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IMPELLITTERI: 'Wicked Maiden' European Release Date Announced

IMPELLITTERI's long-awaited new album, "Wicked Maiden", will be released in Europe on April 24 via Metal Heaven Records. The CD's title track is available for streaming on the band's official MySpace page. Due in Japan on January 21, 2009 via Victor Entertainment, "Wicked Maiden", which reunites mai...

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HELIX: 'No Rest For The Wicked'-Era Lineup To Reunite For Recording Session

The "No Rest For The Wicked"-era (1983) lineup of the Canadian hard rock band HELIX will reunite for a one-off recording session where they will be laying down a cover version of AC/DC's "It's a Long Way To The Top If You Wanna Rock And Roll". According to singer Brian Vollmer, "everyone will be the...

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IRON MAIDEN's MCBRAIN Interviewed At 'Drum-Off' Grand Finals; Video Available

Possum of Altitude conducted a backstage interview with IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at Guitar Center's Drum-Off grand finals in California. Watch the five-minute chat below. McBrain was inducted into Guitar Center's "Drum-Legends" Hall of Fame at the event, which...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: I Love The Way 'Death Magnetic' Sounds

Greg Kot of ChicagoTribune.com recently conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ChicagoTribune.com: "Death Magnetic" was portrayed as a conscious return to the style of your '80s albums. Do you agree? Ulrich: It didn't start that wa...

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IRON MAIDEN's MCBRAIN Inducted Into 'Drum-Legends' Hall Of Fame; Video Available

IRON MAIDEN's Nicko McBrain was inducted into Guitar Center's "Drum-Legends" Hall of Fame on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at Guitar Center's Drum-Off grand finals in Los Angeles. McBrain also performed the MAIDEN classics "The Trooper" and "Hallowed Be Thy Name" at the event, which was held at the his...

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Former KORN Guitarist Holding Open Auditions For Bandmembers

The Arizona Review reports that former KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch has seemingly reconsidered holding closed-only band auditions; opting instead to allow anyone with talent the chance to audition for a spot in his band. For more information, go to www.brianheadwelchband.com. Welch's solo album...

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SPIRALARMS Parts Ways With Drummer CHRIS KONTOS, Announces Replacement

SPIRALARMS, the San Francisco Bay Area-based band featuring Craig Locicero (FORBIDDEN, ex-MANMADEGOD) on guitar, Tim Narducci (ex-SYSTEMATIC) on vocals, Chris "Cornbread" Lombardo on bass and Brad Barth on keyboards, has parted ways with drummer Chris Kontos (ex-MACHINE HEAD, TESTAMENT). According t...

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IMPELLITTERI: New Song Posted Online

The title track of IMPELLITTERI's long-awaited new album, "Wicked Maiden", is available for streaming on the band's official MySpace page. Due in Japan on January 21, 2009 via Victor Entertainment, the CD, which reunites mainman Chris Impellitteri with longtime lead vocalist and writing collaborator...

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IMPELLITTERI: 'Wicked Maiden' Artwork Unveiled

IMPELLITTERI will release its long-awaited new album, "Wicked Maiden", in Japan on January 21, 2009 via Victor Entertainment. The CD, which reunites mainman Chris Impellitteri with longtime lead vocalist and writing collaborator Rob Rock, is "IMPELLITTERI's metal masterpiece," according to a press r...

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TESTAMENT: More NAMM Appearances Announced

Members of the veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrash band TESTAMENT will attend this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which is being held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. They will take part in the following signing sessions: Friday, J...

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DOPE Filming 'Addiction', '66Sick' Videos

DOPE has tapped directors Kevin Custer (KINGDOM OF SORROW, TESTAMENT) and Dale "Rage" Resteghini (TRIVIUM, HATEBREED) to helm the videos for the songs "Addiction" and "66Sick". The clips were being shot in New Jersey on January 8-10. The guys in the band were looking for a "bad-ass chopper" and a la...

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OVER THE RAINBOW: Official MySpace Page Launched

OVER THE RAINBOW — the new band featuring former RAINBOW musicians Joe Lynn Turner, Tony Carey, Bobby Rondinelli and Greg Smith alongside the son of the iconic RAINBOW founder/guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, Jürgen Blackmore — has launched a MySpace page at this location. OVER THE RAINBOW is: Joe Lynn...

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JUDAS PRIEST's K.K. DOWNING, GLENN TIPTON Talks 'Nostradamus', Metal Guitar

Greg Prato of GuitarSite.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarists K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GuitarSite.com: How did the idea of "Nostradamus" come up? Downing: I thought if we don't do [a concept album] now, maybe we won't...

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MUDVAYNE: New Video Interview With CHAD GRAY Available

WBRS "Wednesday Night Mayhem" host Stuart MarX conducted an interview with vocalist Chad Gray of MUDVAYNE before the band's December 13, 2008 concert at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts. Watch the nine-minute chat below. (UPDATE: Video clip was removed at the band's request.) MUDVAYNE's fou...

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SENTINEL BEAST Vocalist To Guest On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

Vocalist Debbie Gunn of the reactivated '80s Sacramento, California thrash band SENTINEL BEAST will be interviewed on the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" show on Blogtalkradio.com on Sunday, January 11 at 6:00 p.m. EST. For more information and to listen to the program live via the Internet, go to this locatio...