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CHILDREN OF BODOM Flying Home From GIGANTOUR

CHILDREN OF BODOM bassist Henkka T. Blacksmith has checked in from Gigantour 2008 with the following update: "We are here in Arizona! It rains and it is like 60 degrees! Sweet. "Tomorrow flying home, and, of course, it sounds sleazy, but it is kind of sad; such funny and good people on this tour. An...

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TERSBETONI Advances To EUROVISION Final

According to Helsingin Sanomat, Finnish heavy metal Eurovision hopefuls TERSBETONI carried the nation's colors into the final last night. The band's "Miss Miehet Ratsastaa" (Where [the] Men Ride) was among the ten songs selected by SMS and televoting to go forward from the first semi-final. An advan...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT: 'Abnormal' Title Track Available For Free Download

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has made the title track to his upcoming solo album, "Abnormal", available for free download at www.bumblefoot.com. Three different versions of the song are downloadable in MP3 and uncompressed WAV format: album version, clean version and instrumental ve...

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SUIDAKRA Was 'Absolutely, Positively Surprised' At Reaction From U.S. Fans

German melodic black/death metallers SUIDAKRA have issued the following update: "Big thanks to everybody who attended Chicago Powerfest and one (or even more) of the six Paganfest USA West Coast dates to witness our first live appearance on the North American continent! We knew before that there wer...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT On 'Maximum Threshold'; Audio Available

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal was a guest on "Maximum Threshold" this past Saturday night (May 17). Bumblefoot discussed the release of his new solo album, "Abnormal". He talked about what went into the development of the CD and played a few KISS songs for the listeners. He was on fo...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT To Guest On Tonight's 'Maximum Threshold'

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal will be a guest on "Maximum Threshold" tonight (Saturday, May 17) at 8:00 p.m. EST. For more information and to listen to the program live via the Internet, visit www.maximumthreshold.net. Thal is treating his fans new and old to a bit of free music befo...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT To Guest On 'Uncensored Net Noise'

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal will be the featured guest on the "Uncensored Net Noise" show on Friday, May 16 at 9:30 p.m. EST. You can listen to the program live via the Internet at this location. Thal is treating his fans new and old to a bit of free music ...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT To Make New Song Available For Free Download

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal is treating his fans new and old to a bit of free music before his new album, "Abnormal", is released to the public by offering the title track free for download. As with his previous albums, Thal will be self-releasing "Abnormal" online. "I never went a...

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BRUCE DICKINSON: 'Everything You Need To Know About IRON MAIDEN Is Onstage'

Paul Sexton of Reuters recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Q: It seems as though MAIDEN developed a common cause because the band members were, and still are, outsiders. Dickinson: We are still outsiders. We always wil...

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BYZANTINE Frontman To Record Thrash Metal Covers Album

BYZANTINE vocalist/rhythm guitarist Chris "OJ" Ojeda has entered the studio to begin recording his solo project, which is a cover album of late '80s and early '90s thrash metal songs that inspired him and his bandmates to form BYZANTINE. "As of right now I have eight songs started and should have th...

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DREAM THEATER: Vancouver Concert Filmed For Upcoming DVD

DREAM THEATER last week kicked off the Progressive Nation 2008 tour, also featuring OPETH, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME and 3. DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has posted the following update on the Progressive Nation web site: "Welly, welly, welly, my fellow prog fans... Progressive Nation 2008 is f...

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CASTROFATE Completes Work On New Album

CASTROFATE, the Queens/Long Island, New York-based metal band featuring guitarist/vocalist Dan Castro (ex-GOTHIC KNIGHTS, MAGUS BEAST),has completed work on its new album, "Cataclysmic Insanity". The CD will be released in tri-fold digipack form in June, and it will be available from the group for...

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UNLEASHED Frontman Offers 'Hammer Battalion' Track-By-Track Breakdown

Legendary Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED are about to release their ninth album, entitled "Hammer Battalion", in a few weeks. Vocalist Johnny Hedlund took the time to write down a track-by-track analysis for the German edition of Metal Hammer magazine. Read it in English, German. "Hammer Battalio...

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UNLEASHED: 'Hammer Battalion' Audio Samples Available; Artwork Revealed

Swedish death metal veterans UNLEASHED will release their ninth full-length album, "Hammer Battalion", via SPV Records on the following dates: June 6: Germany June 9: Rest of Europe June 10: USA/Canada According to the band, "The new UNLEASHED CD will continue in the same victorious spirit as our pr...

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Malignant

The question is whether you like BURZUM. If you do, then you will probably like Sweden's AVSKY and the fittingly titled "Malignant". Hey, it ain't brain surgery, as Jim Gaffigan would surely tell you if the subject of underground "kvlt" black metal came up at a cocktail party. Guitarist/bassist/scre...