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LUCA TURILLI'S RHAPSODY Announces Support Acts For European Tour

Italian "cinematic" metallers LUCA TURILLI'S RHAPSODY have announced the special guests of the European leg of their "Ascending To Infinity Cinematic World Tour 2012": FREEDOM CALL and ORDEN OGAN from Germany and VEXILLUM from Italy. "We worked with the tour agency Rock The Nation to offer to the pe...

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LIV KRISTINE: Photos From 'Paris Paris' Video Shoot

Norwegian singer Liv Kristine (LEAVES' EYES, ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY) has just finished filming a video for her new solo track, "Paris Paris", in Gothenburg, Sweden with Swedish director Patric Ullaeus of the Revolver Film Company AB (IN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR, EUROPE). The clip will make its online deb...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Talks About Making Of 'Dark Roots Of Earth'

Mark Holmes of Metal Discovery conducted an interview with guitarist Alex Skolnick of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 9-12 at Catton Park, Derbyshire in the United Kingdom. A couple of excerpts from the chat...

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I AM WAR: 'Outlive You All' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Outlive You All", the debut album from I AM WAR, the Orange County, California-based act featuring Alex Varkatzas (vocals; ATREYU) and Brandan Schieppati (guitar, vocals; BLEEDING THROUGH),sold 1,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 26 on the...

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SHAMAN Completes Filming 'Nocturnal Human Side' Video

Brazilian metallers SHAMAN recently spent 10 days in New York City filming a video for the song "Nocturnal Human Side". The clip, which is scheduled for release in mid-September, will feature images of the musicians in the streets of the city, accompanied by renowned vocalist Russell Allen, the voic...

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LIV KRISTINE Working On 'Paris Paris' Video

Norwegian singer Liv Kristine (LEAVES' EYES, ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY) is currently in Gothenburg, Sweden filming a video for her new solo track "Paris Paris" with Swedish director Patric Ullaeus of the Revolver Film Company AB (IN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR, EUROPE). The clip will make its online debut on S...

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TESTAMENT, MACHINE HEAD Members To Guest On HATRIOT Debut

HATRIOT, the new San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band led by former EXODUS frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza, has completed recording its debut album, "Heroes Of Origin", for a January 2013 release via Germany's Massacre Records. The CD was recorded with producer Juan Urteaga (MACHINE HEAD, EXODUS, T...

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LIV KRISTINE: Official 'Libertine' Trailer Released

The official trailer for "Libertine", the fourth solo album from Norwegian singer Liv Kristine (LEAVES' EYES, ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY),can be seen below. The CD will be released via the Napalm Records subsidiary Black Rose Productions on the following dates: North America: September 4 Spain, Finland,...

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LUCA TURILLI'S RHAPSODY Completes New Choir Recordings For 'Cinematic World Tour'

After a summer devoted to work, work and more work, Italian "cinematic" metallers LUCA TURILLI'S RHAPSODY have announced that all is proceeding perfectly with the production of their "Ascending To Infinity Cinematic World Tour". The band's guitarist/mainman Luca Turilli and singer Alessandro Conti j...

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THE TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVAGANZA To Release Final Album In October

Black Market Activities has set an October 23 release date for "Danza IIII: The Alpha - The Omega", the fourth and final album by THE TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVAGANZA. Singled out early on by Alternative Press magazine as "one of the underground's fiercest live acts," THE TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVA...

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QUIET RIOT Drummer Talks About 30th Anniversary Of 'Metal Health' (Video)

QUIET RIOT's landmark album "Metal Health" is getting ready to celebrate its 30th anniversary, and Artisan News spoke to the band's drummer, Frankie Banali, at the Sunset Strip Music Festival about the LP and its massive success. On the topic of the album's recording sessions, Banali said, "We were...

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ICED EARTH's JON SCHAFFER: 'Television Is The Most Dangerous Weapon Of All'

Metal Blast conducted an interview with ICED EARTH mainman/guitarist Jon Schaffer at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 9-12 at Catton Park, Derbyshire in the United Kingdom. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Blast: "Sons Of Liberty" [...

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Is Tampa Still The 'Death Metal Capital' Of America?

The Tampa, Florida death metal scene was part of Rachel Maddow's August 28 segment debunking stories in the day's news on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show". In the five-minute clip below, Maddow separates fact from fiction on conventional wisdom about Tampa's relative stripperiness and its death-meta...

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VOODOO CIRCLE To Release 'More Than One Way Home' Next Year

VOODOO CIRCLE, the German/British band featuring members of PRIMAL FEAR and PINK CREAM 69, has extended its deal with AFM Records. The group is currently working on its third album, entitled "More Than One Way Home", for an early 2013 release. VOODOO CIRCLE's sophomore CD, "Broken Heart Syndrome", e...

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OBEY THE BRAVE: 'It Starts Today' Video Released

"It Starts Today", the new Jessy Fuchs-directed video from OBEY THE BRAVE — the Canadian metal/hardcore band featuring former members of DESPISED ICON and BLIND WITNESS — can be seen below. The song comes off OBEY THE BRAVE's debut album, "Young Blood", which is being released today (Tuesday, August...