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EXODUS Bassist Offering Video Lessons

The PlayThisRiff.com web site, which charges $9.99 for a monthly membership, has announced that it now features bass lesson videos from bassist Jack Gibson of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans EXODUS. Learn how to play the songs "A Lesson in Violence", "Bonded by Blood" and "Deathamphetamine". A...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN To Release New Album In October

JON OLIVA'S PAIN drummer Christopher Kinder has issued the following update: "JON OLIVA'S PAIN is currently in final negotiations with AFM Records for the release of our fourth CD (due out October 2009) and our first live DVD, to be filmed in early 2010. We are planning a two-hour show with a setlis...

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UNEARTH Comments On Upcoming North American Tour With TESTAMENT

New England metal giants UNEARTH are currently gearing up for their upcoming tour with TESTAMENT, which kicks off on May 2 in Seattle. The band is touring to support their critically acclaimed album, "The March", which hit streets on October 14, 2008 and debuted at No. 45 on The Billboard 200. Revol...

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SAXON Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

British heavy metal legends SAXON have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AIRBOURNE AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BORKNAGAR BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE CALLEJON CATHEDRAL DRAG...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Interviewed In Amsterdam; Video Available

Holland's Toazted conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area heavy metal legends TESTAMENT when the band played Amsterdam on March 23, 2009 as part of the "Priest Feast" European tour with JUDAS PRIEST and MEGADETH. Watch the chat below. TESTAMENT played its first two...

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JUDAS PRIEST's DOWNING, TIPTON Talk To TOAZTED; Video Available

Holland's Toazted conducted an interview with K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST when the band played Amsterdam on March 23, 2009 as part of the "Priest Feast" European tour with MEGADETH and TESTAMENT. Watch the chat in two parts below. JUDAS PRIEST will celeb...

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SHADOWS FALL Frontman Discusses New Album

Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL have completed work on their sixth album — the band's first to be released through their own label in conjunction with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group and Ferret Music. Tentatively due in September, the CD was recorded primarily at Planet Z in Hadley...

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SUSPERIA: New Album Details Revealed

Norway's SUSPERIA has set "Attitude" as the title of its fifth album, due later in the year via Candlelight Records. Recorded in Norway, the follow-up to 2007's "Cut From Stone" was mixed at Studio Fredman in Sweden and features guest appearances by Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT) and Shagrath (DIMMU BORGIR...

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JUDAS PRIEST: San Sebastian Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of JUDAS PRIEST's March 13, 2009 concert in San Sebastian, Spain as part of the "Priest Feast" European tour with MEGADETH and TESTAMENT can be viewed below (courtesy of "ripwild"). JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford has told Billboard.com that plans are still afoot to stage...

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TESTAMENT To Headline Poland's KNOCK OUT FESTIVAL

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT will headline the Knock Out Festival, set to take place July 11-12, 2009 at Stadion WKS Wawel in Kraków, Poland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: TESTAMENT THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN MESHUGGAH CYNIC HATESPHERE BLINDEAD HORRORSCOPE For more info...

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TESTAMENT, AMON AMARTH, DRAGONFORCE Confirmed For Finland's ANKKAROCK

TESTAMENT, AMON AMARTH, AMORPHIS, DRAGONFORCE and SONATA ARCTICA are among the confirmed bands for the Ankkarock festival, set to take place August 1-2, 2009 in Korso, Vantaa, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Saturday, August 1, 2009: DRAGONFORCE TEHOSEKOITIN HARDCORE SUPERSTA...

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TESTAMENT: Interview With CHUCK BILLY To Air On Tonight's 'Metalheadz'

An interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT conducted on March 25, 2009 at the Islington Academy in London, England will air on tonight's (Tuesday, March 31) edition of Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom's "Metalheadz" show between 10:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midn...

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NAPALM DEATH Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

British extreme metal pioneers NAPALM DEATH have been confirmed for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 2-8, 2009 in Tolmin, Slovenia. Metalcamp festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABORTED ALESTORM AMON AMARTH BLIND GUARDIAN DEATH ANGEL DEATHSTARS DESTRUCTION DIE APOKALYPTSCHEN REI...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have been confirmed for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 2-8, 2009 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The group says, "[This] will be the last and only show before the band focuses a 100% on the recordings for the new album. So be sure not to miss thi...

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OLD MAN'S CHILD: 'Slaves Of The World' Track Listing Revealed

Norwegian melodic black metal band OLD MAN'S CHILD, which is led by guitarist/vocalist Galder (also in DIMMU BORGIR),will release its new album, "Slaves Of The World", on May 19 via Century Media Records (one day earlier internationally). The CD was recorded last fall at Studio Fredman in Gothenbur...