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DOPE Guitarist Gives 'School Of Rock' Students Inside Look At 'Black Label Bash' Tour

DOPE guitarist Virus recently gave twenty students from the Ft. Washington Paul Green's School Of Rock, where he teaches when off tour, a day to remember. On the afternoon of April 11, Virus invited the kids to The Electric Factory, where the Black Label Bash (featuring BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, SEVENDUS...

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GRAHAM BONNET Featured On 'Lyraka - Music From a Mermaid Empire'; Another Clip Available

Legendary rock singer Graham Bonnet (RAINBOW, MSG, ALCATRAZZ, IMPELLITTERI) is featured on "Lyraka - Music From a Mermaid Empire", a highlights CD featuring songs from the "Lyraka" movie. According to the filmmakers, Bonnet is the voice of the musical narrator throughout the 3D animation movie (proj...

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IRON MONKEY: Early Albums To Be Re-Released With Bonus Tracks

Two long-out-of-print releases from cult U.K. aggro-doomsters IRON MONKEY will be reissued on May 25 via Earache Records, housed in one value-packed set, retailing for the price of a normal full-price CD. The band's 1997 self-titled debut effort, "Iron Monkey", introduced the world to how warped and...

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ANIMALS AS LEADERS To Be Featured On Oregon Radio This Sunday

Progressive instrumentalists ANIMALS AS LEADERS — the new project of 7-and 8-string guitar wizard Tosin Abasi (ex-REFLUX) — will be the featured act on this week's (May 3) edition of "Common Sense", a two-hour program that airs at 1 p.m. each Sunday on KBVR-FM in Corvallis, Ore. The show can streame...

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ELECTRIC BOYS: 'Best-Of' Collection Due This Month

Reunited Swedish rockers ELECTRIC BOYS have inked a deal with Spinefarm Records. A 20-track "best-of" collection, titled "Now Dig This!", will be released on May 25. It features songs from the band's three studio albums, including "Psychedelic Eyes", "Mary In The Mystery World", "Groovus Maximus", "...

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THEATRE OF TRAGEDY Resumes Recording New Album

Norway's THEATRE OF TRAGEDY has entered Room 13 studios in Oslo to resume recording its seventh album for a tentative September release via AFM Records. Video footage of the CD's drum-recording sessions, which were completed late last year, can be viewed below. THEATRE OF TRAGEDY's new album is bein...

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TESLA Guitarist Answers Stupidest Questions Ever Asked In The History Of Rock Journalism

Dave Rude, guitarist for TESLA and the aptly titled DAVE RUDE BAND sat down with RUFKM to answer 13 of the stupidest questions ever asked in the history of rock journalism. This hard-hitting interview provides insights into TESLA's newest album "Forever More" as well as answers the more important qu...

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MANOWAR's 'The Asgard Saga': Promo Clip Available

"The Asgard Saga", the world premiere of the fantasy collaboration between MANOWAR and Wolfgang Hohlbein, will begin at Magic Circle Festival III, scheduled to take place at the Loreley on the Rhine River in Germany on July 18, 2009. Headlining the festival, MANOWAR will perform material from the co...

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KORN Sticks To Basics At Tour Opener

According to The Pulse of Radio, KORN kicked off their first tour in more than a year on Saturday night (April 25) in Tucson, Arizona on what RollingStone.com described as a "nearly bare" stage with stripped-down production. The 14-song, 70-minute set focused heavily on singles and fan favorites, al...

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At War with Decency

It's all about frame of mind. Not so pissed off as to require high-volume repeats of BLACK FLAG's "Damaged", but hung over and generally agitated enough that anything from ISIS flows right past without notice. Enter SOLLUBI's "At War with Decency", a 53-minute journey through a hypnotic abyss of doo...

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CULTED Signs With RELAPSE RECORDS

Relapse Records has announce the signing of the Canadian/Swedish project CULTED. The group's debut album, "Below The Thunders Of The Upper Deep", is scheduled for release in July. CULTED — Michael Klassen, Matthew Friesen, Kevin Stevenson and Daniel Jansson (KEPLERS ODD, DEADWOOD) — formed two years...

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CATTLE DECAPITATION Interviewed In Montreal; Video Available

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION on April 15, 2009 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Watch the 27-minute chat below. CATTLE DECAPITATION's video for the song "Regret & the Grave" was shot earlier this year with director Gary Smithson (GOATWHORE,...

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MANOWAR's 'The Asgard Saga' To Premiere At MAGIC CIRCLE FESTIVAL

The world premiere of the fantasy collaboration between MANOWAR and Wolfgang Hohlbein has been announced. "The Asgard Saga" will begin at Magic Circle Festival III, scheduled to take place at the Loreley on the Rhine River in Germany on July 18, 2009. Headlining the festival, MANOWAR will perform ma...

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TOM MORELLO And BOOTS RILEY Join Forces To Form STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB

Tom Morello and Boots Riley have joined forces to form STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB. The group's anticipated self-titled debut album will be released June 16 through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group. The 11-song set was produced by Tom Morello and features Boots Riley on vocals, Morello on...

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COVERED CALL Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Swedish melodic hard rock band COVERED CALL — which features established members of the Swedish music scene, including founding member/drummer Ronny Svanströmer and Thomas Vikström (ex-CANDLEMASS, THERION) — has been confirmed for the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesb...