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RALPH SANTOLLA Confirmed For CHUCK SCHULDINER Tribute Gig

Guitarist Ralph Santolla (OBITUARY, ex-DEATH, ICED EARTH, DEICIDE) has been confirmed to perform at a benefit concert to honor late DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mastermind Chuck Schuldiner on December 12, 2007 at the Theatre Imperial in Quebec City, QC, Canada. The concert — which will feature additional gu...

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QUEEN Guitarist Named University Chancellor

BBC News reports: QUEEN star Brian May has been named as the next chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. The guitarist will begin the role in February, taking over from former Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie. May said he would be celebrating "with a delicious vegetarian roast and a...

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PRIMORDIAL Frontman: 'We Stand Opposed' To Illegal Music Downloading

PRIMORDIAL frontman Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill has joined the downloading debate with a no-holds-barred attack on those who illegally take and share MP3s online. Speaking to the UK's Zero Tolerance magazine, he said, "The Internet is a great promotional tool on one hand, and bands can get their music...

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Heavy Metal Refugees To 'Iraq' N Roll' In Istanbul

Asli Saglam of the Turkish Daily News reports: The story of Iraqi heavy metal music band ACRASSICAUDA is an adventure of war, death threats and survival. Five youngsters, inspired by famous western metal bands, formed the band in Baghdad in 2001. Even though they are famous in Iraq they could only g...

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NEUROSIS' SCOTT KELLY To Preform Acoustic Solo Show At ROADBURN FESTIVAL

The organizers of the Roadburn Festival — which is scheduled to take place April 18-19, 2008, at the 013 Club in Tilburg, The Netherlands — have announced that NEUROSIS' Scott Kelly will perform an acoustic solo show (his first ever in Europe!) at next year's event. Scott Kelly will play songs from...

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CROWN OF THORNS Hard At Work On New Album

CROWN OF THORNS is currently recording its new album at a Los Angeles studio with producer Bob Clearmountain. Frontman Jean Beauvoir states: "We've been working hard on the record. Tommy Lafferty just flew back to San Francisco today after some days of guitars. I head to L.A. on Thursday and we will...

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CEPHALIC CARNAGE: Orangevale Concert Footage Posted Online

Capital Chaos TV has posted video footage of the hypersonic grindcore freaks CEPHALIC CARNAGE performing the song "The Endless Cycle of Violence" live on June 17, 2007 at The Boardwalk in Orangevale, California. Watch it below. As previously reported, CEPHALIC CARNAGE has been confirmed to play the...

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M.A.N: Third Episode Of Studio Diary Available

M.A.N, the band formed out of the ashes of Sweden's TRANSPORT LEAGUE (featuring former MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich),entered Grand Recordings in Gothenburg, Sweden with producer/engineer Svein Jensen on October 19 to begin recording its new album, entitled "Peacenemy", for a tentative early 200...

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It's Official: KROKUS' 'Original' Lineup To Reunite For Swiss TV Appearance

It has now been confirmed that founding members of the legendary Swiss hard rock band KROKUS will reunite with vocalist Marc Storace for an appearance on a TV show honoring the greatest Swiss songs of all time. The "Die grössten Schweizer Hits" program will feature KROKUS performing a medley of the...

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Former DEATH Members To Perform At CHUCK SCHULDINER Tribute Concert

DEATH tribute band SYMBOLIC will perform with special guest musicians Bobby Koelble (guitarist on DEATH's "Symbolic" album),Shannon Hamm (guitarist on DEATH's "The Sound of Perseverance" album),Scott Clendenin (bass on DEATH's "The Sound of Perseverance" album) and Daniel Mongrain (MARTYR) at a be...

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Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN Issues Post-Greece Report

Former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin has issued the following update: "We just got back from Greece. I did an anniversary show to commemorate 20 years since I joined BLACK SABBATH. Since the very first show was in Athens in Greece and it's exactly 20 years since then. The show was great and I jus...

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STEEL ATTACK To Release New Album In February

Swedish metallers STEEL ATTACK will release their as-yet-untitled new album on February 22, 2008 via Massacre Records. The drums for the CD were recorded at KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque's Sonic Train studio and the guitar tracks are currently being laid down at Solnasound. STEEL ATTACK earl...

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CHUCK SCHULDINER Tribute Concert To Be Held In Quebec City

On December 13 2001, one of the most influential musicians in the extreme metal world, DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mastermind Chuck Schuldiner, tragically passed away at age 34 after a a battle with pontine glioma, a rare type of brain tumor. In order to keep his memory alive, Capitale du Metal will presen...

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MINISTRY: New Audio Interview With AL JOURGENSEN Available

MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen was recently interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Download the 11-minute interview in MP3 format at this location (4 MB). On the heels of itws final studio release, "The Last Sucker", released September 18, 2007, MINISTRY h...

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NORTHERN KINGS Featuring NIGHTWISH, SONATA ARCTICA Members: Video Posted Online

NORTHERN KINGS, the new Finnish band consisting of four well-known metal musicians — J. Ahola (TERÄSBETONI),Marco Hietala (TAROT, NIGHTWISH),Tony Kakko (SONATA ARCTICA),J-P Leppäluoto (CHARON) — has released the video for its cover of TINA TURNER's "We Don't Need Another Hero". Watch the clip bel...