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STRATOVARIUS Singer, Guitarist To Perform Acoustically On Finnish TV

STRATOVARIUS singer Timo Kotipelto and new guitarist Matias Kupiainen will perform acoustically tonight (Sunday, May 3) on the "Musiikki-TV" show on Finland's TV2 channel at 22.35 Finnish time. Kotipelto played a short set for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on April 20 at a presidential dinner he...

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VOIVOD Drummer Talks 'Infini'

Quebec metal innovators VOIVOD will release their final album featuring the band's late guitarist, Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, in the U.S. on Tuesday, June 23 via Relapse Records. The CD, which will be issued in Europe via Nuclear Blast, contains the last thirteen songs written by Piggy and again feature...

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DALLAS COYLE Blogs About 'The Terminator', His Split From GOD FORBID

Ex-GOD FORBID guitarist Dallas Coyle has reinstated his popular and controversial blog series with MetalSucks, "The Hard R". In his latest blog, Dallas talks about the new "Terminator" movie, Christian Bale's freakout, the desensitization of society to violence, and the reasons behind his split from...

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DEVILDRIVER: 'Pray For Villains' Artwork Unveiled

The cover artwork for the new DEVILDRIVER album, "Pray For Villains", can be viewed below. The effort will be made available as a regular CD and a special edition, which is a CD/DVD package featuring three bonus tracks, a behind-the-scenes DVD and expanded artwork. Commented vocalist Dez Fafara: "Th...

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METALLICA To Play Russia In 2010

RIA Novosti reports that METALLICA will play Russia in 2010, the head of a tour organizer group said Thursday. "These concerts will be held next year. We want to take the band to the opening of a new stadium in St. Petersburg when its construction is finished, and arrange a concert in Moscow's ...

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TOM MORELLO And BOOTS RILEY Join Forces To Form STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB

Tom Morello and Boots Riley have joined forces to form STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB. The group's anticipated self-titled debut album will be released June 16 through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group. The 11-song set was produced by Tom Morello and features Boots Riley on vocals, Morello on...

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STRATOVARIUS Singer Performs For Russian President

Singer Timo Kotipelto (STRATOVARIUS, KOTIPELTO, CAIN'S OFFERING) played a short set for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday, April 20 at a presidential dinner held by Finnish President Tarja Halonen in honor of Medvedev's visit to Finland. Timo was accompanied during the performance by Matia...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Frontman Talks Politics, Upcoming Studio Album

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN frontman Greg Puciato has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "I'm gonna dive right into this. I hope you have about twenty minutes to kill. If you just wanna read some musical news and skip the rest go down to the bottom. "I just read a new gallop poll, ...

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KISS Featured On NICKELODEON's 'The Fairly OddParents'

KISS members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons last year lent their voices to a special episode of Nickelodeon's highly rated animated show "The Fairly OddParents". The three-part movie, "The Fairly OddParents: Wishology", will begin airing May 1. Paul is pictured below with Butch Hartman, creator of "T...

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VOIVOD: Official 'Infini' Cover Unveiled

Quebec metal innovators VOIVOD will release their final album featuring the band's late guitarist, Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, in the U.S. on Tuesday, June 23 via Relapse Records. The CD, which will be issued in Europe via Nuclear Blast, contains the last thirteen songs written by Piggy and again feature...

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NILE To Enter Studio In June

Chad Bowar of About.com recently conducted an interview with Karl Sanders of the South Carolina-based technical death metal band NILE. An excerpt from the chat follows below. About.com: When and how did you first become interested in Middle Eastern culture, mythology and music? Sanders: Years ago, m...

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QUO VADIS Confirmed For Alberta's HARVESTING HELL METAL OPEN AIR

QUO VADIS and DEAD JESUS are among the confirmed bands for the first annual Harvesting Hell Metal Open Air festival, set to take place September 4-6, 2009 on Benalto Fairgrounds in Benalto, Alberta, Canada. The event will include three days of heavy metal, performance art as well as a fine arts exhi...

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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Interviewed In San Jose; Video Available

Nikki Law of Bay Area Backstage conducted an interview with the long-running Venice Beach, California thrash/punk band SUICIDAL TENDENCIES on April 4, 2009 when the group played the Event Center in San Jose, California with LAMB OF GOD, CHILDREN OF BODOM, GOD FORBID and MUNICIPAL WASTE. Watch the ch...

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SLAYER's ARAYA Interviewed By METAL INJECTION At EPIPHONE REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS

Bassist/vocalist Tom Araya of SLAYER was interviewed (with his wife and kids standing at his side) by Metal Injection on the "black carpet" of last Tuesday night's (April 7) Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. Araya and SLAYER guitarist Kerry King presented th...

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VOIVOD: 'Infini' Artwork Revealed

Canadian metal legends VOIVOD will release their final album, "Infini", in North America in early July via Relapse Records and Germany on June 12 through Nuclear Blast (the rest of Europe is expected to receive the CD on June 15). Check out what appears to be the cover artwork below. Regarding the a...