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AMON AMARTH Drummer Interviewed On 'Rög's Talkin' DrumZ: The Video Show'

Drummer Fredrik Andersson of Metal Blade recording artists AMON AMARTH and THIS ENDING was interviewed for the first episode of "Rög's Talkin' DrumZ: The Video Show", a program all about drumming and the featured artist. It features in-depth questions focusing on drumming, a history piece on Fredrik...

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METALLICA Manager PETER MENSCH Sells Greenwich Home For $7.25 Million

According to BlockShopper.com, Peter Mensch — a co-owner of Q Prime, a talent management company that handles the careers of such artists as METALLICA, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, SHANIA TWAIN and JOSH GROBAN — sold a home at 267 W. 11th St. in New York City for $7.25 million on November 12. The ...

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AMON AMARTH: European Headlining Tour With THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Announced

Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH have announced the following European headlining tour dates with support from THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: May 13 - Oslo, NOR - Betong May 14 - Stockholm, SWE - Tyrol May 15 - Gothenburg, SWE - Tradgarn (no THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER) May 17 - Copenhagen, DEN - Vega May...

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AVANTASIA DVD To Be Released In February

AVANTASIA — the project led by EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet — has issued the following update: "Rumors keep circulating about a forthcoming AVANTASIA live DVD and now we can confirm they are true! [In February 2011] a double DVD and two-CD set [along with a box set featuring both the double DVD and...

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SIX FEET UNDER: 'Wake The Night! Live In Germany' DVD Details Revealed

Florida's SIX FEET UNDER is, without a doubt, one of the most active and best live acts in death metal. A constant institution since the mid-'90s. Party.San Open Air in Bad Berka, Germany is known as a place where bands give 110% and more and so did SIX FEET UNDER on August 8, 2009. Being ...

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SCOTT 'WINO' WEINRICH Comments On Passing Of ARMANDO ACOSTA

Scott "Wino" Weinrich — who has played in such acts as ST. VITUS, THE OBSESSED, THE HIDDEN HAND, PROBOT and SPIRIT CARAVAN — has released the following statement regarding the passing of former SAINT VITUS drummer, Armando Acosta: "With great sadness we say rest in peace, Armando. The strong, gentle...

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BLOODIEST Signs With RELAPSE RECORDS

Relapse Records has announced the signing of BLOODIEST, the Chicago, Illinois-based seven-piece ensemble that creates a stunning collection of metal-meets-psychedelia-via-early-AmRep epics. The band recently completed work on its debut album, "Descent", at Electrical Audio and Semaphore studios in C...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Explains Departure From JANE'S ADDICTION

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan was asked by a reader of his column, which appears on Reverb at SeattleWeekly.com, what happened to cause the end of his brief collaboration with JANE'S ADDICTION. "Last year at about this time, I was asked by Perry [Farrell, JANE...

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SIX FEET UNDER Frontman Issues Update On New Concert DVD, Next Studio Album

A four-minute video update from vocalist Chris Barnes of Florida-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER can be viewed below. SIX FEET UNDER will release a new DVD, "Wake The Night! Live In Germany", in April 2011. According to Barnes, "It was compiled from footage that we filmed at the Party.San festi...

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RUSH To Film Cleveland Performance For Future Release

As a tribute to the U.S. city that first played their music, Canadian rock legends RUSH have confirmed that the Cleveland performance of their "Time Machine" show on April 15, 2011 at the Quicken Loans Arena will be filmed for a full-length release. Cleveland is remarkable for being one of the very...

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Facebook Celebrates OZZY OSBOURNE's 62nd Birthday With Special In-House Menu

According to TMZ.com, the Facebook corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California celebrated Ozzy Osbourne's 62nd birthday yesterday (December 3) by serving special Ozzy-themed spreads in their two cafés. The Café 6 diner menu: * War Pigs (Pulled Pork) Headless Bat Wings * Frying High Again (Season...

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JASON BONHAM Interviewed By 'Classic Rock Revisited' (Audio)

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with drummer Jason Bonham about JASON BONHAM'S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE — which celebrates the life and music of Jason's father, the legendary LED ZEPPELIN drummer John Bonham. You can now listen to the chat in three parts below. Pa...

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'Music As A Weapon V': First Tour Dates Announced

In what promises to be the hottest tour of winter 2011, KORN and DISTURBED, two of rock's biggest acts, are teaming up to co-headline next year's "Monster Energy Music As A Weapon V" tour. Support on the trek will come from SEVENDUST and IN THIS MOMENT. The first dates have been announced and are as...

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AMON AMARTH: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH have set "Surtur Rising" as the title of their eighth studio album, due on March 29, 2011 via Metal Blade Records. Frontman Johan Hegg told Terrorizer magazine, "Obviously, the songs are going to be AMON AMARTH — that's what we've always done — but we wanted to p...

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RUSH: New North American Tour Dates Announced

Canadian rock legends RUSH have announced more "Time Machine Tour" dates throughout North America beginning March 30, 2011 in Ft. Lauderdale and running through April 22, with shows in Greensboro, Nashville, Louisville, Toledo, Hershey, New York's esteemed Madison Square Garden, Chicago, Cleveland,...