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MACHINE HEAD's DEMMEL Wants To Make 'Timeless Songs' People Will Listen To In 20 Years

Michelle LaRose of Garage Radio magazine recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel. A couple of excerpts follow: Garage Radio: Can you tell us a little bit about your brand new album "The Blackening" that just came out this week? Demmel: Yeah. "The Blackening", eight so...

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CAÏNA's 'Mourner' Album To Arrive In June

One of the U.K.'s most promising extreme music prodigies, CAÏNA mastermind Andrew Curtis-Brignell, has completed his sophomore album, "Mourner". Following up his "Some People Fall" debut (which was preceded by two demo tapes released via Drakkar),where Brignell's bizarre take on raw uneasy avant-ga...

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P.O.D.: 'Recording Of Our Next Album Is Going Smooth'

Spiritual rockers P.O.D. (a.k.a. PAYABLE ON DEATH) have issued the following update: "The recording of our next album is going smooth. Sorry that we have not kept you guys informed, but being in the studio is keeping the band occupied. Early last week they invited some of the Columbia and INO execs...

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EMERALD: New Album Delayed

Swiss melodic metallers EMERALD entered a studio in Aue, Germany on February 10 to begin recording their fourth album, entitled "Hymns to Steel". The band has issued the following update: "Due to a bad infection, EMERALD singer Jvo [Julmy] could not record his vocals during the recording sessions in...

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W.A.S.P.: Video Footage From European Tour Opener Available

A video clip of W.A.S.P. performing its classic track "Blind in Texas" during the opening concert of its European tour on Friday, April 6 in Zaandam, the Netherlands has been posted at YouTube. As previously reported, W.A.S.P. has cancelled its previously announced August 20 concert at the B.B. King...

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BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR, HELLFEST Launch PR Partnership

Bloodstock Open Air and Hellfest have joined forces as two of Europe's biggest independent metal festivals to cross-promote in the U.K. and France. The festivals are held weeks apart but both aim to attract more fans from across the water. Hellfest is being held on June 22-24 in Clisson, France and...

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LORDI Postpones North American Tour Dates

Finnish metal monsters LORDI have postponed their previously announced North American tour dates to coincide with the band's appearance at this summer's Ozzfest. However, the group is still expected to go through with its two-night stint at the Bamboozle music festival in East Rutherford, New Jersey...

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BLOODSIMPLE, DRAGONLORD, VOLBEAT Confirmed For GRASPOP's METAL DOME Event

The organizers of the annual Graspop Metal Meeting festival — which takes place in Dessel, Belgum —have announced the following bands for the Metal Dome event (the exact date to be confirmed): VOLBEAT BLOODSIMPLE SPOILER NYC TEXTURES SUHRIM ASRAI SPOIL ENGINE CRIMSON FALLS THURISAZ WELKIN DRAGONLORD...

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MARDUK, WOLF, ANEKDOTEN Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

MARDUK, WOLF, SÖREN BERLEV'S GAS SHOW, ANEKDOTEN, SOLID GROUND and BACKDRAFT have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AEROSMITH (US) AFTER FOREVER (NL...

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GARY MOORE's 'Close As You Get' CD Due In May

Due on May 29 via Eagle Rock Entertainment, "Close As You Get" from Irish blues-rock guitarist Gary Moore ups the blues ante of his 2006 "Old New Ballads Blues" into a cohesive stripped-down blues-rock machine. Whether interpreting jump blues and urban blues classics (CHUCK BERRY's "Thirty Days" and...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA Festival

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have been confirmed for the Tuska open-air festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 32 bands on three stages will perform over the course of three days. In addition to this, a couple of dozen bands will be appea...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, NEVERMORE, SIRENIA Confirmed For Norway's METAL HEART Festival

BLIND GUARDIAN, NEVERMORE and SIRENIA have been confirmed for Metal Heart, a brand new two-day metal festival set to take place August 17-18 at Tapperiet in Notodden, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BLIND GUARDIAN CANDLEMASS CIRCUS MAXIMUS CLOUDSCAPE DØ...

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DOGPOUND: 'III' Pushed Back To September

Due to "contractual reasons with a Japanese licensing deal," the release date of the third album from Swedish hard rockers DOGPOUND, "III" (Lion Music),has been pushed back to September from the previously announced March 21. The follow-up to 2005's "A Night in the Gutter" was mixed by Peter Tägtgr...

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The Hinderers

They brought in the big dogs for DAATH's debut album, "The Hinderers". A James Murphy production (co-produced by the band),engineering assistance from Andy Sneap, and a Colin Richardson mix gives the disc the kind of fat and chunky sound that's been heard on other Roadrunner releases from bands lik...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Bassist Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes

Bassist Michael Nicklassonn from Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY has posted the following message on the band's web site: "I've gotten some mails and questions concerning my health during this tour from fans that are worried about my weight loss and my numbness. The thing is that I...