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AC/DC Completes Filming 'Rock 'N Roll Train' Video

Australia's Undercover News reports that AC/DC filmed its "Rock 'N Roll Train" video in London on Friday, August 15. The song will be the first taste of the band's new "Black Ice" album, due in October. One fan at the shoot said in an online posting, the song "has a heavy driving drumbeat ...

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THE SHOWDOWN: Another New Song Posted Online

Tennessee's THE SHOWDOWN will release its third full-length album, "Back Breaker", on August 19 via Solid State Records. Another track from the CD, "Prometheus - The Fires of Deliverance", is now available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. "Back Breaker" final track listing: 01. Titanomachy...

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GIRLSCHOOL Confirmed For Spain's MARTOHELL OKTOBERFEST

Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has been confirmed for the Martohell Oktoberfest 08, set to take place October 4 in Martorell (near Barcelona),Spain. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ARTILLERY (Denmark) GIRLSCHOOL (UK) NECRODEATH (Italy) SILVER FIST (Spain) METRAL...

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GIRLSCHOOL: New Album Title Revealed

Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has set "Legacy" as the title of its 30th-anniversary album, due in October via Wacken Records/SPV. The CD will reportedly feature a plethora of special guests, including Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH),Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO),...

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ENSLAVED Members Comment On 'Vertebrae' Artwork, WACKEN Listening Session

The Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED have revealed the first glimpse of the artwork for their forthcoming masterpiece "Vertebrae" which will be released September 29 via Indie Recordings. Painter Truls Espedal comments on the artwork: "Back in 2001, one of those nights wi...

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Report: UK Rock Magazines Endure 'Difficult' First Half Of 2008

Music Week reports that UK music magazines endured a difficult first half of 2008, with only Metal Hammer making significant gains, while Kerrang!, NME and Q all saw double-digit falls in readership. Future Publishing's Metal Hammer ended the half year up 6.0% with 48,540 readers, although this was...

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HYDROGYN To Film 'Deadly Passions' Video

Ashland, Kentucky-based rockers HYDROGYN have issued the following update: "The band is currently taking a couple weeks off from the road but not vacationing. "The band met last night with Scott Neill from Mule Media to finalize the script for the new video which is to start production next week. Th...

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HOLY MOSES: New Album To Feature Guest Appearances By DESTRUCTION, OBITUARY Members

DESTRUCTION, OBITUARY and AXEL RUDI PELL members are among the guest musicians who appear on "Agony of Death", the new album from long-running German thrashers HOLY MOSES. Ferdy Doernberg (AXEL RUDI PELL) contributed keyboards and samples, as well as intros and outros, and played slide guitar on "Th...

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ALL SHALL PERISH Drummer Offers New Album Track-By-Track Breakdown

A track-by-track breakdown of "Awaken The Dreamers", the new album from the Oakland extreme metal outfit ALL SHALL PERISH, offered by the group's drummer Matt Kuykendall is available on the web site of the German edition of Metal Hammer magazine: English, German. The cover artwork for "Awaken The Dr...

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TESTAMENT: Edmonton Footage Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT performing the song "Practice What You Preach" on July 27, 2008 at the Shaw Conference Center in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (clip uploaded by YouTube user "evilernie667"). TESTAMENT has scheduled the following in-store appearances...

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U.D.O.: 'Mastercutor Alive' Artwork Unveiled

U.D.O., the German band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, celebrated its 20th anniversary by playing two special shows in Germany on April 30 in Solingen at Cobra and May 3 in Tuttlingen at Stadthalle. The three-hour Tuttlingen concert was filmed for a DVD and live CD, entitled "Maste...

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WARMACHINE Honored At TORONTO INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS

WARMACHINE was honored in the "Best Metal" category at the fourth annual Toronto Independent Music Awards, which were held on July 31 at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Also nominated were ARYA, STALINGRAD, SIN DEALER and APE. Toronto Independent Music Awards (TIMA) recogniz...

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GIRLSCHOOL: Italian Dates Postponed

Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has postponed its previousy announced Italian dates in order to do promotion in support of its upcoming CD. The group says, "Very sorry for any inconvenience, but we will be there at some point." The affected shows are as follows: Oct. 23 - Rome,...

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DEMOLITION HAMMER: 1988 'Skull Fracturing Nightmare' Demo Available For Download

The 1988 four-song "Skull Fracturing Nightmare" debut demo cassette by respected New York thrashers DEMOLITION HAMMER has been made available for download at the Bazillion Points metal demo blog. According to the blog post, "On DEMOLITION HAMMER's first demo, the trio already controlled a deathly mi...

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MCQUEEN Seeking New Bassist

UK all-girl band MCQUEEN is seeking "a talented and inspiring female bassist." The group says, "Preferably, we want you to be over 21 years old (so you can drink in the USA!) but if you are younger and feel you have the talent and can prove it — we want to hear from you! You ...