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Ex-ICED EARTH Drummer's BURNING INSIDE Releases New Material

Acclaimed heavy metal drummer Richard Christy (ICED EARTH, DEATH, LEASH LAW, CONTROL DENIED, BURNING INSIDE),who currently works for "The Howard Stern Show", has issued the following update: "I have some great news for BURNING INSIDE fans who've been asking when we're going to have some new materia...

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METAL BLADE Head Honcho Says Heavy Metal Is Poised For Second Coming

Brett Johnson of VenturaCountyStar.com reports: After 25 years as a key player in the heavy metal scene, Metal Blade Records head Brian Slagel thinks that the genre is poised for a second coming like the one he helped launch in the 1980s. He can also report that one of his label's stalwarts, the ...

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Producer RICK RUBIN Talks About His Work On New METALLICA Album

In a brand new article published in this past weekend's edition of the New York Times magazine, co-head of Columbia Records Rick Rubin spoke about his work as a producer for such bands as METALLICA, LINKIN PARK and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS. Whenever he agrees to produce an album, Rubin scrutinizes the...

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Prominence and Demise

It has been around three years since Norway's WINDS released its third album, "The Imaginary Direction of Time". That may seem like a long duration between albums, but if you've immersed yourself in the act's lush, classically infused compositions, then you understand that this is a band for which t...

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METALLICA: Finnish TV Interview With LARS ULRICH Posted Online

A video interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich conducted by Finland's Musiikki TV prior to the band's July 15, 2007 concert in Helsinki has been posted on YouTube. Watch the footage — which originally aired on August 27 — in four parts below (Note: The clips include several of METALLICA's prom...

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TIAMAT Begins Recording New Album

TIAMAT mainman Johan Edlund ha issued the following update: "Last night I got back home [to Greece] from a week of [TIAMAT] rehearsals and some days of drum recordings [for the new album] in Sweden. The trip turned into a quite personal trauma and a few tears left my eyes while careening through red...

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BLINDSIDE: U.S Dates Announced

Sweden's BLINDSIDE has scheduled the following U.S. dates: Sep. 29 - Amherst, MA - Mullins Center Oct. 01 - Philadelphia, PA - North Star Oct. 02 - New York, NY - Knitting Factory Oct. 05 - Cincinnati, OH - The Underground Oct. 06 - Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre Oct. 07 - Orlando, FL - ...

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Swedish 'Supergroup' ROAD TO RUIN To Release Debut In October

ROAD TO RUIN, the new Swedish four-piece featuring guitarist Lars Chriss (LION'S SHARE),bassist/ keyboard player Sampo Axelsson (LION'S SHARE, GLENN HUGHES),drummer Thomas Broman (HUGHES/ TURNER, JOHN NORUM, ELECTRIC BOYS) and vocalist Matti Alfonzetti (SKINTRADE, JAGGED EDGE),will release its se...

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Exclusive: A Conversation With WINDS' ANDY WINTER And CARL AUGUST TIDEMANN

By: Scott Alisoglu The music of Norway's WINDS is not something that is easily classified. What one can say about it though is that it is magnificently composed and breathtaking in its delivery. Challenging, yet often soothing, melodic, yet unconventional, WINDS' combination of classical music, prog...

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LION'S SHARE: Swedish Dates Announced

Swedish melodic metal masters LION'S SHARE have scheduled three dates in Sweden in September: Sep. 13 - Club Helter Skelter – Stockholm, SWE (w/ TRAKTOR, MINDSHIFT) Sep. 14 - Wasteland - Gävle, SWE (w/ BLOODBOUND) Sep. 15 - Rockland - Sala, SWE (w/ BLOODBOUND) LION'S SHARE's video for the song "The...

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METALLICA Copyright Lawsuit A Hoax

The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: A copyright infringement lawsuit allegedly filed by METALLICA against two video game companies has turned out to be a hoax. The uproar over the fake legal action began when DailyGaming.com posted an item claiming that the band was suing Ha...

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SOIL: Rare B-Side Available For Download

SOIL guitarist Shaun Glass has issued the following update: "We are knee-deep in writing new music for the next album, so no shows for a while — sorry!! But we wanted to give all the junkies some stuff to tide you all over, so here is the new re-launched MySpace SOIL site. We ...

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RAUNCHY Completes Work On Nine New Tracks

Danish metallers RAUNCHY have issued the following update: "Time again for some news. So far nine [new] songs have taken [their] final form in our writing process and we still continue to optimize and rearrange various parts here and there in the pursuit to make things as good as possible. We've als...

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METALLICA's ULRICH: We Made 'Some Kind Of Monster' Movie To Piss KERRY KING Off

Britain's Metal Hammer magazine (web site) recently conducted an exlusive interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich about the progress of the recording sessions for the group's new album, among other topics. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Hammer: How easy was it to can Bob Rock? Lars:...

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METALLICA In 92.3 K-ROCK 'Hostile Takeover'; Audio Highlights Available

METALLICA members Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich took over the the airwaves on New York's 92.3 K-Rock on Monday, July 23. Check out the playlist and listen to highlights at this location. METALLICA hasn't even finished recording its new album and already the project has a fan in VELVET REVOLVER drumme...