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RAGE: 'Strings To A Web' Cracks German Top 30

"Strings To A Web", the new album from German metallers RAGE, entered the Media Control chart in the band's home country at position No. 27. Commented guitarist Victor Smolski: "Thanks to all former and new RAGE fans who showed interest and enabled to get 'Strings To A Web' in the charts! It's a gre...

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GRAND MAGUS Completes Recording New Album

GRAND MAGUS, the three-piece Swedish heavy rock band featuring "JB" Christofferson (guitar, lead vocals),Fox Skinner (bass, backing vocals) and Sebastian "Seb" Sippola (drums),has finished recording and mixing its fifth album, "Hammer Of The North", at 301 studios outside of Stockholm for a spring...

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AT THE GATES Members Talk About 'The Flames Of The End' DVD; Video Available

Rockalarm and Metal Hammer conducted an interview with Tomas Lindberg (vocals) and Anders Björler (guitar) of Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES during the duo's recent promotional visit to Hamburg, Germany. Watch the chat below. AT THE GATES will sign copies of its three-DVD set, "Th...

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EXODUS Rejoined By Vocalist ZETRO SOUZA For San Francisco Performance

Vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza rejoined his former EXODUS bandmates at their February 8, 2010 concert at the Grand Ballroom in San Francisco to perform the group's classic song "Toxic Waltz". Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below. Nuclear Blast Records has pushed back the Eur...

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RAGE To Support GAMMA RAY In Japan

German metallers RAGE will support GAMMA RAY on the following Japanese tour dates: April 13 - Osaka, Japan - Big Cat April 15 - Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya O-East April 16 - Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya O-East April 17 - Nagoya, Japan - Bottom Line RAGE's new album, "Strings To A Web", was released on ...

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EXODUS: New Album Pushed Back To May

Nuclear Blast Records has pushed back the European release date of "Exhibit B: The Human Condition", the ninth studio album from San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS, to May 7 from the previously announced April 23. The CD was helmed by acclaimed British producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH,...

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HOLY GRAIL Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Los Angeles metal quintet HOLY GRAIL (formerly known as SORCERER) has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ATROCITY BROILERS...

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TRISTANIA Issues Studio Update

Guitarist/vocalist Anders Høyvik Hidle of Norwegian gothic metallers TRISTANIA has issued the following update: "You have waited patiently for news from the studio, and it's about time we reveal some more details regarding the upcoming album. "These are hectic times and we are working around the clo...

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HANGGAI, SMOKE BLOW Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Mongolian-Chinese folk-music act HANGGAI and German stoner SMOKE BLOW have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ATROCITY BROI...

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EXODUS Guitarist Talks About Upcoming Album

Scott Alisoglu of Teeth Of The Divine (and BLABBERMOUTH.NET) recently conducted an interview with guitarist Gary Holt of veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrash metallers EXODUS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Teeth Of The Divine: Let's talk about this DVD a little bit. Quite honestl...

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RAGE: New Audio Interview With PETER 'PEAVY' WAGNER Available

Metalzone.gr recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Peter "Peavy" Wagner of German metallers RAGE. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. A text version of the interview can be found here. RAGE's new album, "Strings To A Web", was released on February 5...

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AT THE GATES: 'Ultimate Collectors Box Set' Announced

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES will celebrate the band's history and recent reunion tour with a special value-packed "Ultimate Collectors Box Set". Due to be released in early March and strictly limited to just 300 copies, the AT THE GATES "Ultimate Collectors Box Set" includes th...

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EXODUS: New Audio Interview With GARY HOLT Posted Online

Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with guitarist Gary Holt of veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. Nuclear Blast Records has set an April 23 German release date for EXODUS's ninth studio album, "Exhibit B:...

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EXODUS: New Video Interview With TOM HUNTING Available

Maryland Music Magazine and Hell Rayzor Media representatives Steve Lambie and Wally Reeves conducted an interview with drummer Tom Hunting of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS on January 20, 2010 at the Recher Theater in Towson, Maryland. Watch the chat in two parts below. Nuclear...

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ILL NINO Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

ILL NINO has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ATROCITY BROILERS CALIBAN CANDLEMASS CANNIBAL CORPSE CORVUS CORAX CRUCIFIED...