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NEVERMORE, PESTILENCE, TEXTURES, HOT LEG Confirmed For Holland's ZWARTE CROSS Festival

NEVERMORE, PESTILENCE, TEXTURES and HOT LEG have been confirmed for the Aardschok stage (powered by Jägermeister) at this year's Zwarte Cross (Black Cross) festival, set to take place July 24-26 in Lichtenvoorde, Holland. A total of 18 metal bands will perform at the event which will feature 12 (!)...

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GEEZER BUTLER: Why I'm A Vegan

BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN & HELL bassist Geezer Butler has teamed up with peta2 — the world's largest youth animal rights organization — to shoot a brand-new pro-vegetarian ad featuring Butler as he picks at his bass next to the tagline "I'm Geezer Butler, and I'm a vegan." (See video below.) "I used...

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KIX To Play San Diego, Phoenix For First Time In Nearly 15 Years

Reactivated rockers KIX will be heading to San Diego and Phoenix for the first time in nearly 15 years to perform at the San Diego venue 4th & B on Friday, May 8 and KDKB Desert Invasion Festival on Saturday, May 9. At the Desert Invasion Festival, KIX will share the stage with other '80s ...

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SCHENKER BARDEN ACOUSTIC PROJECT: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Gipsy Lady' Album Available

Audio samples of all 12 tracks that appear on SCHENKER BARDEN ACOUSTIC PROJECT's first album, "Gipsy Lady", are available for streaming on Play.com. "Gipsy Lady" will be released on May 19 via Inakustik. The track listing is as follows: 01. Lost 02. Dance Lady Gipsy 03. All Of My Life 04. Fight For...

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To the Death

It's a radically different world in metal from the time when EARTH CRISIS first raged out of New York state. We've seen militants riled by their pro-vegan, anti-cruelty message make national news when they've liberated animals and torched fur farms. We watched as the once-insular world of hardcore g...

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RESPAWN To Release Debut Album Next Month

Berlin, Germany-based modern thrashers RESPAWN will release their debut album, "The Chaos Engine", on May 13 via Nicrothal Records. The CD was recorded and mixed at Freakwave Studio by Markus Forsbauer. Mastering was done by Tom Müller at TTM. Guest musicians on the album include Rooky (ORPHAN HATE)...

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MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY Is The Last Man Standing

Libby Molyneaux of LA Weekly recently conducted an interview with MOTÖRHEAD's Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister. An excerpt from the article follows below. Lemmy has stuck to his calling of inflicting musical and other mayhem since he discovered rock & roll as a lad in North Wales. At age 9, Ian Fraser Kilm...

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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: Another New Song Posted Online

Dayton, Ohio Christian metalcore band THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA will release its new album, "With Roots Above and Branches Below", on May 5 via Ferret Music. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Sassafrass 02. I Hate Buffering 03. Assistant To The Regional Manager 04. Dez Moines 05. Big Wiggl...

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DUFF MCKAGAN: Rock Has Changed, My (Facebook) Friends

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has penned the latest installment of his weeky column, which appears every Thursday on Reverb at SeattleWeekly.com. A couple of excerpts follow below. "So here I go again; off on yet another of the by-now-countless rock tours required to support...

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CARRIE UNDERWOOD's Version Of MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'Home Sweet Home' Outselling Original

New York Post reports that "American Idol" star Carrie Underwood's version of MÖTLEY CRÜE's bittersweet ballad "Home Sweet Home" (audio stream available below) is outselling the original — 211,000 digital copies to 181,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "American Idol" chose Underwood's rendition...

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ANTHRAX Drummer, Former MISFITS Singer To Appear At 'The Ultimate Horror Convention'

ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante and former MISFITS singer Michale Graves are scheduled to apear at The Ultimate Horror Convention, set to take place September 11-13, 2009 at The Westin Chicago Northwest in Chicago, Illinois. For more information, visit UltimateHorrorCon.com. Charlie Benante is best...

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DEATH ANGEL: 'Sonic German Beatdown' DVD Preview Available

Five years after the release of the band's acclaimed comeback album, "The Art Of Dying", and the follow-up effort, "Killing Season", influential Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL will release a DVD with two full-length concerts filmed in Germany. Entitled "Sonic German Beatdown", the package — which wa...

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THE ANSWER Forced To Cancel U.S. Club Shows

Irish rock band THE ANSWER has been forced to cancel its previously announced U.S. club shows next week due to drummer James Heatley breaking his hand. The group has been touring with rock 'n' roll heavyweights AC/DC and was to hit Los Angeles (April 29 at The Troubadour) and New York City (May 2 at...

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36 CRAZYFISTS Frontman Interviewed In Denmark; Audio Available

Danish rock/metal magazine Revolution-Music.dk conducted an interview with vocalist Brock Lindow of 36 CRAZYFISTS when the band played Copenhagen, Denmark on March 26, 2009. The chat can now be downloaded as a WAV audio file at this location. 36 CRAZYFISTS filmed its January 9, 2009 concert in Ancho...

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JANE'S ADDICTION Reunion Marred By Feuds

JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell has told Reuters that arguments have erupted between the members of his band just a few months after they announced a comeback tour with NINE INCH NAILS. Farrell told Reuters that a mediation attempt by NINE INCH NAILS frontman Trent Reznor, with whom JANE'S A...