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ZZ TOP Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

ZZ TOP has been confirmed for next year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH (S) BLACKFOOT (USA) BULLET (S) DREAM THEATER (USA) ENFORCER (S) ERIC SARDINAS (USA) EUROPE (S) FORBIDDEN (US) FOREIGNER (...

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DISBELIEF: 'Protected Hell' Artwork Unveiled

The cover artwork for "Protected Hell", the new album from German death metallers DISBELIEF, can be viewed below. DISBELIEF will enter MX studio in Buchen, Germany in January 2009 with producer Michael Mainx to begin recording "Protected Hell" for an April 17, 2009 release via Massacre Records. The...

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SIRENIA Films 'The Path To Decay' Video

Norwegian/Spanish female-fronted gothic metal band SIRENIA has finished filming a video for the song "The Path To Decay" in Gothenburg, Sweden with director Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL) of Revolver Film Company. Guitarist Morten Veland said, "We are very satisfied with the end result a...

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CALIBAN: New Album Title Revealed

German metalcore act CALIBAN has set "Say Hello To Tragedy" as the title of its seventh album, tentatively due in March/April 2009 via an as-yet-undisclosed label. The band says, "With the new songs, we are taking things to the next level from 'The Awakening' [2007] just in a more extreme way! We no...

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God Complex

Answering one of the great burning questions on the metal world's mind — where did keyboardist and programmer John Bechdel go after being in PRONG in the 1990's? — we're graced with the debut of his FALSE ICONS project. That's not entirely fair, of course; the man has done time in MINISTRY and Burto...

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River, Bear Your Bones

CARPICORNS have given themselves an interesting challenge with their latest release, "River, Bear Your Bones". Without the use of vocals, the trio has written a concept album around the River Thames (which has a history dating back over 58 million years) and the city, London, which crept up from its...

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AXL ROSE Takes Part In Another Online Chat, Says There Are 'No Plans' For GN'R Tour Right Now

Reclusive GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose took part in yet another online chat Friday night (December 12),this time via the GUNS N' ROSES fan community ChineseDemocracy.com. BLABBERMOUTH.NET has compiled the most interesting bits from the question-and-answer session and is re-posting them here for yo...

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GENUFLECT: In Writing Mode

GENUFLECT, the Boston-based band featuring former REVEILLE members Drew Simollardes (vocals) and Greg Sullivan (guitar),has issued the following update: "GENUFLECT is currently in the studio writing 'The Shadow Side', a new album due out Friday the 13th of March 2009. Production begins soon and the...

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EISREGEN Extends Deal With MASSACRE RECORDS

German, lyrically extreme, dark metal band EISREGEN has re-signed with Massacre Records for four more albums. Additionally, EISREGEN will release a double live album called "Bühnenblut - Live in Leipzig" in May 2009. "Knochenkult", the seventh album from EISREGEN, entered the Austrian chart at posit...

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VOLBEAT, ERIC SARDINAS, H.E.A.T., THE CHAIR Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

VOLBEAT, ERIC SARDINAS, H.E.A.T. and THE CHAIR have been confirmed for next year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: HEAVEN AND HELL (UK/USA) IN FLAMES (S) DREAM THEATER (USA) EUROPE (S) FOREIGNER (USA) HAMMER...

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IN FLAMES Bassist On Touring, 20-Year Milestone, METALLICA

Zach Dionne of The Maine Campus newspaper at the University of Maine conducted an interview with bassist Peter Iwers of Swedish metal band IN FLAMES on December 6, 2008 in Worcester, Massachusetts. You can listen to the 18-minute conversation at this location. The interview is also available in text...

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JOHNNY WINTER Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Texas blues guitar legend JOHNNY WINTER has been confirmed for next year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: HEAVEN AND HELL (UK) IN FLAMES (S) DREAM THEATER (US) EUROPE (S) FOREIGNER (US) HAMMERFALL (S) MOTÖR...

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DIR EN GREY: We Don't Have To Make An English Song To Sell Records Outside Of Japan

Bryan Reesman of Metal Edge magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Kaoru of Japan's DIR EN GREY. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Edge: Singing in Japanese does not seem to be a detriment in selling DIR EN GREY to an international audience. Was it ever your pla...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: 'It's Been A Great Year For Us On All Fronts'

Lisa Wilton of Sun Media recently conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sun Media: Would you say the new album, "Death Magnetic", is a return to form for METALLICA? Ulrich: I don't agree or disagree with it. The more I hear people...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Hits 60

The Pulse of Radio reports: It's hard to believe, but rock and roll's prince of darkness Ozzy Osbourne turns 60 on Wednesday (December 3). The father of heavy metal and former BLACK SABBATH frontman never anticipated such longevity, figuring he'd succumb to his rock and roll excesses long before he...