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CRASHDIET's New Album Cracks Swedish Top 5

"Generation Wild", the third album from Swedish glam rockers CRASHDIET, entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 3. The CD was made available in Sweden on April 14 through Gain/Sony Music. It was helmed by RamPac, the production and songwriting team formed by Johan Ramst...

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ABORTED Checks In From 'Machines Of Grind' Tour

Death metal psychopaths ABORTED have issued the following update: "Just a small update regarding the 'Machines Of Grind' tour we just started with our friends from ROTTEN SOUND. "As we all know, the package should have been completed by THE RED CHORD and THOSE WHO LIE BENEATH. Unfortunately, it seem...

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PRETTY MAIDS, TOKYO BLADE Members To Guest On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

Guitarist Ken Hammer of Danish hard rockers PRETTY MAIDS and Andy Boulton of the newly revamped lineup of the NWOBHM band TOKYO BLADE will guest on the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". The interview will take place during the Sunday, April 25 broadcast from 6 to 8 p.m. EST...

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THE CONTORTIONIST Begins Recording Debut Album

Indianapolis, Indiana's THE CONTORTIONIST has entered the studio to begin recording its full-length debut, "Exoplanet", for a summer release via Good Fight Music. The CD is being produced by UNEARTH guitarist Ken Susi, who feels that THE CONTORTIONIST has something fresh and unique to bring to the t...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist D.J. ASHBA Launches Ashba Tuner iPhone Application

GUNS N' ROSES and SIXX: A.M. guitar player D.J. Ashba has teamed up with Curious Brain, the developer of the TouchChords family of guitar apps with over 3M downloads worldwide, to create the "ASHBA Tuner" iPhone application. The revolutionary guitar and bass tuner application for both novice and exp...

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DAATH Guitarist Talks 'Avalanche Of Worms'

Evil G. of BareBonesMusic.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Eyal Levi of DAATH. You can now watch the chat below. Eyal Levi and fellow DAATH guitarist Emil Werstler will unleash their new collaboration, "Avalanche Of Worms", on April 20 via Magna Carta Records. Both accomplished gui...

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INTO ETERNITY: In Writing Mode

Founding guitarist/principal songwriter Tim Roth of Canadian extreme progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY has issued the following update: "We have started rehearsals again and things are coming along. We have also started on 'song 1'. "I have lots of music demoed at home now, so we are looking throu...

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GODSMACK Drummer Discusses Rumored MÖTLEY CRÜE Beef

Ken Brzezinski of Static Multimediarecently conducted an interview with GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Static Multimedia: How do you, as musicians, walk the fine line between staying true to your roots and being able to satisfy yourselves creatively...

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ABIGAIL WILLIAMS Working On New Album

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS has completed recording of individual performances for its as-yet-untitled second album. Captured at Conquistador Studios in Cleveland, Ohio, eight new songs were laid down with vocalist/guitarist Ken Sorceron and engineer Cole Martinez controlling the audio takes. The tracks are cu...

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MEGADETH's ELLEFSON: 'History Books Are Just Ripe Soil For Writing Metal Records'

Pat Prince of Goldmine magazine recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Goldmine: Did you begin writing with [Dave] Mustaine [MEGADETH mainman] again? Ellefson: You know, we haven't started to write anything yet. There is...

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LILLIAN AXE Signs New Record Deal

Louisiana-based rockers LILLIAN AXE have inked a new deal with Love & War Records/MRI Associated for the release of their tenth album. Due on July 20, "Deep Red Shadows" will include a special guest appearance by KING'S X guitarist Ty Tabor. LILLIAN AXE's last album, "Sad Day On Planet Earth", w...

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CRASHDIET Performs On Swedish TV; Video Available

Swedish glam rockers CRASHDIET were the featured musical guests on Wednesday's (April 14) edition of the "Nyhetsmorgon" program on Sweden's TV4. The band played two songs, "Generation Wild" and "Native Nature", and took part in an interview. Watch video footage of their appearance below. "Generation...

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PRETTY MAIDS: 'Little Drops Of Heaven' Video Released

"Little Drops of Heaven", the new video from Danish hard rockers PRETTY MAIDS, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Thomas Tjader (SAINT DEAMON). "Little Drops of Heaven" comes off PRETTY MAIDS' new album, "Pandemonium", which will be released on May 14 in Europe and June 8 in the U.S. via...

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LILLIAN AXE: New Dates Announced

Louisiana-based rockers LILLIAN AXE have scheduled the following dates: July 23 - Corpus Christi, Texas - Zero's Hard Rock Club July 24 - Houston, Texas - BFE Rock Club LILLIAN AXE's latest album, "Sad Day On Planet Earth", was released on June 30, 2009 via the Swedish label Blistering Records. The...

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HIM Frontman Responds To 'Sellout' Accusations

Alan Sculley of the Edmonton Journal recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On the initial reaction to HIM's new CD, "Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice", and the debate among fans about whether the C...