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HEAVEN AND HELL: Singapore Date Announced

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) — will play in Singapore at Fort Canning Park on Saturday, October 27. The group's Asian tour schedule is as follows: Oct. 20 - To...

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SERJ TANKIAN: 'Saving Us' Video Available

The third video has been released from Serj Tankian's upcoming solo album, "Elect the Dead". The "Saving Us" clip — which was directed by acclaimed rock photographer Kevin Estrada — can be viewed below. The SYSTEM OF A DOWN vocalist will hold a series of "theatre listening parties" around the countr...

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FRANKIE BANALI's ZEPPELIN Tribute: Track-By-Track Breakdown

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has created a labor of love with his new CD (released under the FRANKIE BANALI & FRIENDS banner),entitled "24/7/365 - The Tribute to Led Zeppelin". Frankie invited many of his friends to join him on making a heartfelt tribute to his favorite drummer John Bonham...

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UNMERCIFUL To Enter Studio In The Spring

Topeka, Kansas-based death metallers UNMERCIFUL, featuring ex-ORIGIN members Clint Appelhanz (guitar) and James King (drums),will enter the studio in the spring of 2008 to record their next full-length effort, entitled "Pummeled out of Existence". A summer release via Unique Leader Records is expec...

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'Metalocalypse' Co-Creator To Host GUITAR PLAYER's Guitar Hero 2007 Competition

Ten finalists will battle for the international title of "Guitar Hero" at Guitar Player's Guitar Hero 2007 competition to be held Friday, October 12, at 8 p.m. at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Hosting the guitarfest will be "Metalocalypse" co-creator Brendon Small. Now in its secon...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' ARI KOIVUNEN: 'Fuel For The Fire' Certified Double-Platinum

"Fuel for the Fire", the debut solo album from the winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", 23-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, has been certified double-platinum in Finland for sales in excess of 60,000 copies. A special edition of "Fuel for the Fire" will be issued on...

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LENG TCH'E: Footage From FLANDERS FIELDS OF DEATH Available

Belgium's razorgrind pioneers LENG TCH'E have uploaded footage from their appearance at the Flanders Fields of Death festival on August 12, 2007 at Biebob in Vosselaar, Belgium. The two clips, which feature new drummer Tony Van den Eynde, can be viewed below. The songs are "Lucid Denial", "1-800-Apa...

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THE ACACIA STRAIN Announces Headlining Tour

Western Massachusetts purveyors of all things heavy THE ACACIA STRAIN have confirmed most dates for an upcoming fall headlining tour, dubbed Crashing Through the Holidays, to continue supporting the band's latest release, "The Dead Walk". Joining the band on the road will be DESPISED ICON, FULL BLOW...

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SERJ TANKIAN: 'Elect The Dead' Videos To Be Shown On Big Screen

Serj Tankian — the visionary frontman for multi-platinum rock band SYSTEM OF A DOWN — has asked a collection of video and film directors, painters, and digital artists to each create a video for one of the 12 tracks on his forthcoming solo debut album, "Elect the Dead", which will be released on Ser...

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HEAVEN AND HELL Presented With Gold Plaques For 'Live At Radio City Music Hall' DVD

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) — played the final show of its U.S. tour with tour with ALICE COOPER and QUEENSRŸCHE Saturday night (October 6) at the Verizon Wir...

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EXSECRATUS: Japanese Edition Of 'Tainted Dreams' To Feature New Artwork, Bonus Tracks

Finnish metal band EXSECRATUS will have its debut album, "Tainted Dreams", released in Japan on January 23, 2008 through Spiritual Beast (via a licensing deal with Violent Journey Records). The Japanese pressing of the album will contain new artwork and two bonus tracks: "For You" and "Death Brings...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE To Open For SUICIDAL TENDENCIES

From November 17 to December 5, MUNICIPAL WASTE will be bringing the party on the road for a tour of the West Coast. Then again, it's never really a party unless you bring some friends, right? So what better friends to bring then one of the innovators of thrash, the legendary SUICIDAL TENDENCIES. Co...

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MORGANA LEFAY Is Ready To Get Moving Again

MORGANA LEFAY drummer Pelle Åkerlind has issued the following update: "We have been taking it a bit easy these last couple of months. Charles [Rytkönen, vocals] has been fishing (surprise),Peter [Grehn, guitar] has been spending time doing what he loves the most: crashing with his dirt bike and bre...

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'Global Metal' Documentary To Receive World Premier In Norway This Month

The organizers of the Bergen International Film Festival and Hole in the Sky have announced the world premier of the new documentary "Global Metal", on Thursday, October 18 at 19.00 at Bergen Kino in Norway. In "Global Metal", directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn — the makers of the acclaimed docume...

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LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT To Headline Pennsylvania's NEARFEST X

LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT — the instrumental progressive rock/metal project featuring DREAM THEATER members Mike Portnoy (drums),John Petrucci (guitar) and Jordan Rudess (keyboards) alongside progressive rock icon Tony Levin (bass) of KING CRIMSON and PETER GABRIEL fame — will headline the first ni...