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ICED EARTH: 'The Crucible Of Man' First-Week Sales Revealed

ICED EARTH's new full-length studio album, "The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)", has sold 6,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 79 on The Billboard 200 chart. "The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)" track listing: 01. In Sacred F...

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Official Radio Show For 'Van Halen Saga' Book To Begin Airing Next Week

"Everybody Wants Some – The Van Halen Saga" is the official radio show for the new book by Ian Christe. The one-hour radio special features exclusive interviews with bandmembers past and present, music spanning the "classic" VAN HALEN era and an interview with author Ian Christe — a leading expert o...

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LEAVES' EYES Forced To Pull Out Of AMORPHIS/SAMAEL North American Tour

LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY — has issued the following update: "We are terribly sorry to tell you that our record label has decided to cancel our [previously announced] North American tour [with A...

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AYREON: 'Timeline' 3CD+DVD Compilation Due In November

Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen has completed work on a new AYREON 3CD + DVD compilation album entitled "Timeline". "I've been asked many times before to release an AYREON compilation album, but it just didn't feel right to present fragmented bits of story by lifting individual songs out of...

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ICED EARTH's JON SCHAFFER: Part 2 Of New Video Interview Posted Online

Holland's FaceCulture has posted the second in a four-part series of interview clips featuring ICED EARTH guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer. Watch the footage below. Audio samples of ICED EARTH's new full-length studio album, "The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)", have been posted online on...

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ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY Calls It Quits

Guitarist Erik Larson of Richmond, Virginia natives ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY has issued the following statement: "It’s been a very quiet 2008 from us here in ATP thus far. I know there has been speculation and uncertainty about exactly what the status of the band is, and our apologies go out to y'all fo...

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ICED EARTH's JON SCHAFFER: Part 1 Of New Video Interview Posted Online

Holland's FaceCulture has posted the first in a four-part series of interview clips featuring ICED EARTH guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer. Watch the footage below. Audio samples of ICED EARTH's new full-length studio album, "The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)", have been posted online on t...

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The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part 2)

To say that ICED EARTH fans were anxiously awaiting the second part of Jon Schaffer's "Something Wicked" saga would be a gross understatement, considering that "The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part 2)" also marks the return of singer Matt Barlow. Reading the debates over whether Tim "Ripper" O...

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ICED EARTH: Los Angeles Show Moved To Larger Venue

ICED EARTH's Los Angeles show, which was originally booked at The Avalon for October 24, has been moved to The Wiltern Theatre due to overwhelming demand. Tickets for the new location will go on sale September 6. Due to additional backstage facilities, there will also be a limited number of addition...

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CROM: Band Lineup For SWORDBROTHERS Performance Confirmed

German epic metal band CROM has confirmed the lineup for its appearance at the SwordBrothers Festival on September 13 at the Juz in Andernach, Germany. Vocalist and guitarist Walter "Crom" Grosse, who formed CROM in 2000 because he wanted to follow a different musical path to that of his former band...

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ICED EARTH: 'The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)' Audio Samples Available

Audio samples of ICED EARTH's new full-length studio album, "The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)", have been posted online on the group's MySpace page. "The Crucible of Man (Something Wicked Part II)" will be released through SPV Records on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerla...

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'Swedish Death Metal' Author Demonstrates Classic Swedish Death Guitar Sound; Video Available

In a brief new video tutorial, Daniel Ekeroth, author of the massive book "Swedish Death Metal" (and bassist of TYRANT and INSISION),breaks down and demonstrates the classic Swedish death metal guitar sound invented by Leif Cuzner of NIHILIST and perfected at Studio Sunlight in Stockholm on albums...

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'Swedish Death Metal' Book Author To Guest On SIRIUS' 'Bloody Roots'

Daniel Ekeroth, author of the massive new book "Swedish Death Metal", will appear on this week's "Bloody Roots" show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack channel. Learn how the assassination of the prime minister and the death of METALLICA's Cliff Burton in Sweden in the 1980s gave rise to the wo...

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Former METAL MANIACS Editor JEFF WAGNER To Author History Of Progressive Metal

Bazillion Points Publishing has announced the first definitive book on the elusive world of progressive metal, written by esteemed metal crusader and prog manic Jeff Wagner. Scheduled for release in autumn 2009, the book will detail the common movements of pioneers like OPETH, WATCHTOWER, VOIVOD, AT...

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LEAVES' EYES: DVD Trailer Available

LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY — has posted a trailer for its forthcoming double DVD, "En Saga I Belgia". Watch it below. Footage on the disc was filmed on October 20, 2007 at the Metal Female Voices...