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OBITUARY Bassist: We've Never Tried To Sound Like METALLICA Or SLIPKNOT

Simon Milburn of The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with bassist Frank Watkins of Florida death metallers OBITUARY. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On whether he thought OBITUARY would still be going hard at it at more than 20 years since the band's inception: "That's a...

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LITA FORD, Husband JIM GILLETTE To Guest On 'Long Live Rock'

On Wednesday, November 18 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern, 6:30 p.m. Central and 4:30 p.m. Pacific, Blog Talk Radio's "Long Live Rock" will open the phone lines for fans to have a chance to ask a question to '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford and her husband Jim Gillette. The live number to call in to ...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO On The Future Of HEAVEN & HELL, DIO

Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO). A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: When you reunited with Tony [Iommi] and Geezer [Butler], were you...

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SACRIFICE To Guest On INDI 101's 'Hellbound Radio'

Legendary Canadian thrashers SACRIFICE will be interviewed live on the Sunday, November 15 edition of "Hellbound Radio" on the INDI 101 station. All four members of the band will be present for the chat, which will air live in the greater Hamilton, Ontario, Canada area at 9:00 p.m. EST on 101.5 FM....

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Former QUEEN Bassist Shuns The Spotlight

Grant Rollings of U.K.'s The Sun reports: While the surviving members of QUEEN prepare to perform to millions of "The X Factor" viewers (U.K. reality TV competition),there will be one noticeable absentee. Bassist John Deacon, 58, a man who has turned his back on everything that Simon Cowell's hit I...

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WINTERFYLLETH Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Self-dubbed "English heritage black metal" band WINTERFYLLETH has inked a deal with Candlelight Records. The group's new album, "The Mercian Sphere", is tentatively due next year. Commented guitarist/vocalist Chris Naughton: "WINTERFYLLETH are proud to have been given the opportunity to sign with su...

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CRASHDIET To Headline Next Year's REST IN SLEAZE Festival

Swedish glam-rock band CRASHDIET will headline next year's edition of the Rest In Sleaze festival, set to take place February 6, 2010 at Fryshuset in Stockholm, Sweden. Rest In Sleaze was launched in 2007 as a tribute to former CRASHDIET singer David Hellman (a.k.a. Dave Lepard),who committed suici...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman To Appear At London's 'Death And The Devil' Festival

According to FEARNet, CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth and occult writer Gavin Baddeley will celebrate the launch of their new book "The Gospel of Filth" by appearing at London's Hammersmith Riverside Studios, along with "Hellraiser" star Doug "Pinhead" Bradley (who has also lent his voice to sev...

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DYING FETUS: More Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

The third in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for DYING FETUS' new album, "Descend Into Depravity", can be viewed below. "Descend Into Depravity" sold around 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No....

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SACRIFICE: 'The Ones I Condemn' To Receive European Release In January

"The Ones I Condemn", the new album from reunited Canadian thrashers SACRIFICE, will be released in Europe on January 22, 2010 via Cyclone Empire Records. The CD, which was made available in July via Brazil's Marquee Records, was recorded at Rouge Valley Studio in Toronto, Ontario with engineer Dari...

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CRASHDIET To Enter Studio Tomorrow

Swedish glam-rock band CRASHDIET will enter the studio tomorrow (Friday, November 13) with RamPac, the production and songwriting team formed by Johan Ramström and Patrik Magnusson, to begin recording its third album for an early 2010 release. According to the group, "This will be an intense 10-day...

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METALLICA: South/Central American Dates Announced

METALLICA has scheduled the following dates in South/Central America: Jan. 19 - Lima, Peru - Estadio San Marcos Mar. 07 - San Jose, Costa Rica - Saprissa Stadium Mar. 08 - Panama City, Panama - Plaza Figal Mar. 10 - Bogota, Colombia - Park Simon Bolivar Mar. 12 - Caracas, Venezuela - La Rinconada Co...

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MACHINA Seeking Label Home

MACHINA, the Little Rock, Arkansas-based band featuring former EVANESCENCE and current WE ARE THE FALLEN members John LeCompt and Rocky Gray, has completed work on its its debut album, "To Live And Die In The Garden Of Eden", for a tentative early 2010 release via an as-yet-undetermined record label...

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OBSIDIAN Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Dutch death/thrash metal act OBSIDIAN has inked a deal with Candlelight Records. The follow-up to 2007's "Emerging" will contain "nine new brutal and grooving tracks, revealing a more evolved OBSIDIAN," according to the group. "Also, it will feature beautiful artwork by Robbe K [vocals]." OBSIDIAN's...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Interviewed By EXPLICITLY INTENSE; Audio Available

Sarjoo Devani of the Explicitly Intense web site recently conducted an interview with powerhouse American vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH). The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. Owens this past summer completed a...