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VENOM Frontman On New Album: I Wanted To Re-Create What Original Band Was All About

Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector.com recently conducted an interview with VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the subject of the detractors, fans who believe the only "real" VENOM includes Mantas and Abaddon: Cronos: "Look, VENOM has over the years had so m...

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PROJECT: FAILING FLESH: Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

PROJECT: FAILING FLESH's Kevin 131 (GARDEN OF SHADOWS, TWISTED TOWER DIRE, BRAVE, WHILE HEAVEN WEPT) has issued the following update on the recording sessions for the group's new album, "The Conjoined": "We have just about finished mixing the new record. I have spent the last few weeks doing mixes,...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singer Preparing For Japanese Tour

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Doogie White has posted the following tour update on his official web site: "Well, team, here we are the penultimate gig of the USA tour and we are in Nashville. The guests on the tour have been ORANGE SKY and they are nothing short of awesome every night. We made some new .....

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Puerto Rico's DANTESCO Confirmed For KEEP IT TRUE VI Warm-Up Show

Puerto Rico's DANTESCO have been confirmed as the opener of the Keep It True VI warm-up show, dubbed "Metal Knights", set to take place on April 7, 2006 at Sporthalle in Dittigheim, Germany. Also scheduled to perform at the warm-up concert are HIRAX and DRIFTER. The Keep It True VI festival, which i...

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Promoter: WATCHTOWER Have Not Been Invited To Play PROGPOWER USA Festival

Contrary to a statement made by WATCHTOWER guitarist Ron Jarzombek during a recent interview with San Antonio Rocks, legendary progressive metal band WATCHTOWER "have not been extended an invitation" to perform at ProgPower USA in 2006, the festival's promoter Glenn Harveston told BLABBERMOUTH.NET....

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Friends Mark Anniversary Of DIMEBAG's Death

Greg Prato of Billboard.com has issued the following report: Next Thursday (Dec. 8) will mark a year since the on-stage murder of PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, who was shot to death by an enraged fan during a DAMAGEPLAN show in Columbus, Ohio. While rumors swirl of impending...

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VADER Confirmed For 'Metal Crusaders' North American Tour

Polish death metal veterans VADER will headline the American portion of the "Metal Crusaders Tour" in May/June 2006, teaming up with bands like KATAKLYSM (headliner of the Canadian leg of the tour),NUCLEAR ASSAULT, SPEED\KILL/HATE (featuring members of OVERKILL) and THE ABSENCE. As previously repor...

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DEATHGASM RECORDS Acquires UNITED GUTTURAL

As of November 28, 2005, Deathgasm Records and United Guttural Records have merged. The combination of Deathgasm and United Guttural will create one of the largest independent extreme metal labels in North America. After two months of negotiations, Rich Lipscomb of United Guttural Records and FLESHG...

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'New Wave Of American Heavy Metal' Book Documents Over 600 Bands

Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector has just published "New Wave of American Heavy Metal", a 376-page book with over 90 photos, featuring over 600 U.S. and Canadian alternative metal, emocore, hardcore, math metal, metal, metalcore, neo-thrash and screamo bands. In the mid-'90s, in the wake of grunge...

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VADER: 'The Art Of War' Mini-CD To Receive U.S. Release In January

Candlelight Records USA has set a January 24, 2006 release date for the new mini-CD from Polish death metal veterans VADER, entitled "The Art of War". This special mini-album contains six brand new songs ("Para Bellum!!!", "This Is The War", "Lead Us!!!", "Banners On The Wind", "What Colour Is Your...

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QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS: North American Tour Announced

Some of rock's greatest anthems are to be heard performed live again across America after more than 20 years, as rock legends QUEEN, now joined forces with Paul Rodgers, singer and songwriter of BAD COMPANY/FREE fame, announce they are to play a 23-date tour of the USA and Canada this coming spring....

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Death On The Road' U.K. Release Date Announced

IRON MAIDEN have now confirmed the U.K. release date of their much anticipated DVD release "Death on the Road" for February 6, 2006 through EMI Records. This will initially be available as a limited-edition special digipack. The DVD package contains the full performance of their "Dance of Death Tour...

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DARK FUNERAL Confirmed For METALBÅTEN Metal Cruise

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Metalbåten festival, set to take place March 23-24, 2006 on Silja Line. Other bands confirmed to appear at the festival include RAGE, FREEDOM CALL, DISMEMBER and HELLFUELED. Silja Line is the leading passenger sh...

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H.I.M. Frontman Talks About Songwriting Process For 'Dark Light', Breaking U.S. Market

Sauli Vuoti of Imhotep recently conducted an interview with H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the songwriting process for "Dark Light": Ville Valo: "We really had fun doing the album — for the first time in ten years. We have always had all these contrasts in...

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CELLADOR Announce Second Guitarist

Nebraska-based extreme melodic metallers CELLADOR have announced the addition of 22-year-old Brazillian guitarist Bill Hudson (ex-THE SUPREMACY) to the group's ranks. "Bill's tremendous playing style combined with his outrageous ability to learn on the fly has secured our decision in choosing him fo...