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TARJA TURUNEN: New European Tour Dates Announced
Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen has announced the following "Storm Returns To Europe 2008" tour dates: Oct. 18 - Oktoberhallen - Wieze, Belgium (Metal Female Voices Fest) Oct. 21 - Hala Folimanka - Prague, Czech Republic Oct. 22 - Bonver Arena (Hala Tatran) - Ostrava, Czech Republic Oct. 24 -...July 18, 2008
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SIEGES EVEN Cancels Festival Appearances
Reactivated cult German progressive metallers SIEGES EVEN have have issued the following update: "We have a sad announcement to make: SIEGES EVEN have to cancel their participation of both Night Of The Prog and Rock Of Ages. Guitar player Markus Steffen is suffering from a serious injury of a sinew...July 18, 2008
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SEVENTH CALLING Announces New Lead Guitarist
Minneapolis, Minnesota-based heavy metallers SEVENTH CALLING have announced the addition of lead guitarist Alex Ritchey to the group's ranks. Ritchey will work with SEVENTH CALLING on its sophomore album, "Deliverance", and will join the band live in November when they travel to the East Coast for s...July 17, 2008
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ANGELLIC RAGE To Reunite For PAUL VEE Memorial Show
The surviving former members of the 1990s Denver, Colorado-based metal band ANGELLIC RAGE will reunite for a special memorial show honoring the group's ex-singer Paul Stitt (a.k.a. Paul Vee),who was shot and killed in Las Vegas on July 8 during a liquor store robbery. Commented the band: "It's such...July 17, 2008
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CHRIS CAFFERY: New Shows Announced
Guitarist Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) has scheduled the following dates: Sep. 19 - Dingbatz - Clifton, NJ (solo band) Sep. 20 - Flushing Library - Flushing, NY (solo band, acoustic and electric) Oct. 11 - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill - New York, NY (w/ ULI JON ROTH AND FRI...July 17, 2008
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NEURAXIS: Audio Interview With ROB MILLEY Available
Guitarist Rob Milley of Canada's technical death metal warlords NEURAXIS was interviewed for this week's "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. Download the show as an MP3 file at this location. An e-card for "The Thin Line Between", the new album from NEURAXIS, can be accessed at this lo...July 16, 2008
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CANNIBAL CORPSE: 'Centuries Of Torment – The First 20 Years' First-Week Sales Revealed
CANNIBAL CORPSE's first-ever career retrospective DVD, "Centuries of Torment – The First 20 Years", sold 2,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 8 on the Top Music Videos chart. Commented bassist Alex Webster: "We are very excited by the incredible res...July 16, 2008
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TESTAMENT: Video Interview Available
Scuzz TV conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy and guitarist Alex Skolnick of the veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT at this year's Download festival, which was held June 13-15 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, UK. Watch the chat below. TESTAMENT has scheduled the followi...July 15, 2008
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It's Official: New GUNS N' ROSES Track To Debut In 'Rock Band 2'
Harmonix, the world's premier music video game development company, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom's MTV Networks, along with marketing and distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc., today revealed at the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit new features for the next evolution of the groundbreak...July 14, 2008
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THE AMENTA: 'n0n' Album Details Revealed
Australia's extreme industrial metal collective THE AMENTA has completed work on its latest CD, "n0n", at The Vault Studios in Sydney, Australia with longtime engineer Lachlan Mitchell (NAZXUL). Mastering for the album took place at Studios 301 with Australia's premier mastering engineer Steve Smart...July 11, 2008
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CANNIBAL CORPSE Gets Historic
Keith Carman of ChartAttack.com recently conducted an interview with CANIBAL CORPSE bassist Alex Webster about the group's "Centuries Of Torment: The First 20 Years" retrospective DVD. A few excerpts from the chat follow. Alex Webster: "We did work hard on both the documentary and DVD itself. I know...July 8, 2008
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TERROR SYNDROME: Release Date Set For Debut Album
TERROR SYNDROME, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based band featuring THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen, will release its self-titled debut album digitally through iTunes, Napster and Rhapsody on August 7, 2008. Commented the group: "This album has been in the making for q...July 7, 2008
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Feed The Beast
In case you haven't noticed, the thrash resurgence is in full effect. Though they were in diapers (if even born) when the onslaught of aggression heard on classics like "Kill 'Em All", "Show No Mercy", "Pleasure To Kill" or even "Forbidden Evil" turned the metal world on its collective ear, a new ge...July 7, 2008
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TESTAMENT Guitarist Meets ACRASSICAUDA In Istanbul
TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has issued the following update: "The highlight of [the last week of June] for me was meeting, ACRASSICAUDA (Latin for 'The Black Scorpion'),Iraq's only metal band and the subject of the awesome documentary 'Heavy Metal In Baghdad'. "Recently, I'd been in touch wit...July 5, 2008
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ACROPOLIS: 'The Aftermath' EP Samples Available
Israeli progressive metallers ACROPOLIS have released their debut CD titled "The Aftermath". The 23-minute self-produced EP was mastered by Finnish mastering guru Mika Jusilla at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland and contains seven tracks, "showcasing the band's diverse musicianship and performin...July 5, 2008
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