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HEAVEN AND HELL, MOTÖRHEAD Confirmed For Holland's WALDROCK Festival

HEAVEN AND HELL, the band featuring BLACK SABBATH members Ronnie James Dio (vocals),Tony Iommi (guitar),Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums),MOTÖRHEAD and CARCASS have been officially confirmed for next year's Waldrock festival, set to take place June 13, 2009 in Burgum, The Netherlands....

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ENSLAVED: 'The Watcher' Video Available

"The Watcher", the new video from Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED, can be viewed below. The clip was shot in Gothenburg, Sweden with Revolver Film Company director and Norwegian award-winner Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, KEEP OF KALESSIN, IN FLAMES). Commented the band:...

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BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE: 'Dichotomy' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Dichotomy", the third album from Atlanta, Georgia-based metallers BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE, sold around 2,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD debuted at No. 18 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selli...

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HEAVEN AND HELL Drummer On New CD: Three Fourths Of Songs Have Been Recorded

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH members Ronnie James Dio (vocals),Tony Iommi (guitar),Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) — has entered Rockfield studios in Wales, U.K. to begin recording its new album, the group's first since SABBATH's "Dehumanizer" (which was also re...

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HEAVEN AND HELL Begins Recording New Album

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH members Ronnie James Dio (vocals),Tony Iommi (guitar),Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) — has entered Rockfield studios in Wales, U.K. to begin recording its new album, the group's first since SABBATH's "Dehumanizer" (which was also re...

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SHADOW GALLERY's GARY WEHRKAMP Composes Song For Charity

SHADOW GALLERY member Gary Wehrkamp recently co-founded a charity organization The Wishmakers. The first project for The Wishmakers is the recording of an original Christmas song about the Pocono Mountain, Pennsylvania region. Many notable Pocono area musicians came together in an effort to collabor...

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ATHEIST Frontman On New Material: 'I F**king Dare Someone To Doubt This Record'

Vocalist Kelly Shaefer of the reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST has issued the following update: "It's late Saturday night and I am reflecting on a very productive week for ATHEIST and me personally. It has been many years since me and my lifelong friend Steve Flynn [ATHEIST drumm...

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JANE'S ADDICTION: Silverlake Footage Available

The original lineup of JANE'S ADDICTION played another tiny venue in Los Angeles this past week. Following on the heels of last month's near-impossible-to-get-into engagement at downtown's La Cita, the band performed at Silverlake's El Cid this Thursday evening, November 20. The group's setlist was...

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BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE: Another New Song Posted Online

Atlanta, Georgia-based metallers BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE have posted a new song, "How Great Thou Art", on their MySpace page. The track comes off the group's third album, "Dichotomy", is scheduled for release on November 25 via Solid State Records. The CD's cover artwork, which can be viewed below, w...

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SLEEP's AL CISNEROS Discusses Upcoming Reunion Shows

Acclaimed San Jose, California stoner doom metal band SLEEP will reunite for two U.K. shows in May 2009 as part of All Tomorrow's Parties' (ATP) The Fans Strike Back festival. The band will perform the album "Holy Mountain" in its entirety as well as selections from "Dopesmoker" and more. BrooklynVe...

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Thrash Speed Burn

Canada's EXCITER are speed metal legends, hands down, and '80s albums like "Violence and Force" and "Heavy Metal Maniac" helped define the genre. It has been eight years and now comes "Thrash Speed Burn", a white-hot thrasher with guitarist John Ricci proudly carrying the torch. Drummer/vocalist Dan...

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Star-Studded LED ZEPPELIN Tribute LP Due This Month

On November 25, Versailles Records will return to retail with "Misty Mountain Hop: A Millennium Tribute To Led Zeppelin", which features current/former members of the following bands: MEGADETH KISS BLACK SABBATH DIO BADLANDS THE CIRCLE JERKS THE CULT RATT LILLIAN AXE DEEP PURPLE L.A. GUNS WARRANT WH...

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SIGNUM REGIS: Rehearsal Footage Posted Online

Rehearsal-room video footage of the instrumental song "Mountain Haze" by SIGNUM REGIS — the metal band founded by Ronnie König (also mainman of Slovak heavy metal band VINDEX) and featuring legendary vocalist Göran Edman (ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JOHN NORUM, GLORY) — is available for vieweing below. The...

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MASTODON: Deluxe Vinyl Box Set Due This Month

A collector's edition MASTODON vinyl box set will be released on November 18 via Relapse Records. This box set will be a one-time pressing strictly limited to 1,000 copies and include nine 180-gram LPs encapsulating the legendary band's entire history of recordings. The box set will be cased in a he...

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EPICA: Milan Video Footage, Photos Available

Italian news blog Musica Metal has uploaded video footage (see below) of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA performing the song "Solitary Ground" on November 9, 2008 concert in Milan, Italy. Photos from the show are available at this location. More pictures can be found at DelRock.it. The group's setli...