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MARSHALL LAW, CLOVENHOOF To Perform At CLIVEAID Concert In Birmingham

Cliveaid, the organization which was set up in 2004 as a fund-raising event for former IRON MAIDEN drummer Clive Burr, will host its first concert of 2009 on May 30 at The Asylum in Birgmingham, England. The event will feature performances by the following artists: MARSHALL LAW CLOVENHOOF ATTICA RAG...

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AS I LAY DYING: 'This is Who We Are' DVD First-Week Sales Revealed

AS I LAY DYING's first-ever DVD, "This Is Who We Are", sold 4,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 2 on the Top Music Videos chart. It also debuted at No. 3 in Canada, where the DVD has already shipped platinum. Commented AS I LAY ...

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THE RODS Drummer To Guest On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

THE RODS drummer Carl Canedy will be interviewed on this Sunday's (April 26) edition of the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" show on Blogtalkradio.com at 6:00 p.m. EST. For more information and to listen to the program live via the Internet, go to this location. The original lineup of THE RODS, the classic '80s...

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ASTRAL DOORS Hard At Work On New Material

Swedish metallers ASTRAL DOORS have issued the following update: "It's about time that we give you all a real update of what's happening in the Astral Kingdom at the moment. "We've received many mails from worried fans asking us where we are and why it's so quiet from us right now. Well, the answer...

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SCOTT WEILAND's SOFTDRIVE RECORDS Releases Second Online Reality Webisode

Boutique record label Softdrive Records has released the second in a series of webisodes (see below) intended to document the day-to-day functions, difficulties, and grassroots efforts of an independent record label in today's faltering economy and digitally driven music business. Softdrive Records...

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KRISIUN Frontman Interviewed On Australia's 'Full Metal Racket'; Audio Available

Vocalist/bassist Alex Camargo of Brazilian death metal veterans KRISIUN was interviewed earlier this week by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Listen to the chat in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: The first part of the Alex...

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BILLY SHEEHAN To Guest On KNAC.COM's 'WildSide'

Legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH, TALAS) will be the special guest on Diana DeVille's KNAC.COM '80s hair metal specialty program "WildSide" tomorrow (Saturday, April 18) at 4:00 p.m. PST. You can listen to the show live via the Internet at www.knac.com. Billy Sheehan will per...

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Crack The Skye

Any album that comes with its own built-in hype machine or slapped with the "next-big-thing" tag before proving its worth to the public should be met with a certain amount of caution and even skepticism. That goes doubly for metal bands that break through the underground and find themselves a part o...

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Dark Hours

If you love melodic heavy metal (or muscular power metal) and you haven't heard of LION'S SHARE, then you really must start researching now! "Dark Hours" represents what this band is all about: great riffs, diesel-fueled rhythms, and spectacular melodies, and I mean every one of these 11 tracks. The...

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THE RODS To Play Ithaca Next Month

The original lineup of THE RODS, the classic '80s metal band led by Ronnie James Dio's (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL) cousin, guitarist David "Rock" Feinstein, will perform at The Haunt Bar & Grill in Ithaca, New York on Saturday, May 16. Tickets are $10 at the door. Doors open at 6:00...

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UNMERCIFUL, INSIDIOUS DECREPANCY Confirmed For Italy's TaTTOO DEATH FEST

UNMERCIFUL and INSIDIOUS DECREPANCY are among the confirmed bands for the fourth edition of the Tattoo Death Fest '09 is scheduled to take place on April 17th and 18th at Active 1 Club in Milan, Italy. The billing is as follows: Friday, April 17: UNMERCIFUL INSIDIOUS DECREPANCY PSYCHOFAGIST DESPISE...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Comments On METALLICA's ROCK HALL Induction

Artisan News Service caught up with vocalist Chuck Billy of thrash metal veterans TESTAMENT at the first-ever Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, to get his thoughts on METALLICA's recent induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame an...

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BILLY SHEEHAN To Perform At MUSICIANS INSTITUTE

Legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH, TALAS) will perform songs from his latest solo release, "Holy Cow", at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California on Thursday, April 30. This special performance will be held in the Musicians Institute Amphitheatre and is open to the pu...

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THERAPY?, ROTTING CHRIST, A STORM OF LIGHT Confirmed For U.K.'s DAMNATION FESTIVAL

Northern Irish trio THERAPY?, Greek black metallers ROTTING CHRIST and Josh Graham's doom laden post-metal purveyors A STORM OF LIGHT are the first three confirmed bands for this year's edition of the U.K.'s Damnation Festival, set to take place Saturday, October 24 at Leeds University Union. Festiv...

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KRISIUN Frontman: I Don't Think SEPULTURA Are Playing As Good Of Music As They Used To

Christopher Porter of Washington Post's Express Night Out recently conducted an interview with vocalist/bassist Alex Camargo of Brazilian death metal veterans KRISIUN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the band's longevity: "Motivation is the key. We started this thing and we wanna...