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METAL BLADE's BRIAN SLAGEL Celebrating 25 Years As 'Master Of Metal'

Scott McLennan of Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports: Metal Blade [Records] has long been an integral player at Worcester's annual metal blowout [New England Metal and Hardcore Festival], and last year while Slagel [Metal Blade CEO Brian Slagel] was attending the show he and festival organizer...

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GOTTHARD: 'Domino Effect' E-Card Available

An e-card for GOTTHARD's new album, "Domino Effect", has been made available at this location. The CD is scheduled for release on April 27. According to singer Leo Leoni, "it is the best GOTTHARD album ever to be released". "Domino Effect" track listing: 01. Master of Illusion 02. Gone Too Far 03. D...

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Year Zero

An extreme right-wing theocratic dictatorship has taken over the U.S. and is waging war against the Middle East, while trying to keep the populace drugged by poisoning its drinking water. The environment and society is collapsing, civil liberties are no more, and Christian military police raid peopl...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Drummer Talks About SEVENTH VOID Side Project

In Utah This Week recently conducted an interview with TYPE O NEGATIVE drummer drummer Johnny Kelly. A few excerpts follow: In Utah This Week: I haven't had the opportunity to see you guys live yet, so tell me, what can fans expect at a TYPE O NEGATIVE show? Johnny Kelly: I think the ...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN To Serve As Honorary Race Official For SUBWAY FRESH FIT 500 Series

Phoenix International Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber has announced that rock superstar Eddie Van Halen will serve as an Honorary Race Official for the SUBWAY Fresh Fit 500 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at PIR on Saturday, April 21. As an Honorary Race Official, Van Halen will be part of pre-race...

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SLAYER Frontman TOM ARAYA: 'For Me, The Family Side Of Things Is Priority Number One'

Kris Swales of Australia's Time Off magazine recently conducted an interview with SLAYER frontman Tom Araya. A few excerpts follow: On what makes up a normal day in the life of a master of metal: "I was at my kid's elementary school at a book fair! I was selling books to try to ...

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SINGLE BULLET THEORY To Record New Demo

Vocalist/guitarist Matt Difabio of the Philadelphia-based metallers SINGLE BULLET THEORY has issued the following update: "SINGLE BULLET THEORY is happy to announce a few things. 1) The final master of the 'The Killing Floor' as well as the bonus live material has been sent to the label and we will...

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GOTTHARD Completes Work On 'The Call' Video

Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD shot the video for their new single, "The Call", last week in Nürnberg, Germany. Directed by Martin Mueller from RCN-TV, the clip was filmed at the famous Grand Hotel, inside the beautiful Richard Wagner saloon as well as the Honeymoon Suite. "As the song itself is a very...

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JIMI HENDRIX Litigation Results In Contempt Order, Judgment Payment

Experience Hendrix, L.L.C., the Hendrix family music company which owns and administers the Jimi Hendrix music rights, has issued the following press release: Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. recently obtained a stipulated court order of almost $900,000 against music entrepreneur Ed Chalpin. The payment t...

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MESSIAH'S KISS Confirmed For MANOWAR's MAGIC CIRCLE FESTIVAL

MESSIAH'S KISS, the German/American/British metal act featuring current RIOT singer Mike Tirelli (HOLY MOTHER, BURNING STARR),will take part in the Magic Circle Festival in the heart of Germany, Bad Arolsen on July 7. Headlining will be the event will be MANOWAR, with many more acts yet to be annou...

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DAATH Guitarist: 'We're Exploring The Negative Sides Of The Human Mind'

While in London to give a blistering performance supporting UNEARTH at the Mean Fiddler, Roadrunner Records U.K. (web site) caught up with DAATH guitarist/co-writer Eyal Levi to interogate him on whatever came to mind. Read on: Roadrunner: You're here touring the U.K. for the first time, finally; h...

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STRONG INTENTION Is Back

Maryland grindcore merchants STRONG INTENTION have issued the following update: "First off, let me apologize for the lack of updates, it certainly was not intentional. Thanx to everyone who has stayed in touch with us over the past year. "So... where to begin. May 2006 we did one of our best tours e...

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The Life Burns Tour

Every time the opportunity arises to listen to APOCALYPTICA I can be heard muttering something about having immense respect for the metal-by-way-of-cello group, but not having the patience for it. Then I listen to it and wonder what the hell I was thinking. The band's renditions of tunes by the like...

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Kings of Beer

Germany's beer-swilling, fart-smelling, fat and happy drunken thrash jokers should need no introduction to any old-schooler worth his denim. While many in the 1980s would have probably predicted a short shelf life for TANKARD and their lowbrow antics, the band has lasted for twenty-five years now (!...

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PSYCHOMANCER Signs With ROTTING CORPSE RECORDS

Indiana death metal veterans PSYCHOMANCER have inked a deal with Rotting Corpse Records for their upcoming album, entitled "Butchered", tentatively due this summer. Recording for the follow-up to 2001's "Si-ko-man-sur" is complete, and final production is currently in progress. "PSYCHOMANCER is stok...