "Halo", can be viewed at this location...

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It's been a long, slow slide for TIAMAT, from primitive death metal to highbrow avant-garde psychedelia to drippy Eurotrash pop swagger. After five years of silence, the band that asked us to "vote for love" and seemed doomed to end its life narcissistically sniffing SISTERS OF MERCY's long-discarde...

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NIGHTWISH Schedules Russian Concert

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will return to Russian soil to play a one-off show at the Palace Of Sport in Luzhniki, Moscow on October 11, 2008. Support at the gig will come from PAIN. Video footage of NIGHTWISH's June 26, 2008 concert at the Kaisaniemi venue in Helsinki, Finland can...

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TEXTURES Pulls Out Of Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

Dutch progressive/extreme metallers TEXTURES have been forced to cancel their previously announced July 6 appearance at the Metalcamp festival in Tolmin, Slovenia due to the fact that Eric Kalsbeek (vocals) is suffering from "throat problems." "After having his throat examined at the hospital, docto...

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THE SIGN OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS, OUTLAW ORDER Sign With SEASON OF MIST

France's Season Of Mist has announced the signing of two new U.S.-based acts: North Carolina's southern rock/metal band THE SIGN OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS and Louisiana's OUTLAW ORDER. THE SIGN OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS's sound is "seeping with infectious riffs, soulful vocals and all-around stump stomping...