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IRON MAIDEN Frontman Flies Fans From Stockholm To Milan: Video Report Available

Sweden's TV4 recently aired a six-minute report on IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's Bruce Air Flight 666 from Stockholm to Milan, which took place on December 2. Watch the report at YouTube.com. Commented Dickinson: "Outside of IRON MAIDEN, I work as an airline pilot. This is just something… I...

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MACHINE HEAD's PHIL DEMMEL: 'We're Just Metal'

Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Ultimate Guitar: After everything the band has been through over the years, did you approach songwriting differently on "The Blackening"? Phil: I think we kind of carried...

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IRON MAIDEN Frontman On Touring, Flying, War And Religion

icWales recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Q: There's a lot of variety on the new album? With two studio albums recorded with this line-up, did you feel it was time to take a chance? Bruce: Well, we had a go at ...

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MEGADETH Mainman Officially Announces Split With ESP GUITARS

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following statement: "After two successful years, I have decided to leave ESP guitars. This was a business decision and had nothing to do with the guitars or the manufacturing of the guitars, and I wish the staff of ESP, both in the USA and in Japan and...

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MACHINE HEAD: New Album Is 'So Epic, It Sounds Like The Bible'

MACHINE HEAD's new album, "The Blackening", is being mixed in England with Colin Richardson (FEAR FACTORY, NAPALM DEATH) for a March 27 release through Roadrunner Records (one day earlier internationally). Once again produced by frontman Robert Flynn, the follow-up to 2003's "Through the Ashes of Em...

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The Last of My Kind

We need more discs like CRESCENT SHIELD's "The Last of My Kind" to remind us of the classic metal sound of old and just how refreshing it can be in this metalcore-saturated world. The Los Angels band, featuring ex-DESTINY'S END guitarist Daniel DeLucie and ex-ONWARD vocalist Michael Grant, unleashes...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE: 'Flying Aces Tour 2007' Cancelled?

The previously announced Flying Aces Tour 2007, featuring CIRCLE II CIRCLE, DIONYSUS and SQUALER A.D., which was scheduled to kick off in Germany in early January, has reportedly been cancelled. CIRCLE II CIRCLE's latest album, "Burden of Truth", was released in October via AFM Records. The CD was r...

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CELESTY Frontman Guests On BETO VASQUEZ CD: Audio Available

CELESTY frontman Antti Railio makes a guest appearance in the track "Dreaming in Clouds" on the new album from the Argentinian composer Beto Vasquez, entitled "Flying toward the New Horizon". Audio samples of the CD can be heard at Vasquez' official web site. CELESTY's third full-length effort, "Mor...

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STRATOVARIUS Mainman Begins Work On INFERNOISE CD

STRATOVARIUS mainman Timo Tolkki (guitar) has issued the following update: "Flying today to Madrid to do the INFERNOISE [Spanish metal band] production basics. I'll be there three weeks. Thank God it's not so hot this time of the year there, otherwise it would be INFERNOISE for me. I love cold, snow...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE, DIONYSUS, SQUALER A.D. To Team Up For European Tour

CIRCLE II CIRCLE, DIONYSUS and SQUALER A.D. will team up for the Flying Aces Tour 2007 beginning in early January. Tentative dates are as follows: Jan. 06 - TBA Jan. 07 - Osnabrück (D) - Hyde Park Jan. 08 - Flensburg (D),Roxy Jan. 09 - Frankfurt (D),Die Halle Jan. 10 - Adelsheim (D) ...

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KAMELOT Guitarist: 'New Album Is Going Killer'

Guitarist Thomas Youngblood of the American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT has issued the following update: "I am flying back from some intense and very productive recording sessions with producer Sascha Paeth in Wolfsburg, Germany. We are flying over one of nature's most beautiful sites, a cry...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER Cancels Tokyo Concert After Falling Ill

Legendary guitarist Michael Schenker was forced to cancel MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP's concert at Tokyo, Japan's Nakano Sunplaza after three songs Friday night (Nov. 17) because he was suffering from an unspecified illness. The following report was issued by the Michael Schenker News and Tour Informatio...

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ANAAL NATHRAKH: Vinyl Version Of 'Eschaton' Due In January

Garden of Exile Records will release the vinyl version of the new ANAAL NATHRAKH album, "Eschaton", on January 8, 2007. The LP version will be packaged in a deluxe gatefold sleeve and be pressed on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl in the colors black, red and black/red. Pre-orders are being taken in the l...

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LAMB OF GOD Drummer: 'Japan Was Insane!'

LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler has issued the following update: "Japan was insane. We had never been so we didn't know what to expect and it was fucking nuts. Played to over 10,000 people and blew the place up. I watched a few of the bands before us and it was cool, but the ...

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BLOOD STAIN CHILD Signs To DOCKYARD 1

Japanese melodic death metallers BLOOD STAIN CHILD have inked a deal with Dockyard 1. The group's third album, "Idolator", is scheduled for release on November 27. According to a press release, BLOOD STAIN CHILD's sound features "guitars flying like arrows, old-school solo parts and bone-crushing de...