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Ex-DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist JON LORD Schedules First Appearance Of The Year

According to JonLord.org, former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord will make his first live appearance this year on July 6 during a special performance of the Durham Concerto in Hagen, Germany. The concert is rounding off Jon's stretch as this year's "composer in residence" with the Hagen Philharmoni...

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DEEP PURPLE: 'California Jam' Book Announced

According to Darker Than Blue, a new documentary book, "Deep Purple At The California Jam", will be published in the fall via Rufus Stone Limited Editions. Collecting together hundreds of black-and-white and color images from a number of photographers who had all area access to DEEP PURPLE's 1974 co...

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JON OLIVA To Guest On Syrian Heavy Metal Band's New Single

Jon Oliva (SAVATAGE, JON OLIVA'S PAIN) will be the featured guest on "Play The Pawn", the new single from Syrian metallers THE HOURGLASS. In addition, THE HOURGLASS will open for JON OLIVA'S PAIN on June 26 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Commented THE HOURGLASS guitarist Rawad Abdel Massih: "We are...

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NILE: New Song Available For Streaming

South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE will release their seventh full-length album, "At The Gate Of Sethu", in Europe on June 29 and in the U.S. on July 3 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2009's "Those Whom The Gods Detest" was once again produced and mixed by Neil K...

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JON OLIVA To Guest On New ELVENKING Album

Jon Oliva (SAVATAGE, JON OLIVA'S PAIN) has recorded guest vocals on two songs for inclusion on the new album from Italian folk/power metallers ELVENKING, due this fall via AFM Records. ELVENKING entered Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland on February 24 with producer Nino Laurenne (AMORPHIS, LOR...

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NILE: 'At The Gate Of Sethu' Track Listing Unveiled

South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE will release their seventh full-length album, "At The Gate Of Sethu", in Europe on June 29 and in the U.S. on July 3 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2009's "Those Whom The Gods Detest" was once again produced and mixed by Neil K...

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DEVILDRIVER Frontman Interviewed On FULL METAL JACKIE's Radio Show (Audio)

DEVILDRIVER/COAL CHAMBER frontman Dez Fafara was interviewed on the May 18-20 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to FullMetalJackieRadio...

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SHADOWS FALL Singer On Songwriting Process: 'We Always Want To Bring In Some Twists And Turns'

Chad Bowar of About.com Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with vocalist Brian Fair of Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. About.com Heavy Metal: When did you begin the songwriting process for "Fire In The Sky"? Brian Fair: Once we got off...

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DOKKEN: Audio Sample Of New Song Posted Online

A 30-second audio snippet of a rough-mix version of the new DOKKEN song "Burning Empire" can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The track will appear on DOKKEN's new album, "Broken Bones", which is scheduled for release in the fall via Frontiers Records. The drums for the CD were laid down at MÖ...

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DOKKEN: Footage From M3 ROCK FESTIVAL Available

Fan-filmed video footage of DOKKEN's May 12 performance at the M3 Rock Festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland can be seen below. Frontiers Records last week announced that it will release DOKKEN's new album, "Broken Bones", in the fall. The drums for the CD were laid down a...

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New NASUM Lineup Performs Live For First Time; Video Available

Legendary Swedish grinders NASUM played the first concert of their "farewell" tour this past Friday, May 11 at Kulturhuset in Örebro, Sweden. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. NASUM was hit hard by the passing of guitarist and co-founder Mieszko Talarczyk in the 2004 Asi...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Says His Split With ICED EARTH Was 'Handled Poorly'

Brian Giffin of Australia's Loud magazine recently conducted an interview with powerhouse American vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On his departure from JUDAS PRIEST: Owens: "Well, you know, we al...

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LOVE.MIGHT.KILL: New Album Title Revealed

LOVE.MIGHT.KILL, the German/Italian melodic metal band led by drummer Michael Ehré (FIREWIND, ULI JON ROTH, METALIUM),has set "2 Big 2 Fail" as the title of its second album, due in October via Massacre Records (Europe) and Hydrant Music (Japan). The follow-up to last year's "Brace For Impact" was...

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ANIMETAL USA Schedules First-Ever U.S. Show

ANIMETAL USA — the American counterpart to ANIMETAL, the Japanese heavy metal band which specialized in metal covers of popular Japanese anime/tokusatsu theme songs — will make its U.S. live debut at the Anime Expo, which will be held June 29 – July 2 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. ANIMETAL U...

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INSIDIOUS DISEASE Working On New Material

MetalTitans.com recently conducted an interview with INSIDIOUS DISEASE members Marc Grewe (vocals; also of MORGOTH) and Sven Atle Kopperud (a.k.a. Silenoz; guitar; also of DIMMU BORGIR). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MetalTitans.com: What brought both of you guys to form and creat...