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ROTTING CHRIST To Team Up With VADER For Polish Tour

Greece's ROTTING CHRIST have been officially confirmed as special guests on the third edition of VADER's "Blitzkrieg" Polish tour. The upcoming trek will mark the first time ROTTING CHRIST will play such a long tour of Poland. Confirmed dates are as follows: Sep. 05 - Warsaw, POL @ Proxima Sep. 06 -...

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Reunited AVENGER Confirmed For HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Warm-Up Show

Reunited NWOBHM outfit AVENGER, featuring former ATOMKRAFT singer Ian Davison Swift and ex-BLITZKRIEG drummer Gary Young, have been confirmed for the Headbangers Open Air warm-up show on July 7 at the Cantina in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. Headbangers Open Air is scheduled to take place July 8-9...

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BLITZKRIEG To Enter Studio In March

Legendary NWOBHM outfit BLITZKRIEG will enter the studio on March 19 to record the follow-up to 2002's "Absolute Power" album. Songs set to appear on the as-yet-untitled CD include "Rise", "Desolation Angel", "Excessive Force", "Standing Still" and "Hell Express". A summer release is expected. More...

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THERION: METALLICA, JUDAS PRIEST, THIN LIZZY Covers Posted Online

Sweden's THERION have made cover versions of METALLICA's "Fight Fire with Fire", JUDAS PRIEST's "Green Manalishi" and THIN LIZZY's "Southbound" available for download via their official web site. Direct links to the downloads as well as comments from frontman Christofer Johnsson follow: METALLICA -...

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BLITZKRIEG Drummer Joins STUFFED

BLITZKRIEG drummer Phil Brewis has joined Newcastle, U.K.-based "sillycore punksters" STUFFED. The band are currently rehearsing material from the STUFFED debut album "Bonjour Y'All", which was released in January 2004 and is available from www.reflexcd.co.uk. The CD was independently recorded and p...

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BLITZKRIEG: In Pre-Production Mode

Legendary NWOBHM outfit BLITZKRIEG are currently in pre-production for their next studio CD, according to a posting on the group's official web site. The follow-up to 2002's "Absolute Power" will be recorded in early 2005 for a late spring/early summer release. More information will be made availabl...

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SLAYER: Early Live Videos Posted Online

SLAYER fan site SlaverSaves.com is currently hosting live videos from SLAYER's 1983 performance at the Woodstock in Los Angeles. The tracks available for download are "Black Magic", "Tormentor" and "Blitzkrieg (Final Command)". SLAYER recently issued a live DVD, "Still Reigning", via Universal Music...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Helps Select Top 500 Greatest Rock Songs Of All Time

Ozzy Osbourne was among the panel of recording artists, producers, label executives, critics and songwriters that selected the list of the greatest rock 'n' roll songs of all time, to be published in a special edition of Rolling Stone magazine out on Friday, according to Reuters. Also on the panel w...

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BLITZKRIEG To Enter Studio In February

Legendary NWOBHM outfit BLITZKRIEG are currently hard at work writing and arranging tracks for their next studio release. The follow-up to 2002's "Absolute Power" is at present scheduled to be recorded in February 2005 for a spring release date. More information will be made available soon. ...

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METALLICA, DISTURBED, LAMB OF GOD Featured On 'Tony Hawk's Underground 2' Soundtrack

METALLICA, DISTURBED, LAMB OF GOD, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD and MINISTRY are among artists appearing on the soundtrack to Activision, Inc.'s "Tony Hawk's Underground 2", due out October 5. The 53 different tracks include material from a variety of artists who have defined musical genres for the past seven...

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BLITZKRIEG, GOAT SEMEN, METAL INQUISITOR Confirmed For Germany's HELLBANGERS FESTIVAL

BLITZKRIEG (U.K.),GOAT SEMEN (Peru),METAL INQUISITOR (Germany),WITCHBURNER (Germany) and URN (Finland) will be teaming up for the Hellbangers Festival, set to take place on September 18 in Koblenz, Germany. More information is available at www.hellbangers.de. ...

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RAMONES: 'Raw' DVD Details Revealed

ABC ePrep is reporting that the surviving members of the RAMONES have released additional details on the band's first DVD, "Ramones Raw", which will be released on September 28 via Image Entertainment. The disc will feature appearances by Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Bono, Drew Barrymore, and Carly Si...

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SATAN Perform Live For First Time In 20 Years: Photos Available

A bunch of photos from legendary NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) band SATAN's one-off reunion show Friday (August 6) at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival have been posted online at this location (courtesy of Germany's Bright-Eyes.de). SATAN's classic "Court In The Act" lineup (including BL...

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VADER: Polish Tour Announced

Polish death metallers VADER have announced the details of their upcoming "Blitzkrieg 2" tour of Poland. The tour schedule consists of 17 dates, beginning on October 3 in Warsaw and running through October 19. Support at the shows will come from bands like CRIONICS, CETI and LOST SOUL. The dates are...

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Original METALLICA Bassist RON MCGOVNEY: 'The Band Was Formed In My Garage'

The original METALLICA bassist, Ron McGovney, recently gave an interview to the METALLICA fan site AllMetallica.com about his time with the group and his current activities. What follows are several excerpts from that interview: AllMetallica.com: Could you explain for everyone exactly what your part...