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AMON AMARTH Schedules One-Off London Concert With OBITUARY

According to UK's Metal Hammer magazine, Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH will headline a special, one-off concert at The Forum in London on March 9, 2009. Joining them on the night will be Floridian death metal legends OBITUARY, plus guests to be announced. This will be the first time that AMON...

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ROB ZOMBIE Shoots Down 'Weird Rumor' About WHITE ZOMBIE Box Set

WHITE ZOMBIE's 4-CD/1-DVD box set, "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie", will release its long-awaited release on November 25 via (Geffen/UMe). The CDs bring together for the first time all 64 original studio recordings released by the band led by Rob Zombie during its 1985-1996 career. The DVD offers nine mu...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman Discusses New Album

Mia Timpano of Melbourne, Australia's Beat magazine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Beat: Do you consider Gilles de Rais a monster? [Note: de Rais is a serial killer from t...

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IRON FIRE: 'To The Grave' Release Party Announced

Danish metallers IRON FIRE have scheduled a release party for their new album, "To The Grave", on January 9, 2009 at The Rock in Copenhagen, Denmark. According to the band, "It will be possible to buy the new album signed for a special release price, and we will do a live show with some of ...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: New Audio Interview With DANI FILTH Available

Vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH was interviewed earlier this week by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Listen to the interview in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: The first part of th...

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AMON AMARTH: New Video Interview With JOHAN HEGG Posted Online

Austrian heavy 'zine Stormbringer.at conducted an interview with vocalist Johan Hegg of the Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH prior to the band's November 16, 2008 concert in Vienna, Austria. Watch the 10-minute chat below. AMON AMARTH's seventh full-length album, "Twilight of the Thunder God", s...

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NIKKI SIXX Biography To Be Reissued With New Interviews, Bonus Sampler

In the spring of 2009, Rock 'N' Roll Books/APG Distribution will reissue "An Education in Rebellion: The Biography of Nikki Sixx" with an abridgement from 2003 through 2008, including coverage of MÖTLEY CRÜE's wildly triumphant reunion tour, Sixx's hugely successful New York Times best-seller "The H...

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QUEEN's BRIAN MAY To Take Part In Royal Variety Performance

QUEEN guitarist Brian May will take part in the Royal Variety Performance on Thursday, December 11 at the iconic London Palladium. Celebrating its 80th anniversary, this year's show will be performed in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. The Roya...

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EVIL Wants You To 'Take Good Care Of Your Balls'

Video footage of reactivated Danish metallers EVIL performing the song "Take Good Care Of Your Balls" at the Keep It True XI festival on November 15, 2008 at Soundpark-Ost (ex-Rockpalast) in Würzburg, Germany can be viewed below (clip uploaded by "stoneagelightning"). Originally formed as NEVER MIND...

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IVORY KNIGHT Guitarist To Record Solo CD

Rob Gravelle, guitarist for the Canadian power metal group IVORY KNIGHT, has decided to take a sabbatical from the band to record his debut solo CD, tentatively entitled "No Plan B". Rob joined IVORY KNIGHT in 2000 and played on the band's two albums, "Up from the Ashes" and "Unconscience". His deci...

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CRADLE OF FILTH 'Virtual Vinyl' Now Available

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH are inviting fans to remember the good old days of vinyl, when you'd listen to a new album released by one of your metal heroes while spending countless hours leafing through the gatefold sleeve, enjoying the artwork and pouring through the lyrics while imme...

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IRON MAIDEN Announces Final Leg Of 'Somewhere Back In Time World Tour'

Following the huge international success of their spectacular Somewhere Back In Time World Tour 08, IRON MAIDEN will be taking to the skies once again in 2009 for a fourth and final leg starting in Dubai on February 13. Loaded up with a full complement of band, crew and twelve tons of stage set and...

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NAPALM DEATH, HATE ETERNAL, MISERY INDEX Confirmed For Denmark's ROYAL METAL FEST

NAPALM DEATH, HATE ETERNAL and MISERY INDEX are among the confirmed bands for the Royal Metal Fest 09, set to take place January 9-10, 2009 at Voxhall in Århus, Denmark. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AEON BORN FROM PAIN BURNING SKIES CORPUS MORTALE HATE ETERNAL HORNED ALMIGHTY KONKH...

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CRADLE OF FILTH's 'Godspeed' Lands On German Chart

"Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder", the new album from the British extreme metal band CRADLE OF FILTH, has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 37. "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder" sold a little over 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at positi...

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ABSU, HELSTAR, IMPALER, IGNITOR Confirmed For THUNDER OF GODS Festival

ABSU, HELSTAR and MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT are among the confirmed bands for the Thunder Of Gods open-air festival, set to take place May 7-10, 2009 on the RP Campgrounds in Dripping Springs, Texas. The following groups are scheduled to appear, among many others: ABSU BLOODSOAKED BOZO PORNO...