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ATROCITY Collaborating With Frontman's Sister On New Album

Germany's ATROCITY is recording a new CD which is described as "a project album" featuring frontman Alex Krull's sister Yasmin. The collaboration with Yasmin began on ATROCITY's 1994 "Blut" album, where Alex's sister contributed guest vocals. In 1995 the mystical and very special ATROCITY FEATURING...

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DEMONIC RESURRECTION, DEVOURMENT, SYBREED Confirmed For Czech Republic's BRUTAL ASSAULT

DEMONIC RESURRECTION, DEVOURMENT and SYBREED have been confirmed for the 15-year-anniversary edition of the Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 12-14, 2010 in Josefov, Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CANNIBAL CORPSE DEMONIC RESURRECTION DEVIN TOWNSEND DEV...

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PARADISE LOST: London Footage Available

SoundShock.co.uk has uploaded video footage (see below) of British gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST performing the song "Eternal" on November 3, 2009 at O2 Islington Academy in London, England. PARADISE LOST guitarist Greg Mackintosh has been forced to sit out the remaining dates on the band's "F...

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SEPULTURA To Celebrate 25th Anniversary With New Live DVD

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser was interviewed on the November 6, 2009 edition of the "Uncensored Net Noise". The program can now be streamed using the audio player below. (Note: The Kisser interview begins around the 35-minute mark.) A few excerpts from the chat follow (transcribed by BLABBERMO...

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PARADISE LOST Guitarist Forced To Sit Out Tour

U.K. gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST have issued the following statement: "Tragically, lead guitarist Greg Mackintosh will be unable to continue with PARADISE LOST's 'Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us' tour of Europe due to a terminal illness within his family. "Greg's father was taken critical...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Interviewed By EXPLICITLY INTENSE; Audio Available

Sarjoo Devani of the Explicitly Intense web site recently conducted an interview with powerhouse American vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH). The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. Owens this past summer completed a...

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MASTODON To Guest On MTV2's 'Headbangers Ball'

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will guest on "Headbangers Ball" on Saturday, December 19. "Headbangers Ball" airs Saturday nights/Sunday mornings at 2:00 a.m. ET/PT on MTV2. MASTODON performed the song "Divinations" live on the October 30 edition of NBC-TV's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon". W...

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HELLOWEEN: 'Unarmed - Best Of 25th Anniversary' Artwork Unveiled

Long-running German power metallers HELLOWEEN have teamed up with Sony Music in co-operation with SPV Records, to release the band's upcoming albums. The group's long awaited "Unarmed - Best Of 25th Anniversary" album will be made available on the following dates: Dec. 16 – Japan, Southeast Asia (JV...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Performs On Japan's 'London Hearts' Show

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman and his solo band played live to a sold-out Makuhari Messe Arena for the hit TV program "London Hearts". The show is currently the highest-rated comedy/variety show in Japan. Marty wrote and arranged the song "Heavy Metal Station" for comedian Kono Eiko. Thei...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: Argentina Footage Available

Video footage of powerhouse American vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) performing a couple of JUDAS PRIEST classics on October 11, 2009 in La Plata, Argentina during his South American solo tour can be viewed below. Owens' setlist for the trek w...

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RAGE: 'Strings To A Web' Artwork Unveiled

The cover artwork for "Strings To A Web", the forthcoming album from veteran German metallers RAGE, can be viewed below. The artwork was created by Thomas Ewerhard (AVANTASIA, THERION),and it shows the soundchaser as a spider, caught in a web. RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski is currently working on t...

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RUSH Members To Discuss Band's Future During Los Angeles Meeting

RUSH drummer Neil Peart has updated the "News Weather And Sports" section of his web site with his latest entry, entitled "Autumn Serenade". An excerpt follows below. "In this autumn of 2009, the three of us are poised on another kind of 'reinvention.' We have agreed to meet in Los Angeles in Novemb...

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Is Udo Dirkschneider the Lemmy Kilmister of German heavy metal? Not quite, as that title would probably go to SODOM's Tom Angelripper. In any event, the diminutive front man and vocalist is a German metal icon and worldwide legend that has proved his worth as a mainstay of the trad-metal scene and g...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE, DEVIN TOWNSEND, GRAVEWORM Confirmed For Czech Republic's BRUTAL ASSAULT

CANNIBAL CORPSE, DEVIN TOWNSEND, DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA and GRAVEWORM are the first confirmed bands for the 15-year-anniversary edition of the Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 12-14, 2010 in Josefov, Czech Republic. More acts will be announced soon. ...

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MASTODON Performs On 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'; Video Available

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON performed the song "Divinations" live on last night's (Thursday, October 30) edition of NBC-TV's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon". Watch video of the performance below. MASTODON has written the score to "Jonah Hex", the comic-book Western/horror film starring Jos...