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SEBASTIAN BACH/RIOT/HALFORD Drummer BOBBY JARZOMBEK Checks In

Drummer Bobby Jarzombek (HALFORD, RIOT, FATES WARNING, SEBASTIAN BACH) has issued the following update "Been a while since I updated you on my goings on but I thought I'd put this up now before I leave town and hit the road all the way through early February with only a Christmas/New Year's break in...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer Talks Wine On ShipRocked; Video Available

ShipRocked — the five-day rock and roll music cruise which departed from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on November 15, 2009 and sailed to Ocho Rios, Jamaica and Georgetown, Grand Cayman, before returning on November 20 — featured performances by QUEENSRŸCHE, TESLA and RATT, among others. The cruise also...

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HELLFUELED's 'Emission' Lands On Swedish Chart

"Emission Of Sins", the fourth album from Sweden's HELLFUELED, has entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 31. "Emission Of Sins" came out on November 27, 2009 via Black Lodge Records. The CD was recorded over a seven-week period at Leon Music studios with producer Rika...

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El Rostro de la Muerte

Not to be a total dick, but what's more gruesome, the picture on the front of this CD or the one on the back? Just joshin' — it's kinda nice to hear '80s thrash metal, made in 2009, and played by dudes who weren't eating zweiback and shitting their Garanimals to "The Smurfs" when the ...

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Utopia

Do the Germans know power metal or what? It never ceases to amaze me the traditional/power metal talent originating in that country, including acts as diverse as HELLOWEEN, EDGUY, BRAINSTORM, RAGE, GAMMA RAY, PRIMAL FEAR, GRAVE DIGGER, and BLIND GUARDIAN. The common denominator? Big, fist-pumping ho...

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LEVERAGE Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

Finnish melodic metallers LEVERAGE has announced the addition of bassist Sami Norrbacka to the group's ranks. The band's original bass player, Pekka Lampinen, stepped aside "for private reasons." Norrbacka has been LEVERAGE's live bass player for all of 2009, and is now an official member of the ban...

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THANATOSCHIZO: Interview, Performance Footage From ILHA DO ERMAL Festival Posted Online

Riff Magazine has uploaded video footage of THANATOSCHIZO's performance at this year's Ilha do Ermal festival, which was held August 28-30 in Vieira do Minho, Portugal. The nine-minute clip, which can be viewed below, also includes a Portuguese-language interview with the band's guitarist, Guilhermi...

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UNLEASHED Begins Recording New Album

Swedish death metal veterans UNLEASHED have entered guitarist Fredrik Folkare's Chrome studio to begin recording their tenth full-length album for an early 2010 release via Nuclear Blast Records. According to the band, the musical direction of the forthcoming CD will be "the logical continuation fro...

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DEADWALK: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"Scandalous", the new album from DEADWALK — the Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based hardcore/metal outfit which now features ex-TOO PURE TO DIE frontman Greg Kepka — is being streamed in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. DEADWALK has also announced that founding bassist Gates Pompizzi has rejoined...

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LEAVES' EYES: Leipzig Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of LEAVES' EYES' November 21, 2009 performance at Hellraiser in Leipzig, Germany as part of the "Beauty & The Beast Tour" (with ATROCITY, SIRENIA, ELIS and STREAM OF PASSION) can be viewed below (courtesy of "MusicJay1985"). Due to health concerns, LEAVES' EYES bassist A...

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LEAVES' EYES: Footage From Pratteln Available

Fan-filmed video footage of LEAVES' EYES' November 16, 2009 performance at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland as part of the "Beauty & The Beast Tour" (with ATROCITY, SIRENIA, ELIS and STREAM OF PASSION) can be viewed below (courtesy of "lorenznightwish"). Due to health concerns, LEAVES' EYES bassist A...

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RAGE: European Tour Announced

German power metallers RAGE will embark on a European headlining tour in March 2010. Support on the trek will come from JADED HEART. Confirmed dates are as follows: March 03 - München, Germany - Backstage March 04 - Budapest, Hungary - Diesel March 05 - Zlin, Czech Republic - Masters of Rock Cafe Ma...

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SHRINEBUILDER Live In West Hollywood; Video Available

Video footage of SHRINEBUILDER — the project that features in its ranks Scott "Wino" Weinrich (ST. VITUS, THE HIDDEN HAND),Scott Kelly (NEUROSIS),Al Cisneros (OM, SLEEP),and Dale Crover (MELVINS) — performing a couple of songs (including a cover of JOY DIVISION's "24 Hours") on November 11, 2009...

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EKOTREN To Release New EP This Month

Cape Coral, Florida-based band EKOTREN will make its new EP, "The Confessions Of Gladys White", available for purchase at the CD-release party at The Spot in downtown Fort Myers, Florida on November 28. The EP will also be available online and at the group's official web site at www.ekotren.com. "Th...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Frontman Issues New Album Update

Vocalist Hansi Kürsch of long-running German metallers BLIND GUARDIAN has issued the following update: "We finally have started the production of BLIND GUARDIAN studio album number nine. Frederik [Ehmke; drums] is literally rushing through the songs already. Who knows, this time we may deliver the f...