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FUELED BY FIRE: New Audio Interview With Guitarist RICK RANGEL Available

TheRighttoRock.com has has issued its latest podcast (episode #40),featuring vocalist Rick Rangel from FUELED BY FIRE. The interview lasts approximately 25 minutes and can be heard at this location. FUELED BY FIRE released its self-produced debut, "Spread the Fire!!!" in Europe on August 13 via Met...

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SOILENT GREEN: Release Date Announced For New Album

Southern sludge grind-metallers SOILENT GREEN will release their new album on April 15, 2008 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was helmed by Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL, ex-MORBID ANGEL) at Mana Recording in St. Petersburg, Florida. Touted as "one of the ten most important hard and heavy bands" by Rollin...

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MIDDIAN Starts 'Defense Fund' In Legal Dispute Over Band Name

MIDDIAN, the band featuring former YOB leader Mike Scheidt, has issued the following update: "As many of you know, MIDDIAN received a cease-and-desist demand in October from MIDIAN of Milwaukee LLC. This demand required MIDDIAN to stop using our name completely, stop selling our album, and further d...

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SAXON, MERCYFUL FATE Classic Titles To Be Reissued On Limited-Edition Vinyl

Night of the Vinyl Dead will reissue SAXON's "Dogs of War" and MERCYFUL FATE's "Into the Unknown" albums on limited-edition vinyl this month. The details are as follows: SAXON - "Dogs of War" (originally released by SPV in 1995) * Limited-edition sandy vinyl plus bonus SAXON stickers set * Hand-numb...

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ASG To Release 'Win Us Over' In January

Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina-based quartet ASG (short for AMPLIFICATION OF SELF-GRATIFICATION) will release its fourth album, "Win Us Over", on January 22, 2008 via Volcom Entertainment, 2008. The CD was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Matt Hyde. "Win Us Over" track listing: 01. Right De...

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DOWN Bassist: 'Now That We're Cleaned Up There's No Limit To This Band'

Mark Hensch of Thrashpit.com recently conducted an interview with DOWN/ex-PANTERA bassist Rex Brown. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Thrashpit: Moving on to more personal topics, you replaced CROWBAR's Todd Strange as DOWN's bassist. What initially attracted you to DOWN and why have you b...

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STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER, WITCHFYNDE Confirmed For Greece's NWOBHM FESTIVAL

STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER and WITCHFYNDE have been confirmed for the second installment of the NWOBHM Festival, set to take place November 8, 2008 in Athens, Greece. Also scheduled to appear are reunited NWOBHM masters TOKYO BLADE. The first NWOBHM Festival will be held on February 16, 2008 at AN...

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BRAINSTORM: New Songs Posted Online

German melodic metallers BRAINSTORM will release their new album, "Downburst", on January 22 in North America, January 25 in Germany/ Austria/ Switzerland/ Italy and January 28 in the rest of Europe. A special MySpace page featuring two songs off the upcoming album can be found at this location. Fan...

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MIDDIAN Forced To Change Name, Dropped by METAL BLADE

MIDDIAN, the band featuring former YOB leader Mike Scheidt, has issued the following update: "So, we had a hell of a time finding a name. When MIDDIAN was suggested, we did a search and found nothing out there. So we went ahead and called ourselves MIDDIAN. However, in October, we received a cease-a...

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ONKEL TOM Confirmed For Germany's WINTERBREATH Festival

SODOM frontman Thomas "Angelripper" Such's ONKEL TOM has been confirmed for the 2008 edition of the WinterBreath festival, set to take place January 4-5 at Hauptsmoorhalle in Strullendorf, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 7 MILES OF GREEN ABANDONED BIERSCHNAPPS CLITEATER CRIPP...

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LIZZY BORDEN: Audio Interview Available For Download

A recent audio interview with LIZZY BORDEN frontman/namesake conducted by Mike Metal of "The Metal File" on CHOM 97.7 FM in Montreal, Quebec, Canada is available for download at this location (13 MB). LIZZY BORDEN in October filmed a video for the song "Tomorrow Never Comes". The clip, which was sho...

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GWAR: New Audio Interview With ODERUS URUNGUS Available For Download

A recent audio interview with GWAR frontman Oderus Urungus conducted by Mike Metal of "The Metal File" on CHOM 97.7 FM in Montreal, Quebec, Canada is available for download at this location (13 MB). MetalUniverse.net has uploaded video footage and photos of GWAR's December 3, 2007 concert at Club So...

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MAGNUM: 'Wings Of Heaven Live' Double Live CD Due In February

SPV will release a new double live CD from MAGNUM, entitled "Wings Of Heaven Live" on the following dates: Germany: February 22, 2008 Rest of Europe: February 25, 2008 USA: April 8, 2008 It has been almost 20 years since the British melodic rock act MAGNUM brought out one of the best and most succes...

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HAIL OF BULLETS: Four-Song Promo CD To Be Released On Limited-Edition Vinyl

HAIL OF BULLETS' semi-legendary four-track promotional CD, which recently brought the band a deal with Metal Blade Records, will be released on vinyl in January 2008 through Iron Pegasus Records from Germany. The limited-edition EP will be available in two different versions from various mailorders...

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SPIDERS & SNAKES Making New Moves As 2007 Comes To A Close

Los Angeles glitter and glam rock heroes SPIDERS & SNAKES are celebrating the release of their new "Melodrama" album on Corporate Punishment Records (distributed by Koch Entertainment) by making a few waves to close out 2007 and kick the new year off in grand style. The band has three songs — "F...