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IRON MAIDEN Heading To Paris To Write New Material

Guitarist Janick Gers of British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN revealed to BBC News that the band has already started writing songs for its 15th studio album. "We're going to Paris for three weeks to work on some new stuff," Gers said at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour Awards 2009 on November 2 at...

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Ex-CELTIC FROST Mainman Dedicating Himself To TRIPTYKON Album Unconditionally

Former CELTIC FROST and current TRIPTYKON frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has issued the following update: "The initial ideas for TRIPTYKON's 'Eparistera Daimones' album first began to take shape shortly after CELTIC FROST's last album, 'Monotheist', was released in May 2006. Actually, perhaps even bef...

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BLACK SABBATH's BILL WARD On Surviving The Music Business

Legendary BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward recently spoke to ClashMusic.com about surviving the music business. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Read Your Contracts: "I think one of the things a band needs to have, besides a good accountant, is to sign really good contracts. I'm a victim of...

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Those Whom The Gods Detest

It seems that every time an artist is interviewed about his or her newest piece of work, they're quick to call the effort their "best yet," or be otherwise complimentary towards the album. After all, nobody in their right mind would doubt themselves in the faces of their fans and every musician stri...

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All Shall Fall

"Highly anticipated" does not do justice to the eagerness with which fans have waited for IMMORTAL's first album since 2002's "Sons of Northern Darkness". Much like EMPEROR, we are talking about band that inspires rabid devotion from both fans and critics because of a one-of-a-kind status in black m...

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SLAYER's DAVE LOMBARDO On 'World Painted Blood': 'I Am So Proud Of This Record'

Chad Bowar of About.com recently conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. About.com: Did you approach recording your drum parts any different than usual for this album ["World Painted Blood"]? Lombardo: Yes. The first thing I did when...

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'Why AC/DC Matters' Author Interviewed On 1050 AM ESPN RADIO; Video Available

Ray Carsillo of 1050 AM ESPN Radio in New York City sat down in the 1050 studios with four-time New York Times bestselling author and former writer/editor of Rolling Stone magazine Anthony Bozza to discuss Bozza's new book "Why AC/DC Matters". Watch the chat below. "Why AC/DC Matters" was released o...

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DEAD SHAPE FIGURE Bassist Quits

Bassist Neissu has left the Finnish thrash metal outfit DEAD SHAPE FIGURE. Commented vocalist Galzi: "It is truly the most devastating thing an old friend can say to another: I'll be leaving. Being friends in a band is something totally different than being friends otherwise. It's more like a good m...

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OZZY OSBOURNE To Guest On 'WWE Raw'?

According to the San Jose Mercury News, Ozzy Osbourne will guest on an upcoming episode of "WWE Raw", the professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) that currently airs on the USA network in the United States. Ozzy and other guest stars are a way to give the WW...

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Sonic Boom

Ensuring that the MySpace/Facebook generation will have their very own line of branded lunchboxes, action figures, tampon, pinball machines and other assorted merchandise, KISS is back (if you haven't noticed) with their first studio album in over a decade, "Sonic Boom". While I can't say that this...

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God & Guns

Maybe I was holding out hope that on "God & Guns" LYNYRD SKYNYRD would return to a sound at least reminiscent of its '70s glory days, even with Gary Rossington as the only original surviving member of the storied act. That was probably unrealistic on my part. Even then, I didn't expect a modern...

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'Why AC/DC Matters' Book Sneak Peek

A sneak peek of "Why AC/DC Matters", the new book that is scheduled for release on October 13 via William Morrow (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers),is available at this location. AC/DC is the second-best-selling popular music act of all time, bested only by THE BEATLES. They've sold 200 milli...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarist Talks About Touring, Upcoming Solo Album

Joe Matera of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: This "American Soldier" tour the band is undertaking is a multi-media show and you're concentrating solely on three album...

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ROB HALFORD: 'I Think We've All Got A Bit Of Metal God Inside Of Us'

Renata Espinosa of Fashion Wire Daily recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On Metal God, Halford's signature brand of t-shirts that have all the soft-worn appeal of a vintage concert t-shirt but with all-new original g...

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GORY BLISTER Bassist Injured In Road Accident

Long-running Italian technical death metallers GORY BLISTER have issued the following update: "Roby Gelly, bass player teaming up with GORY BLISTER and ALLHELLUJA, unfortunately suffered an accident [Monday] night in Milan while driving his motor bike to come back home. During the crash against a ca...