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TONY IOMMI On HEAVEN AND HELL, Internet And TOM JONES
Sam Ash Music recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal guitarist Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Sam Ash Music: What's your writing process like? Does it differ depending on your collaborators? Iommi: Yeah, I generally come up...June 11, 2008
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TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS
Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of the UK death/grind phenomenon TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED. The band's debut album, "Purgation", will be released in the U.S., Canada, Australia and Japan. Commented the band: "We are truly honored and excited to announce that TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED are now a...June 10, 2008
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Till Death Do Us Part
"Full of hate that one is," I remember Glen Benton once telling me in regards to DEICIDE drummer/songwriter Steve Asheim. This is one statement made by the outspoken frontman that nobody in their right mind could agree with. Be it hatred for humanity, God, Christ, the Hoffman brothers, Christians, C...June 9, 2008
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD: DVD Preview Available
For a sneak peek at AVENGED SEVENFOLD's forthcoming, as-yet untitled live CD/DVD set, check out the "Afterlife" clip below. The group filmed its April 10 concert at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California on the recent Taste of Chaos tour for the package, which the band expects to make availa...June 7, 2008
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LANFEAR: New Album Title, Release Date Announced
German power metal band LANFEAR has set "X to the Power of Ten" as the title of its fifth album, due on July 25 in North America and Europe by Locomotive Records. Commented the group: "Never before did we work that hard on our songs, the arrangements and the production and never before did we ...June 7, 2008
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Live Interactive POWERMAN 5000 Channel Is In Effect
POWERMAN 5000 has issued the following update: "Utilizing Yahoo! Live, we are launching our own live channel direct on our MySpace page. It's a place where you can watch band rehearsals or check us out in the studio writing the new record. Sometimes we will broadcast just hangin at home in the robot...June 6, 2008
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CRADLE OF FILTH Bassist To Appear At THE LONDON GUITAR SHOW
CRADLE OF FILTH bassist Dave Pybus will appear at The London Guitar Show 2008 later this month. Pybus will be at the Rotosound stand A26 at 12:00 noon on Sunday, June 15 to chat and sign special event posters which will be available on the day. The London Guitar Show is part of the UK's ...June 5, 2008
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BRUCE DICKINSON On IRON MAIDEN's Secret To Success
Ben Wener of The Orange County Register recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson. A few excerpts from the chat follow. Orange County Register: How would you characterize metal now? Bruce Dickinson: It's kinda come full circle. Except, of course, that now more than ever...June 1, 2008
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10 YEARS: 'So Long, Goodbye' Performance Clip Available
Fan-filmed video footage of Knoxville, Tennessee's 10 YEARS performing the new song "So Long, Goodbye" during a recent concert can be viewed below. 10 YEARS was the featured guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline", hosted by Bob Coburn, on May 12, 2008. The program is now available...May 28, 2008
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Drummer ASGEIR MICKELSON Quits BORKNAGAR
Guitar player/main composer ystein G. Brun of Norway's BORKNAGAR has issued the following statement: "Due to the latest years evolving differences in musical ideas and visions, Asgeir Mickelson [drums] has decided to quit BORKNAGAR. The split happens in friendly manner and with mutual respect for th...May 22, 2008
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The Formation of Damnation
We never knew how much we'd miss armchair-quarterbacking on the rocky road of TESTAMENT's career until it was replaced by a nine-year flatline. We all debated when and why the band fell off their seemingly divine fast track to stadium stardom (let's get it out in the open now — "Souls of Black" was...May 19, 2008
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III: Architects Of Troubled Sleep
What the hell is going on up in Canada? It seems that the powers that be up North are trying to incite a nationwide riot by partially funding the recording of one of the most pissed-off, violent and socially dissident collection of tunes to ever come from the land of beer 'n' bacon. Their healthcare...May 19, 2008
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A Disease for the Ages
The term "doom" gets tossed around pretty loosely these days and it takes an album like MOURNING BELOVETH's "A Disease for the Ages" to remind us what that style of music is really all about. The Irish band has always had a knack for creating the sound of crippling melancholia and utter hopefulness...May 19, 2008
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Be Gone
In an interview I conducted with PHARAOH guitarist Matt Johnsen a couple of months ago, I was discussing the fact that I still preferred 2006's "The Longest Night" to new album "Be Gone", though not by a wide margin. It is one of those instances where the follow-up to an album that you adored (it .....May 19, 2008
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ROCK & BLUES CUSTOM SHOW Organizers Vow To Carry On With This Year's Event
One Percent Entertainments Group, which organizes the annual UK festival Rock & Blues Custom Show (described as a "three-day festival of motorcycles, rock music and drinking" that regularly attracts some 15,000 people) , has released the following statement regarding this year's 25th anniversary...May 17, 2008
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