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TESTAMENT Guitarist Says New Album Is 'Very Traditional-Sounding'

Guitarist Eric Peterson of the veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT recently spoke to Decibel magazine about the group's forthcoming album, "The Formation of Damnation", due in North America on April 29 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band recently spent time recording the effort with p...

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SLAYER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SHADOWS FALL: EMG PICKUPS Signings At NAMM Announced

SLAYER, SHADOWS FALL, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE members are among the musicians that will be taking part in signing sessions for EMG Pickups at this year's winter NAMM show, which takes place January 17-20 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The complete EMG sign...

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DEATH ANGEL: New Song To Air On Tonight's 'Metal Zone'

A brand new DEATH ANGEL song, entitled "Sonic Beatdown", will air on tonight's (Friday, January 4) edition of "Metal Zone" on 107.7 The Bone with host Nikki Blakk between 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. PST. To listen to the program live via the Internet, click here. Rob Cavestany, Ted Aguilar and Dennis P...

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SPEED X Featuring BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, QUEENSRŸCHE Members; Audio Available

A preview clip of the track "Speed" from the band SPEED X — featuring BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Nick Catanese, QUEENSRŸCHE's Mike Stone and DOUBLEDRIVE drummer Mike Froedge — is available for streaming at this location. A two-minute video clip of Catanese talking about SPEED X can be viewed belo...

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THE FREEZING FOG Signs With DENTAL RECORDS

Manchester, UK-based "classic rockers" THE FREEZING FOG have inked a deal with Sweden's Dental Records. The group's debut album, "March Forth To Victory", which was made available in the UK last year, will be released in the rest of Europe in early 2008. The CD will come in a luxurious digipack with...

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DEATH ANGEL Schedules NAMM Signing Session

Rob Cavestany, Ted Aguilar and Dennis Pepa of the legendary Bay Area thrash band DEATH ANGEL will take part in a signing session at this year's NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) convention. The signing will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, on Saturday January 1...

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CATTLE DECAPITATION Announces New Drummer

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION have issued the following update: "We're pleased to inform everyone that David McGraw (ex-SLEEP TERROR) is our new drummer! Things went great with him on the Death By Decibels tour and we will commence writing our next album with him starting next mont...

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LAMB OF GOD, BLACK SABBATH, ANTHRAX Members Signing And Performing For SAMSON At NAMM

Samson Technologies has a robust and growing artists relations program and will once again showcase the program at NAMM with a range of talented newcomers and seasoned veterans. Samson has an all-star schedule of over 25 artists signing autographs and demonstrating products this year. With artists f...

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DEATH ANGEL, FORBIDDEN To Team Up For San Francisco Show

Bay Area metal veterans DEATH ANGEL and FORBIDDEN will team up for a special show on February 29, 2008 at Slim's in San Francisco, California. DEATH ANGEL will release its new album, "Killing Season", on February 26 in the U.S. and February 29 in the rest of the world. The CD was mixed at Studio ...

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TESTAMENT Confirmed For CHICAGO POWERFEST 2008

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have been confirmed for the Chicago Powerfest 2008, set to take place on May 1-3 at The Pearl Room in Mokena, Illinois. Commented festival organizers, CRJ Productions: "The news came just in time for Christmas, and made the holidays that much better...

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Ex-ANTHRAX Singer JOEY BELLADONNA: New Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of former ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna's December 21, 2007 concert at the The Filmore NY @ Irving Plaza — featuring a guest appearance by ex-GRIM REAPER guitarist Nick Bowcott — can be viewed below (courtesy of "oneshot73"). Belladonna last year made three full albums' wor...

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RUSH Lighting Director Interviewed

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site RushIsABand.com,, the December issue of Projection, Light and Staging News contains an interview with RUSH lighting director Howard Ungerleider where he discusses the "Snakes & Arrows" tour and his history with the band. Read the interview atthis locat...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist Records Holiday Classics

DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess has recorded a set of four holiday classics as an online feature release, entitled "Jordan's Holiday Seasonings". These solo piano performances were recorded December 20 in Jordan's living room on his beloved Steinway D, and recorded direct to Korg's amazing M...

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DORO Talks 'Metal' Christmas

While in Europe on tour, Doro Pesch spoke with Metal Asylum about her latest EP, "All We Are: The Fight", and plans for another run of U.S. tour dates for 2008. Metal Asylum: Now I know you have homes in both the States and Germany so where are you spending the holidays? Doro: ...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Guitarist Talks About New Project; Video Available

A two-minute video clip of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Nick Catanese talking about his new project — also featuring QUEENSRŸCHE's Mike Stone and DOUBLEDRIVE drummer Mike Froedge — can be viewed below. In a recent interview with KNAC.COM, Catanese stated about how the new band came together, "Stone...