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U.D.O. Records New WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Anthem

U.D.O., the German heavy metal band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has recorded the official "anthem" of the Wacken Open Air festival, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. According to the event organizers, you will be able to find "Wacken Hymne 2010" all over this year...

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ACCEPT: Pro-Shot Performance Footage Of Two New Songs Available

Professionally filmed video footage of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT performing two new songs — "The Abyss" and "Teutonic Terror" — at this year's installment of the Rock Hard festival, which was held May 21-23, 2010 at the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, can be viewed below. Also avai...

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ACCEPT, KING'S X: More U.S. Tour Dates Released

According to Ticketmaster.com, reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT will join forces with veteran rockers KING'S X for a U.S. tour in September/October. So far the following dates have been released: Sep. 23 - Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance Sep. 24 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live Sep. 25 - Sayrevill...

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ATHEIST Parts Ways With Bassist

Reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have completed work on their long-awaited fourth album, "Jupiter", for a tentative November release via Season Of Mist. The CD was recorded at LedBelly studios in Atlanta, Georgia with engineer Matt Washburn and will be mixed by Jason Suecof (TRIV...

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ACCEPT: More Interview, Performance Footage From KAVARNA ROCK FEST

Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and bassist Peter Baltes of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT were interviewed when the band played at the at the Kavarna Rock Fest in Kavarna, Bulgaria on July 25, 2010. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is performance footage from the festival. ACCEPT's new...

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OVERDRIVE Mixing New Album

Classic Swedish heavy metal veterans OVERDRIVE have finished recording their new album and are currently mixing the effort at Studio Underground in Västerås, Sweden with Pelle Saether (STEEL ATTACK, AXENSTAR, GRAND DESIGN, INSANIA). The band states, "It sounds KILLER, we think!" Songtitles set to ap...

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ACCEPT Interviewed On Bulgarian TV

Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and bassist Peter Baltes of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT were interviewed on the Bulgarian TV channel Nova when the band played at the at the Kavarna Rock Fest in Kavarna, Bulgaria on July 25, 2010. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. ACCEPT's new album, "Bl...

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ACCEPT Signs Japanese Deal With UNIVERSAL

Reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT have inked a Japanese deal with Universal. The band's new album, "Blood Of The Nations", will be released in Japan on September 4. According to a press release, the interest in the new CD by the Japanese media is "at an all-time high," and the first press represen...

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ACCEPT: Footage From KAVARNA ROCK FEST Posted Online

Metal Hangar 18 has uploaded video footage of ACCEPT's July 25, 2010 performance at the Kavarna Rock Fest in Kavarna, Bulgaria. Watch the clips below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Metal Heart 02. Midnight Mover 03. Restless And Wild 04. London Leatherboys 05. Losers And Winners 06. Teutoni...

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ACCEPT And KING'S X To Team Up For U.S. Tour?

Reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT will be joined by openers KING'S X for the following two shows: Sep. 25 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ Sep. 27 - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill - New York, NY Tickets for the Sayreville show go on sale on Friday, July 30 at noon. The ...

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LEMMY, JAMES KOTTAK, GLENN HUGHES, DEE SNIDER To Be Honored At VEGAS ROCKS! Awards

The first-ever Vegas Rocks! Magazine Awards will be held Sunday, August 22, 2010 and will take place inside the original home of rock, The Elvis Showroom at the Las Vegas Hilton. Honoring local and legendary rock artists, the show, themed "I Wanna Rock," will feature an all-star jam capped off with...

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Reunited BANGALORE CHOIR To Release 'Cadence' In September; Audio Samples Available

"Cadence", the new studio album from the reunited melodic hard rock band BANGALORE CHOIR, will be released on September 24 via Metal Heaven Records. It has been 18 years since BANGALORE CHOIR's only release, "On Target", on Giant Records in 1992, which came out on the same day as NIRVANA's "Nevermin...

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ACCEPT Confirmed For Japan's LOUD PARK Festival

Reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT have been confirmed for the Loud Park 10 festival, set to take place October 16-17, 2010 at Saitama Super Arena, a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Saitama City, Japan. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Saturday October 16: KORN HALFORD STONE SOU...

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THERION Confirms SNOWY SHAW/DIMMU BORGIR Rumor?

Swedish progressive/experimental metallers THERION have confirmed that their split with vocalist Snowy Shaw (real name: Tommie Helgesson; DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) was caused by his decision to join "another big band" — rumored to be the Norwegian symphonic b...

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JIMI HENDRIX To Be Inducted Into FENDER Hall Of Fame

Fender Musical Instruments Corp. (FMIC) has announced that it will honor rock legend Jimi Hendrix and founding employee George Fullerton at its fourth annual Fender Hall of Fame induction ceremony, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, August 13, 2010, at the Tempe Center of the Arts in Tempe, Ariz. The Fende...