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TESTAMENT Interviewed by Germany's METAL HAMMER; Video Available

Guitarist Eric Peterson and vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT were interviewed by the German edition of Metal Hammer magazine after the band's appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. Watch t...

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NEVERMORE: Photos From The Studio Posted Online

Photos from some of the early recording sessions for NEVERMORE's new album, "The Obsidian Conspiracy", can be viewed below. The drum tracks for "The Obsidian Conspiracy" were completed in the group's hometown of Seattle with producer (and SOILWORK guitarist) Peter Wichers (who previously worked with...

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WHIPLASH: New Video Interview, Performance Footage Available

A video interview with reactivated New Jersey thrashers WHIPLASH conducted at this year's Jalometalli metal music festival — which was held August 14-15, 2009 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland — can be viewed below. An e-card for "Unborn Again", the new album from WHIPLASH, can be found below. Due th...

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OVERKILL: Footage Of ROCKLAHOMA Press Conference Posted Online

The members of OVERKILL took part in a press conference on July 9, 2009 prior to the band's performance at the Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma. Watch footage of the question-and-answer session below (courtesy of SplatterTribe.TV). On May 12, Megaforce Records reissued two classic OVERKILL alb...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Interviewed At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT was interviewed by Rockalarm TV after the band's appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. Watch the three-minute chat below. TESTAMENT performed on August...

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SAXON Frontman Interviewed At WACKEN OPEN AIR; Video Available

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON was interviewed by Rockalarm TV prior to the band's appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. Watch the two-minute chat below. Coolhead Productions is putting the finishing...

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NEVERMORE's WILLIAMS Completes Drum Tracks For New Album

NEVERMORE's Van Williams has finished recording the drums for the band's new album, "The Obsidian Conspiracy", in the group's hometown of Seattle with producer (and SOILWORK guitarist) Peter Wichers (who previously worked with Warrel Dane on Dane's solo debut, "Praises to the War Machine"). The rest...

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D-A-D Guitarist Interviewed At WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Guitarist Jacob Binzer of Danish rockers D-A-D was interviewed by Rockalarm TV prior to the band's appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. Watch the two-minute chat below. On March 11, D-A-D played a private concert at a three-r...

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EXODUS' GARY HOLT Makes The Switch To SCHECTER Guitars

Guitarist Gary Holt of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans EXODUS has issued the following update: "First off, I'd like to announce that after six years or so have parted ways with Bernie Rico Jr. guitars. Bernie has been awesome, and I have nothing but thanks for all he's done and they awesome gu...

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BLACK MAJESTY To Perform In Indonesia

Australian melodic power metal band BLACK MAJESTY will play a one-off concert in Jakarta, Indonesia as part of the Jak Sound (Jakarta Sound & Music Expo) on February 6, 2010. This will mark BLACK MAJESTY's first-ever performance on Indonesian soil, with a full headline set spanning selections fr...

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VREID Begins Work On New Material

VREID — the Norwegian band formed by former WINDIR members Hváll (bass),Steingrim (drums) and Sture (vocals, guitar) — has issued the following update: "Writing this we are flying over Denmark, heading north again, after our last raid in Germany. We just played the Summer Breeze, which is the last...

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VOLBEAT Frontman Interviewed At WACKEN OPEN AIR; Video Available

Vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen of Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT was interviewed by Rockalarm TV prior to the band's appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. Watch the three-minute chat below. VOLBEAT has been tapped b...

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Report: Heavy Metal Lightens Hearts In Northern German Town

Sahil Nagpal of TopNews.in reports: As this year's festival starts in the northern German town of Wacken, Grandpa Willi is greeting out-of-town visitors with his trombone. "What a day, what a wonderful day," he says, greeting the visitors between trombone blasts. On the side he sells homemade jams a...

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RUNNING WILD: 184 Photos Of Farewell Concert Posted Online

German power metallers RUNNING WILD played their farewell show at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The band's July 30 "best-of" performance was filmed and recorded for an upcoming DVD and CD. A 184-photo gallery of the Wacken concert c...

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FEJD To Enter Studio In November/December

FEJD, the Swedish folk rock/metal band featuring members of NOSTRADAMEUS and PATHOS, has issued the following update: "The FEJD plan is to start the recordings of our second full-length album around November or December 2009. We already have most of the songs written and are very excited to enter th...