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LAAZ ROCKIT To Headline 'Bay Area Thrash Revival' In Santa Clara

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area metallers LAAZ ROCKIT will headline the Bay Area Thrash Revival event on January 23, 2010 at The Venuez in Santa Clara, California on January 23, 2010. Also scheduled to appear are ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT, BECOMING and OR30, among others. LAAZ ROCKIT's latest album, "L...

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TWISTED SISTER: Footage From NYC 'Twisted Christmas' Performance Available

TWISTED SISTER brought its now-legendary stage show, "Twisted Sister: A Twisted Christmas", to the Nokia Theatre in New York City this past Sunday (December 7). The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 02. Don't Let Me Down 03. White Christmas 04. The Beast 05. I...

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SUICIDE SILENCE: 'The Deluxe Guitar And Bass Tablature Collection' Coming Soon

California deathcore masters SUICIDE SILENCE have become the first extreme metal artist to ever have an entire issue of a Guitar World publication dedicated solely to them. "Suicide Silence: The Deluxe Guitar And Bass Tablature Collection" is jam-packed with 10 complete song transcriptions. All TABS...

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VICIOUS RUMORS Comments On Singer Switch

San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have issued the following statement: "On Thursday, December 3, Ronnie Stixx [vocals] was officially let go from VICIOUS RUMORS. "After working together for two years, the band felt he was not the right vocalist to record the new CD. Brian Allen from th...

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EXILIA Schedules Acoustic Performances

Italy's EXILIA has scheduled the following dates: Dec. 05 - Rho, Italy – Rock‘n’Roll (unplugged) Dec. 12 - Stuttgart, Germany – Club Zentral (unplugged) Dec. 19 - St. Martin/Raab, Austria - Santa Goes Stage Diving 7 Dec. 26 - Como, Italy - Music Club EXILIA's new album, "My Own Army", was released i...

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DEVILDRIVER Frontman Talks Touring, Next Studio Album

Cameron Edney of Professional Music Photography recently conducted an interview with vocalist Dez Fafara of Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Professional Music Photography: When it comes to touring today, how does it compare to when yo...

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PRIMAL FEAR: Spring 2010 North American Tour Dates Announced

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR will return to the U.S. in May/June 2010 for a short tour, following up their highly successful select dates that took place late summer 2009. Support on the trek will come from LUNA MORTIS, with special guest REDEMPTION on the West Hollywood and Santa Ana shows. T...

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DEVILDRIVER's FAFARA Slams VENOM Frontman Over Tour Dispute

Vocalist Dez Fafara of Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER was interviewed by J. Bennett for the October 2009 issue of Decibel magazine. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Decibel: You had some beef with Cronos from VENOM back in 2007. Did anything ever come of that? Dez: Well, I lo...

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TWISTED SISTER, STRYPER To Perform At NYSE's Christmas Tree Lighting Event

TWISTED SISTER (minus vocalist Dee Snider),STRYPER and COLLECTIVE SOUL will perform at New York Stock Exchange's 86th Christmas tree lighting beneath the NYSE façade (Broad Street between Wall Street and Exchange Place) in New York City on Thursday, December 10, 2009 between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. The e...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: 'Your Decision' Video Released

"Your Decision", the new video from ALICE IN CHAINS, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Stephen Schuster, who previously worked with ALICE IN CHAINS on the "A Looking In View" video, and it features an appearance by "Project Runway" season three model Amanda Fields. In a posting on Bloggi...

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DEVILDRIVER Interviewed In Berlin

PitCam Production conducted an interview with Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER when the band played Columbia Club in Berlin, Germany as part of the Neckbreakers Ball Tour with BEHEMOTH, SCAR SYMMETRY and ARSIS. DEVILDRIVER will embark on a five-week North American headlining tour in J...

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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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THE ANSWER To Guest On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show

Irish rockers THE ANSWER will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guest on Friday, December 18 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the broadcast live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time at...

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CRASHDIET Pulls Out Of Finnish Mini-Tour With HARDCORE SUPERSTAR

Swedish glam-rock band CRASHDIET has cancelled its previously announced Finnish tour dates as the support act for HARDCORE SUPERSTAR in order to focus on completing the recording sessions for its next studio album. Commented CRASHDIET in a statement: "We're truly sorry [about] this, but the making o...

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DEVILDRIVER Frontman: 'We're Not Gonna Make You Wait Three Or Four Years For A Record'

Matthew Lambert of Impact magazine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Dez Fafara of Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Impact: Your newest album is called "Pray for Villains". What does this mean to you and could you expand up...