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MANOWAR To Play Entire 'Battle Hymns' Album In Cleveland

MANOWAR will play its classic debut album, 1982's "Battle Hymns", in its entirety during the band's headlining performance on March 12, 2011 at the Agora in Cleveland, Ohio. This is the band's one and only scheduled appearance in North America. The group states, "After six years, the wait for true m...

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PRIMEVIL Frontman Says Comparisons To VENOM Are 'Inevitable'

Spiritcrusher of Metality recently conducted an interview with Tony "The Demolition Man" Dolan (bass, vocals) about PRIMEVIL — the new band he formed with fellow former VENOM members Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (guitar) and Antony "Antton" Lant (drums; brother of VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant). A coupl...

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MANOWAR Announces First U.S. Show In Six Years

On March 12, 2011, MANOWAR promises to "crush all disbelievers" at the Agora in Cleveland, Ohio. This is the band's one and only scheduled appearance in North America. The group states, "After six years, the wait for true metal in America is over!" Tickets go on sale January 7, 2011. Details to foll...

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INFERNAEON: New Video Interview

Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with Brian Werner and Steven Harger of of Floridian extreme metallers INFERNAEON. You can now watch the chat below. INFERNAEON filmed a video for their cover of METALLICA's "Creeping Death" with director (and "Jackass" collaborator)...

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DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER: New Song Posted Online

Germany's DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER has posted a new track, "Die Boten" (English translation: The Messengers),on the band's MySpace page. The song will open the group's forthcoming album, "Moral & Wahnsinn" (English translation: Morality & Insanity) will be released on February 25, 2011 vi...

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GRAND MAGUS To Support ACCEPT in Sweden, Norway

Swedish heavy rockers GRAND MAGUS will support reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT on three Scandinavian dates on in February. Feb. 15 - Gothenburg (S),Trädgårn Feb. 16 - Oslo (N),Rockefeller Feb. 17 - Stockholm (S),Arenan Also scheduled to appear on the bill is STEELWING. GRAND MAGUS's new album...

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STEELWING To Support ACCEPT On European Tour

Swedish metallers STEELWING will support reformed heaby metal legends ACCEPT on their European tour in early 2011. Commented STEELWING: "There's IRON MAIDEN, there's JUDAS PRIEST and then there's ACCEPT. They have always been one of our favorite bands and biggest influences, so to be able to go on t...

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MANOWAR Announces First U.K. Show In Years

MANOWAR will play its first U.K. show in years on March 27, 2011 at O2 Academy in Birmingham. It is not presently clear if additional U.K. dates will follow. MANOWAR bassist and producer Joey DeMaio recently released a new video message in which he offered an update on the status of the songwriting...

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OMEN Parts Ways With Singer, Announces Replacement

Long-running U.S. metallers OMEN have parted ways with singer George Call (also a member of the power metal band ASKA). Commented OMEN mainman/guitarist Kenny Powell: "I loved George singing for OMEN [and] I have great respect for him. However, I made a commitment to OMEN and myself three years ago...

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DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER: New Song To Make Online Debut Next Week

On December 24, Germany's DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER will premier a track from the band's upcoming album, "Moral & Wahnsinn", via MySpace. Commented the band: "On our way back home from Poland — where we just shot our new video clip — we had the idea to make our fans who are impatiently waiting...

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DISTURBED Frontman Says He Fell Ill After Medication Overdose

DISTURBED had to cancel two weeks of U.S. dates earlier this fall when singer David Draiman was stricken with was reported to be a "throat infection." The band just completed a tour of Europe and Draiman revealed the exact reason behind cancelation — he was given an overdose of allergy medication. T...

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BLACK SABBATH: Deluxe Edition Of 'Dehumanizer' Due In February

According to the unofficial BLACK SABBATH web site Black-Sabbath.com, Universal/Sanctuary has set a February 7 release date for the deluxe edition of BLACK SABBATH's "Dehumanizer". Originally issued in 1992, the LP was the first SABBATH effort to feature the vocals of the late, great Ronnie James Di...

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WOLF To Release New Album In The Spring

Swedish metallers WOLF will be main support for metal legends ACCEPT on a U.K. tour that will take place March 17-22, 2011. WOLF comments: "We are thrilled to tour with one of the classic bands who made a huge impact on the metal scene in the '80s and has been a great influence on us. ...

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ASPHYX To Enter Studio In January

Dutch death metallers ASPHYX will enter Sonic Assault studio in January with engineer Frank Klein Douwel to begin recording the first four songs for their forthcoming album, "Deathhammer". Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Reign Of The Brute", "Vespa Cabro", "We Doom You To Death", "Asphyx...

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GIRLSCHOOL Re-Recording Classic 'Hit And Run' Album

Veteran British female hard rockers GIRLSCHOOL are currently in the studio re-recording their classic 1981 album "Hit And Run". The new version of the LP will be released in 2011 to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary. "Hit And Run" was originally made available in March 1981, followed a short ti...