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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, STORMLORD Confirmed For Italy's GODS OF METAL Festival

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN and STORMLORD have been confirmed for this year's Gods of Metal festival, set to take place June 27-29, 2008 in Bologna, Italy. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: Friday, June 27: IRON MAIDEN AVENGED SEVENFOLD ROSE TATTOO APOCALYPTICA AIRBOURNE LAUREN HARRIS...

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THE ABSENCE Schedules Florida Dates

Tampa, Florida-based melodic thrash metal band THE ABSENCE which recently announced the addition of drummer Justin Reynolds to the group's ranks has scheduled the following dates: Apr. 03 - The AKA lounge - Orlando, Florida Apr. 04 - Bourbon Street - New Port Richey, Florida Apr. 05 Churchill's - Mi...

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MESHUGGAH Guitarist: JAMES HETFIELD's 'Rhythm Chops Are Incredible'

Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with MESHUGGAH guitarist Mrten Hagstrm. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Ultimate-Guitar.com: Which guitarists influenced your style the most when you first started playing guitar? Mrten Hagstrm: I first started playing, at least seriousl...

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DEATH ANGEL, GOD FORBID: More 'In Thrash We Trust' Tour Dates Announced

San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans DEATH ANGEL will embark on their first full U.S. tour since their initial split 18 years ago! The band will co-headline the "In Thrash We Trust" trek this May/June with GOD FORBID, with support from SOILENT GREEN and LIGHT THIS CITY. Comented DEATH ANGEL guitari...

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TESTAMENT Frontman To Premiere New Songs On Tonight's 'Metal Zone'

TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy will guest on San Francisco's 107.7 The Bone tonight at 10:00 p.m. PST (1:00 a.m. EST) on "Metal Zone" with Nikki Blakk. He will premiere three songs on from TESTAMENT's highly anticipated new album, "The Formation of Damnation". You can listen to the show live via the...

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DRAGONLORD: Updated Itinerary Revealed

DRAGONLORD, the San Francisco-based black metal band featuring Eric Peterson (guitar, vocals; TESTAMENT),Gian Pyres (guitar; ex-CRADLE OF FILTH),Derrick Ramirez (bass),Lyle Livingston (keys) and Jon Allen (drums; SADUS, ex-TESTAMENT),has scheduled the following dates: April 17 - Walnut Creek, CA...

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TESTAMENT Interviewed By SEVEN WITCHES/Ex-HADES Singer

SEVEN WITCHES/ex-HADES frontman Alan Tecchio recently conducted interviews with TESTAMENT members Chuck Billy (vocals) and Alex Skolnick (guitar) for Steppin' Out magazine. Check out the question-and-answer session at this location. A brand new TESTAMENT track, entitled "More Than Meets The Eye", ha...

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MESHUGGAH Drummer Comments On 'obZen' U.S. Chart Debut

It's been three years since Sweden's MESHUGGAH last released a studio album and toured North America, but given their recent achievements, such as debuting at #59 on the American The Billboard 200 chart 9with first-week sales of 11,400 copies),clinching the #14 spot on the iTunes Top Rock Albums ch...

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ObZen

There seem to be two divergent schools of thought on MESHUGGAH: those people whose perspective was permanently altered by the band's revolutionary "Destroy Erase Improve" and "Chaosphere" albums, and who've been unable to warm up to what the band's been up to since then, and those who discovered the...

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DEMISE To Release 'Torture Garden' In April

Polish black/death metallers DEMISE will release their third album, "Torture Garden", on April 7 in Europe via Metal Mind Productions and June 10 in the USA through MVD. The CD was mixed and mastered by James Murphy (DEATH, OBITUARY, TESTAMENT),who also recorded a guest solo in one of the songs. "T...

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MESHUGGAH's 'obZen' Lands On BILLBOARD Chart

MESHUGGAH's latest album, "obZen" has sold 11,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 59 on The Billboard 200 chart. This is substantially more than the 7,000 first-week total achieved by its predecessor, "Catch 33", which landed at No. 170 on The Billbo...

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TESTAMENT: Second Hollywood Show Announced

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have sold out their April 12, 2008 concert at the Key Club in Hollywood, California and have added a second date at the same venue the following night. For a list of upcoming TESTAMENT shows, go to this location. A brand new TESTAMENT track, entitle...

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SAXON, AIRBOURNE Confirmed For Finland's SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival

SAXON and AIRBOURNE have been confirmed for the Sauna Open Air metal festival, set to take place June 6-8 in Tampere, Finland. Also scheduled for the event is a one-off reunion performance by influential Finnish speed/thrash metallers STONE, featuring members of CHILDREN OF BODOM and SUB-URBAN TRIBE...

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GREELEY ESTATES: 'Blue Morning' Video Posted Online

Phoenix, Arizona-based post-hardcore heroes GREELEY ESTATES have unveiled the video for the song "Blue Morning". The clip was directed by Daniel Chesnut/Hurley Entertainment (MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER, MISERY SIGNALS) and features vivid images which capture the intensity of the group's live p...

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DEFIANCE Bassist Robbed At Gunpoint

Last Friday (March 14),bassist Mike Kaufmann of the San Francisco thrashers DEFIANCE was robbed at gunpoint by six guys at the West Oakland BART station (Bay Area Rapid Transit; rail service which connects San Francisco with the East Bay). Commented Kaufmann: "I was barely able to escape and I'm VE...