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BLACK SABBATH, KISS, MOTÖRHEAD Featured On 'Classic School Of Rock' Compilation

BLACK SABBATH, KISS, MÖTLEY CRÜE, SCORPIONS and MOTÖRHEAD are among the artists that are featured on "Classic School of Rock", a 37-song compilation containing classic tracks from the "greatest bands from the decade of stonewashed denim, leather pants and hair-metal." Released yesterday in the U.K....

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AGENT STEEL Finishes Mixing New Album

California-based metallers AGENT STEEL have issued the following update: "A big thanks to all the metalheads that showed up for the Jumping Turtle show (in San Marcos, CA) last week. The mixing of the new album, 'Alienigma', is finally complete and the scheduled release date this September will coin...

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MANNGARD: New Album Details Revealed

Norwegian extreme metallers MANNGARD have issued the following update: "Mixing of [the new MANNGARD album] 'European Cowards' is now completed, and the new monster is ready to be unleashed on the world on August 27 [via Nocturnal Art Productions]! All the beer-infested thrashiness from the initial r...

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VENOM Kicks Off Scandinavian Tour; Setlist Revealed

British black metal pioneers VENOM kicked off their "Scandinavian 7 Dates Tour" last night (Wednesday, May 23) at Pumpehuset in Copenhagen, Denmark. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Black Metal 02. Welcome to Hell 03. Die Hard 04. Antechrist 05. Countess Bathory 06. The 7 Gates of Hell 07. Me...

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SYCRONOMICA Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

German black metallers SYCRONOMICA have been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH BLACK MESSIAH B...

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DARK FORTRESS, SAMSAS TRAUM Pull Out Of Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

DARK FORTRESS and SAMSAS TRAUM have cancelled their appearances at the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH BLACK M...

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Rom 5:12

Do not be too quick to assume what you're going to get with MARDUK's new album. By that I mean that it is not a one-trick pony, tempo changes and the compositional nuance heard on the past few albums notwithstanding. In fact, "Rom 5:12" is one hell of a varied and ferocious black metal album, ...

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MARDUK Mainman Says Bandmembers 'Must Have This Vision And The Will To Triumph'

Tormentor Erich of Holland's Lords of Metal e-zine recently conducted an interview with MARDUK guitarist Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Lords of Metal: Morgan, what can you tell us about the title "Rom 5:12"? Morgan: It is a chapter from the bible. At first w...

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JOE LYNN TURNER Talks 'American Idol'

Dave McGurgan of phillyBurbs.com recently conducted an interview with legendary hard rock rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: phillyBurbs.com: What is your take on "American Idol"? Is it anything at all like the "real" mu...

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United Abominations

MEGADETH's 2004 album "The System Has Failed" might not have persuaded a whole lot of people that the veteran speed metal act was back — following a two-year hiatus and wholesale lineup overhaul — but "United Abominations" makes the case a lot more convincingly out of the starting gate. "Sleepwalker...

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Assassins in the House of God

Four years of silence from the ALL OUT WAR camp, as frontman Mike Score focused on his day job as a high school history teacher, has done little to diminish the fire of anger and bitterness at this New York crossover band's core. While the metal/hardcore scene they helped found has spawned countless...

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Nord

It's very hard to take an album out of context. A lot of pretty decent hard rock bands got unfairly buried in the early '90s because of the glut of hair metal bands and the rise of grunge — the only thing they did wrong was to come to the party too late, wearing the ...

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AGENT STEEL, VICIOUS RUMORS: More European Tour Dates Announced

AGENT STEEL has announced more dates as part of its Alienigma European Tour 2007 with VICIOUS RUMORS and AFTER ALL. The schedule is shaping up as follows: Sep. 04 - Dortmund, Germany - Tarantula Sep. 05 - Frankfurt, Germany - Nachtleben Sep. 06 - Weert, Netherlands - De Bosuil Sep. 07 - Eeklo, Belgi...

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QUEEN's 'Greatest Hits' Sells More Than One Million Copies In Australia

According to a posting on QUEEN guitarist Brian May's official web site, QUEEN's "Greatest Hits" album has surpassed one million units (14 times platinum) in Australia. To put this into perspective, one in 20 Australians own a copy of this album. To further put this into perspective, officially reco...

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HURTLOCKER Begins Recording New Album

Chicago's HURTLOCKER has entered Studio One with producer Chris Djuricic to record the follow-up to last year's "Fear and a Handful of Dust". Vocalist Grant Belcher commented on the new material: "We have lengthier songs and more solos, but don't worry, it's gonna stay fucking heavy. We've got more...