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CATARACT Announces New Guitarist

Swiss metalcore band CATARACT has announced the addition of guitarist Tom Kuzmic (DISPARAGED) to the group's ranks. "We are confident this is the best that could have happened, as Tom has more than 100% of what we were looking for!" the group writes in a statement. "We already started rehearsing wit...

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ROB HALFORD: Rare 1987 Video Interview Posted Online

A 10-minute video interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford and former SURGICAL STEEL guitarist Jim Keeler, which originally aired in 1987 on the local Arizona TV program "Backstage Pass", has been posted online at YouTube.com. Topics include SURGICAL STEEL and Keeler and Halford's decision t...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE: First North American Dates Leaked

Several dates have been leaked for CANNIBAL CORPSE's upcoming North American tour, which is expected to also feature JOB FOR A COWBOY and PSYOPUS. They are as follows: Apr. 27 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar Apr. 29 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza May 04 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner's Many more dates are ...

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IMPALED NAZARENE: 'Nihil' Album Officially 'Banned' In Germany

Finnish extreme metallers IMPALED NAZARENE have issued the following update: "Our album 'Nihil' has officially entered Germany's Index list A on 17th of January. This means that 'Nihil' is officially BANNED in Germany. "Looking back on 2006 and 2005, being unable to play concerts in Italy, Austria,...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: New Bassist Announced

San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have announced the addition of bassist Stephen Goodwin to the group's ranks. He replaces original bassist Dave Starr, who left the band last month. VICIOUS RUMORS will kick off U.S. tour at home February 23 at 505 club in Santa Rosa, California and Sat...

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QUEENSRŸCHE: Japanese Dates Announced

QUEENSRŸCHE will embark on a four-date Japanese tour in late May/early June. The details are as follows: May 31 - Kosei-Nenkin Hall - Tokyo, Japan Jun. 01 - Kosei-Nenkin Hall - Tokyo, Japan Jun. 03 - Zepp - Nagoya, Japan Jun. 05 - NHK Hall - Osaka, Japan Immergent Records last year released "Face to...

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AMON AMARTH Frontman To Guest On Tonight's 'Tinitus'

AMON AMARTH frontman Johan Hegg will be the featured guest on this week's "Tinitus" radio show, airing tonight (Wednesday, February 14) between 20.00 CET (8:00 p.m.) and 22.00 CET (10:00 p.m.) on Norway's P3. The program can also be heard on the Internet: www.nrk.no/tinitus. AMON AMARTH recently upl...

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SKID ROW, QUIET RIOT, SYMPHONY X, KORPIKLAANI Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

SYMPHONY X, SKID ROW, QUIET RIOT, KORPIKLAANI and MCQUEEN been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER ALL ENDS AMON AMARTH ANNIHILATOR AXEL RUDI...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: More Tour Details Released

San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have lined up the following tour dates: Feb. 23 - 505 Club Santa Rosa, California Feb. 24 - Rooster's Roadhouse - Alameda, California Mar. 08 - Graham Central Station - San Antonio, Texas Mar. 09 - Room 710 - Austin, Texas Mar. 10 - FBI Rock Club #1 .....

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BOLT THROWER Working On New Material

Kevin Page of MetalReview.com recently conducted an interview with BOLT THROWER singer Karl Willetts. A few excerpts from the chat follow: MetalReview.com: Are you working on new material yet? Karl Willetts: Well, yeah, it's a good job you called and it looks like we are going to be pretty much writ...

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MEGADETH Auctioning Digitech Guitar Workstation, Drum Equipment

MEGADETH's official eBay store has added a couple of new items, including a Digitech Guitar Workstation (auction page) used by Dave Mustaine and Glen Drover, and a drum pedal (auction page) and hi hat (auction page) used by Shawn Drover. The cover artwork for MEGADETH's new album, ...

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POWERWOLF Finishes Mixing Second Album

German-Romanian dark power metal band POWERWOLF has finished mixing its second album at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden with Fredrik Nordström and Patrik J. Sten. The as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2005's "Return in Bloodred" was recorded at Woodhouse studios in Hagen, Germany and is tentatively...

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PATHS OF POSSESSION Drummer Launches Recording Studio

Drummer Nick Goodyear (PATHS OF POSSESSION, DARK FAITH, PROMETHEAN HORDE, EVISCERATOR) has opened up Death n Decay Studios and is currently working with VIREXDA, the new band featuring members of DARK FAITH and CRIMSON MASSACRE. Other recent projects include SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE...

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BLIND GUARDIAN: Early Albums To Be Reissued

Eight of BLIND GUARDIAN's albums will be re-released in June to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary. The LPs due to be reissued are as follows: * Battalions of Fear (1988) * Follow the Blind (1989) * Tales from the Twilight World (1990) * Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) * Tokyo Tales (1993) * Imaginat...

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AUTUMN Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of rising gothic metal band AUTUMN from the Netherlands. AUTUMN is a special band in many ways. Unlike all their competitors in the overcrowded scene with female fronted metal bands, AUTUMN deliver something original, are everything but cliché and add so...