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SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY Announces New Lineup
Tampa, Florida-based grindcore act SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY has announced the addition of drummer Pete Lamb, bassist Matt Simpson and samplist Jen Muse to the group's ranks. Mike Petrak and Jesse Jolly have decided to pursue their other musical endeavors full-time. Commented guit...June 24, 2008
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SON OF SAM: New Album Release Date, Track Listing Revealed
SON OF SAM, the resurrected band led by DANZIG guitarist Todd Youth, will release its sophomore album, "Into The Night", on September 16 through Horror High, LLC. A track from the CD, "The Bleeding", is available for streaming on the group's MySpace page. "Into The Night" track listing: 01. The Blee...June 23, 2008
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JUDAS PRIEST Singer On 'Nostradamus': 'I Love Getting Lost In The Characters'
JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford and guitarists K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton sat down with WAXQ (Q104)/New York's Ian O'Malley to discuss the group's new double-disc concept album, "Nostradamus", as part of FMQB's radio special, "Inside Judas Priest: Nostradamus". A couple of excerpts from the cha...June 23, 2008
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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer Talks About His Early Songwriting Contributions To Band
Stalker magazine recently conducted an interview with original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Stalker: What band were you in prior to the formation of JUDAS PRIEST? Atkins: Late 1968, I was in a band I named THE CHAPTERS OF LIFE, but our agency thought the...June 22, 2008
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ANTHRAX Bassist BELLO Forced To Sit Out HEAVY MTL Festival; JOEY VERA Steps In
ANTHRAX will utilize the services of bassist Joey Vera (ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING) for its appearance at the Heavy MTL festival on Sunday, June 22 at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. "Frankie [Bello, ANTHRAX's longtime bassist] can't make the Montreal gig due to a family obligation,...June 20, 2008
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CONSORTIUM PROJECT: 'Nowhere Fast' Video Posted Online
"Nowhere Fast", the new video from CONSORTIUM PROJECT the band led by former ELEGY/VENGEANCE singer Ian Parry can be viewed below. The clip was filmed last December at the well-known discotheque Outland in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Later in January 2008 Ian filmed extra footage in the mountain reg...June 20, 2008
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ANTHRAX Guitarist To Tour Europe With PEARL
ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian will perform with PEARL the band fronted by Pearl Aday, Ian's fiance and daughter of legendary crooner Meat Loaf on the following European dates: July 04 - Recreation Ground - Bath, UK * July 05 - Barfly - Cambridge, UK July 06 - Broadlands House - Ramsey, UK * July 08 .....June 20, 2008
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GOTHIC METAL PALACE Festival Organizers Explain Cancellation
The Gothic Metal Palace festival, which was scheduled to take place June 20-21 in Zuidlaren, The Netherlands, has been officially cancelled. The organizers' statement regarding the cancellation reads as follows: "In spite of all our efforts to make this festival happen we simply cannot go through wi...June 18, 2008
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Nostradamus
After the mostly well-received "Angel of Retribution" proved that JUDAS PRIEST could mine their own past for amiable, if hardly classic, for-the-fans renditions of their former glories, the future was both wide open and closing in on the veteran British metal band. They seemed to finally be at home...June 18, 2008
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DEEP PURPLE To Play Israel In September
According to Ynet, DEEP PURPLE will play two shows in Israel at the end of the summer September 7 and September 8 at Hangar 11 in Tel Aviv. As previously reported, DEEP PURPLE will be joined by the group's former keyboardist Jon Lord during its appearance at the Sunflower Jam 2008 on Thursday, ...June 17, 2008
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JUDAS PRIEST Bassist On NOSTRADAMUS' Prophecies: 'A Lot Of It Is Possibly A Load Of Crap'
Arthur Karras of Australia's Beat magazine recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. On the "Nostradamus" concept album: "It's a massive piece of work for us. After the 'Angel Of Retribution' album we were glad to have Rob Halford...June 17, 2008
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'Swedish Death Metal' Book Expanded Edition Due In July
INSISION/TYRANT bassist Daniel Ekeroth's acclaimed history "Swedish Death Metal" will be available this July in revised and expanded edition from new U.S. publisher Bazillion Points. The ultimate insider's account of the rise of the Scandinavian metal scene, the book boasts over 450 pages, over 500...June 16, 2008
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AIRBOURNE Interviewed At UK's DOWNLOAD Festival; Video Available
Kerrang! and NME.com conducted separate interviews with Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE at this year's Download festival, which is being held June 13-15 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, UK. Watch the footage below. AIRBOURNE's new video for the song "Runnin' Wild" featuring a special cameo by MO...June 15, 2008
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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer AL ATKINS Completes Work On Autobiography
Original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins has completed work on his autobiography, titled "Dawn of the Metal Gods: My Life in Judas Priest and Heavy Metal". The book, which was was written with Neil Daniels a freelance rock writer and heavy metal fan who befriended Atkins during the writing of Neil's b...June 14, 2008
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QOTSA's JOSH HOMME To Alleged 'S**t-Thrower': I'll Butt-F**k You, You Chickens**t F****t
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman Josh Homme called out an audience member yesterday (Friday, June 13) for allegedly "throwing shit" at him during QUEENS' performance at the Norwegian Wood festival in Oslo, Norway. The entire incident was captured on video by NRK Lydverket and can be viewed below. Al...June 14, 2008
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