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MOTH EATER Signs With GIDDY UP! RECORDS

MOTH EATER, the Beers Village, New York-based doom/metal band featuring guitarist John Conley of SCAR CULTURE, Dave Ardolina and Steve "Buckshot" Seabury of DIRTY RIG, and vocalist John Alaia, has signed a deal with start-up metal label Giddy Up! Records. The group's debut mini-record titled "The Th...
July 7, 2010
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ACCEPT's 'Blood Of The Nations' Lands On Germany's 'Metal Rock Club' Chart

"Blood Of The Nations", the new studio album from reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT — which will not be released in Europe until the end of August — has entered the German Metal Rock Club chart (MRC 30) at No. 28. The MRC chart is based solely on the votes from DJs around Germany who ...
July 6, 2010
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JORN LANDE Says He's Not Cashing In On RONNIE JAMES DIO's Recent Passing

Norwegian powerhouse vocalist Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ARK, THE SNAKES) spoke to U.K.'s Classic Rock magazine about criticism that his Ronnie James Dio tribute album has only been released now to cash in on the legendary HEAVEN & HELL/BLACK SABBATH/RAINBOW singer's recent death....
July 6, 2010
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ANGRA: New Album Details Revealed

Brazilian metallers ANGRA will release their seventh studio album, "Aqua" (a Latin word which means "water" in English),on September 29 via SPV/Steamhammer. A conceptual effort, the follow-up to 2006's "Aurora Consurgens" was recorded at Norcal Studios in São Paulo, Brazil. For the first time since...
July 5, 2010
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FEAR FACTORY Confirmed For 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise

Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY have been confirmed for the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which is set to sail from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on January 24, 2011 and return four days later. A total of 40 acts will appear at the event. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMO...
July 2, 2010
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EVERGREY Interviewed At GRASPOP METAL MEETING

RMP conducted an interview with Swedish metallers EVERGREY at this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, which took place June 25-27 in Dessel, Belgium. Watch the chat below. EVERGREY recently parted ways with Henrik Danhage (guitar),Jonas Ekdahl (drums) and Jari Kainulainen (bass) and replaced them with M...
July 1, 2010
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NOCTURNAL FEAR Announces New Guitarist, Bassist

Michigan thrashers NOCTURNAL FEAR have announced the addition of guitarist "The Axes Of Death" Chris and bassist "SpecialForces Kommando" Warmonger to the group's ranks. The band is currently writing material for its fifth full-length album, tentatively titled "Excessive Cruelty", for a late 2010/ea...
June 30, 2010
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CANCER BATS Announces Canadian Tour

After spending the past month igniting stages across Europe with BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and ATREYU, the CANCER BATS return home this summer to bring their mountainous grooves and explosive blend of punk and metal to venues across Canada. Since releasing their third studio album, "Bears, Mayors, Scr...
June 28, 2010
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ROYAL HUNT: Video Footage From 'X' Recording Sessions Posted Online

Denmark-based hard rock/progressive metal band ROYAL HUNT has posted video footage (see below) from the recording sessions for its latest album, "X", which was released in Europe on June 7, 2010 via Scarlet Records. The CD came out in Japan and Southeast Asia on January 21 through Marquee/Avalon. RO...
June 26, 2010
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HINDER Pulls Out Of THUNDER MOUNTAIN ROCKFEST; FUEL Steps In

Modern rock band FUEL will replace HINDER as the headline act on Saturday, July 10 at the Thunder Mountain Rockfest, the festival's organizers announced today. They regret any inconvenience this change may cause. The festival was informed that HINDER was canceling all of its July shows, including Th...
June 24, 2010
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MANOWAR Pays Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO At Bulgaria's SONISPHERE Festival

Fan-filmed video footage of MANOWAR performing a cover version of the BLACK SABBATH classic "Heaven And Hell" as a tribute to Ronnie James Dio on June 23, 2010 at the Sonisphere festival in Sofia, Bulgaria can be viewed below. MANOWAR's setlist was as follows: 01. Manowar 02. Call To Arms 03. Kings...
June 24, 2010
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Greatest Hits: Remixed

When one thinks of Canadian power trios RUSH may be the first that comes to mind, but TRIUMPH is a close second. As far as definitive area rock is concerned, TRIUMPH may actually nab the top spot. When bassist/keyboardist Mike Levine and drummer/lead vocalist Gil Moore started the band in 1975, prac...
June 20, 2010
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SYSTEM DIVIDE To Tour Canada With ABORTED, AUGURY

SYSTEM DIVIDE, the extreme modern metal act featuring Sven De Caluwé (ABORTED) and Miri Milman (ex-DISTORTED) on vocals, Cole Martinez (ex-YEARS OF FIRE, ANTENORA) and Joseph Spiller (ex-THE BINARY CODE) on guitars, Andrew Lenthe (ANTENORA) on bass, and Mike Heller (MALIGNANCY) on drums, will embark...
June 17, 2010
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SAXON 'Heavy Metal Thunder' DVD Creators Interviewed At DOWNLOAD

Father Ted of Rock Radio conducted an interview with Craig Hooper and Brian Ullah of Coolhead Productions — creators of SAXON's new DVD documentary, "Heavy Metal Thunder - The Movie" — at this year's Download festival, which was held June 11-13, 2010 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. You can now li...
June 16, 2010
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SEBASTIAN BACH To Make Cameo In 'SpongeBob SquarePants'

According to the Los Angeles Times, former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach is among the celebrities who will make cameos in an upcoming episode of Nickelodeon's "SpongeBob SquarePants", joining a growing list of adult stars popping up on the kid-targeted underwater adventure. Bach, Victoria Beckham a...
June 16, 2010