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RushCon 7: Seventh Annual RUSH Fan Convention Returns to Toronto

This coming September, the city of Toronto will be teaming with multitudes of RUSH fans eager to see them on their current tour and attend the annual RushCon fan convention. With RUSH's highly acclaimed recent release, "Snakes & Arrows", making an impressive showing on the Billboard chart debuti...

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Blade of Triumph

So maybe I ignored IRON FIRE's last album, "Revenge", based on my distaste for Martin Steene's vocals, which sucked some of the life out of FORCE OF EVIL. The guy's voice sounds like power metal's answer to Jon Bon Jovi, a slight exaggeration perhaps, but it is a thought that has run through my mind...

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SLAYER Guitarist Talks Organized Religion

ARTISTdirect recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: ARTISTdirect: You've never shied away from attacking organized religion in your songs — directly and unapologetically — and "Christ Illusion" cranks up the heat. But then we ofte...

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CELTIC FROST: Mexican Dates 'Postponed'

Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have been forced to postpone their previously announced Mexican shows which were scheduled to take place this week. Mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer explains: "We were very proud and truly delighted to be invited to play our first headline concerts in Mexic...

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ILLDISPOSED Splits With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Danish extreme metallers ILLDISPOSED have issued the following update: "We are no longer part of the Roadrunner family. Roadrunner didn't pick their third option with us — and honestly that was what we hoped for. We had a great time with Roadrunner, but it was a big problem to us that they refused t...

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HEAVEN AND HELL In Talks To Play India, Dubai

Justin Donnelly of Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, DIO, RAINBOW, HEAVEN AND HELL). A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the HEAVEN AND HELL tour: "The tour has been a huge success. We're probably as s...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist: 'We Need No Politicians To Do The Stuff We Need For Ourselves'

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has issued the following update: "Living and learning. It's amazing to be a part of a band that have the privilege of travel the world so many times. Today, I've walked around Jena, a city that used to be East Germany, very nice people and beautiful buildings. I kn...

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SCORPIONS: Video Interview With RUDOLF SCHENKER Available

A video interview with SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker conducted on June 30, 2007 at Arrow Rock Festival 2007 in Biddinghuizen, Holland has been posted online at Toazted.com. A new EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for SCORPIONS' latest album, "Humanity - Hour 1", has been posted at this location (Quic...

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SCORPIONS: More North American Tour Dates Announced

Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS have scheduled the following North American tour dates: Aug. 25 - Shawinigan, Canada @ Site du Festival d'été, Shawinigan-Sud Aug. 26 - Toronto, Canada @ Molson Amphitheatre Aug. 28 - Ottawa, Canada @ LeBreton Festival Park Aug. 30 - Montreal, Canada @ Vieux-Por...

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BEHEMOTH Live In Boulder; Video Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH performing the song "Demigod" on July 27, 2007 at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado has been posted on YouTube. Watch the clip below (courtesy of Chris Erben Productions). BEHEMOTH's new album, "The Apostasy", debuted at #149 on th...

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FAIRYLAND Members Quit

Keyboardist Philippe Giordana of the French symphonic metal band FAIRYLAND has issued the following update: "Anthony [Parker; guitar], Vincent [Kreyder; drums], Tom [Cesario; guitar, bass] and Max [Leclercq; vocals] have decided to leave FAIRYLAND and go on with their own project. The reasons for th...

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ANTHRAX's DAN SPITZ Teams Up With Composer KEVIN MANTHEI For 'Upshift StrikeRacer' Soundtrack

StrikeRacers everywhere now have distinctive guitar-heavy music to compliment the online rubber-burning, explosive action of Gala-Net's Upshift StrikeRacer. The online game publisher announced today that acclaimed composer Kevin Manthei, who has scored dozens of critically and commercially successfu...

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DEF LEPPARD Frontman Says Some Songs On New CD 'Don't Sound Like Anything We've Ever Done'

DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott recently spoke to Christina Fuoco-Karasinski of LiveDaily about the group's upcoming album, entitled "Songs from the Sparkle Lounge". "It's named so because we wrote much of the songs in a little room backstage on the tour," Joe said. "We set it up every day. No matt...

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SCORPIONS: New 'Humanity - Hour 1' EPK Available

A new EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for SCORPIONS' latest album, "Humanity - Hour 1", has been posted at this location (Quicktime required). The CD will receive a North American release on August 28 via Universal. A nine-minute video clip of German hard rockers SCORPIONS answering questions from fans v...

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BEHEMOTH Frontman Comments On Billboard Top 200 Debut

Polish extreme metal titans BEHEMOTH have now undoubtedly proved that they are one of the leading forces in metal today as their highly acclaimed new album, "The Apostasy", debuted at #149 on the Billboard Top 200 chart with first-week sales of around 5,000. This entry also marks Century Media's fif...