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Former DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist In Budapest; Video Available

Hungarian TV covered former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord's recent visit to Budapest with an interview and video footage of the rehearsals for the Concerto performance. Watch the report below. Jon Lord's "The Durham Concerto", which was released on CD in January 2008 via U.K.'s Avie Records, ente...

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TRUJILLO: 'Where METALLICA Is At Right Now, I Feel It's An Important Time And An Exciting Time'

Patrick Range McDonald of LA Weekly conducted an interview with METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo earlier today (Friday, March 20) at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas, prior to the band's "secret" gig tonight at Stubb's Bar-B-Q as part of the "Guitar Hero: Metallica" showcase during the Texas...

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SERJ TANKIAN Performs With Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra; TV Report, Review Available

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian performed on Monday, March 16, in Auckland, New Zealand, at the Auckland Town Hall with the city's philharmonic orchestra (Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra). Tankian played songs from his 2007 debut solo album, "Elect The Dead", as well as "some unreleased extra...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Singer To Perform At 'Night Of The Proms'

Sharon den Adel, singer of the popular Dutch symphonic metal band WITHIN TEMPTATION, will perform at Night of the Proms in Belgium and the Netherlands in late March. Also scheduled to appear are Peter and Zoltan Katona from Hungary. John Miles and the choir Fine Fleur will also be joining Night of t...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM, APOCALYPTICA, METALLICA, SLIPKNOT Honored At Finland's EMMA GAALA

CHILDREN OF BODOM was honored in the "Metal/Hard Rock Album Of The Year" category (for its 2008 release, Blooddrunk") at this year's Emma Gaala (Finnish Grammy equivalent),which was held March 14 at Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki. The awards ceremony was televised on the Finnish TV channel YLE TV2. Othe...

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EPICA Singer To Perform With KAMELOT In Cologne

EPICA singer Simone Simons will join KAMELOT on stage on March 21 at Essigfabrik in Cologne, Germany to perform the song "The Haunting". Simone — the longtime girlfriend of KAMELOT keyboardist Oliver Palotai — also appears on the studio version of "The Haunting", which was included on KAMELOT's 2005...

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Behold the Failure

It is time again for one of those "Holy Shit!" albums. With "Behold the Failure", Switzerland's MUMAKIL may have just established themselves as heirs to NASUM's grindcore throne. What is sure to end up one of 2009's worthiest grind albums, "Behold the Failure" is the kind of disc that is in league w...

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CELESTY: 'Fading Away' Video Posted Online

"Fading Away", the new video from Finnish symphonic power metallers CELESTY, can be viewed below. The clip was shot in an isolated quarry 100 miles from the band's hometown of Seinäjoki and was directed by Markus Nieminen of Routafilmi, who has previously helmed dozens of music videos, as well as a...

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Returning ANGRA Drummer Has No Intention Of Leaving SHAMAN

Brazilian drummer Ricardo Confessori (ANGRA, SHAMAN) has issued the following update: "Along all my journey as a musician, I had the oportunity to play in several bands. I recorded my first album with a band from south of the country, called GARCIA & GARCIA, in the late '80s (we started in 1989,...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: 'Play My Game' Artwork, Details Revealed

Powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) will release his first solo album, "Play My Game", in May via SPV/Steamhammer. The offering consists of around a dozen brand-new tracks that Owens composed himself or together wit...

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ANDREAS KISSER On CAVALERA CONSPIRACY Debut: 'It Is Not Bad, But They Could Do A Lot Better'

MetalPaths recently conducted an interview with guitarist Andreas Kisser of Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MetalPaths: There has been about a month since your 11th album, titled "A-Lex", is out. Of course it is kind of early yet to build any...

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Former BLACK SABBATH Drummer To Host New Radio Show

According to U.K.'s Sunday Mercury, English rock musician Bev Bevan, who served as the touring drummer for BLACK SABBATH from 1983 to 1984 and played percussion on "The Eternal Idol" album in 1987, will host a new two-hour show of music and chat on BBC Radio WM. Bev will start at WM on ...

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CHRIS CAFFERY To Guest On 'Mitch's Metal Militia' Show

SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery will guest on "Mitch's Metal Militia" show on Wednesday, March 18 between 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. EST. To listen to the interview live via the Internet, go to www.infernalrockradio.com. Caffery's new solo album, "House Of Insanity", was relea...

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EPICA To Release 'The Classical Conspiracy' Double Live Album

According to Metalfan.nl, Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA will release a double live CD, titled "The Classical Conspiracy", on May 8 through Nuclear Blast Records. The album was recorded in Miskolc, Hungary, on June 14 2008 during the Miskolc International Opera Festival. The band per...

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ARCH ENEMY, HATEBREED, NAPALM DEATH To Play Finland's NUMMIROCK Festival

ARCH ENEMY, HATEBREED, NAPALM DEATH and AMORPHIS are among the confirmed bands for the the Nummirock festival, set to take place June 18-20, 2009 in Kauhajoki, Nummijärvi, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AJATTARA AMORPHIS ARCH ENEMY BEFORE THE DAWN DIABLO ENTWINE HATEBREED HO...