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BEHEMOTH Frontman 'In Great Spirits' Following First Round Of Chemo

Adam "Nergal" Darski, the 33-year-old guitarist/vocalist from BEHEMOTH, has finished the first round of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with a life-threatening form of leukemia and is "in great spirits," according to LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe who spoke with the Polish musician last night...

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IRON MAIDEN's 'The Final Frontier' Tops Charts In 21 Countries

EMI Records is proud of its 30-year, career-long involvement with IRON MAIDEN and the astonishing first-week global chart success of the band's fifteenth studio album, "The Final Frontier", which was released on EMI Records worldwide on August 16 (excluding USA, released by UMe on August 17). IRON M...

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DOWN: 'Diary Of A Mad Band' DVD To Arrive In October?

According to an August 24, 2010 tweet from the French branch of Roadrunner Records, the label has set an October 11 French release date for "Diary Of A Mad Band", the long-awaited new DVD from DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan,...

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GEEZER BUTLER On RONNIE JAMES DIO's Passing: 'It's A Big Part Of My Life Gone'

Keith Carman of Canada's Exclaim! recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal bassist Geezer Butler (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Exclaim!: Is there any real status update on BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN & HELL at present? Geezer: Not...

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IRON MAIDEN Guitarist Talks 'The Final Frontier' On TALKING METAL PIRATE RADIO (Video)

On July 11, guitarist Janick Gers of British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN talked about the making of the band's new album, "The Final Frontier", during an appearance on Talking Metal Pirate Radio. The nine-and-a-half-minute interview clip, which was shot, produced and edited by Jay Bones, can be...

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SAHG: 'Sahg III' E-Card Available

An e-card for "Sahg III", the third album from SAHG — the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks current/former members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE — is available at this location. The CD will be released on August 30 through Indie Recordings. "Sahg III" track listing: 01. In...

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IRON MAIDEN's 'The Final Frontier' Cracks U.S. Top 5

IRON MAIDEN's new album, "The Final Frontier", sold 63,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 4. IRON MAIDEN's previous album, 2006's "A Matter Of Life And Death", opened with 56,000 units to land at No. 9. This was a notable inc...

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HELMET Mainman Talks New Album, Covering THE BEATLES

Joe Bosso of MusicRadar.com recently conducted an interview with HELMET mainman Page Hamilton. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MusicRadar.com: Chris Traynor played bass on the [new HELMET] record ["Seeing Eye Dog"], but he's not in the band. Page: "Yeah, Chris joined us initially, b...

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KAMELOT: 'Poetry For The Poisoned' Trailer Released

A one-minute video trailer for "Poetry For The Poisoned", the highly anticipated ninth studio album from American/Norwegian metallers KAMELOT, can be viewed below. The CD will be released in North America on September 14 via the band's own label, Kamelot Media Group (KMG Recordings),and in Europe o...

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SEX PISTOLS Interviewed At JOHNNY RAMONE Tribute Event

SEX PISTOLS guitarist Steve Jones was interviewed by Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" at the sixth annual Johnny Ramone tribute on July 25, 2010 at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Watch the chat below. The annual Johnny Ramone tribute is attended by thousa...

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SERJ TANKIAN: 'No Decisions' Made About SYSTEM OF A DOWN

According to The Pulse of Radio, SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer Serj Tankian will release his second solo album, "Imperfect Harmonies", on September 21, but still has nothing to report on the SYSTEM front since the band went on hiatus four years ago. "Shavo [Odadjian, bassist] got married like two months a...

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X JAPAN Leader Talks Upcoming Album

The Artisan News Service recently conducted an interview with X JAPAN's leader/drummer/pianist/composer Yoshiki about the band's reunion and upcoming studio album — the group's first to be released in North America and to contain English lyrics. Watch the chat below. According to Yoshiki, about half...

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IRON MAIDEN's 'The Final Frontier' Tops U.K., Finnish Charts

IRON MAIDEN's new album, "The Final Frontier", has registered the following first-week chart positions so far: Finland: #1 United Kingdom: #1 Sweden: #1 Australia: #2 Ireland: #3 Belgium: #6 The CD, which has already been certified gold in Sweden for sales in excess of 20,000 copies, came out a week...

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Take it as it Comes

With all due respect to Herman Rarebell for his prodigious drumming/songwriting contributions to so many classic SCORPIONS' songs, "Take it as it Comes" from his HERMAN ZE GERMAN project is a painfully generic and frequently awful hard rock/lite-metal album destined for eternal bargain bin status. I...

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IRON MAIDEN's 'The Final Frontier' Tops Swedish Chart

IRON MAIDEN's new album, "The Final Frontier", has entered the official Swedish chart at position No. 1. The CD, which has already been certified gold in Sweden for sales in excess of 20,000 copies, came out a week after the band performed in front of 47,000 people at the Swedish installment of the...