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ANVIL CHORUS: Still 'In Mixing Mode'

After three successful San Francisco reunion shows, influential '80s progressive NWOSFHM (New Wave of San Francisco Heavy Metal) band ANVIL CHORUS is mixing 12 songs for a tentative early 2009 release. The tracks are all re-recorded, new versions of the popular cassette demo songs that have been wid...

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OPETH Mainman Comments On Swedish GRAMMIS Loss

IN FLAMES was honored with the "Best Hard Rock" award at the Swedish "Grammis" gala, which was last night (Wednesday, January 7) at Hovet in Stockholm. The band also performed the song "Alias" during the ceremony, which was broadcast live on Swedish national channel TV4. The artists were nominated f...

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AC/DC Named Best Band For Autograph-Seekers; LED ZEPPELIN Crowned Worst

HoundsTV.com, which features the latest in celebrity autograph news and video, has compiled a list of the best and the worst musicians for autographs and meeting fans in Canada in 2008. The best were AC/DC, COLDPLAY and THE GUESS WHO, while the worst were LED ZEPPELIN, BON JOVI and THE EAGLES. Regar...

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STUCK MOJO Guitarist: 'My Career Has Certainly Exceeded Any Expectations That I Had'

Hails And Horns magazine recently conducted an interview with STUCK MOJO guitarist Rich Ward. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Hails And Horns: You have never been shy of tackling difficult subjects, for example "Worshipping A False God" or "For The Cause Of Allah". Do you ever worry that pol...

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CHIMAIRA Talks To CLEVELAND SCENE About New Album

D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene recently conducted an interview with CHIMAIRA frontman Mark Hunter and rhythm guitarist Matt DeVries about the group's forthcoming fifth album, "The Infection", which is set for release on April 21 via Ferret Music. The new record will arrive in five different vers...

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PRIMORDIAL Frontman Issues Year-End Update

Vocalist Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill of the of the Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL has issued the following update: "Another year nearly over and the vultures are circling. "The rain is still teeming down from the grey skies outside. The weather seems to match perfectly the recession we have plung...

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AC/DC Frontman Signs Book Deal To Release Collection Of Thoughts And Anecdotes

Gerry Galipault of HeraldTribune.com recently conducted an interview with AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On "Black Ice", AC/DC's first album in eight years, which sold nearly 800,000 copies in its debut week and has since topped 1.6 million in the United Sta...

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Slaves for Life

This one is a behemoth. "Slaves for Life" by Israel's AMASEFFER is a 77-minute progressive/orchestral metal/rock album about the plight of the Israeli people as told in the Old Testament. Part one of a planned trilogy, it is mind boggling to think that AMASEFFER has two whole albums left in them to...

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Your Drug of Choice

Here we have the (eighth? ninth? do we count that remix album?) full-length effort of muscled down, grown up thrash metal from these Swiss scene veterans (anyone remember POLTERGEIST, besides me and whoever empties the dumpsters at Century Media?). GURD may have zero profile here in the States, but...

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DIR EN GREY: We Don't Have To Make An English Song To Sell Records Outside Of Japan

Bryan Reesman of Metal Edge magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Kaoru of Japan's DIR EN GREY. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Edge: Singing in Japanese does not seem to be a detriment in selling DIR EN GREY to an international audience. Was it ever your pla...

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TAAKE Frontman: 'We Are Definitely NOT Nazis'

After 13 years and four albums, and as controversial as ever, vocalist Hoest of the Norwegian black metal band TAAKE recently spoke to Terrorizer's Jonathan Horsley to FINALLY explain his reasons behind "that" stunt. "Well, some people are very comfortable in the limelight, and a lot of attention no...

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POSSESSED: More Dates Announced

Reactivated California death metal pioneers POSSESSED have added shows in San Marcos and Seattle to their itinerary. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Apr. 19 - West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues Jun. 05 - San Marcos, CA @ Jumping Turtle Jun. 06 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven The San...

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SEVENDUST Guitarist CLINT LOWERY Speaks About New Solo EP

Recently reunited with his musical "brothers," SEVENDUST co-founder, guitarist and background singer Clint Lowery has just released a record of his own, "Chills", under the moniker HELLO DEMONS… MEET SKELETONS. Lowery elected to record a solo album on his own between SEVENDUST tours — with productio...

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SATYRICON Drummer Discusses Band's Musical Progression

Spiritech of Australia's PyroMusic.net recently conducted an interview with drummer Frost (real name: Kjetil Vidar Haraldstad) of Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. PyroMusic.net: In what ways do you feel "The Age Of Nero" is an improvement upon "No...

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KATAGORY V Drummer Quits

Drummer Matt Suiter has left the Utah-based progressive/power metal band KATAGORY V. He says in a statement: "After nearly ten years of playing in KATAGORY V, I have made the difficult decision to leave the band. This is a choice that I have been struggling with for a very long time, and have finall...