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VICIOUS RUMORS To Team Up With RIOT For Japanese Dates

VICIOUS RUMORS will team up with RIOT for two shows at Tokyo, Japan's Club Quattro on April 17-18. A European tour featuring VICIOUS RUMORS and "special guests" AGENT STEEL will follow in June. As previously reported, original VICIOUS RUMORS bassist Dave Starr left the band once again as of January...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD To Publish Autobiography

"We knew we'd recorded a good album; we just didn't know it was that good …" recalls SAXON frontman Biff Byford of 1980's breakthrough album "Wheels Of Steel". For over thirty years, SAXON has been led from the front by charismatic and larger-than-life vocalist Biff Byford. In "Never Surrender", he...

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MORGANA LEFAY, SACRED STEEL, CUSTARD To Team Up For European Tour

MORGANA LEFAY, SACRED STEEL and CUSTARD will team up for a European tour beginning late March. The dates so far are as follows: Mar. 22 - Osnabrück (D) - Bastard Club Mar. 23 - Bietigheim (D) - Farbstrasse Mar. 24 – [to be announced] Mar. 25 - Rotterdam (NL) - Baroeg Mar. 26 - Hamburg ...

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EMERALD To Begin Recording New Album This Weekend

Swiss melodic metallers EMERALD will enter a studio in Aue, Germany on February 10 to begin recording their fourth album, entitled "Hymns to Steel". The following songs will be laid down during the sessions (in no particular order): 01. Preparing for Battle 02. Hymns to Steel 03. Revenge 04. Bastard...

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Reunited SACRED REICH Announces Two Exclusive Dates In Arizona

The original lineup of the long-defunct Arizona thrashers SACRED REICH — Phil Rind (bass, vocals),Wiley Arnett (lead guitar),Jason Rainey (rhythm guitar) and Greg Hall (drums) — will reunite for several shows in Europe this summer, including an appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival on August...

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KATAGORY V: New Audio Interview Posted Online

Hard Rock Haven's Derric Miller checked in with bassist Dustin Mitchell of Utah-based progressive/power metallers KATAGORY V to talk about their progress with the upcoming fourth album, tenatively titled "Hymns of Dissension", the direction this CD is taking versus their previous releases, Dustin's...

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CLOVEN HOOF: New Lineup Complete

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends CLOVEN HOOF have issued the following update: "After an exhaustive series of auditions CLOVEN HOOF has the final pieces of its personnel jigsaw in place. Simon Heywood has been recruited on drums and Ben Read on twin lead guitar. They join Russ North...

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TANKARD To Release 'Best Case Scenario: 25 Years In Beers' This Summer

Long-running Frankfurt, Germany-based thrash metallers TANKARD will enter Stage One studios in Borgentreich, Germany in late March with producer Andy Classen (DEW-SCENTED, CALLENISH CIRCLE, TANKARD, OCCULT) to record new versions of their biggest "hits" — from "(Empty) Tankard" and "Chemical Invasio...

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BLAZE BAYLEY: New Radio Interview To Air Next Week

An interview with former IRON MAIDEN and current BLAZE frontman Blaze Bayley, conducted by Wolf Bayley of West Chester, PA's WCUR 91.7 FM, will air on Friday, February 9 betwen 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. EST on www.wcur.fm. The interview will be recorded this Wednesday, and the version that will air o...

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REDEMPTION: 'The Origins Of Ruin' Release Date Announced

REDEMPTION, the Los Angeles-based progressive metal band led by guitarist/keyboardist/songwriter Nicolas van Dyk and featuring vocal legend Ray Alder of FATES WARNING, will release its third CD, "The Origins of Ruin", on April 3 via Inside Out Music. Injecting traditional progressive metal with an u...

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KROKUS Survives Tour Bus Crash Thanks To 'Guardian Angel'

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported earlier today, the tour bus carrying Switzerland's KROKUS and Sweden's THE POODLES was involved in a crash yesterday (Monday, January 22) in Denmark (photo). The bands were traveling from Oslo to Hamburg when the accident occured just south of Copenhagen. KROKUS an...

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STEEL ATTACK: U.S. Tour Postponed

Swedish metallers STEEL ATTACK have issued the following update: "Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have been forced to postpone the upcoming U.S. tour scheduled for March this year. Some of the venues brought the financial terms of the shows into dispute at the last second. In order to pr...

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SOLITUDE AETURNUS Guitarist Comments On Singer Joining CANDLEMASS

SOLITUDE AETURNUS guitarist John Perez has issued the following update via the band's MySpace page: "First, we would like to thank everyone thus far that has sent such kind words of enthusiasm on our webpage and MySpace concerning our new album, 'Alone'. The response has been nothing short of overwh...

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BLAZE: More Dates Announced

BLAZE, the band fronted by former IRON MAIDEN/WOLFSBANE singer Blaze Bayley, has lined up the following dates: Mar. 24 - Katowice, POL @ Metalmania Festival Apr. 13 - Barcelona, SPA @ Razzmatazz 2 Apr. 27 - Reichenbach, GER @ Die Halle H2O May 12 - Tamworth, UK @ The Palace Dec. 15 - Dudley, UK ...

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CRYSTAL VIPER To Release Debut Album Next Month

Polish female-fronted "true heavy metal" band CRYSTAL VIPER will release its debut album, titled "The Curse Of Crystal Viper", on February 25 via the German label Karthago Records (home of classic '80s metal bands such as NOISEHUNTER, BLACK FATE, GRAVESTONE, ALIEN FORCE and others). The conceptual C...