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SODOM, DESTRUCTION, TANKARD To Perform At 'Chris Witchhunter Tribute Concert'

SODOM, DESTRUCTION, TANKARD and ASSASSIN are among the bands that will take part in the "Chris Witchhunter Tribute Concert" on Saturday, April 11, 2009 at Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen, Germany. The event, which will honor late SODOM drummer Chris Dudek (a.k.a. Witchhunter),will feature performances...

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MINOR DAMAGE Featuring 12-Year-Old Texas Boys; Video Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of the young Colleyville, Texas based metal band MINOR DAMAGE performing the song "Time to Destroy" at the House of Blues in Dallas on December 15, 2008 can be viewed below. MINOR DAMAGE was selected to be the opening act for the 2008 House of Blues Tribute Tour following im...

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KASATURA: 'Sacred Suicide' Live Video Available

Turkish thrashers KASATURA have posted video footage of the band's first performance in support of their debut EP, "Cruel Killer". The "Sacred Suicide" clip was shot at Ankarock Festival's fourth installment which took place in one of the more popular clubs in Ankara. "Cruel Killers" consists of fou...

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ACE FREHLEY: Two Classic Photos From Personal Archives Released

Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has released two classic photos (see below) from his personal archives to the people that have signed up for his official newsletter via his newly launched web site, AceFrehley.com. According to Ace, "The band MOLIMO goes back to 1971 and the makeup shot is from an...

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CELESTY: New Album Title Announced

Finnish power metal band CELESTY has issued the following update: "CELESTY will release their fourth full-length album on March 11, 2009 through the Finnish Spinefarm Records. The album bears the name 'Vendetta', and Samu Oittinen began the mixing of the album in the beginning of December. It is a d...

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SAVIOR FROM ANGER Signs With ROCK IT UP RECORDS

SAVIOR FROM ANGER, the Italian project featuring NAMELESS CRIME guitarist Marco Ruggiero, has inked a deal with Germany's Rock It Up Records. The group's new album, "Lost in the Darkness", is scheduled for release on December 29. "Lost in the Darkness" track listing: 01. Claustrophobia 02. Victim Of...

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ACE FREHLEY: New Album Artwork, Title To Be Unveiled In Two Weeks

Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley revealed last night (December 19) during an appearance on Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM as part of this year's edition of "The Original Merry Kissmas Special" that he will unveil the artwork for his long-awated new solo album...

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Former DARK ANGEL Guitarist JIM DURKIN Guests On ARMY OF DARKNESS Debut

Southern California thrash metal band ARMY OF DARKNESS has tapped current DREAMS OF DAMNATION/ex-DARK ANGEL guitarist Jim Durkin to lay down guest guitar solos for its upcoming debut album, "Forever Undead". The album will be self-released through the band's MySpace site in the summer of 2009. State...

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SPV To Celebrate 25th Anniversary

SPV will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2009. The label from Hanover, Germany was launched 25 years ago — on January 1, 1984 to be precise. What started with the sampler "Soundtrack zum Untergang" and bands such as TOXOPLASMA, SLIME, SODOM and DESTRUCTION soon threatened to burst the seams of the...

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ACE FREHLEY To Guest On 'Friday Night Rocks'

Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley will be the featured guest on Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM this coming Friday night, December 19 as part of this year's edition of "The Original Merry Kissmas Special". If you live in the U.S., you can listen to the show live...

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FIRES OF BABYLON Debut To Receive U.S. Release In January

FIRES OF BABYLON — the classic 1980s-style, shredding U.S. heavy metal band featuring guitarist Lou St. Paul (WINTERS BANE),vocalist Rob Rock (ex-IMPELLITTERI),bassist Kelly Conlon (ex-DEATH),and drummer Robert Falzano (ex-ANNIHILATOR) — will have its self-titled debut album released in the U.S....

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ACE FREHLEY Says His New Album Is Coming 'Real Soon'

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has launched his official web site at AceFrehley.com. An introductory message from Ace reads as follows: "Dear Earthlings, I'm happy to say that I finally got a good Internet connection up here on Jendell and can now present to you my official website — AceFrehley...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, DESTRUCTION, VADER Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

BLIND GUARDIAN, DESTRUCTION and VADER are among the first confirmed bands for next year's Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 2-8, 2009 at Julisch Alps National Park in Tolmin (between the Turquoise mountain rivers Socca and Tolminka),Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows:...

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Art of Extermination

I was not quite sure what to think of DEVAST's "Art of Extermination" upon the first few spins of the disc. Beyond any deep musical examination, it is intriguing to think that this kind of swirling tech-death savagery originated from North Africa of all places. But getting to the point, "Art of Exte...

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Your Drug of Choice

Here we have the (eighth? ninth? do we count that remix album?) full-length effort of muscled down, grown up thrash metal from these Swiss scene veterans (anyone remember POLTERGEIST, besides me and whoever empties the dumpsters at Century Media?). GURD may have zero profile here in the States, but...