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JOHNNY WINTER Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Texas blues guitar legend JOHNNY WINTER has been confirmed for next year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: HEAVEN AND HELL (UK) IN FLAMES (S) DREAM THEATER (US) EUROPE (S) FOREIGNER (US) HAMMERFALL (S) MOTÖR...

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THE LAST VEGAS: First Single Posted Online

"I'm Bad", the first single from THE LAST VEGAS, the winners of Guitar Center On-Stage, is available exclusively on AOL and on iTunes, just two weeks after beating out almost 8,000 entrants for a chance to open for MÖTLEY CRÜE on their upcoming "Saints Of Los Angeles 2009 Tour". THE LAST VEGAS, who...

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Updated: HEAVEN AND HELL, MOTÖRHEAD, DREAM THEATER Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

HEAVEN AND HELL, MOTÖRHEAD, DREAM THEATER, IN FLAMES, URIAH HEEP, RIOT, EUROPE and FORBIDDEN are among the first confirmed bands for next year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH BLACKFOOT BULLET D...

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Thrash Speed Burn

Canada's EXCITER are speed metal legends, hands down, and '80s albums like "Violence and Force" and "Heavy Metal Maniac" helped define the genre. It has been eight years and now comes "Thrash Speed Burn", a white-hot thrasher with guitarist John Ricci proudly carrying the torch. Drummer/vocalist Dan...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'Guitar Center On-Stage' Finals; Video Available

Guitar Center and MÖTLEY CRÜE selected THE LAST VEGAS from Chicago, Illinois as the winner of Guitar Center On-Stage Monday night (November 10) in front of a capacity crowd at the world-famous Whisky A-Go-Go in Hollywood. Watch video footage of the event below. Over the past eight weeks, bands acros...

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Guitar Center and MÖTLEY CRÜE Award THE LAST VEGAS Ultimate Career-Altering Opportunity

In front of a capacity crowd at the world-famous Whisky A-Go-Go, complete with music industry tastemakers, Guitar Center and MÖTLEY CRÜE selected THE LAST VEGAS from Chicago, Illinois as the winner of Guitar Center On-Stage last night. Over the past eight weeks, bands across the United States submit...

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HEARSE Completes Recording New Album

HEARSE, the Swedish "death 'n' roll" band featuring former ARCH ENEMY singer Johan Liiva and ex-FURBOWL drummer Max Thornell, has finished recording its fifth album for an early 2009 release via Vic Records. Commented Thornell: "Goddammit, I guess we all began to doubt whether there'd be a new album...

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Land

When you're the lone musical export from a country of roughly 50,000 I'd imagine there would be just a tiny bit of pressure placed on your shoulders when it comes to representing your fellow countrymen. Fortunately for the residents of the Faroe Islands, TYR takes on this distinction with triumphant...

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HEARSE Signs With VIC RECORDS

HEARSE, the Swedish "death 'n' roll" band featuring former ARCH ENEMY singer Johan Liiva and ex-FURBOWL drummer Max Thornell, has inked a deal with Vic Records. Commented Max: "It feels just great! Vic is a cool label and there are a lot of cool bands on the label. Getting mails from the label boss...

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HEARSE: New Album Update

HEARSE, the Swedish "death 'n' roll" band featuring former ARCH ENEMY singer Johan Liiva and ex-FURBOWL drummer Max Thornell, has issued the following update: "Album No. 5 is very much in the making right now. The drums were re-recorded in The Black Chapel in March (first recording got fucked-up) an...

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THE CANDY SNATCHERS Guitarist MATTHEW ODIETUS Found Dead

Guitarist Matthew Odietus of the legendary punk band THE CANDY SNATCHERS died on June 28 in his hometown of Virginia Beach, Virginia. An official cause of death has not yet been released. Taking their name from an obscure, bizarre, and trashy 70's horror flick late one night after drinking heavily,...

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KATAKLYSM Frontman Comments On CRYPTOPSY's New Album

Way Too Loud! recently conducted an interview with KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Way Too Loud!: Do you think that the general public today is starting view death metal as more acceptable form of art and expression? Maurizio Iacono: I think it's totall...

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ABYSMAL DAWN Announces 'Fusion Of Brutality' Tour

Los Angeles, California's ABYSMAL DAWN has announced a run of early June tour dates in support of its brand new album "Programmed To Consume". This trek, dubbed the "Fusion Of Brutality Tour", will kick off on June 2 in El Paso, Texas and will also include VICTIMAS and FIELDS OF ELYSIUM. ABYSMAL DAW...

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SOILWORK: Moscow Photos Posted Online

Photos of SOILWORK's May 3, 2008 concert at club Tochka in Moscow, Russia have been posted online: The MetalList Darkside The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Sworn To A Great Divide 02. As We Speak 03. Distance 04. Light The Torch 05. Exile 06. Bastard Chain 07. One With The ...

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DINO CAZARES Shoots Down FEAR FACTORY 'Reunion' Rumors

Ex-FEAR FACTORY and current DIVINE HERESY guitarist Dino Cazares has shot down rumors of a possible reunion with his former bandmates after he was photographed hanging out with FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell at Sunday night's (April 6) MINISTRY concert at the House of Blues in West Hollywood,...