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OVERKILL Frontman Interviewed At Montreal's HEAVY MTL; Video Available
HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with OVERKILL frontman Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth backstage at this past weekend's Heavy MTL festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Among the topics discussed were the early '90s New York hardcore scene, including bands like CRO-MAGS, LEEWAY, AGNO...June 26, 2008
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SUBLIMINAL CRUSHER Signs With PUNISHMENT 18 RECORDS
Punishment 18 Records has announced the signing of the Italian death metal band SUBLIMINAL CRUSHER. The group's new album, "Endvolution", is scheduled for release in November. A track from the forthcoming CD entitled "Just All I Want" (rough-mix version) is now available for streaming on the SUBLIMI...June 21, 2008
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SWEET SAVAGE Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
Reactivated NWOBHM legends SWEET SAVAGE (based in Belfast, Northern Ireland) have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD AIRBOURNE ALESTORM AS I LAY D...June 21, 2008
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GIRLSCHOOL Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD AIRBOURNE ALESTORM AS I LAY DYING AT THE GATES AUTUMN...June 20, 2008
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Former THE GATHERING Singer To Perform With MOONSPELL At Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING
Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen (who now fronts AGUA DE ANNIQUE) will join Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL for their appearance at the Graspop Metal Meeting festival on on Friday, June 27 in Dessel, Belgium at 16.30 at the Marquee 1. She will sing the song "Scorpion Flower" as a du...June 19, 2008
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MOONSPELL: 'Night Eternal' First-Week U.S. Sales Revealed
MOONSPELL's new album, "Night Eternal", sold around 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. As previously reported, the CD entered the national chart in Portugal at No. 3 and in Germany at No. 62. The follow-up to 2006's "Memorial" was recorded a...June 19, 2008
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AVANTASIA: More Tour Video Blogs Available
Vocalist Amanda Somerville has issued the next two in a series of video blogs (see below) from the AVANTASIA European tour, which kicked off on June 5 at the Rocksound Festival in Huttwil, Switzerland. Amanda Somerville is the American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who was recently tapped to rep...June 17, 2008
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UNEARTH Commences Work On New Album
Massachusetts metallers UNEARTH have begun work the follow-up to 2006's "III: In the Eyes of Fire", tentatively due in October via Metal Blade Records. The bulk of the CD's instrumental tracks are being recorded at Massachusetts' System Recording Studios with producer Adam Dutkiewicz (KILLSWITCH ENG...June 17, 2008
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FEAR FACTORY To Release New Album, Hit The Road Next Year
According to FEAR FACTORY's official MySpace page, the long-running Los Angeles-based metal band will release a new album and embark on a world tour in 2009. No further information is available. FEAR FACTORY is currently on hiatus while the band's frontman, Burton C. Bell, focuses his attention on t...June 17, 2008
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ROSE TATTOO Interviewed At UK's DOWNLOAD Festival; Video Available
James Allman of Baconmusic conducted an interview with Australian rock and roll legends ROSE TATTOO at this year's Download festival, which was held June 13-15 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, UK. Watch the chat in two parts below. Wacken Records/SPV has just released a "special edition" of "Blood...June 17, 2008
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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER To Perform With LORDI At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
Former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. frontman Udo Dirkschneider will join Finnish monster hard rockers LORDI for at least one song during their appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Dirkschneider makes an appeara...June 16, 2008
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MOONSPELL Singer's 'Saga' Opera To Debut This Week
"Saga - pera Extravagante", a Portuguese opera featuring MOONSPELL frontman Fernando Ribeiro, will have its premiere this Thursday, June 19 at Museu de Marinha in Lisbon. Fernando says, "If you happen to be in the area of Portugal and want to quick jump to Lisbon you are invited for this quite speci...June 16, 2008
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LORD BELIAL: New Song Posted Online
"Sworn", a new track from the Swedish black metal horde LORD BELIAL, is available for streaming at this location. The track comes off the group's new album, "The Black Curse", due in September via Regain Records. The CD was recorded at Deadline Studios with producer Valle Adzic. Regain Records recen...June 12, 2008
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OVERKILL: New Audio Interview With BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH Posted Online
Vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of the veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL was interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. Download the segment as an MP3 file at this location. OVERKILL's second DVD, "Live at Wacken Open Air 2007", came out on February 5 via Bodo...June 11, 2008
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'Metal: A Headbanger's Journey' Filmmakers Discuss 'Global Metal'; Audio Available
Directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn of Banger Films Inc. creators of the critically acclaimed, award-winning documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" and its soon-to-be-released follow-up "Global Metal" were interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. Download t...June 11, 2008
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