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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...

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Bazillion Points Authors Honor 25th Anniversary of BATHORY's 'Under The Sign Of The Black Mark'

On May 11, Bazillion Points Books honors mainman Quorthon and the memory of black metal's most influential band, BATHORY, on the 25-year anniversary of the group's incomparable third album, "Under The Sign Of The Black Mark". Says Jon Kristiansen, author of "Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries": "For l...

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DOKKEN: 'Broken Bones' Due In The Fall

Frontiers Records has announced that it will release DOKKEN's new album, "Broken Bones", in the fall. The drums for the CD were laid down at MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee's The Atrium studio in Calabasas, California. DOKKEN frontman Don Dokken stated in a recent interview about the new album title,...

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ICED EARTH Mainman: 'RONNIE JAMES DIO And I Had Talked About Doing A Project Together'

Metal Shock Finland's Mohsen Fayyazi recently conducted an interview with ICED EARTH guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. A couple of excerpts follow. On whether he knew Ronnie James Dio personally and if he ever had any dreams of collabor...

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DIAMOND PLATE Vocalist Forced To Leave OVERKILL Tour

Bassist and lead vocalist Jon Macak of Chicago, Illinois-based thrashers DIAMOND PLATE will leave the band's current tour with OVERKILL and GOD FORBID to return home due to a recent family emergency. His bandmates have decided to continue on with the remainder of their trek with tour manager and clo...

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THREAT SIGNAL: 'Uncensored' Video Released

"Uncensored", the new video from Canadian metallers THREAT SIGNAL, can be seen below. Commented THREAT SIGNAL vocalist Jon Howard: "The video for 'Uncensored' captures my lyrical inspiration for the song almost exactly. "People walk around every single day with their eyes closed; they are censored f...

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DREAM THEATER Guitarist To Be Backed By MIKE MANGINI, DAVE LARUE On 'G3' Tour

DREAM THEATER's John Petrucci will be backed by DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Mangini and DIXIE DREGS bassist Dave LaRue on the upcoming South American edition of the G3 tour in October. Also scheduled to appear are Joe Satriani (CHICKENFOOT) and Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE). Confirmed dates so far are as...

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IAN GILLAN, TONY IOMMI To Release New WHOCARES Album In July

DEEP PURPLE's Ian Gillan and BLACK SABBATH's Tony Iommi took everybody by surprise in 2011 by releasing a charity single, "Out Of My Mind", renewing the collaboration that led the pair to record an album in 1984, "Born Again", under the BLACK SABBATH moniker. For the occasion, the two rock legends c...