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LYNCH MOB Confirmed For Japan's LOUD PARK Festival

LYNCH MOB has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Loud Park festival, set to take place October 17-18 at Makuhari Messe, a convention center in Japan located in the western region of Chiba Prefecture, close to Tokyo. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Saturday, October 17:...

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BËEHLER Featuring Former EXCITER Members: New Demo Completed

BËEHLER — the Canadian band featuring the former EXCITER drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler, former EXCITER bassist Allan Johnson and guitarists Sean Brophy and Scott Walsh — has completed work a new three-song demo featuring the tracks "Eternal Tormentor", "March Of Death" and "Organized Mayhem". BËEHLER...

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ANVIL: 'This Is Thirteen' First-Week Sales Revealed

ANVIL's re-release of the group's latest album, "This is Thirteen", sold around 1,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.) The CD landed at position No. 19 on the Top New Art...

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TESTAMENT's PETERSON Shows Off Signature Guitar; Video Available

Video footage of TESTAMENT's Eric Peterson showing off his new Dean signature guitar, the "Old Skull V", can be viewed below. "It's a guitar I've been playing for a while, and I think people will enjoy the action," Peterson previously said. "It's got triple-binding, all-black EMG pick-ups, block inl...

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SHADOWS FALL Frontman Says New Album Is 'More Aggressive' And 'Immediate'

Chad Bowar of About.com recently conducted an interview with SHADOWS FALL frontman Brian Fair. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. About.com: What led you to release "Retribution" on your own label? Brian Fair: A lot of things led that way. It began with us coming through every cycle of the m...

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WHITESNAKE/WINGER Guitarist Interviewed; Audio Available

The Iron City Rocks podcast recently conducted an interview with WHITESNAKE and WINGER guitarist Reb Beach. The chat can now be streamed using the audio player below. Iron City Rocks is a podcast devoted to promoting Pittsburgh-based rock, hard rock, heavy metal and blues music. WHITESNAKE was force...

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ROSE TATTOO Frontman Joins Fight Against Knife Culture

Jon Pierik of BrisbaneTimes.com.au reports that ROSE TATTOO frontman Angry Anderson, prominent youth worker and a high-profile Catholic priest have joined forces to curb the growing knife culture in Australia. Anderson, Melbourne youth worker Les Twentyman and prominent Melbourne priest Father Bob M...

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SHADOWS FALL Frontman Says Releasing New Album Through Band's Own Label Is 'Perfect Transition'

Direct Metal Music recently conducted an interview with vocalist Brian Fair of New England metallers SHADOWS FALL. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Direct Metal Music: On [the new SHADOWS FALL song] "King Of Nothing", Randy Blythe from LAMB OF GOD joins you guys. How did that come about? B...

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DOWN Sets Record Straight Regarding 'Falsehoods' In BOSTON HERALD Article

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — h...

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Paperback Edition Of Unauthorized JUDAS PRIEST Biography Due In February

The paperback edition of "The Story Of Judas Priest: Defenders Of The Faith" will be published on February 15, 2010 via Omnibus Press. The book — which Geoff Barton of Classic Rock said "is great on the early history of the Brummie metal legends" and Chad Bower of About.com called "well-written and...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS' Bitten By 'Fan' During HAIL!'s Stockholm Concert

In a bizarre show of appreciation, a fan attending HAIL!'s concert last night (Saturday, September 12) in Stockholm, Sweden bit the leg of the band's frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens (also of YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR; ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) while the group was on stage performing its headlinin...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Raw Footage From Korea To Be Released On DVD

Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force Records will soon begin releasing rare archival concert footage that many Malmsteen collectors will want to have. The first is Yngwie in Korea, which will be officially released October 13, 2009. This is the raw footage that was shot by the Korean media, and it featur...

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ANVIL Schedules Toronto In-Store

Canadian metal legends ANVIL will take part in an in-store performance and signing session at Sunrise Records in Toronto, Ontario, Ontario on September 22, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. For more information, go to this location. ANVIL — whose rock-doc "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" has certainly been the most feel...

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HAIL!: More Copenhagen Footage Posted Online

More video footage of HAIL!'s September 7, 2009 concert at the Rock in Copenhagen, Denmark can be viewed below (courtesy of "Metalex1982"). HAIL!'s current touring lineup includes guitarist Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA),vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, BEYOND FEAR, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ICED EAR...

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DOWN Covers VAN HALEN Classic In NYC; Quality Video Footage Available

Video footage of DOWN performing the VAN HALEN classic "Ain't Talking About Love" last night (Friday, September 11) at the Nokia Theatre in New York City can be viewed below. Also available is a clip of the "Hail The Leaf" performance from last night's show. As previously reported, former PANTERA an...