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DEF LEPPARD To Tour Australia In November

According to Planet Rock, DEF LEPPARD is rumored to be planning a tour of Australia in November, to be announced in the coming weeks. DEF LEPPARD scored its 11th consecutive Top 20 album in the U.S. yesterday with the bow of "Songs from the Sparkle Lounge" (Island/UMe) at No. 5 with 55,000 units. .....
May 8, 2008
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HEAD CONTROL SYSTEM Working On New Material

Daniel Cardoso (ex-SIRIUS, RE:AKTOR) has issued the following update on HEAD CONTROL SYSTEM, his heavy groove/rock/metal collaboration with Kristoffer Garm Rygg (ULVER, ex-ARCTURUS, BORKNAGAR): "Since [HEAD CONTROL SYSTEM's debut album] 'Murder Nature' [2006] was released, Kristoffer and I have both...
May 8, 2008
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ABORTED: New Album Artwork, Samples Available

European death metal butchers ABORTED, whose members hail from Belgium, France and UK, have refined and re-defined the tools of their trade on their sixth full-length album, "Strychnine.213", to murder the listener with unimaginably gruesome, shockingly diverse brutality. In addition to unveiling th...
May 5, 2008
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WHITESNAKE: New Audio Interview With DOUG ALDRICH Posted Online

Carl Forgues, host of the Quebec, Canada metal heavy metal radio show "metal7080", conducted an interview with WHITESNAKE guitarist Doug Aldrich on April 23. Doug discusses the new WHITESNAKE album, "Good to be Bad", his DIO years, the story behind the acoustic guitar on "Summer Rain", his French-Ca...
May 4, 2008
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ZYKLON/EMPEROR Guitarist Welcomes Addition To Family

ZYKLON/EMPEROR guitarist Samoth (real name: Tomas Haugen) and his Canadian wife Erin welcomed their first child on April 23. Erin says, "Her name is Lily and she was 10 lbs (!!!),with tons of cute dark hair, and is officially the cutest baby on the planet (not that I'm biased or anything)." Samoth...
May 4, 2008
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ILL NINO Singer Offers 'Enigma' Track-By-Track Breakdown; Video Available

Sounds2move.de recently conducted an interview with with ILL NINO singer Cristian Machado for a new feature called "Sounds2move.de's Track-by-Track". Footage of Machado offering a breakdown of the songs that appear on his band's latest album, "Enigma", can be viewed below. ILL NINO's fourth full-len...
May 4, 2008
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PETER STEELE's 'Health Issues' Force Concert Cancellations, According To KINGDOM OF SORROW

KINGDOM OF SORROW which was supposed to hit the road for five shows with TYPE O NEGATIVE and SOIL beginning on May 9 in Worcester, Massachusetts has issued the following MySpace bulletin: "Due to health issues with TYPE O NEGATIVE's lead singer Pete Steele, the run of dates we were going to do have...
May 3, 2008
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MASTER Mainman PAUL SPECKMANN: I Have No Desire To Ever Live In America Again

The Left Hand Path webzine recently conducted an interview with MASTER mainman Paul Speckmann. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: The Left Hand Path: The new [MASTER] album, "Slaves to Society", will be distributed through John McEntee's Ibex Moon label this summer. How did that deal come ab...
May 2, 2008
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Ex-DREAM THEATER/YNGWIE Keyboardist DEREK SHERINIAN Featured On RELOCATOR Debut

Keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BILLY IDOL) is featured on the self-titled debut album from the all-instrumental prog-rock project RELOCATOR. Influenced by both modern and classic artists like UK, PLANET X, RUSH and ALLAN HOLDSWORTH, RELOCATOR has developed its own styl...
May 1, 2008
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ARSIS Debuts Animated Music Video For 'We Are The Nightmare'

Virginia-based technical death metal outfit ARSIS have debuted the animated video for the title track of their new album, "We Are the Nightmare". The David Brodsky-directed clip can be viewed below. Beginning on May 2, ARSIS will jump on tour with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and A LIFE ONCE LOST. ARSIS...
April 30, 2008
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DISTURBED, VOIVOD Confirmed For Montreal's HEAVY MTL Festival

DISTURBED, VOIVOD and REV THEORY have been confirmed for Heavy Mtl, a unique event in North America, which will take place on Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22 at Parc Jean-Drapeau. Loud, intense, heavy, Heavy Mtl will feature over 30 hard rock and metal bands performing on different stages loca...
April 28, 2008
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Slania

Combining metal with other musical forms, such as classical and folk, is nothing new, but there is something about Celtic folk music that almost always seems to bring about a certain synergy and power in the compositions. By itself Celtic Folk music is full of life and the melodies have a way of mov...
April 28, 2008
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X JAPAN To Headline 'Hide Memorial Summit'

According to the Jrock Revolution, reactivated Japanese rockers X JAPAN will headline the 10th-anniversary edition of the annual Hide Memorial Summit, a two-day tribute festival to the band's late guitarist Hideto "Hide" Matsumoto, who committed suicide in May 1998. The event will take place at Ajin...
April 27, 2008
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WOE Completes Work On Full-Length Debut

Philadelphia black metal band WOE has finished recording and mixing its full-length debut, "A Spell For the Death of Man". Three unmastered samples can be heard on the group's MySpace page. The album is approximately 44 minutes in length and contains the following tracks: 01. Solitude 02. Alone With...
April 26, 2008
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HOSTILE CELL: Debut Album Available For Streaming

HOSTILE CELL, the new Gothenburg, Sweden-based metal/rock four-piece featuring members of ROACH and VEGAS V.I.P, has made its recently completed self-titled debut album available for streaming on MP3.com. The 10-track CD was mastered last fall by Dragan Tanaskovich at Bohussound Recordings. "Hostile...
April 26, 2008