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DEAD BY APRIL To Support SKINDRED In U.K.

Swedish "pop/metal" band DEAD BY APRIL will support SKINDRED on a U.K. tour in September/October. Prior to these dates, the band will join LACUNA COIL and SLIPKNOT side-project DIRTY LITTLE RABBITS for a one-off Kerrang! show on July 31 at the London HMV Forum in Kentish Town; then, two days later,...

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PAUL DI'ANNO Taps Swedish Guitarist For Eastern European Tour

Swedish guitarist Rasmus Ehrnborn (pictured below) will once again join former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno and the rest of his solo band on Paul's upcoming Eastern European tour in November 2009. For a list of dates, go to this location. Based in the south of Sweden, Rasmus has worked as a sessi...

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LORD's New Album To Feature Members Of DIO, MEGADETH, ANGRA

Australian metallers LORD have revealed a list of guest musicians who appear on their forthcoming album, "Set In Stone", due in the band's home country in late August via Riot! Entertainment and in Japan in October through Soundholic Records. Release dates for the rest of the world will be announced...

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Report: U.K. Heavy Metal Fans Defying Credit Crunch

U.K.'s Daily Star reports: Heavy metal fans are defying the credit crunch by cranking up spending on their heroes’ CDs, T-shirts and show tickets. Latest figures from music industry body the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) show rock is now the best-selling type of music in single and album forma...

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NIGHTWISH Singer On Narrow-Mindedness In Music

NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon has posted the following message on her official blog: "When I sang in ALYSON AVENUE, which is a female-fronted band just like NIGHTWISH, but even more so, since it's only my voice there, we got so many 'real' hard rockers and metalheads who said female-fronted was shit...

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SLASH, STEVEN ADLER, FLEA In The Studio; Photos Available

Photos of RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS bassist Flea and ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler in the studio laying down tracks for Slash's new solo album have been posted on Adler's MySpace page. The VELVET REVOLVER and one-time GUNS N' ROSES axeman wrote in an online post, "Steven Adler played on the firs...

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SPINAL TAP Schedules 'Rockline' Appearance

England's "loudest heavy metal band" SPINAL TAP will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn on Wednesday, August 5 at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET. Fans are encouraged to speak with SPINAL TAP by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For more information, visit Rockli...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer: 'Our Sound And Style Has Endured The Test Of Time'

DREAM THEATER's publicity firm, MSO, has released the following question-and-answer session with the band's drummer, Mike Portnoy: Q: Congrats on the massive global success that has greeted "Black Clouds & Silver Linings": a #1 debut on the Billboard European chart and 12 Top Ten album chart deb...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist's MAN RAZE Schedules 'Surprise' London Show

MAN RAZE, the rock outfit featuring Phil Collen of DEF LEPPARD, Simon Laffy from GIRL and Paul Cook of THE SEX PISTOLS, will play a "surprise" show at the Borderline in London on Wednesday, July 29. MAN RAZE's debut album, "Surreal", was re-released on June 9 via VH1 Classic Records as a deluxe edit...

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MELECHESH Mainman Jams With Turkish Pop Star; Video Available

While staying in Turkey for the past two weeks to explore the country's spiritual sides and sites, Ashmedi, frontman of Sumerian thrashing black metallers MELECHESH, also met up with several renowned Turkish musicians. One of them, famous Turkish pop/rock star Harun Kolcak, who has a deep interest i...

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JUDAS PRIEST's TIPTON: 'We're Very Lucky That Our Compositions Have Stood The Test Of Time'

Adam Gold of Nashville Cream recently conducted an interview with guitarist Glenn Tipton of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Nashville Cream: Right, how would you say the "British Steel" record has aged after three decades? Tipton: Well, hopefully...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Taps U2 Director For 'Check My Brain' Video

ALICE IN CHAINS has tapped Alex Courtes (U2, KAISER CHIEFS, SNOW PATROL) to direct the video for the band's new single, "Check My Brain". Courtes studied graphic art at one of the best European schools, Penninghen. Very soon, he started to become noticed by the various bands within the "French touch...

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SLASH Issues Update On Solo Record

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash has issued the following update: "It has been a pretty productive summer so far. My [solo] record should be done next month and the recording has gone smoothly and sounds fucking great. "Steven Adler [ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer] played on the first of t...

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SYBREED's U.S. Visa Problems

Swiss metallers SYBREED have issued the following update regarding their upcoming U.S. tour with THREAT SIGNAL, THE AUTUMN OFFERING and THE AGONIST: "Unfortunately, even if being on the starting block for the tour in the U.S., it seems that we are now facing problems with the issuance of the necessa...

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JUCIFER To Be Featured In 'The Executioniz Comes Tomorrow' Film

Pre-production has officially started on the feature film "The Executioniz Comes Tomorrow: Jucifer live at Call the Office". The project is a collaborative effort between Handshake Inc. and nomadic sludge-pop-metal gods JUCIFER, and will be shot primarily on July 27 at the legendary Canadian bar/liv...