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EXODUS Cancels Beijing Show

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS have issued the following update: "Due to visa issue with China, we are forced to cancel our Beijing show [on September 25 at Mao Live House]. We want to thank the Chinese fans as well as Painkiller magazine/Icon Promotions for their support and understanding....

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DIMMU BORGIR's Final Show With MUSTIS, ICS VORTEX; Video Footage, Photos Available

Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR played their final show with keyboardist Mustis (real name: Øyvind Mustaparta) and bassist/clean vocalist ICS Vortex (real name: Simen Hestnæs) on August 15, 2009 at this year's Thrash Till Death Festival in Kavarna, Bulgaria. Also on the bill were th...

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OPETH To Play Israel In November

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will perform at the Hall 11A Exhibition Grounds in Tel Aviv, Israel on November 10. Austria's Stormbringer.at webzine conducted an interview with OPETH guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt at this year's Brutal Assault festival, which was held August 6-8, 2009 in P...

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, NECROPHOBIC To Team Up For BONECRUSHER FEST

Having garnered much attention and praise for the popular Never Say Die! club tour, Avocado Booking has helped bring the best and brightest acts of the hardcore, metal, and punk realms to audiences all over Europe. Now they’re flexing their muscles in both extreme, chest-pounding metal with a stella...

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EVERY TIME I DIE, DEAD BY APRIL Added To European 'Taste Of Chaos Tour'

EVERY TIME I DIE has been confirmed as the support act for the entire European edition of the "Taste Of Chaos Tour 2009" which is being headlined by IN FLAMES and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. In addition, DEAD BY APRIL has been added to the Scandinavian leg of the trek (Sweden, Norway, Finland),with more ban...

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GRAVE To Begin Writing New Album In The Fall

Guitarist/vocalist Ola Lindgren of Swedish death metallers GRAVE has issued the following update: "First of all, a big thanks go out to all of you fans who showed up at the summer festivals the past month. Especially Summer Breeze [in Germany] was very impressive. To see that massive amount of peopl...

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FIREHOUSE: New Audio Interview With BILL LEVERTY Available

RockMusicStar.com recently conducted an interview with FIREHOUSE guitarist Bill Leverty. The chat is now available for streaming below. With his guitar work as a member of FIREHOUSE, Leverty set the rock world ablaze with his fiery riffs and solos. But Leverty is no one-trick pony, as evidenced by h...

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STARKWEATHER Signs With DEATHWISH INC.

Philadelphia's STARKWEATHER has inked a deal with Deathwish Inc., the label founded by CONVERGE vocalist Jacob Bannon. Commented STARKWEATHER: "It's been a long four years since our last release. In that time we've been to Europe, played some spectacular and not-so-spectacular shows in the States, a...

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RAVENS CREED: New Album Title Revealed

RAVENS CREED, the "VENOM-worshipping scumbags" featuring ORANGE GOBLIN's Ben Ward, as well as Steve Watson (ex-IRON MONKEY),Jason Graham, and former SABBAT bassist Frazer Craske, have set "A Conspiracy Of..." as the title of their next album. According to the band, "So far we have a good chunk of i...

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MACHINE HEAD: Pro-Shot Footage From U.K.'s SONISPHERE Festival Available

Professionally filmed video footage of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD performing the song "Halo" on August 2 at the Sonisphere festival at the legendary Knebworth Park, United Kingdom can be viewed below. MACHINE HEAD — who announced on July 7 that they were pulling out of the U.K. So...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Performs SKID ROW Classics With Country Duo BIG & RICH; Video Available

Ex-SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach performed two classic songs from his former band — "Youth Gone Wild" and "I Remember You" — with American country music duo BIG & RICH on August 25 at Telus Field in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Fan-filmed video footage of the "I Remember You" performance can be v...

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MR. DEATH: 'Detached From Life' Release Date Announced

MR. DEATH — the Stockholm, Sweden-based "straightforward, brutal, old-school death metal" band featuring Stefan Lagergren (TREBLINKA, EXPULSION, VOLDET) on guitar, Alex Stjärnfeldt (OCEANLIFT, EDWARD, DCLXVI) on guitar, Jonas Ohlsson (VOID, MASSIVE) on drums, Jörgen "Juck" Thullberg (TREBLINKA, TIAM...

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JADED HEART: New Album Details Revealed; Audio Samples Available

Frontiers Records has set an October 16 release date for the tenth JADED HEART studio album entitled "Perfect Insanity". Formed in 1990 by singer and songwriter Michael Bormann (ex-BONFIRE) and his brother Dirk Bormann (guitar),JADED HEART's lineup was completed the following year when Michael Müll...

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PRIMAL FEAR: South American Tour Report

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have posted a lengthy diary (text and pictures) covering the band's recent South American tour. Check it out at this location. Fan-filmed video footage of PRIMAL FEAR's August 8, 2009 concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina can be viewed below. "16.6 (Before The Devil K...

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TOM ARAYA On 'World Painted Blood': 'This Is A SLAYER Record For SLAYER Fans'

Mick Stingley of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. KNAC.COM: Please discuss the new album: what makes it so exciting for you? Speaking as a SLAYER fan, what can you say to other SLAYER fans about it? Tom Araya:...