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SMASHING PUMPKINS, DREAM THEATER, SLASH Confirmed For Japan's SUMMER SONIC Festival
SMASHING PUMPKINS, DREAM THEATER and SLASH are among the confirmed artists for Japan's annual Summer Sonic festival, which has the unusual distinction of occurring in two places at once — outside of Tokyo and in the city of Osaka. Since the festival lasts between two and three days, bands will often...March 17, 2010
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IMAGIKA: Entire New Album Available For Streaming
"Portrait Of A Hanged Man", the new album from San Francisco Bay Area power/thrashers IMAGIKA, is available for streaming in its entirety at this location. Due in Europe on March 19 and in the U.S. on May 11 via Metalville, the CD was recorded at Fang Studios in San Mateo, California by IMAGIKA ...March 16, 2010
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KING DIAMOND's 'Abigail' Is One Of 'Ten Greatest Album Covers in Roadrunner History'
Since 1910 musicians have associated visual arts with their sonic output in the form of the almighty album cover. And since 1987, Roadrunner Records has been a source of some visually stunning and visually disturbing images in the wide world of album art, nevertheless honoring the tradition. Whether...March 16, 2010
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OCTOBER FILE Frontman Interviewed By METAL GODS TV
Metal Gods TV conducted an interview with Ben Hollyer of the U.K. act OCTOBER FILE at the Hammerfest II festival, which was held March 11-13, 2010 at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, United Kingdom. Watch the chat below. OCTOBER FILE will release its long-awaited third album, "Our Souls To You...March 16, 2010
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DRAGONFORCE Guitarist's Pfaeffikon Workshop; Video Available
Video footage of DRAGONFORCE guitarist Herman Li's March 12, 2010 guitar workshop at Seedamm Music Store in Pfaeffikon, Switzerland can be viewed below. DRAGONFORCE recently parted ways with lead singer ZP Theart"due to insurmountable differences of musical opinion," according to a statement release...March 16, 2010
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FORBIDDEN: New Songtitles Revealed
Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area metallers FORBIDDEN have entered Sonic Room Studios in Livermore, California to record their as-yet-untitled fifth studio album for a late 2010 release via Nuclear Blast Records. Last week, drum tracks for the effort were laid down at Bombshelter Studios in downtow...March 15, 2010
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DEVILDRIVER, THE HAUNTED, RAISED FIST, THE CROWN Confirmed For Sweden's GETAWAY ROCK
DEVILDRIVER, THE HAUNTED, RAISED FIST, THE CROWN, AC4, CRAZY LIXX, SNAKESTORM, AMY'S ASHES, DREAMLAND and AMARANTHE have been confirmed for this year's Getaway Rock festival, set to take place July 8-10 in Gävle, Sweden. Comments festival manager Tomas Jernberg: "As we have mentioned before, it's of...March 15, 2010
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TO/DIE/FOR Completes Songwriting Process For New Album
Finnish gothic metallers TO/DIE/FOR have issued the following update: "All songs for the TO/DIE/FOR's sixth album are composed. Songs are only waiting to be recorded. There is also gonna be a couple of songs which Jape [Perätalo; vocals] and Tonmi [Lillman; drums] did together in early '90s with the...March 13, 2010
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FINNTROLL: London Footage Posted Online
SoundShock.co.uk has uploaded video footage of Finnish folk metallers FINNTROLL's March 8, 2010 performance at O2 Islington Academy in London, England. Watch the clip below (videography editing and photography by Asif Salam). "Nifelvind", the new album from FINNTROLL, has registered the following fi...March 12, 2010
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DRAGONFORCE Guitarist's Niederlenz Workshop; Video Available
Video footage of DRAGONFORCE guitarist Herman Li's March 11, 2010 guitar workshop at Musik Produktiv Schweiz AG in Niederlenz, Switzerland can be viewed below. DRAGONFORCE has parted ways with lead singer ZP Theart"due to insurmountable differences of musical opinion," according to a statement relea...March 12, 2010
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HAMMERFALL: Milwaukee Concert To Be Streamed Live
Tuesday night's (March 16) concert at The Rave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin featuring Sweden's templars of steel HAMMERFALL (with special guest POWERGLOVE) will be streamed live via TheRaveLive.com beginning at 9:00 p.m. EST. To access the free live concert stream: 1) Click on this link 2) Click on the "...March 12, 2010
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KIUAS: Another New Song Posted Online
"The Visionary", a brand new song from Finnish power metallers KIUAS, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off KIUAS's fourth album, "Lustdriven", which is scheduled for release on March 31 via Spinefarm Records. The CD was produced at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki...March 12, 2010
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METALLICA: Raw Footage Of Bogota Riots
Video footage of the chaos that erupted Wednesday night (March 10) as hundreds of METALLICA fans without tickets attempted to crash the band's concert at Bogota, Colombia's Simon Bolivar Park can be viewed below. Around 160 people were arrested and at least eight people injured during the riot, acco...March 11, 2010
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DELAIN Announces New Bassist
DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock/metal project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — has announced the addition of bassist Otto "The Baron" Schimmelpenninck van der Oije (DETONATION) to the group's ranks. He will make his li...March 11, 2010
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THE CULT To Perform Entire 'Love' Album On Australian Tour
THE CULT will perform its classic album "Love" in its entirety during its tour of Australia and New Zealand in May. "The band is redefining the live album experience with the 'Love Live Tour'; nothing is comparable to witnessing THE CULT fully engaged in the live creation of arguably their seminal a...March 11, 2010
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