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DÉTENTE: In Pre-Production Mode

Reunited California-based metallers DÉTENTE — featuring vocalist Ann Boleyn (HELLION) alongside original DÉTENTE members Dennis Butler (drums),Caleb Quinn (guitar) and Steve Hochheiser (bass) — have begun pre-production work on their new album, titled "Decline". The effort will be engineered by Bil...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Guitarist Injures Ankle

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz was forced to perform in a boot cast during the Music As A Weapon IV concert this past Saturday night (May 9) at the Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines, Iowa after severely hurting his ankle. He played the show under two giant inflated palm trees in a cha...

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DORO PESCH: 'What I Care The Most About Is What The Fans Have To Say'

Elena Francis of Metal Discovery conducted an interview with German metal queen Doro Pesch on April 23, 2009 at the Forum in London, England. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Discovery: How have critics and fans been receiving "Fear No Evil", your latest album? Doro Pesch: So f...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: Performance Footage Of New Song Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE performing a brand new song, "Light in a Darkened World", live on May 6, 2009 at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois can be viewed below (courtesy of www.metpage.org). The track wil be included on the band's eagerly antici...

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DORO: 'Fear No Evil' To Receive U.S. Release Next Month

"Fear No Evil", the new album from German metal queen Doro Pesch, will be made available in North America on June 2 via AFM/Dismanic/Ryko Distribution. Released in Europe on January 30 via AFM Records, "Fear No Evil" entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 11. This was the highest cha...

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OLIVER DAWSON SAXON, HOLY RAGE To Play U.K.'s BRIT ROCK Festival

OLIVER DAWSON SAXON, featuring founding SAXON members Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson, and HOLY RAGE, which is fronted by original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins, will perform at the second annual british rock and metal festival called Brit Rock. The event will run all day — from 1:00 p.m. until midni...

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RIOT/HALFORD Drummer BOBBY JARZOMBEK Checks In

Drummer Bobby Jarzombek (RIOT, SEBASTIAN BACH, HALFORD, SPASTIC INK) has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "It's been a while since I posted anything new. Which doesn't mean I haven't kept busy — far from it. I'm finally settled in back here in Texas [after relocating from Los Angele...

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SLEEP: 'Holy Mountain' To Be Reissued

Acclaimed San Jose, California stoner doom metal band SLEEP will have its classic Earache debut album, "Holy Mountain", reissued on June 16. The special edition will feature the BLACK SABBATH cover "Snowblind" as a bonus track along with a video for the song "Dragonaut" video. Rare photos will also...

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DORO Joins SAXON On Stage In Sheffield; Video Available

German metal queen Doro Pesch joined SAXON on stage in Sheffield, England last night (Thursday, April 30) for a rendition of the song "747 (Strangers In The Night)". Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below. Doro Pesch will perform a special 25th-anniversary show (including a...

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IMPIOUS To Enter Studio In June

Swedish death/thrashers IMPIOUS have issued the following update: "We've been very busy the past couple of weeks writing and arranging our new songs, and they're all turning out pretty fucking sweet. This will without a doubt be the most brutal and diverse IMPIOUS album to date! It's fast, it's catc...

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SLIPKNOT Frontman Says He Was 'Bawling' After Band's Gig At Madison Square Garden

Canada's Exclaim! magazine recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Exclaim!: With "All Hope Is Gone", you returned to a bit more of a heavier sound. Did that just feel like the right thing to do? Corey: It just...

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Former IRON MAIDEN Guitarist Talks About Upcoming South African Tour; Video, Audio Available

Former IRON MAIDEN guitarist Dennis Stratton and THE HOLY RAGE axeman Mike De Jager arrived in South Africa with London band REMOUS DOWN BOULEVARD on April 26 to begin a two-week tour. The trek will start in Amazimtoti in KwaZulu Natal and end in Johannesburg on May 9. British music fans are in for...

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TRIVIUM Guitarist On Touring And 'Shogun'

Raymond Ahner of Ground Control magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Corey Beaulieu of Florida metallers TRIVIUM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ground Control: So what's next as far as touring? Corey: After this [the U.S. tour with SLIPKNOT], we have a couple of...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: New Audio Interview With HOWARD JONES Available

HeadbangersBlog.com conducted an interview with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE vocalist Howard Jones about a week after the band performed at at the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held on April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. During the conversation, Jones discusses the ban...

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MELECHESH To Headline Dubai's SANDSTORM FESTIVAL

Sumerian thrashing black metal act MELECHESH will headline the SandStorm Festival 2009, set to take place May 2 at Chi club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Also scheduled to appear are BILOCATE from Jordan and Lebanese extreme metal band KAOTEON. Commented MELECHESH in a statement: "We are very plea...