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Reunited AT WAR Prepares To Enter Studio

Reunited Virginia thrash metal legends AT WAR will enter Pyramid Sound studios in Ithaca, New York on January 4, 2009 to start recording their first album in 20 years, entitled "Infidel". Engineering the album will be Alex Perialas, best known for his work during the golden age of thrash by engineer...

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The Making Of DORO PESCH's Heavy Metal Monster

Jörg Steegmüller, who has sculpted and produced "Star Wars" props for a number of years and is a well-known stop-motion moviemaker and collector in his home country of Germany, was recently hired to build an eight-meter high and five-hundred-kilogram heavy monster figure for Doro Pesch's 25-year ann...

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DORO: More 25th Anniversary Concert Footage Available

Doro Pesch celebrated her 25-year career as the reigning queen of German heavy metal by performing a three-hour set this past Saturday night (December 13) at the 20,000-capacity ISS Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany. HOLY MOSES, LEAVES EYES' and ARCH ENEMY opened the show and were followed by full set by...

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MEGADETH Drummer Shoots Down GIGANTOUR Rumors

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has shot down rumors that AVENGED SEVENFOLD and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE are in talks to take part in next year's North American Gigantour — the acclaimed traveling heavy music festival launched by MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. Posting in the "Forums" section of the ba...

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SOULFLY, EXODUS, OVERKILL and HEAVEN SHALL BURN Confirmed For Poland's METALMANIA Festival

The venue for the 23rd edition of Poland's Metalmania Festival, set to take place March 7, 2009, has been changed from Spodek Hall in Katowice to the smaller Stodola Club in Warsaw. SOULFLY, EXODUS, OVERKILL and HEAVEN SHALL BURN are the first confirmed bands for the event, with two special guests t...

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Aggressive Dissension

"Aggressive Dissension" by the Twin-Cities' RED GEM OF HADES is the product of vocalist Pat "Flex" Young and guitarist Kyle Vraa who decided that the world needs some deathly thrash metal with classic heavy metal guitar solos. To that end, the duo has succeeded. As far as studio projects go, the deb...

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Black Faith Inquisition

I really struggled with this one. I'd go back and forth between assessing "Black Faith Inquisition" as an epic tour de force of melodic black metal and a painstakingly long, verbose black metal album that tries to do too much. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. There is no question that...

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DORO Celebrates 25th Anniversary With SCORPIONS, OVERKILL, Ex-NIGHTWISH Members

Doro Pesch celebrated her 25-year career as the reigning queen of German heavy metal by performing a three-hour set last night (Saturday, December 13) at the 20,000-capacity ISS Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany. HOLY MOSES, LEAVES EYES' and ARCH ENEMY opened the show and were followed by full set by DORO...

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GIGANTOUR 2009: First Rumored Acts

AVENGED SEVENFOLD and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE are rumored to be in talks to take part in next year's North American Gigantour — the acclaimed traveling heavy music festival launched by MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. No official announcement has yet been made regarding the lineup of the fourth editi...

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EXODUS Guitarist Comments On Upcoming OVERKILL European Tour

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS and New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL will embark on a European co-headlining tour in February. Commented EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt: "We are so fired up to be doing the co-headlining tour with our old friends OVERKILL. After playing two festivals together we talk...

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OVERKILL To Play Mexico In January

Veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL will play two shows in Mexico in January: Jan. 23 - Monterrey, MEX - Rock Amerika Jan. 24 - Mexico City, MEX - Circo Volador OVERKILL's second DVD, "Live at Wacken Open Air 2007", came out on February 5 via Bodog Music. The 50-minute disc was shot during the ban...

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Members Of SCORPIONS To Perform At DORO's Anniversary Concert

Vocalist Klaus Meine and guitarist Rudolf Schenker of the veteran German hard rock band SCORPIONS have been confirmed for a special concert on December 13 at the ISS Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany celebrating Doro Pesch's 25-year career as the reigning queen of German heavy metal. According to a postin...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Pulls Out Of DORO's Anniversary Concert

U.D.O./ex-ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider has cancelled his appearance at a special concert on December 13 at the ISS Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany celebrating Doro Pesch's 25-year career as the reigning queen of German heavy metal. According to a posting on U.D.O.'s web site, the cancellation was c...

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OVERKILL: New Audio Interview Posted Online

The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview host John Ostronomy conducted with OVERKILL's Ron Lipnicki (drums) and Dave Linsk (guitar). The podcast can be downloaded at this location. OVERKILL's second DVD, "Live at Wacken Open Air 2007", came out on February 5 via Bodog Music. The 5...

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LARS ULRICH On Life After METALLICA, NAPSTER And On-The-Road Excess

Stereo Warning has posted the first two parts of a three-part interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Stereo Warning: Magazines made a big deal about you flying on different planes last summer in Europe. What's the travel arrangement on this tou...