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OZZY OSBOURNE To Be Honored At GOLDEN GODS AWARDS

America's first-ever hard rock and heavy metal music award show — the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, presented by the Honda Fury — will take place Tuesday, April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles and be broadcast on MTV2 as a one-hour special debuting Saturday, May 2. Rock...

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Republicans Use AEROSMITH Song to Rally Behind Stimulus Vote

TwentyFourBit reports: When the U.S. House of Representatives voted on President Obama's proposed stimulus plan, Republicans unanimously voted against it in what some said was a unifying move for the party. The House GOP decided that even though they failed at blocking the stimulus plan, their stand...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE, DARKEST HOUR Members To Help Find 'Next Great Metal Band'

Richmond, Virginia's Plan 9 Music has invited a panel of celebrity judges consisting of Ryan Waste and Dave Witte from MUNICIPAL WASTE, Ryan Parrish from DARKEST HOUR, and Eric Larsen from ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY/PARASYTIC to take part in a search for "the next great metal band" during a live finalist...

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SOL INVICTO: New Remixes Posted Online

SOL INVICTO, the drum 'n' bass-meets-metal side project of DEFTONES guitarist Stephen Carpenter, Eric Bobo of CYPRESS HILL on percussion and drums, Richie Londres from the C.L.P. (CULTURA LONDRES PROYECTO) on production/guitar and AJ Cookson (U.K.-based producer),has uploaded two new remixes to its...

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IMMORTAL, PAIN, BLAZE BAYLEY, HELSTAR Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK Festival

IMMORTAL, PAIN, BLAZE BAYLEY, HELSTAR and HYSTERICA have been confirmed for this year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMBERIAN DAWN (FIN) AMON AMARTH (S) AXIDENT AVENUE (N) BLACK TOOTH (TUR) BLACKFOOT (USA...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Takes Part In Liverpool Meet-And-Greet; Video Available

Eric Peterson, guitarist of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal legends TESTAMENT, took part in a meet-and-greet/signing session at Dolphin Music in Liverpool, England this past Thursday, February 12. Fans in attendance also got a chance to check out his brand new Dean Eric Peterson "Old Skull" V Gu...

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AVANTASIA: New Album Due Before End Of Year

According to a posting on EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's MySpace page, Sammet will release a new album from his AVANTASIA project before the end of the year. More details will be made available soon. In a recent interview, Sammet stated about his plans for the forthcoming AVANTASIA CD, "I will do ev...

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IRON MAIDEN Bassist's Daughter LAUREN HARRIS Interviewed; Video Available

Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" recently conducted an interview with Lauren Harris — singer and daughter of legendary architect and bassist of IRON MAIDEN, Steve Harris. The chat can be viewed in three parts below. As previously reported, Lauren Harris recently took part in a "...

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BURNT BY THE SUN: Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

New Jersey-based hardcore/metal act BURNT BY THE SUN recently entered Trax East studios in New Jersey to begin recording its long-awaited third full-length album, "Heart Of Darkness". The follow-up to 2003's "The Perfect Is The Enemy Of The Good" is being produced by Eric Rachel, who has previously...

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OLD MAN'S CHILD: New Song Posted Online

Norwegian melodic black metal band OLD MAN'S CHILD, which is led by guitarist/vocalist Galder (also in DIMMU BORGIR),has posted the title track from its forthcoming album, "Slaves Of The World", on the group's MySpace page. Due on May 19 via Century Media Records (one day earlier internationally),...

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GRAHAM BONNET, MARIO PARGA Interviewed At NAMM; Video Available

Gorilla Shots On Demand conducted an interview with SAVAGE PARADISE members Mario Parga (guitar; FORCEFIELD, COZY POWELL) and Graham Bonnet (vocals; RAINBOW, MSG, ALCATRAZZ) on January 17, 2009 at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show at the Anaheim Convention Center in Ana...

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New STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Album Expected In Early 2010

The Pulse of Radio reports that STONE TEMPLE PILOTS frontman Scott Weiland has told Spin magazine that the band will release a new album in early 2010. In a new interview on his current solo tour, Weiland revealed that guitarist Dean DeLeo and bassist Robert DeLeo have begun writing music, explainin...

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JANE'S ADDICTION Planning Another L.A. Show, Australian Dates

The reunited JANE'S ADDICTION will play at The Echoplex in Los Angeles, California on Monday February 16 beginning around 11:00 p.m. If you want to attend, register for the band's mailing list. The first 500 people to register that are 18 years of age and older will be invited to come. In other ...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Audio Interview Posted Online

A seven-minute audio interview with legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen conducted in September 2008 by Norway's Metal Express Radio has been posted online at this location. "Perpetual Flame", the new album from Malmsteen, sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of re...

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WYKKED WYTCH Vocalist Featured In 'Metal Queens: Black Metal' Book

Vocalist Ipek of Florida-based extreme metallers WYKKED WYTCH will be featured in the book "Metal Queens: Black Metal Volume I Number III", due in March via Carnifex Press. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/carnifex_metal. WYKKED WYTCH has been added to the third annual California Metalfes...