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DEVILDRIVER To Tour North America With CANCER BATS, BAPTIZED IN BLOOD

Santa Barbara, California's DEVILDRIVER will embark on the 2011 installment of the "Bound By The Road" North American tour in January with support from CANCER BATS and BAPTIZED IN BLOOD. The dates are as follows: Jan. 20 - Oakland, CA @ Oakland Metro Jan. 21 - Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory Jan. 22 - C...

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KAMELOT Bassist: 'I Feel Like I Am Playing The Best I Have Ever Played In My Life'

Kamelot Germany recently conducted an interview with bassist Sean Tibbetts of American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Kamelot Germany: You are a full member of the band again [for] a year now. How is it going so far? Sean: Tell you the truth, it...

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ROYAL THUNDER EP To Be Re-Released In December

The self-titled EP from Atlanta, Georgia's ROYAL THUNDER will be re-released in December via Relapse mailorder. The band self-recorded and issued the seven song EP in late 2009. The EP will be available worldwide starting December 21. Check out audio samples at the ROYAL THUNDER MySpace page. ROYAL...

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HELSTAR: European Tour Dates Announced

Legendary Texas metallers HELSTAR have scheduled the following European tour dates: Dec. 10 - The Rock Temple - Kerkrade, Netherlands Dec. 11 - Metal City Festival - Lünen, Germany Dec. 12 - Kaminwerk - Memmingen, Germany Dec. 13 - Gala Hala - Ljubljana, Slovenia Dec. 14 - Viper Room - Vienna, Austr...

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BLOTTED SCIENCE Drummer CHARLIE ZELENY's DREAM THEATER Audition Videos Available

Drummer Charlie Zeleny (BEHOLD... THE ARCTOPUS, BLOTTED SCIENCE) has uploaded video footage of him playing along to three DREAM THEATER songs as part of the audition process for DT's drummer slot left vacant by the recent departure of Mike Portnoy. Zeleny's performance footage of the following track...

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NIGHTWISH/TAROT's MARCO HIETALA Interviewed On 'Heavy Metal Thunder' (Audio)

DJ JC Green of Metal Messiah Radio's "Heavy Metal Thunder" show recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala of NIGHTWISH and TAROT. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. NIGHTWISH entered the studio late last month to begin recording the follow-up to 20...

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JON LORD To Perform 'Concerto For Group And Orchestra' In Germany

According to JonLord.org, former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord has confirmed three German concerts, billed as "An Evening With Jon Lord Featuring Concerto For Group And Orchestra." The dates are as follows: May 11 - Koblenz, Germany - Sporthalle Oberwerth May 13 - Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhundert...

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JON LORD Made Honorary Fellow In Edinburgh

According to JonLord.org, former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord was made Honorary Fellow of the Stevenson College in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 11 at the college’s 2010 graduation ceremony. Presented by Jim Ewing, Chairman of the board of management of Stevenson College Edinburgh, Jon Lord re...

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TRIUMPH: Trailer For Classic-Album Reissues Available

A trailer for the reissues of TRIUMPH's 10 classic albums, in digipak version and with the original track listings, can be viewed below. TRIUMPH is one of Canada's greatest hard rock bands. With 10 classic albums released between 1976 and 1987, they have left an indelible mark on the history of hard...

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EVERGREY: New Album Details Revealed

Swedish metallers EVERGREY will release their eighth studio album, "Glorious Collision", via Steamhammer/SPV on the following dates: Germany: February 25 Rest Of Europe: February 28 USA/Canada: February 22 Occasionally a musician has to take a step back into the past to develop artistically. Tom Eng...

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CRADLE OF FILTH's 'Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa' Cracks U.S. Top 100

"Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa", the new album from British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH, sold 5,800 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 99 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder", opened with a little over 11,000 copies back...

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TRIUMPH Bassist Interviewed On 'The Right to Rock' (Audio)

TheRightToRock.com has issued its latest podcast (episode #110),featuring an interview with bassist/keyboardist Mike Levine of Canadian rock legends TRIUMPH. The chat lasts approximately 35 minutes and can be streamed using the audio player below.

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AMON AMARTH Recording New Album

Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH have issued the following update: The last couple of months we have been busy working on our follow-up to 'Twilight Of The Thunder God'. Ten songs were written and on October 1 we started tracking drums for the album in Park Studios. After a short trip to Tokyo,...

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JOE ELLIOTT's DOWN 'N OUTZ To Support PAUL RODGERS On U.K. Tour

DOWN 'N OUTZ — a project fronted by DEF LEPPARD's Joe Elliott, backed by THE QUIREBOYS and playing rare tracks connected only by MOTT THE HOOPLE — will support Paul Rodgers (BAD COMPANY, FREE, QUEEN) on his U.K. tour in April 2011 Comments Elliott: "I'm very happy about this! I was personally invite...

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CRIMSON GLORY Singer, Guitarist Interviewed On 'Heavy Metal Thunder' (Audio)

DJ JC Green of Metal Messiah Radio's "Heavy Metal Thunder" show recently conducted an interview with vocalist Todd La Torre and guitarist Jon Drenning of Florida-based melodic metal veterans CRIMSON GLORY. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. La Torre made his first public ap...