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IRON MAIDEN Guitarist: 'You Just Never Know When Your Last Gig's Gonna Be'

Phil Freeman of MSN's metal music section Headbang recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN guitarist Janick Gers. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Headbang: The band's been doing these themed tours recently — playing the first four albums, then the next four, and now the fou...

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IRON MAIDEN Guitarist JANICK GERS Talks Finnish Storm, New Album

Bryan Reesman of Attention Deficit Delirium recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN guitarist Janick Gers. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Attention Deficit Delirium: I heard there was really bad weather at your recent Finnish festival gig, and some bands canceled. What hap...

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IRON MAIDEN's 'The Final Frontier' Headed For Top Of U.K. Chart

According to Music Week, British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN are on track to have a No. 1 album in the U.K. this Sunday, with their latest effort, "The Final Frontier" (EMI),selling more than three times as many as its nearest competitor, EMINEM's "Recovery" (Interscope),so far this week. "The...

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IRON MAIDEN Drummer Says Having No. 1 Album In The U.S. 'Would Be Amazing'

MusicRadar.com recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MusicRadar.com: You've had No. 1 albums in the past in the U.K. and other countries, but it looks as though "The Final Frontier" could debut at the top spot in the...

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AVANTASIA: First Six Tour Dates Announced

AVANTASIA, the project led by EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet, will embark on a four-week tour in December 2010. The first confirmed dates are as follows: Nov. 30 - Switzerland - Pratteln, Z7 Dec. 01 - Switzerland - Pratteln, Z7 Dec. 03 - Germany - Lichtenfels, Stadthalle Dec. 04 - Germany - Kaufbeuren...

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DEVILDRIVER: Seventh 'Chapter' Of Full-Length Documentary Posted Online

Filmmaker Daniel J. Burke (a.k.a. Bruce Wayne),sole proprietor of Mbarrier Productions at House of Slor Studios in Southern California, has uploaded the seventh of around 25 parts (see below) of a recently completed full-length DEVILDRIVER documentary. Eight years in the making, the documentary — e...

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WARBEAST Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

Texas metallers WARBEAST (formerly TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE) have parted ways with guitarist Rick Perry and have replaced him with Bobby Tillotson (a.k.a. "J.R." ). Commented the band: "We are all parting on good terms and there are no hard feelings between any of us. We LOVE Rick Perry and he will alwa...

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SAVAGE MESSIAH Signs With EARACHE RECORDS

British thrashers SAVAGE MESSIAH have inked a worldwide, multi-album deal with Earache Records. The band is currently working on its third album, tentatively due in early 2011. Commented SAVAGE MESSIAH bassist Sasha Cron: "We are very proud and excited to sign with Earache Records. This is an exciti...

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THE ACACIA STRAIN: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'The Hills Have Eyes' Video Shoot

THE ACACIA STRAIN recently convened in Western Massachusetts with director David Brodsky (HATEBREED, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, UNEARTH) to film a video for the track "The Hills Have Eyes" from the band's new album, "Wormwood". Metal Injection has posted exclusive footage from the shoot, which appears...

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BRUCE KULICK To Take Part In Australia's AIMS Show

Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick will take part in the AIMS show at the Melbourne Convention Centre in Melbourne, Australia on October 2-3, 2010. At AIMS 2010, you can see, touch, hear and play hundreds if not thousands of different instruments. With three halls of...

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THE BLACK CROWES: 'Croweology' Lands In U.S. Top 15

"Croweology", the first-ever double album of all acoustic material from THE BLACK CROWES, sold around 21,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released on August 3 via band's label Silver Arrow through Megaforce Records,...

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ZAKK WYLDE On Egg-Throwing OZZFEST Incident: 'If I Was IRON MAIDEN, I'd F**k Some People Up'

Charlie Steffens of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). An excerpt from the chat follows below. KNAC.COM: There's something that's been hanging out there a while that's caused a lot of people to take sides, when the truth is, we're supposed...

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IRON MAIDEN Singer Slips And Falls on Stage In Finland (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson slipping and falling on stage at the start of the band's August 8, 2010 performance at the Finnish installment of the Sonisphere festival in Pori can be viewed below. According to a posting on the Sonisphere web site, a freak thunderst...

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AVANTASIA To Embark On Tour In December

AVANTASIA, the project led by EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet, will embark on a four-week tour in December 2010. In addition, AVANTASIA has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, which takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germ...

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DEVILDRIVER: More 'Chapters' Of Full-Length Documentary Posted Online

Filmmaker Daniel J. Burke (a.k.a. Bruce Wayne),sole proprietor of Mbarrier Productions at House of Slor Studios in Southern California, has uploaded several more of around 25 parts (see below) of a recently completed full-length DEVILDRIVER documentary. Eight years in the making, the documentary —...