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F5: Video Interview With DAVID ELLEFSON Available
Brand new interview footage with F5/ex-MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson can be viewed below. F5 headlined the first Rage Brigade music festival on April 19 at Club Red in Tempe, Arizona. The event was host to 15 bands performing on two separate stages. F5's sophomore album, "The Reckoning", is due la...April 28, 2008
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SOILWORK Drummer Checks In
SOILWORK drummer Dirk Verbeuren has issued the following update: "It's been a few weeks since the Scum Of The Earth tour, and we're getting all geared up to hit the road again! The month of May will be somewhat special, since it will see SOILWORK's first-ever visit to Russia, followed by a long-awai...April 24, 2008
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F5 Plays First Show With Ex-MEGADETH Drummer JIMMY DEGRASSO; Video Available
F5 the Phoenix-based band featuring former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, ex-SICK SPEED vocalist Dale Steele, guitarists Steve Conley and John Davis, and ex-MEGADETH drummer Jimmy DeGrasso headlined the first Rage Brigade music festival last night (Saturday, April 19) at Club Red in Tempe, Arizona...April 20, 2008
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LION'S SHARE: New Audio Interview With LARS CHRISS Posted Online
TheRightToRock.com has issued its latest podcast (episode #52) featuring guitarist Lars Chriss from LION'S SHARE. The interview lasts approximately 40 minutes and can be heard at this location. LION'S SHARE's new album, "Emotional Coma", was released in the U.S. this past January via Locomotive Musi...April 14, 2008
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LUNATICA Signs With NAPALM RECORDS
Swiss female-fronted symphonic rock/metal band LUNATICA has inked a deal with Napalm Records. The group is currently recording its fourth album for a winter release. Michael Levine (Hans Zimmer's arranger; "Pirates of the Carribean", "The Rock") has provided his expertise on one track. In addition,...April 11, 2008
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SIGH Frontman Comments On Upcoming 'Global Metal' Documentary
Mirai Kawashima, frontman for Japanese black metal act SIGH, has issued a statement about the band's involvement in the upcoming documentary "Global Metal", Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn's follow-up to 2005's critically-acclaimed documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey". The band's song "Me Devil" o...April 11, 2008
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'Metal: A Headbanger's Journey' Director Interviewed On 'Full Metal Racket'; Audio Available
Director Sam Dunn one of the makers of the acclaimed documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" was interviewed in February 2008 by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Download the 16-minute audio file in MP3 format at this location (7 MB). Dunn and his partner, Scot...April 10, 2008
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SOILWORK: Orangevale Footage Available
Capital Chaos has posted video footage of Swedish metallers SOILWORK performing on March 31, 2008 at The Boardwalk in Orangevale, California. Watch the clip below. SOILWORK recently parted ways with guitarist Ola Frenning due to Ola's "resistance to the demands of the road." David Andersson filled i...April 10, 2008
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Ex-NIGHTWISH Singer Wishes Her Former Bandmates 'All The Best'
Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen is elated by the success of her solo debut, "My Winter Storm", in her homeland of Finland and elsewhere in Europe. When it was released last November, it entered the Finnish album chart at No. 1, the first record by a solo artist to debut atop the list. It's now...April 9, 2008
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F5 To Headline Tempe's RAGE BRIGADE Music Festival
F5 the Phoenix-based band featuring former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, ex-SICK SPEED vocalist Dale Steele, guitarists Steve Conley and John Davis, and ex-MEGADETH drummer Jimmy DeGrasso will headline the first Rage Brigade music festival on Saturday, April 19 at Club Red in Tempe, Arizona. The...April 9, 2008
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'Global Metal' Documentary Trailer Available
A two-minute trailer for the new documentary "Global Metal" can be viewed below. In "Global Metal", directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn the makers of the acclaimed documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" set out to discover the impact of heavy metal on the world's cultures beyond Europe and Nor...April 9, 2008
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SOILWORK: New Video Interview With DIRK VERBEUREN Posted Online
HardTimes.ca recently conducted an interview with SOILWORK drummer Dirk Verbeuren. Dirk discussed touring with SOILWORK; his side projects PHAZE 1, MANU LIVERTOUT BAND, ONE WAY MIRROR; as well as his contribution to the debut solo album from NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane. Watch the nine-minute clip...April 6, 2008
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SHADOWS FALL Singer Offers Update From Australian Tour
Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL have just completed an exhausting run of shows on the far side of the globe in Australia, Korea, Japan and the Philippines. Each day this week vocalist Brian Fair will be recapping stories from the road in a guest blog for MetalSucks. The first entry, about the b...March 25, 2008
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FIREWIND Keyboardist Featured On New POWER QUEST Album
Bob Katsionis, keyboard wizard from Greek power metallers FIREWIND, has recorded a guest appearance on the track "Save the World" from the new POWER QUEST album, "Master of Illusion". Other guest musicians on the CD include keyboardist Richard West from the UK progressive metal band THRESHOLD, Jorn...March 24, 2008
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USURPER: Autographed Copies Of 'Threshold Of The Usurper' Up For Grabs
Guitarist/founder Rick Scythe of Chicago's now-defunct band USURPER has issued the following update: "Due to popular demand, we just posted two new songs (actually old songs but 'new' in the sense that we've never posted them online before... and in all actually, not really due to popular demand, si...March 24, 2008
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