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AMON AMARTH: Swedish Signing Sessions, CD-Release Party Announced

Swedish metallers AMON AMARTH have scheduled the following in-store signing sessions, as well as a CD-release party in Stockholm, for their new album, "Twilight Of The Thunder God": Sep. 18 - Club Distorsion (Pub Anchor) - Stockholm, Sweden (Release Party) Sep. 19 - Bengans - Stockholm, Sweden (Sign...

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DUFF MCKAGAN's LOADED Joined By GILBY CLARKE, MATT SORUM For Hollywood Performance

LOADED, the band formed by current VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan (on guitar and vocals) after he left GUNS N' ROSES, played a warm-up show for its European tour on September 2, 2008 at the Viper Room in Hollywood, California. Joining LOADED on stage for a couple of numbers were McKagan's form...

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SLASH To Appear In ALICE COOPER's 'Vengeance Is Mine' Video

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash reportedly makes an appearance in ALICE COOPER's recently completed video for the song "Vengeance Is Mine". The track comes off ALICE COOPER's new album, "Along Came A Spider", which sold just under 10,000 copies in the United States i...

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IMAGIKA: In Songwriting Mode

San Jose, California-based metallers IMAGIKA have issued the following update: "The band has made some great strides with the release of 'Feast For The Hated' this year. The CD was one the most played/added U.S. metal radio releases this summer on CMJ and FMQB. We started out 3 (CMJ) and 5 (FMQB) an...

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ELVENKING: New Album Title, Track Listing, Artwork Revealed

Italian folk metallers ELVENKING have set "Two Tragedy Poets (...And A Caravan Of Weird Figures)" as the title of their new acoustic album, due in Europe on November 14 via AFM Records. The CD will be released in digipack and jewel case formats and will be preceded by an Internet-only single. "Two T...

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AMORPHIS To Enter Studio In November

Finnish metallers AMORPHIS will embark on a North American tour in September. Guitarist Esa Holopainen says: "This is our first tour in this region with our latest album, 'Silent Waters'. Tickets are selling well so you can only be happy. We picked SAMAEL and LEAVES' EYES as support acts because we...

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SONIC SYNDICATE: 'Love And Other Disasters' Trailer Available

A three-minute video trailer for "Love and Other Disasters", the third album from the Swedish modern metal band SONIC SYNDICATE, can be viewed below. An e-card for "Love and Other Disasters" is available at this location. Due in North America on October 14 via Nuclear Blast Records (September 19 in...

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METAL CHURCH: Audio Interview With RONNY MUNROE Posted Online

Sonic Excess conducted an interview with METAL CHURCH vocalist Ronny Munroe at the end of last week. Listen to the chat at this location. Fan-filmed video footage of METAL CHURCH's August 14, 2008 performance at Bourbon Street in New Port Richey, Florida can be viewed below. METAL CHURCH has posted...

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XXX Cancels Video Shoot

XXX, the Gothenburg, Sweden-based glitter-rock trio featuring Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME),has cancelled its previously announced "Hello" video shoot, which was scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 13...

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Wake the Sleeper

If memory serves, the last URIAH HEEP album I owned was 1982's "Abominog" and the last one I recall hearing was 1985's "Equator". So yes, it has been awhile. Mick Box and the boys certainly haven't waited for me to catch up and continued releasing albums, just like they've been doing since 1970. Tha...

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FLOWING TEARS: New Song Posted Online

German female-fronted gothic metallers FLOWING TEARS have made a new song entitled "Colossal Shaped Despair" available for streaming on their MySpace page. The track comes off the group's new album, "Thy Kingdom Gone", due on October 20 via Ascendance Records, the new label funded by Lee Barrett (fo...

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DISSECTION, NECROPHOBIC Members Join Forces In TRIDENT

TRIDENT, the Swedish death metal band formed by guitarist Johan Norman (DISSECTION, SOULREAPER),is currently at Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND) Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden recording guitar and bass for its upcoming debut album. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Jaws of Satan",...

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SONIC SYNDICATE: 'Love And Other Disasters' Track-By-Track Breakdown Available

Swedish modern metal band SONIC SYNDICATE recently offered a track-by-track breakdown of its third album, "Love and Other Disasters", for the German edition of the Metal Hammer magazine. Check it out in English, German. An e-card for "Love and Other Disasters" is available at this location. Due in N...

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SCOTT WEILAND To Release 'Happy' In November

Jonathan Cohen of Billboard.com reports that former VELVET REVOLVER and current STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland's second solo album, "Happy", will arrive November 18 via his own Softdrive label. The set was co-produced by Scott Weiland and Doug Grean, with Steve Albini engineering. "Happy"...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Featured On FUSE TV's 'Live Through This'; Video Available

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan was featured on the Fuse TV program called "Live Through This" which explores the true stories of rock stars that hit rock bottom and then climbed back to the top. The show, which premiered on Saturday, August 23, can be viewed in three parts bel...