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DEATHSTARS: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From London Available

Swedish industrial goth metal band DEATHSTARS came to London recently and Metal Hammer was there to capture the action. The magazine was invited into the "inner sanctum" to chat, drink, smoke and watch the 'STARS as they applied copious amounts of make-up. Watch the footage at this location. As prev...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary Premieres In Washington, New Jersey And New York

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" have announced three June screenings of the documentary — Saturday, June 2 at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival, Sunday, June 3 at the Hoboken International Film Festival and Friday, June 22 at the Staten Island Film Festival. "The Los...

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BAY AREA ROCK FEST Organizers Issue Post-Show Wrap-Up

The organizers of the inaugural Bay Area Rock Fest, a two-day progressive rock and metal festival — which took place May 4-5 at The Independent in San Francisco — have issued the following update: "Over 300 people attended the inaugural progressive rock and metal festival at the Independent in San F...

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Gear Talk With ICED EARTH's SCHAFFER: 'I'm A Gear Head But Not A Gear Whore'

With ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer and producer Jim Morris locked up at Morrisound studios in Tampa this week to mix the band's forthcoming album, "Framing Armageddon", IcedEarth.com checked in with Jon before he left for temporary exile in Florida to inquire about what gear he has and will be usi...

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DOKKEN Members Remember DIMEBAG

"Dimebag" Darrell Abbott will be inducted into Hollywood's Rockwalk on May 17. In a recent with Glam-Metal.com, DOKKEN frontman Don Dokken and guitarist Jon Levin spoke about Dimebag's undeniable influence and lasting legacy. Don Dokken: Of course I was shocked when I heard Dime had been killed. I r...

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SCORPIONS: New CD To Feature Guest Appearance By BILLY CORGAN

According to a posting at ScorpsNews.com, SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker revealed in the latest issue of the French magazine Rock Hard that SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan makes an appearance on vocals in the new SCORPIONS song "The Cross", which is included on the band's new CD, "Human...

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ICED EARTH: 'Ten Thousand Strong' Sample Available

A 30-second audio sample of the ICED EARTH song "Ten Thousand Strong" has been posted online at this location (Real Media). The track comes off the group's upcoming EP, "Overture of the Wicked", has due on June 5 via SPV (one day earlier internationally). A video for the song will be filmed a ...

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MONSTROSITY: 'Firestorm' Studio Clip Posted Online

Tampa, Florida-based death metallers MONSTROSITY have posted a studio clip for the song "Firestorm" at YouTube. The track comes off the group's fifth studio release, "Spiritual Apocalypse", which was released in April via Metal Blade Records. Recorded at Morrisound Studios, the disc features vocals...

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'Get Thrashed' Documentary To Be Shown At New Haven Underground Film Festival

"Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal" — the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — will hit Meriden, CT this Saturday, May 12 as part of the New Haven Underground Film Festival. The movie screens at 5:30 p.m. at the...

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THE NUMBER TWELVE LOOKS LIKE YOU To Release New Song Via Exclusive Hot Topic EP

New Jersey-based progressive metal unit THE NUMBER TWELVE LOOKS LIKE YOU will preview its first album in two years with an EP exclusively available at Hot Topic stores. The EP will include the brand new track "Sleeping With the Fishes, See?" from the band's hotly-anticipated new album "Mongrel". The...

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Guitar Signed By Entire SAVATAGE Band In 1998 Being Auctioned

A Jackson Charvel guitar signed by all members of SAVATAGE in Springfield, VA in September of 1998 on the "Wake of Megellan Tour" is being auctioned on eBay. The group's lineup at the time consisted of Zak Stevens, Jon Oliva, Chris Caffery, Al Pitrelli, Johnny Lee Middleton and Jeff Plate. The aucti...

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ULI JON ROTH To Perform With SMASHING PUMPKINS

Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) will appear as special guest of SMASHING PUMPKINS at two major festivals in Germany — June 2 at Rock am Ring in Nürburgring and June 3 at Rock im Park in Nürnberg. Uli will join the band during the encores and will guest on a couple of songs. As previously reported, ...

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EDEN'S CURSE: Debut Album Samples Available

EDEN'S CURSE, the new hard rock band featuring vocalist Michael Eden, keyboardist Ferdy Doernberg (AXEL RUDI PELL, ULI JON ROTH, ROUGH SILK),drummer Pete Newdeck (STEVE GRIMMETT BAND, PAUL DIANNO'S KILLERS, THE SHOCK),guitarist Thorsten Koehne (CODE OF PERFECTION, DEMON DRIVE) and bassist/songwrit...

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SCORPIONS Frontman On Upcoming CD: 'This Whole Album Is A Unit, A Statement'

SCORPIONS' official French fan club Crazyscorps recently conducted an interview with SCORPIONS frontman Klaus Meine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Crazyscorps: "Unbreakable", your previous album, was released three years ago. Which opinion do you have of that album today, and what balan...

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Former DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist JON LORD Discusses 'From Darkness To Light' Composition

According to The Highway Star, former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord has posted the following update on the Runboard's Deep Purple Fan Forum regarding premiering a new composition called "From Darkness To Light" at the Hell Music Festival 2007 in Trondheim, Norway on Sunday, July 1: "'From Darknes...