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UFO: European Dates Announced

British rock legends UFO have scheduled the following dates: May 31 - Rock Hard Festival - Gelsenkirchen - Germany Jun. 01 - Pressenwerk - Bad Salzungen, Germany Jun. 03 - Theaterfabrik - Leipzig, Germany Jun. 05 - Sweden Rock Festival - Sölvesborg, Sweden Jun. 07 - Nieuwe Pul - Uden, Holland Jun. 0...

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EXODUS Bassist Offering Video Lessons

The PlayThisRiff.com web site, which charges $9.99 for a monthly membership, has announced that it now features bass lesson videos from bassist Jack Gibson of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans EXODUS. Learn how to play the songs "A Lesson in Violence", "Bonded by Blood" and "Deathamphetamine". A...

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SAXON Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

British heavy metal legends SAXON have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AIRBOURNE AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BORKNAGAR BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE CALLEJON CATHEDRAL DRAG...

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METAL CHURCH, SACRED OATH Members To Guest On 'The Classic Metal Show'

METAL CHURCH vocalist Ronny Munroe and SACRED OATH mainman Rob Thorne will be the featured guests on this weekend's (April 4) edition of "The Classic Metal Show". "The Classic Metal Show" can be heard every Saturday night between 9:00 p.m. EST and 3:00 a.m. EST at www.cmsradio.net. Ronny Munroe's so...

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SUIDAKRA: New Audio Interview Available

Anthony Chowanec of All Metal Music conducted an interview with frontman Arkadius Antonik of German melodic folk/death metallers SUIDAKRA on March 29, 2009 at the New York City stop of the Pagan Knights tour (also featuring Scottish pirate metallers ALESTORM and Faroese Viking metallers TÝR). Listen...

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OVERKILL Taps PETER TÄGTGREN For New Album Mix

Veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL have tapped PAIN/HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren to mix their new album in August. OVERKILL bassist D.D. Verni has been locked in the studio putting together what will be the band's 25th anniversary release. The group is still talking with different labels, but...

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ZYKLON/EMPEROR Guitarist SAMOTH Issues Update On New Project

ZYKLON/EMPEROR guitarist Samoth (real name: Tomas Haugen) has issued the following update: "Earlier this week I joined my friends in MINDGRINDER on stage in Oslo for a few tracks at the Wacken Battle show, stepping in for guitarist Håkon, who was away on a wildlife expedition of some sort. "In relat...

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DESTRUCTION Guitar Stolen In Anaheim

German thrash legends DESTRUCTION have issued the following update: "[Thursday] night (March 26) some retard stole Mike's [Sifringer] Dean guitar [see image below] out of the backstage area at the Chain Reaction club in Anaheim, California! Any information that will help us to find the thief and bri...

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ALESTORM: New Song Available For Streaming

Scottish folk/power metal band ALESTORM will release its new album, "Black Sails At Midnight", via Napalm Records on the following dates: May 27 - Finland, Spain May 29 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Spain Jun. 01 - Rest of Europe Jun. 02 - USA, Canada It will be available...

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AS I LAY DYING: 'This Is Who We Are' Video Player Available

San Diego-based, Grammy-nominated metallers AS I LAY DYING have appeared on Taste Of Chaos, Ozzfest, headlined the 2006 Sounds Of The Underground Tour, Cornerstone, Bamboozle 2006 and just about every significant hard music festival around the globe. With "This Is Who We Are", AS I LAY DYING steps i...

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SUIDAKRA Unable To Play Final Show Of 'Pagan Knights' North American Tour

German melodic folk/death metallers SUIDAKRA will be unable to perform on the final date (March 30 at Volume 11 in Raleigh, North Carolina) of their current Pagan Knights North American tour with Faroese Viking metallers TÝR and Scottish pirate metallers ALESTORM due to "scheduling conflicts." The b...

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DESTRUCTION: West Hollywood, New York City Shows Recorded For Upcoming Live Album

German thrashers DESTRUCTION recorded their concert on March 24 at the Key Club in West Holywood, California and are planning on taping their April 7 performance at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City for an upcoming live album, due on July 31. The band's Wacken Open Air festival (...

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SACRED OATH: New Audio Interview With ROB THORNE Available

Pete Altieri of Heavycore recently conducted an interview with Rob Thorne, lead singer and guitarist of Connecticut old-school metallers SACRED OATH. The chat is now available for download as an MP3 audio file at this location. SACRED OATH — Rob Thorne (vocals, guitar),Bill Smith (Guitar),Scott Wa...

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U.D.O.: New Single, Album Titles, Release Dates Revealed

U.D.O., the German metal band fronted by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, is currently in the studio recording the follow-up to 2007's "Mastercutor", tentatively titled "Dominator". An August 21 release via AFM Records is expected. A limited-edition single, "Infected", will precede the full...

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ICED EARTH: New DVD Details Revealed

A brand new interview with ICED EARTH guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer conducted on March 13, 2009 is available for download as an MP3 audio file at this location (8.4 MB). Regarding the immediate plans for ICED EARTH, Schaffer says, "Well, right now I'm wrapping up the post-production for the 'Festiv...