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KISS, HELLYEAH, SEVENDUST, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Drummers Schedule NAMM Signing Sessions

Pearl Drums is hosting an autograph session at this year's Winter NAMM Show (National Association of Music Merchants),which runs from January 17 to January 20 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The signing will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 19 at the Pearl booth...

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NILE's KARL SANDERS To Offer Guitar Lessons During U.S. Tour

NILE mainman Karl Sanders will be offering guitar lessons during the band's spring 2008 U.S. tour. Lessons will include, but will not necessarily be limited to: * Extreme metal guitar techniques * Melodic guitar application within a death metal context * Warm-up routines, and * Chops-building exerci...

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WHITESNAKE Announces New Drummer

WHITESNAKE has issued the following update: "The new WHITESNAKE album, 'Good To Be Bad', scheduled for release in the spring of 2008 will be their 10th studio record and will feature the exceptional percussive talents of Chris Frazier, the latest member to grace the ranks of the band alongside Doug...

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KATATONIA: 'Studio Time Has Been Booked'

Sweden's KATATONIA has issued the following year-end update: "For KATATONIA, we spent most of [2007] on the road continuing to promote our last album 'The Great Cold Distance' and our 'Live Consteranation' DVD. We also had the honor of making a few visits to countries we previously never played, lik...

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AVERSE SEFIRA: New Album Release Date Confirmed

Candlelight Records has set a February 12 North Amerian release date for "Advent Parallax", the new full-length album from Texas-based AVERSE SEFIRA. Produced by Tore Stjerna (WATAIN, IN BATTLE),the CD features stunning artwork created by renowned artist/illustrator Jos A. Smith (cover artist for t...

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RUSH's NEIL PEART Named 'Drummer Of The Year'

Neil Peart proves that he is still percussively pertinent to a younger generation of drummers by winning DRUM! magazine's "Drummies 2007" "Drummer Of The Year". He also won four other awards. Neil Peart, who turned 55 on September 12, received some pretty cool belated birthday presents from Enter Mu...

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GLENN HUGHES: More Information Revealed About Michigan Concert With CHAD SMITH

More information has been revealed about legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) upcoming appearance in Michigan with RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith. According to a posting on the GHPG.net web site, the concert will take place on Sunday, February 24 at the Emer...

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TIGERTAILZ To Issue 'Clear Statement' On How Band Will Continue To Function

Reactivated UK rockers TIGERTAILZ have issued the following update: "This week brings an end to 2007 and a year we'll never forget, unfortunately for all the wrong reasons. Whilst we still feel very sad, it's important to remember just how lucky we all are and think of people who are in a far worse...

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MOONSPELL: New Audio Interview With MIKE GASPAR Available

Episode 42 of the MetalCast show podcast features a 49-minute audio interview with drummer Miguel "Mike" Gaspar of the Portuguese metal band MOONSPELL. Mike talks about the recording of the group's new album, music and politics, extremism in metal, MOONSPELL history and many other interesting subjec...

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GLENN HUGHES: New Voice Message Posted Online

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) has posted a new voice message on his MySpace page. Glenn talks about his new solo album that is due in the spring, calling it his "greatest work" and describing it as "very, very funky" and "extremely soulful." He also announces a...

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MERCENARY Completes Work On 'Architect Of Lies'

Danish masters of melodic and progressive metal MERCENARY have wrapped up the recordings for their highly anticipated follow-up to 2006's "The Hours That Remain" (which was subsequently awarded the Danish Metal Award in the category "Album Of The Year"). Commented guitarist Jakob Molberg: "So, the n...

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NEUROSONIC To Support PUDDLE OF MUDD In North America

Vancouver, British Columbia hard rock band NEUROSONIC will support PUDDLE OF MUDD on the following dates: Jan. 29 - Slim's - San Franciso, California Jan. 31 - Roseland Theater - Portland, Oregon Feb. 01 - The Big Easy Concert Hall - Spokane, Washington Feb. 02 - El Corazon - Seattle, Washington Feb...

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THE ETERNAL Completes Drum Tracks For New Album

Australian atmospheric/gothic/doom metal band THE ETERNAL has issued the following update: "We have completed tracking the drums [for the new THE ETERNAL album, 'Kartika'] at Mixmaster Studios in Adelaide, South Australia. A big thanks goes to all those involved in the sessions and we are really ple...

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RAGING SPEEDHORN Guitarist Issues European Tour Wrap-Up

Guitarist Gareth Smith of the Corby, UK metallers RAGING SPEEDHORN has posted a lengthy European tour wrap-up on the band's MySpace page. A couple of excerpts follow: "It's weird when you get to the end of a tour… it's usually, as it is now, mixed feelings. I'm going home [to Stockholm, Sweden] tomo...

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NILE: New Video Interview With DALLAS TOLER-WADE Posted Online

Mega Kuusinen from Get in the Pit TV conducted an interview with NILE guitarist/vocalist Dallas Toler-Wade prior to the band's November 23, 2007 concert at Hellä in Tampere, Finland. Watch the interview in two parts below. Headbanger's Blog has uploaded NILE's video for the ridiculously titled but f...