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IRON MAIDEN Lands On BILLBOARD's 'Hot Tours' Chart

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN have landed at position No. 3 on Billboard.com's "Hot Tours" list of top-grossing tours this week with $4.8 million in ticket sales from seven performances on their 2012 tour through North America. Although the majority of IRON MAIDEN's tour dates this summer...

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AXEWOUND To Release Debut Album In October

AXEWOUND — the new project featuring Matt Tuck (BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE) on guitar and vocals, Liam Cormier (CANCER BATS) on lead vocals, Mike Kingswood (GLAMOUR OF THE KILL) on guitar, Joe Copcutt (RISE TO REMAIN) on bass, and Jason Bowld (PITCHSHIFTER, KILLING JOKE) on drums — will release its deb...

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DIO: 'The Singles Collection' Box Set Due Next Month

According to CDJapan.co.jp, Universal Music has set an August 31 European and September 3 Japanese release date for "The Singles Collection", a box set containing 48 songs from 14 of DIO's classic singles in replicas of the original release and a DVD featuring 12 music videos,. It comes with a repri...

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Late GIRLSCHOOL Guitarist's Memoir Now Available

The authorized memoir by late GIRLSCHOOL guitarist Bernadette Jean "Kelly" Johnson called "Surviving My Friends: The Official Kelly Johnson Story", is now available an e-book at this location. The book was started by Johnson and completed by her friends and family. Kelly Johnson passed away on July...

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TIMO TOLKKI 'Cancels' Work On 'Classical Variations 2: Credo' Album

Former STRATOVARIUS, REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE and SYMFONIA mainman Timo Tolkki, who recently launched a PledgeMusic.com campaign to support the release of his fourth solo album, "Classical Variations 2: Credo", has issued the following update: "While I have been working on the new 'Credo' album, I hav...

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No New METALLICA Album Before 2014 At The Earliest, Says LARS ULRICH

On Wednesday, July 25, Todd Hancock of the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada radio station 99.3 The Fox conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. You can now listen to the entire 20-minute chat using the SoundCloud player below. When asked how close METALLICA fans are to seeing a...

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DIO: 'The Very Beast Of Dio Vol. 2' Coming Soon

A new DIO compilation album, "The Very Beast Of Dio Vol. 2", will be released later in the year. The 17-song set will include three bonus tracks, two of which are new and have never been made available on a full DIO CD before. The cover artwork for the set was created by Marc Sasso, ...

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IWRESTLEDABEARONCE: Quality Montreal Footage Available

Quality fan-filmed video footage of IWRESTLEDABEARONCE's July 14 performance at the Vans Warped Tour stop at Parc Jean Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below. IWRESTLEDABEARONCE played its first show with singer Courtney LaPlante (UNICRON) on July 5 at the St. Louis, Missouri stop of...

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PHILIP ANSELMO's Autobiography Proposal To Be Shopped To Major Publishing Houses

According to Metal Sucks, Philip Anselmo (DOWN, PANTERA, ARSON ANTHEM, SUPERJOINT RITUAL) and BloodyDisgusting.com writer Corey Mitchell have enlisted literary super-agent Jeff Herman to shop the proposal for Anselmo's autobiography, which will tentatively be titled "Mouth For War: Pantera, Pain, &a...

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NACHTMYSTIUM: Third 'Silencing Machine' Studio Webisode

Chicago-based extremists NACHTMYSTIUM will release their sixth album, "Silencing Machine", on July 31 via Century Media Records. The CD, which is described by frontman/lead guitarist Blake Judd as "a fuckin' black metal record," was recorded at Engine Studios with the band's own synths/electronics s...

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THE LEVITATION HEX: Debut Album Out Now

THE LEVITATION HEX, the Australian progressive metal band comprised of former ALCHEMIST frontman Adam Agius, Mark Palfreyman of ALARUM, Ben Hocking of AEON OF HORUS, and ex-ALARUM member Scott Young, has made its self-titled album available for purchase at LevitationHex.net. THE LEVITATION HEX was f...

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Afghanistan's First Heavy Metal Band: 'We Live Under The Constant Fear Of Sudden Death'

Reuters published a story today focusing on the growing influence of American rock music on Afghan youth. DISTRICT UNKNOWN, which is said to be Afghanistan's first heavy metal band, is one of a handful of groups to emerge with mentoring from Afghanistan's first school of rock, Kabul's "Sound Centre"...

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LEGACY OF DISORDER: 'Last Man Standing' To Receive North American Release

"Last Man Standing", the latest album from New Zealand metallers LEGACY OF DISORDER, will receive a North American release on September 18 via Black Orchard Music. The band builds on its signature sound which largely resembles the power metal that such renowned U.S. acts like PANTERA perfected and p...

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GWAR Announces 'Fate Or Chaos' Tour With DEVILDRIVER, CANCER BATS

Intergalactic mutant overlords GWAR are plotting their return to the road this fall. Taking a break from working on their new album as well as an extended arctic slumber, GWAR is back with an entirely new show. Your lords and masters will be wreaking havoc across North America, with support coming f...

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NILE Mainman: 'You Can Tell When You're Losing Your Audience' During A Live Concert

Mike Sloan of Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with Karl Sanders of South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE. A few excerpts from the chat follow below: Blistering.com: First of all, congrats on "At The Gate Of Sethu". It's a great album in typical NILE fashion. How...