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SEPULTURA, ANGRA Join Forces For LED ZEPPELIN Cover; Video Available

ANGRA ended its two-year hiatus by teaming up with fellow Brazilian metallers SEPULTURA for a massive tour of Brazil and the rest of Latin America. The trek, which kicked off on May 5 in Porto Alegre, included a May 9, 2009 stop at Via Funchal in São Paulo where the two bands joined forces on ...

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JADED HEART's New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By UFO Guitarist

German melodic hard rock masters JADED HEART are currently in the studio working on their new album for a tentative fall release via Frontiers Records. The follow-up to 2007's "Sinister Mind" will feature guest appearances by Vinnie Moore (UFO),Erik Mårtensson (ECLIPSE) and Pontus Norgren (HAMMERFA...

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MIND KEY To Release 'Pulse For A Graveheart' In July

Frontiers Records has set a July 3 European release date (August 11 in the U.S.) for the second album from the Italian progressive metal band MIND KEY, entitled "Pulse for a Graveheart". MIND KEY debuted in 2004 with "Journey Of A Rough Diamond", an album that showed the excellent potential of the N...

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PESTILENCE, ANGRA, THANATOSCHIZO Confirmed For Portugal's ILHA DO ERMAL Festival

PESTILENCE, ANGRA and THANATOSCHIZO have been confirmed for the Ilha do Ermal festival, set to take place August 28-30 in Vieira do Minho, Portugal. Portugal's biggest metal festival, Ilha do Ermal returns after a four-year hiatus with 45 bands (15 per day). The first twelve confirmed acts are as fo...

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RAVENLAND Prepares To Release '...And A Crow Brings Me Back'

Brazilian goth metallers RAVENLAND will release their new album, "...And A Crow Brings Me Back", in the next few weeks via Free Mind Records. The CD was produced by Ricardo Confessori (ANGRA, SHAMAN) and features guitar parts by Tommy Lindal (ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY). "...And A Crow Brings Me Back" wa...

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AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Discusses HDK Song 'Fight Or Flight'; Video Available

Holland's FaceCulture has posted video footage (see below) of AFTER FOREVER co-founder, main songwriter and guitarist Sander Gommans talking about the song "Fight or Flight" from his HDK project (formerly HATE DEATH KILL). A two-minute trailer for "System Overload", the debut album from HDK, can be...

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ANGRA Is Back! First Photo Of New Lineup Available

The five members of the reactivated Brazilian melodic metal band ANGRA recently spoke to Roadie Crew magazine's Tony Monteiro about their new lineup, what happened during their two-year hiatus and their plans for the future. This is the first and only complete interview the band will give for the ti...

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Returning ANGRA Drummer Has No Intention Of Leaving SHAMAN

Brazilian drummer Ricardo Confessori (ANGRA, SHAMAN) has issued the following update: "Along all my journey as a musician, I had the oportunity to play in several bands. I recorded my first album with a band from south of the country, called GARCIA & GARCIA, in the late '80s (we started in 1989,...

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ANGRA To Team Up With SEPULTURA For 'Massive' Latin American Tour

According to a posting on ANGRA guitarist Kiko Loureiro's blog, ANGRA will end its two-year hiatus by teaming up with fellow Brazilian metallers SEPULTURA for a massive tour of Brazil and the rest of Latin America. The trek, which will consist of more than 20 dates, will include stops in such major...

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ROTTING CHRIST Frontman To Guest On OF THE ARCHAENGEL Debut

ROTTING CHRIST frontman Sakis Tolis has recorded a guest appearance on the debut album from Brazilian dark metallers OF THE ARCHAENGEL, entitled "The Extraphysicallia". Due in April via the Greek label Sleaszy Rider Records, the LP will feature Sakis as a guest vocalist on the track "Water Flows Thr...

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ALMAH: Santo André Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of ALMAH — the side project of ANGRA members Edu Falaschi (vocals) and Felipe Andreoli (bass) — performing on February 13, 2009 in Santo André, Brazil can be viewed below (clips uploaded by "leomarsousa"). The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Birds of Prey 02. Take Back Yo...

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ANGRA Guitarist Shredding It Up At NAMM; Video Available

Video footage of ANGRA guitarist Kiko Loureiro "ripping it" at the Samson booth at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 15-18, 2009 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, can be viewed below (clip courtesy of "MarkSpaniel"). Kiko L...

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ANDRÉ MATOS Performs Heavy Metal Classics With Italy's ASTRA; Video Available

Heavy-Metal.it has uploaded video footage of Brazilian singer André Matos (ex-ANGRA, SHAAMAN) performing cover versions of several classic hard rock and heavy metal songs with the Italian band ASTRA on January 23, 2009 at Il Peocio in Trofarello (TO),Italy. Watch the clips below. Matos' first solo...

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TRIBUZY Preparing To Enter Studio

TRIBUZY, the project led by Brazilian singer Renato Tribuzy, is preparing to enter the studio to begin recording its new studio CD. Renato states, "We finally finished selecting the 11 tracks that will be on our next album. I know that we took longer than expected, but we had 28 songs to choose from...

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ANGRA/ALMAH Singer To Produce ARTEMIS Debut

ANGRA/ALMAH vocalist Edu Falaschi will produce the debut album from the Brazilian metal band ARTEMIS. The follow-up to ARTEMIS' "Fields Of Ascension" EP, tentatively titled "Therefore Realm", will be released before the end of the year. Commented ARTEMIS drummer Pedro Senna: "We are all great fans o...