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JUDAS PRIEST Producer Taks About Making Of 'Painkiller'

Greece's Metalzone recently conducted an interview with legendary producer Chris Tsagarides (THIN LIZZY, BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST, BRUCE DICKINSON, GIRLSCHOOL, IAN GILLAN, KING DIAMOND, HELLOWEEN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, OZZY OSBOURNE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On today's production t...

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PAIN Mainman Discusses New Album; Video Available

A seven-minute video interview with PAIN leader Peter Tägtgren (also of HYPOCRISY) about the Swedish band's fifth full-length album, "Psalms of Extinction", has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). The video also includes a tour of Peter's legendary Abyss Studios where such acclaimed...

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KING DIAMOND Guitarist: New CD Features 'Best Songs And Production We've Had In Years'

KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque is back home in Sweden after "a very heavy and intense mixing session" in Dallas, Texas with the band's singer/namesake King Diamond on the group's long-awaited new album, "Gimme Your Soul ... Please". "It's definitely the best songs and production we've had in...

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ELVENKING Finishes Recording New Album

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING has finished recording its new album and is about to leave for Helsinki, Finland to begin the mixing the effort at Sonic Pump Studios. Due this fall via AFM Records, the CD will feature a guest appearance on two tracks by Swedish guitarist Mike Wead (KING DIAM...

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SLIPKNOT Singer, ANTHRAX Guitarist To Jam At New York City's Retox Club

STONE SOUR/SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor will perform a few songs with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian at the Retox rock bar in New York City on Thursday, April 5. Taylor's STONE SOUR bandmates and members of SHADOWS FALL are also expected to be in attendance. Retox (511 West 28th Street) was opened by...

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REKUIEM: 'Time Will Tell' Special Edition Due In April

REKUIEM (formerly REQUIEM),the cult NWOBHM band that was at the very start of the British metal movement alongside such names as DIAMOND HEAD and WITCHFINDER GENERAL, has posted the following message on its official web site: "A special edition release of REKUIEM's 'Time Will Tell' album with an ex...

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SOLITUDE AETURNUS, ONSLAUGHT Live DVDs Due In May

Metal Mind Productions has set a May 14 European release date for the new SOLITUDE AETURNUS and ONSLAUGHT live DVDs, entitled "Hour of Despair" and "Live Polish Assault 2007" respectively. The footage for both discs was filmed/recorded on February 12, 2007 at the Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland. SOLI...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Frontman: 'I Want To Be The Only Man In This World'

Daniel Robert Epstein of SuicideGirls.com recently conducted an interview with TYPE O NEGATIVE frontman Peter Steele. An excerpt from the chat follows: SuicideGirls.com: I bet you get some really cute girls at your shows. Peter Steele: There are always cute girls at our shows. But I'm getting old an...

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Harvest

It's official, Sweden's NAGLFAR is incapable of doing wrong, "Harvest" being the newest instance proving the point. The band has honed its sound somewhat since 2003's excellent "Sheol" by going for a more immediately impacting style of black/death metal, still unarguably ferocious, but with underlyi...

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New INSATANITY Track Posted Online

Drummer Dave Kinkade (INSATANITY, ex-DIVINE EMPIRE, MALEVOLENT CREATION, COUNCIL OF THE FALLEN) has issued the following update: "I have decided to release a pre-production demo of one of the new INSATANITY songs since I've been getting emails asking 'What the fuck?' everyday. This is a super-raw, u...

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VELVET REVOLVER: North American Tour Dates Announced

VELVET REVOLVER has lined up the following tour dates during the coming months: South American tour: April 10 - Pista Atlética Del Estadio Nacional - Santiago, Chile April 12 - Estádio do Morumbi - São Paulo, Brazil April 13 - Citibank Hall - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 15 - Quilmes Rock 2007 @ Est...

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CAGE Signs With MTM MUSIC

MTM Music has announced the signing of San Diego-based "modern-day power metal" band CAGE. The group's new album, "Hell Destroyer", wiill be released on May 18. According to a press release, "Hell Destroyer" is a concept album which "travels through time from the Crucifixion up to a modern day New W...

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DIAMOND HEAD: New Album Samples Available

Three 60-second audio samples from NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD's upcoming "What's In Your Head?", have been posted online on the group's official web site. "What's In Your Head?" was previously described by the band as "a powerful but varied collection of songs." Ot...

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ALLEN / LANDE's 'Revenge' Due In May

Frontiers Records has set a May release date for "The Revenge", the greatly anticipated second chapter of the ALLEN / LANDE musical alliance. The first result of Jorn Lande and Russell Allen's collaboration, "The Battle" was unleashed in September 2005 with unanimous acclaim from fans and critics al...

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LAMB OF GOD Drummer Says Band Will Play This Year's OZZFEST

LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler has issued the following update via the band's official fan club, the Congregation: "Sitting in my hotel room on a day off in Montreal. What a lame rock star thing to say. Let's start again. Last night we played Guelph, Ontario. Possibly the hottest show we have ever...