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Your Chance To Interview AKERCOCKE

On Monday (May 14),the U.K.'s Metal Hammer will conduct an interview with AKERCOCKE for the magazine's "Spanish Inquisition" featrure. As is customary on such occasions, the publication is inviting its readers to submit questions. Make it as probing as you wish and e-mail it [email protected]...

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QUEEN Guitarist BRIAN MAY Rules Out Reality TV Casting

QUEEN guitarist Brian May, a co-producer and musical supervisor on "We Will Rock You", fashioned around 31 of QUEEN's greatest hits, revealed in an interview with Whatsonstage.com that his team have been approached about doing a similar TV program for their musical, which celebrates its fifth birthd...

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Ex-EVANESCENCE Guitarist Says AMY LEE Is 'As Deep As The Shallow End Of A Child's Wading Pool'

Former EVANESCENCE guitarist John LeCompt has offered more details about his exit from the group. According to LeCompt, he was fired from the band. He also said drummer Rocky Gray had quit. In a posting on his blog, LeCompt wrote, "I've been getting your messages all morning and figured I would give...

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VIOLENT STORM's 'Storm Warning' To Receive U.S. Release In July

More and more in the early 21st century, newer metal acts seem to be modeling their sound after the metal masters. And there's a reason why the debut full length by VIOLENT STORM, "Storm Warning", bears a sonic resemblance to the aforementioned metal masters — two of the genre's most renowned guitar...

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THE HIDDEN HAND: Amsterdam Concert To Be Webcast

THE HIDDEN HAND, the band featuring hard rock guitar legend Scott "Wino" Weinrich (ST. VITUS, THE OBSESSED, SPIRIT CARAVAN),will have its May 9 concert at the Paradiso in Amsterdam webcast live, in video and audio, on online concert channel Fabchannel.com. The webcast starts at 21:00 CET. Afterward...

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Munich Valor

Anyone remember FLYSWATTER or PAINT THE TOWN RED? Me either, but some former members of each band have joined forces in this new German melodic hardcore band. If your eyelid just started twitching, calm down – no one said anything about metalcore. If anything, THE BLACKOUT ARGUMENT takes their influ...

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A Great Divide

Those of you with a love for neoclassical progressive metal are strongly advised to seek out "A Great Divide" from New Jersey's SUSPYRE. The group's sophomore release is a 70-minute epic of virtuoso playing, enchanting melodies, and wild prog metal jams that'll have your head spinning for hours on e...

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Dispute the Truth

"Dispute the Truth" by Los Angeles' CERBERUS is Swedish melodic death metal with a dab of heavy American thrash, and it is done right. Tried and true, yes, but executed skillfully with solid songwriting and an overall toughness and spirit that makes for a very enjoyable listen. The follow up to "The...

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STEVE VAI: 'Sound Theories Vol 1 & 2' Double-Live CD Due In June

Epic Records has announced a June 26 release for "Sound Theories Vol 1 & 2", a double-live CD capturing legendary guitarist Steve Vai's electrifying collaboration with the Netherlands Metropole Orchestra. The two-disc set spotlights rare material culled from five European performances, a studio...

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THE DEFACED: New Songs Posted Online

THE DEFACED, the Swedish band featuring DARKANE/TERROR 2000 guitarist Klas Ideberg, has uploaded three new songs on its MySpace page. Check out the full-length version of "Blood of Emeralds" and snippets of "Remaining Eternal" and "Flame to Life" at this location. Also available are photos from a sh...

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AMERICAN DOG To Support TED NUGENT In Columbus

Columbus, Ohio-based AMERICAN DOG, featuring former SALTY DOG bassist Michael Hannon, will support TED NUGENT on June 21 at the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion in Columbus, OH. AMERICAN DOG will embark on a European tour this month in support of its latest album, "Hard". Confirmed dates are as follow...

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FLESHCRAWL Begins Recording New Album, Launches Studio Blog

German death metallers FLESHCRAWL have entered Toninfusion studios in Ulm, Germany to begin recording their new album, tentatively titled "Structures of Death". The band has launched a studio blog at this location. The mixing will take place in early June at Studio Underground in Sweden. Artwork wil...

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Report: COURTNEY LOVE To Sell KURT COBAIN's Things

The Associated Press reports that Courtney Love, widow of NIRVANA singer Kurt Cobain, says she plans to sell most of his belongings. "I'm going to have a Christie's auction," Love, 42, tells AOL music Web site Spinner.com. "(My house) is like a mausoleum." Love and Cobain wed in 1992 and had a daugh...

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SKEW SISKIN To Release 'Peace Breaker' In May

German female-fronted rockers SKEW SISKIN will release their new album, "Peace Breaker", on May 21. Commented SKEW SISKIN singer Nina C. Alice: "We are currently recording the last bits and pieces for this thirteen-track CD. At this very moment, I'm doing vocals for a song called 'We're An Instituti...

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EDENBRIDGE: Samples Of Previously Unreleased Songs Available

Audio samples of four previously unreleased and/or rare EDENBRIDGE songs — "Thin Red Line", "The Silent Wake", "Images In The Sand" and "The Whisper Of The Ages" (originally issued as the Japanese bonus track on the "Arcana" CD) — have been posted online at this location. All three cuts are included...