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SOULGRIND: New Song Posted Online

SOULGRIND, the Finnish band featuring former LULLACRY frontwoman Tanja "Whisper Lilith" Kemppainen (a.k.a. Tanya),has posted a new song, "Farewell To Misery", on the group's MySpace page. According to the band, the track "shall appear on the 'Demonic and Divine' compilation, [to be released] throug...

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DEEP PURPLE: 'Stormbringer' Reissue Enters U.K. 'Rock Albums' Chart At No. 2

DEEP PURPLE's "Stormbringer" album, originally released in 1974, has been re-released for its 35th anniversary in a remastered and remixed version. Former PURPLE bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes contributed to the remixes. The re-release, in the works since 2006, was overseen by EMI and DPAS (Deep Purp...

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DORO PESCH: New Video Interview Available

Sweden's Metal-TV.com recently conducted an interview with German "metal queen" Doro Pesch. Watch the chat below. According to Doro Pesch's new booking agent, ICS Festival Service Gmbh, the singer will embark on a headlining tour of Europe in October 2009. Exact cities and dates will be announced so...

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FOZZY Signs Worldwide Deal With Australia's RIOT! ENTERTAINMENT

FOZZY — the band featuring vocalist Chris Jericho (of WWE wrestling fame) and members of STUCK MOJO — has inked a worldwide deal with Australia's Riot! Entertainment for the release of the group's fourth album, "Chasing The Grail". FOZZY features Jericho and longtime bandmate/guitarist Rich "The Duk...

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HOLY RAGE Guitarist To Guest On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

Guitarist Chris Johnson of HOLY RAGE — the new band fronted by original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins — will be interviewed on today's (Sunday, March 1) edition of the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" show on Blogtalkradio.com at 6:00 p.m. EST. For more information and to listen to the program live via the Inte...

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DORO To Embark On European Headlining Tour In October

According to Doro Pesch's new booking agent, ICS Festival Service Gmbh, the German "metal queen" will embark on a headlining tour of Europe in October 2009. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. "Fear No Evil", the new album from Doro Pesch, recently entered the German Media Control chart a...

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IMPELLITTERI: 'Wicked Maiden' Video Posted Online

IMPELLITTERI's music video for the song "Wicked Maiden" can be viewed at this location. The clip was shot on February 4 with director John Logsdon, who has previously worked with DEF LEPPARD, ANTHRAX, RISE AGAINST, AUDIOSLAVE, SEETHER and DEFTONES, among many others. "Wicked Maiden" is the title tra...

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Report: Members Of French Black Metal Sect 'Torched Chapel'

Tim Finan of Telegraph.co.uk reports: A court in Brittany in northwest France heard yesterday how four members of a fanatical black metal anti-Christian sect went on alcohol fuelled rampages smashing ancient granite crosses in cemeteries and torching a 16th century chapel classified as an ancient mo...

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Killer

It has been a while since I've heard a hardcore album that smacked me in the mouth with this much force. With so many fashion parade hardcore bands running around these days it is easy to forget about the legitimate contenders that have trouncing torsos and puncturing eardrums for years. On "Killer"...

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The Harvest Floor

To this day, I remained impressed and honestly somewhat intimidated by the apex of extreme that is CATTLE DECAPITATION's "Karma.Bloody.Karma", and slight doubts stirred as to whether or not the band could surpass said album, or simply repeat themselves with its follow up. After all, when a group str...

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DORO PESCH: Anniversary Concert Was 'One Of The Happiest Days Of My Life'

MTUK metal 'zine recently conducted an interview with German "metal queen" Doro Pesch. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MTUK: Congratulations on [your new album] "Fear No Evil". What are your favorite memories about the recording process? Doro: Thank you, I love it so much it's hard...

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SLIPKNOT Frontman Ready To Watch The 'Watchmen'

According to The Pulse of Radio, SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor happens to be a huge comic book geek, and if there's one thing he's looking forward to this year, it's next month's long-awaited release of the movie "Watchmen", based on a graphic novel that's considered by many fans as the Holy Grail...

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GRAVE DIGGER Parts Ways With Guitarist

German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER have issued the following update: "We are very sad to inform you that we have separated from Thilo Herrmann [guitar; ex-RISK, FAITHFUL BREATH, HOLY MOSES, RUNNING WILD]. "After all the euphoria about the second guitarist in the beginning, first doubts regarding th...

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AL ATKINS' HOLY RAGE Schedules More Dates

HOLY RAGE (pictured below),the new band fronted by original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins, has scheduled the following dates: Feb. 22 - JB's - Dudley, Midlands, UK Mar. 29 - Takaroo - Cannock, UK Apr. 30 - Robin 2 - Bilston, West Midlands, UK May 31 - [to be announced] - New York, NY ...

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CRYPTOPSY, Ex-MORBID ANGEL, KRALLICE Members To Jam With Egyptian Artist In NY Museum

Egyptian artist Nader Sadek's new performance piece, B'doun Wag'h (a follow-up to the exhibition "Faceless" in 2007),provocatively incorporates Middle Eastern design, death metal music, and Darfur activism. Death and black metal musicians Steve Tucker (formerly of MORBID ANGEL),Flo Mounier (CRYPTO...