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GWAR: 'Beyond Hell Live' DVD Now Available

GWAR's manager Sleazy P. Martini has announced the release of the band's "Beyond Hell Live" DVD. He said, "The long-awaited 'Beyond Hell Live' DVD is finally here. Available now only on tour with GWAR at merchandise booths and here at this website, this DVD is the best documentation of a GWAR tour y...

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ZOMBI To Release Two Digital EPs

ZOMBI will see the digital release of their "Zombi Anthology" and "Digitalis" albums on December 11. The "Zombi Anthology" collects the band’s first two self-released EPs, "Zombi" and "Twilight Sentinel". Digitalis was previously a limited tour-only EP featuring the title track (taken from "Surface...

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KROKUS' 'Original' Lineup Reunites For Swiss TV Appearance; Video Available

Founding members of the legendary Swiss hard rock band KROKUS reunited with vocalist Marc Storace for an appearance this past Sunday (November 18) on a TV show honoring the greatest Swiss songs of all time. The "Die grössten Schweizer Hits" program featured KROKUS performing a medley of the tracks "...

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HEAVEN AND HELL: Tokyo Press Conference Highlights Posted Online

A three-minute video clip containing highlights from HEAVEN AND HELL's October 19, 2007 press conference at the Hard Rock Café in Tokyo — taken during the group's "Ambassadors of Rock" tour of Japan — can be viewed below. An audio interview with legendary BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN AND HELL guitarist Tony...

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GWAR: 'Phallus In Wonderland' To Receive DVD Release In January

Metal Blade has set a January 8, 2008 release date for the DVD version of GWAR's "Phallus in Wonderland", which was originally issued on VHS in 1992. The DVD special features include instant scene access, options to play songs only and curtain call. "Phallus in Wonderland" DVD track listing: 01. Cra...

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LEGION OF THE DAMNED Explains Decision To Reissue OCCULT Recordings

Dutch thrashers LEGION OF THE DAMNED have set a January 2008 release date for "Feel the Blade" (Massacre Records),a reissue of the the "Elegy for the Weak" CD originally released under the band's previous moniker OCCULT. The new version of the LP will contain two new songs that didn't appear on the...

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HANOI ROCKS Frontman: 'The Band Is In Great Shape'

Legendary Finnish rockers HANOI ROCKS have just returned from Japan, where they played five sold-out gigs in Hiroshima, Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo. "The audience went totally crazy at our gigs and lived through every moment with the band. Japanese fans have incredible amount of energy," singer Michael...

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BRAINSTORM: New Album Artwork Revealed

German metallers BRAINSTORM have revealed the cover artwork for their new album, "Downburst", due on January 25 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy and January 28 in the rest of the world via Metal Blade Records. The CD will be released as a regular jewelcase as well as in a limited edition j...

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GRIEF OF WAR Signs With PROSTHETIC RECORDS

Los Angeles-based Prosthetic Records has announced the signing of Japan's GRIEF OF WAR. Having formed — in their own words — for the purpose of being the true heir of real heavy metal, GRIEF OF WAR was started from humble beginnings in 2002 based out of Tokyo, and almost immediately after forming, t...

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THREE: 'The End Is Begun' To Be Reissued With Bonus Track, DVD

Woodstock, NY's progressive rockers THREE will have their sophomore CD, "The End is Begun", re-released as a digipak on February 19, 2008. The audio CD will feature the 13 previously released tracks as well as a bonus cut, THREE's spin on the classic PINK FLOYD song "See Emily Play", which will be t...

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And Blood Was Shed in Warsaw

Many death metal bands have been heard discussing a steadfast dedication to a music and lifestyle rarely accepted by those in the mainstream and that is afforded little support outside traditional media outlets. Few of those bands have been able to persevere long enough and truly starve for their ar...

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It's Official: KROKUS' 'Original' Lineup To Reunite For Swiss TV Appearance

It has now been confirmed that founding members of the legendary Swiss hard rock band KROKUS will reunite with vocalist Marc Storace for an appearance on a TV show honoring the greatest Swiss songs of all time. The "Die grössten Schweizer Hits" program will feature KROKUS performing a medley of the...

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CATARACT: Studio Report Available

Swiss metalcore band CATARACT has uploaded the first three parts of a studio report covering the recording sessions for the group's new album at Tue Madsen's (HEAVEN SHALL BURN, CALIBAN, HIMSA, END OF DAYS, BORN FROM PAIN, KNUCKLEDUST) Antfarm facility in Denmark. Check it out at this location (PDF...

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UK's DEMOLITION RECORDS 'In Negotiations' With WHITESNAKE

Nebusiness.co.uk reports: A company behind some of the biggest rock stars from past and present is set to double its annual sales by landing lucrative deals with legendary bands ZZ TOP and WHITESNAKE. Tyneside (UK) record label Demolition Records, which has offices in Frankfurt, Manhattan, Tokyo and...

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VELVET REVOLVER: We Don't Understand Why We've Been Denied Japanese Visas

VELVET REVOLVER has been forced to cancel its four scheduled concerts in Japan as immigration officials there have denied the band's request for visas. According to concert promoter Creativeman Productions Co., Ltd., "the members of VELVET REVOLVER were looking forward to their tour of Japan — a ser...