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KEEL Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Reactivated '80s hard rockers KEEL are putting the finishing touches on their new album, "Streets Of Rock & Roll", for a January 2010 release via Frontiers Records. The project is being produced by Pat Regan (DEEP PURPLE, KISS, WARRANT) and will feature guest appearances by Jaime St. James (BLAC...

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ZAKK WYLDE On His Replacement In OZZY's Band: GUS G. Is 'F**king Awesome'

Joe Bosso of MusicRadar.com recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY). An excerpt from the chat follows below. MusicRadar.com: Of course, the other major thing that's happened in the last year has been your split with Ozzy... Zakk: "Well, I'll tell you how...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Working On Its 'Most Personal And Epic' Album

Guitarist Zacky Vengeance of AVENGED SEVENFOLD has issued the following update: "It has been awhile since we have shed light on our current doings. Well, here is a long-awaited update into the world of A7X. "We came off of the road amidst one of the most turbulent times in history. Everything going...

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Former GRAVE DIGGER Guitarist Discusses His Departure

Germany's Hooked On Music web site recently conducted an in-depth interview with former GRAVE DIGGER guitarist Manni Schmidt about his departure from the group. The chat is now available in German and English (rough translation). Schmidt left GRAVE DIGGER last month due to disagreements between him...

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ZAKK WYLDE Talks To MusicRadar.com About New Signature Guitar; Video Available

MusicRadar.com has uploaded video footage of Zakk Wylde, legendary guitarist for OZZY OSBOURNE and founder of the heavy metal band BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, playing and talking about his new signature guitar, Epiphone Graveyard Disciple. Watch the clip at this location. It can also be seen below. Wylde h...

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A Taste of Extreme Divinity

Gather 'round, ye children and punters with short memories, and recall a time when HYPOCRISY was the flagship band of their label, and Peter Tägtgren wasn't the go-to producer for Europe's most extreme bands, but just a guy who liked aliens and ridiculously catchy (but brutal) death metal tunes. Go...

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MASTODON To Guest On MTV2's 'Headbangers Ball'

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will guest on "Headbangers Ball" on Saturday, December 19. "Headbangers Ball" airs Saturday nights/Sunday mornings at 2:00 a.m. ET/PT on MTV2. MASTODON performed the song "Divinations" live on the October 30 edition of NBC-TV's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon". W...

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Former ANTHRAX Singer To Guest On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

DEATHRIDERS/ex-ANTHRAX vocalist Neil Turbin will guest on the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". The interview will take place during the Sunday, November 8 broadcast from 6 to 8 p.m. EST. For information, go to this location. Fan-filmed video footage of DEATHRIDERS performi...

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Rites of the Pentagram

As uttered at the end of "Decibel Ritual" by Mike Abominator (he of the Armageddon Vomits and Misanthropic Diatribes) "We are GRAVEHILL, we are death fucking metal!" By golly, they sure as heck are, albeit the thrashy old school variety, taking cues from a variety of sources, whether it is MASTER, D...

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ZAKK WYLDE Talks About New Signature Guitar; Video Available

Zakk Wylde, legendary guitarist for OZZY OSBOURNE and founder of the heavy metal band BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, hosted a special "meet-and-greet" on Friday, October 30 at New York's renowned 48th street Sam Ash music store. Video footage of Zakk dishing on his new signature guitar, Epiphone Graveyard Dis...

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ZAKK WYLDE Unveils Signature Guitars At SAM ASH Meet-And-Greet; Video, Photos Available

Zakk Wylde, legendary guitarist for OZZY OSBOURNE and founder of the heavy metal band BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, hosted a special "meet-and-greet" yesterday (Friday, October 30) at New York's renowned 48th street Sam Ash music store. Video footage and photos from the event can be viewed below (courtesy of...

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MASTODON Performs On 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'; Video Available

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON performed the song "Divinations" live on last night's (Thursday, October 30) edition of NBC-TV's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon". Watch video of the performance below. MASTODON has written the score to "Jonah Hex", the comic-book Western/horror film starring Jos...

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MASTODON Bassist Talks About Scoring 'Jonah Hex' Film

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have written the score to "Jonah Hex", the comic-book Western/horror film starring Josh Brolin in the lead role, with support from John Malkovich, Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Michael Fassbender and Michael Shannon. The movie is based on the DC comic series about a...

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THE GATHERING Celebrating 20th Anniversary

Drummer Hans Rutten of Dutch/Norwegian rockers THE GATHERING has issued the following update: "And then, suddenly it is there! The 20th anniversary of THE GATHERING. Exactly 20 years ago my brother René and me, together with Bart Smits on vocals, started this band. No strategy, we just wanted to wri...

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A&R Executive Who 'Discovered' METALLICA Interviewed

Heather MacDonald of Fantasticsmag recently conducted an in-depth interview with former Elektra and Geffen Records A&R executive Michael Alago, who "discovered and nurtured METALLICA" in addition to signing such acclaimed acts as WHITE ZOMBIE, METAL CHURCH, SPEEDEALER and LOCAL H. You can read t...