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KORPIKLAANI Pulls Out Of Sweden's 'Rock At Sea' Cruise/Festival

According to a posting on KORPIKLAANI's web site, the band has cancelled its participation in the "Rock at Sea" cruise/festival, which is scheduled to depart from Stockholm, Sweden on November 23, 2007 . No reason was given for the cancellation. "Rock at Sea" is slated to include performances by KEN...

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DAWN OF AZAZEL Begins Recording New Material

New Zealand's most notable metal export DAWN OF AZAZEL played its first show last month since returning from a successful European tour in June. The band supported rock legends MOTÖRHEAD at their first New Zealand show on Friday, October 19 at the TSB Stadium in New Plymouth, Taranaki. Commented fro...

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RATT Drummer 'Psyched' For Japanese, Australian Tour Dates

RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer has issued the following update: "We are about to embark on our overseas tour of Japan and Australia! We are really psyched as we have not been to Japan in a while and we have never been to Australia, ever! So it is very invigorating for us all. Four shows in ...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: U.S., European Tour Dates Announced

Veteran Arizona-based metallers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have scheduled the following tour dates in the U.S. and Europe: Dec. 14 - The Jumping Turtle, San Marcos, CA Dec. 15 - Whisky A Go-Go, Hollywood, CA Mar. 01 - Hedon, Zwolle, NETH Mar. 02 - Dynamo, Eindhoven, NETH Mar. 03 - Mephisto, Barcelona, ESP M...

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DIO Calls Fan That Shot 'I Hope VIVIAN Dies' Video 'Lowly Vermin', Apologizes To DEF LEPPARD

Komodo Rock recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, HEAVEN AND HELL). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Komodo Rock: So with it having gone gold there has been talk of maybe a new studio album from HEAVEN AND HELL ne...

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SCORPIONS, JUDAS PRIEST To Team Up For North American Tour In 2008?

Frontman Joey Eppard of Woodstock, NY's THREE (3) — who supported German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS on several dates in Canada earlier this fall — told the "Démentièllement Vôtre" program on Québec City's CKRL 89.1FM during an interview two weeks ago that his band might be involved in a SCORPIONS/...

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EVERGREY: Third Video Report From Recording Studio Posted Online

Swedish metallers EVERGREY have posted the third video studio report from the recording sessions for their new album. Watch the six-minute clip below. Commented EVERGREY frontman Tom S. Englund: "We started a new week of recording and it's all shaping up nicely! Really great. "I recorded guitars for...

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DANZIG Soldiers On Despite GLENN's Shoulder Injury; NYC Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of DANZIG performing at Nokia Theatre in New York City on October 27, 2007 can be viewed below (courtesy of "dkstar222"). A short fan-filmed video clip of Glenn Danzig making his way back onto the stage after reportedly falling off while singing the song "How the Gods Kill"...

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PAUL STANLEY's Guitar Tech Talks To Gibson.com

Gibson.com's Sean McDevitt recently spoke to Francis Stueber about the maintenance of guitars for such heavyweights as Paul Stanley (KISS) and Kevin Cronin (REO SPEEDWAGON). "If Paul goes out of tune, it's not his fault, it's my fault," says Francis Stueber, referring matter-of-factly to one of his...

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SCORPIONS Interviewed By TV ANTENNA; Video Available

A nine-minute interview with SCORPIONS bassist Pawel Maciwoda and the rest of the band conducted by TV Antenna last month (September 2007) at Beacon Theater in New York City can be viewed below (Note: The Pawel portion of the interview was conducted in Maciwoda's mother tongue, Polish). As previousl...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, DIMMU BORGIR, EDGUY: Photos From NUCLEAR BLAST Festival Available

BLIND GUARDIAN, DIMMU BORGIR, SUBWAY TO SALLY, EDGUY and KATAKLYSM performed at the Nuclear Blast 20th anniversary festival on October 27, 2007 at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany. Check out photos at Metalpics.ch. BLIND GUARDIAN will hold a signing session at a special premiere...

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AT THE GATES Frontman Discusses Reunion, Touring Plans

Earache Records recently caught up with vocalist Tomas Lindberg for a chat about the reformation of the legendary AT THE GATES. Read the brief question-and-answer session below: Q: Would you say that the reunion of AT THE GATES was in many ways inevitable, given that in many ways the band finished s...

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SLASH, POISON At 'Guitar Hero III' Launch Party; Video Available

KROQ 106.7 FM has posted an eight-minute video report from the launch party for the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock video game, which took place Saturday night (October 27) on top of the Best Buy store in Los Angeles. POISON performed at the event, which was attended by former GUNS N' ROSES and cur...

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SCORPIONS: Footage From Korean Press Conference Available

Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS took part in a press conference during their recent visit to Korea as part of their "Humanity - Hour 1" world tour. Watch the three-minute clip below. As previously reported, SCORPIONS' concert at Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany on August 3, 2006 will be rele...

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'Metal That Sounds Like Other Metal': 'Volume VIII' And 'Volume IX' Posted Online

A registered YouTube user who goes by the name "BakNBlack" has posted the eighth and ninth in a series of clips featuring hard rock/heavy metal tracks that sound like songs by other artists. Says "BakNBlack": Y'ever hear a song and go, 'Man, that sounds just like...'? Well so did I. In fact, I found...