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DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist Completes Work On New Solo Album

DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey will release a new solo album, "A Light in the Sky", on February 25 via Mascot Records. Contributors include Danny Bowes, Chris Childs and Harry James of THUNDER, JAMIROQUAI guitarist Ron Harris and classical violinist Lidia Baich. According to a posting at the Masc...

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DEATH's Classic 'Symbolic' Album To Be Reissued With Ultra-Rare Demo Tracks

DEATH's classic 1995 album "Symbolic" will be reissued in March 2008 via Roadrunner Records. The remastered LP will include the original album tracks plus a cover of KISS' "God of Thunder" (previously available as a Japanese bonus track and on the "At Death's Door II" compilation) and several previo...

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DREAM THEATER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY Members Reveal Favorite Albums Of 2007

Members of DREAM THEATER, OPETH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD are among the Roadrunner Records artists whose favorite albums of 2007 have been posted on the Roadrunner web site at this location. A few musicians' selections can be found below. Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER...

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It takes balls the size of church bells to refer to your own band as the "evil BEATLES." To actually back that statement up, and then some, requires the kind of talent that comes down the pike once, maybe twice a decade, if we're lucky. BIGELF backs it up, and then some, on an album ...

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TYGERS OF PAN TANG, WAYSTED To Team Up For Camden Gig

NWOBHM legends TYGERS OF PAN TANG will team up with WAYSTED, the reunited mid-'80s British heavy metal outfit led by UFO bassist Pete Way (hence the spelling of the group's name),for a special concert on March 6, 2008 at The Underworld in Camden, UK. The doors open at 7:00 p.m. and tickets are pric...

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TYGERS OF PAN TANG: UK, Ireland Dates Announced

NWOBHM legends TYGERS OF PAN TANG have scheduled the following dates in the UK and Northern Island in support of their recently released "Back & Beyond" EP: Feb. 02 - Crook Town Feb. 09 - Leeds Rios Feb. 16 - Athens Greece AN Club (NWOBHM Festival) Feb. 22 - Londonderry The Nerve Centre (Norther...

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AMON AMARTH, DARK TRANQUILLITY, EDGUY, EVERGREY Featured On 'Bang Your Head!!! 2007' DVD

EMS GmbH has set a December 6, 2007 German release date for the "Bang Your Head!!! 2007" two-DVD set, featuring performance footage from "almost every single" one of the 24 acts that performed at this year's event. Recorded on June 22-23, 2007 in Balingen, Germany, the "Bang Your Head!!! 2007" two-D...

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HIMSA Vocalist Plays Film Critic

Vocalist Johnny Pettibone of Seattle's HIMSA recently checked in with the Headbanger's Blog to play film critic as he listed ten horror movies that he enjoyed the most growing up. Click here to check it out. The second episode of HIMSA TV, shot by King of Hearts Productions, has been posted online....

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STEVE HARRIS' Daughter To Support IRON MAIDEN On First Leg Of Next Year's Tour

Lauren Harris — daughter of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris — has been confirmed as the support act for IRON MAIDEN on the first leg of next year's Somewhere Back In Time World Tour. Says MAIDEN manager Rod Smallwood, "We're very happy to have Lauren and band travelling with us again this year and...

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STEVE HARRIS' Daughter To Support IRON MAIDEN In Los Angeles, Paris

According to Live Nation, Lauren Harris — daughter of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris — will support MAIDEN at the Forum in Los Angeles, California on February 19, 2008. Lauren is also scheduled to open for MAIDEN on July 1, 2008 at the Ominisport De Bercy Arena in Paris, France. Upcoming Lauren Ha...

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HIMSA Announces New Drummer

Seattle's HIMSA kicks off its first North American tour in almost two years tonight as the band hits the road with AMON AMARTH and SONIC SYNDICATE. The inaugural episode of HIMSA TV, shot by King of Hearts Productions, has been posted online. In this wacky segment the guys give you a firsthand look...

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DORO PESCH To Honor German Female Boxing Champion With 'The Queen' EP

Germany's AFM Records has issued the following update: "Over the years, the very special, deep friendship between metal queen Doro Pesch and [German] boxing queen Regina Halmich became obvious to anybody. Especially for Regina Halmich's [final] fight on November 30th, Doro wrote the new song 'The Qu...

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HIMSA: 'Big Timber' To Debut On 'Headbanger's Ball' This Weekend

HIMSA's video for the track "Big Timber" will make its "Headbanger's Ball" debut tomorrow night (Saturday, November 10) on MTV2. This is an abstract clip that focuses on the journeys of Sasquatch. Watch it below. HIMSA frontman John Pettibone recently told MTV.com that the Seattle-hailing metalcore...

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CHL Team Wichita Thunder To Sport METAL BLADE RECORDS Warm-Up Jerseys

As many of you may already know, Metal Blade Records owner and CEO Brian Slagel is an extreme enthusiast of hockey and has appeared many times as a guest on Canada's TSN "Off The Record" (Canada's version of ESPN) expressing his opinions on the sport and much more as well as supporting some of the ....

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OVERKILL Founder RAT SKATES' 'Born In The Basement' Film To Receive DVD Release Next Month

Kundrat has set a December 11 release date for the DVD release of the "Born in the Basement" documentary from filmmaker/OVERKILL founder Rat Skates. Written and narrated by Skates, this is an autobiographical journey that begins in 1980, when the East Coast of North America experienced a massive cul...