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AMON AMARTH: '2009 Is Already Filling Up With Plans'

Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH have issued the following update: "2008 has been one hell of a year for AMON AMARTH. The year has been filled with one exciting event after another. "We started the year with our first-ever Australia/New Zealand tour — one more continent conquered. It was great t...

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WOLVERINE Resumes Work On New Material

Drummer Marcus Losbjer of the Swedish progressive metal band WOLVERINE has issued the following update: "I'm looking forward to FINALLY record the new album, after more than three (!) years of writing in a limbo! The absence of inspiration have been really severe this time. This album have been a st...

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Updated: GUNS N' ROSES Denies Video Release Is Being Held Up By LARS ULRICH

GUNS N' ROSES has denied that the release of the band's new video for the song "Better" is being held up by a legal matter involving METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. A December 29, 2008 online posting by Fernando Lebeis, who is a known associate of GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose, implied that Ulrich'...

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SANITY OBSCURE: Debut EP Out Now

Singapore's SANITY OBSCURE released its debut EP, "Dethrone the King", on October 16, 2008. According to a press release, the EP contains "four tracks of blistering technical thrash metal which is energetic, aggressive and includes twists in the songwriting department." The CD includes the tracks "D...

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Drummer KEVIN TALLEY To Guest On ABSENCE OF THE SACRED Album

Singapore-based death/thrash metallers ABSENCE OF THE SACRED have tapped DAATH's Kevin Talley — who has previously recorded and/or toured with DYING FETUS, CHIMAIRA, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE RED CHORD, HATE ETERNAL, M.O.D., MISERY INDEX and SUFFOCATION — to lay down the drum tracks on their upco...

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F**K THE FACTS: New Live Footage Posted Online

Metal Injection has posted three new clips of Canada grind masters FUCK THE FACTS performing at Club Rebel in New York City in October of this year. Watch the footage below. "Disgorge Mexico", the latest full-length from FUCK THE FACTS, will be released on vinyl this winter via Coptercrash Records....

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Former KORN Guitarist Holding Auditions For Touring Band

Former KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch has issued the following update: "I am very happy and excited to announce that over the Christmas holidays I will be holding closed auditions for potential band members to hit the road with in 2009. If all goes well with the auditions, look for an announcemen...

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THIS ENDING: New Song Posted Online

THIS ENDING, the Swedish death metal band featuring AMON AMARTH drummer Fredrik Andersson, has uploaded a new song, "Parasites", to its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's second album, "Dead Harvest", which is scheduled for release on January 30, 2009 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and...

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AC/DC: 'Black Ice' Limited-Edition Steelbox Available

AC/DC's new album "Black Ice" has been released in Germany as a limited-edition "steelbox" containing the CD, a 20-page color booklet, a bonus DVD featuring the "The Making Of Rock N Roll Train" documentary and the "Rock N Roll Train" video, a large AC/DC flag, five stickers and a Gibson guitar pick...

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Fans 'Review' AC/DC's Concert In Los Angeles; Video Available

YouTellConcerts.com, which uses portable video technology to gather reviews from concertgoers moments after they attend a live event, has posted a 10-minute report (see below) from AC/DC's December 6, 2008 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. According to Billboard.biz, AC/DC has returned to the t...

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WHITESNAKE: Saint Petersburg Photos, Kiev TV Report Available

Russia's Darkside e-zine has posted high-quality photos of WHITESNAKE's December 11, 2008 concert at in Saint Petersburg. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Intro 02. Best Years 03. Fool For Your Loving 04. Can You Hear The Wind Blow 05. Love Ain't No Stranger 06. Lay Down Your Love 07. The Dee...

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LUNA MORTIS Releases Free Christmas Single

With it being the holiday season, LUNA MORTIS (formerly known as THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE) recently found itself in a giving mood. The Madison, Wisconsin-based, female-fronted five-piece has partnered with MetalSucks to offer a completely free download of a Christmas classic performed in the band's powerf...

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AC/DC's 'Black Ice' Returns To Top Of European Chart

According to Billboard.biz, AC/DC has returned to the top of Billboard's European Top 100 Albums chart with "Black Ice" (Columbia/Sony BMG). The album moves 3-1 in its ninth week on the survey, which it led for four weeks in late October and November. It moves 6-3 in Denmark and 7-5 in Switzerland,...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Says 'Death Magnetic' Sound Debate Is 'Truly About Tastes'

Shay Quillen of MercuryNews.com conducted an interview with METALLICA's Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich backstage in Fresno on Saturday. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Kirk Hammett on file-sharing: "Our thinking hasn't changed at all. I mean, I think that intellectual property should...

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THIS ENDING: More Footage From The Studio Posted Online

THIS ENDING, the Swedish death metal band featuring AMON AMARTH drummer Fredrik Andersson, has uploaded the second in a series of video clips documenting the recording process for its second album, "Dead Harvest", due on January 30, 2009 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy; and February 2, 20...