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RAGE: Special Guests Announced For 25th-Anniversary WACKEN Performance

German power metallers RAGE will be joined by the following special guests for their 25th-anniversary performance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany: Jen Majura (RAGE/BLIND GUARDIAN guest vocalist) Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer (DESTRUC...

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EXODUS Drummer Talks About The Resurgence Of Thrash

Away-Team recently conducted an interview with drummer Tom Hunting of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS. A couple of excerpts from the chat folow below. Away-Team: When "The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A" was released; I think it was Gary [Holt, guitar] that said in an interview, that this...

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NEVERMORE To Enter Studio In August

Seattle metallers NEVERMORE will enter the studio in August with producer (and SOILWORK guitarist) Peter Wichers (who previously worked with NEVERMORE vocalist Warrel Dane on Dane's solo debut, "Praises to the War Machine") to begin recording their long-awaited follow-up to 2005's "This Godless Ende...

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THE FADING To Release 'In Sin We'll Find Salvation' In August

Israeli melodic death metal band THE FADING will release its full-length debut, "In Sin We'll Find Salvation", on August 3 through the German label Wacken Records. On July 31, the CD will be launched with the group's second appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival. "In Sin We'll Find Salvation" wa...

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EXODUS Drummer Talks About Hitting Rock Bottom

Marisa Connelly of The Daily Rock recently conducted an interview with drummer Tom Hunting of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Daily Rock: What's the key to longevity in music? Hunting: To be true to yourself and try to stay away from drug...

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CHTHONIC To Release New Album In August

Taiwan is a country where history and folklore work very much hand in hand, and both of these elements are central to the latest studio album from that country's premier metal outfit, CHTHONIC (pronounced "Thonic"). "Mirror of Retribution" will be released August 10 on Spinefarm Records UK. Formed i...

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ECLIPTICA Announces New Lineup

Austrian melodic metallers ECLIPTICA have announced the addition of new female singers Sandra Urbanek (newcomer from Vienna) and Maria Melendez (straight from Mexico City) to the group's ranks. The band has also been rejoined by bassist Alexander Basstard, a founding member of ECLIPTICA who played o...

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TROUBLE, PENTAGRAM To Join Forces For 'Doom Over Europe' Tour

Doom metal legends TROUBLE and PENTAGRAM will team up for the "Doom Over Europe" tour starting in late September. Confirmed dates are as follows: Sep. 30 - Knaack Club - Berlin, Germany Oct. 01 - The Rock - Copenhagen, Denmark Oct. 02 - Markthalle - Hamburg, Germany Oct. 03 - Turock - Essen, Germany...

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NEVERMORE Guitarist Featured On EMG TV; Video Available

EMG TV has posted footage of NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis performing his track "Jato Unit". Check it out at this location. Loomis' solo album, "Zero Order Phase", was released on September 30, 2008 through Century Media Records. As a result of his invaluable contributions to NEVERMORE's trademark...

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BLOODBATH: 'Hades Rising' Video Released

"Hades Rising", the new video from the Swedish death metal "supergroup" BLOODBATH, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Owe Lingwall of Village Road Film. The band's performance footage was shot on location in Vallentuna outside Stockholm and "can be summoned up as some serious headbanging...

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ATHEIST: Footage From MARYLAND DEATHFEST Posted Online

Video footage of reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST performing at this year's Maryland Deathfest on May 23, 2009 at the Sonar in Baltimore, Maryland can be viewed below. ATHEIST and Atlanta, Georgia's GNOSTIC — the band featuring three members of ATHEIST — will team up with German...

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SUIDAKRA Announces New Guitarist, Prepares To Hit The Road In China

German melodic folk/death metallers SUIDAKRA have announced the addition of guitarist Sebastian Hinz (pictured below) to the group's ranks. The band states, "[Sebastian is] a hell of a nice guy and knows to rip his guitar and vocal cords on stage, plus he's already contributed some backing vocals on...

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TROUBLE Schedules Illinois Date

Legendary Chicago doomsters TROUBLE will play a warm-up show for their Wacken Open Air appearance on July 24 at Chicago City Limits in Schaumburg, Illinois. TROUBLE is hard at work on material for the band's long-awaited new album, "The Dark Riff", tentatively due later in the year. The group states...

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GIRLSCHOOL Launches 'Girlschool TV'

Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has launched "Girlschool TV", an embeddable player streaming the band's videos 24/7. Check it out below. GIRLSCHOOL's 30th-anniversary album, "Legacy", was released in Europe on November 3 and one day later in North America via Wacken Records/SPV....

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BLACK MAJESTY To Work With ROLAND GRAPOW On New Album

MASTERPLAN/ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow will record and mix the new album from Australian melodic power metallers BLACK MAJESTY, tentatively due in early 2010 via Limb Music Products. The drum tracking for the follow-up to "Tomorrowland" will commence in August 2009 at Grapow Studios in Slov...