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MANOWAR: Footage From Finland's PROVINSSIROCK Festival Available

Video footage of the self-proclaimed "kings of metal" MANOWAR performing at this year's edition of the Provinssirock festival, which was held June 12-14, 2009 in Seinäjoki, Finland, can be viewed below. (**WARNING**: Clips include partial nudity.) MANOWAR's new album, "Hammer Of The Gods", which is...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN Suing NIKE Over Shoe Design

According to KTLA-TV, guitarist Eddie Van Halen filed a lawsuit against Nike in Los Angeles Friday, alleging the company used the trademarked striped design from his guitar on their new line of "Dunk Lows" tennis shoes. The Nike shoes feature red, white and black streaks along the midsole. The suit...

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ASPHYX: Another Clip From 'Death... The Brutal Way' Bonus DVD Posted Online

Reformed Dutch death metal outfit ASPHYX — Martin van Drunen (vocals),Wannes Gubbels (bass/vocals),Paul Baayens (guitar) and Bob Bagchus (drums) — will release its comeback album, "Death...The Brutal Way", on June 22 via Century Media Records (September 1 in the U.S. via Ibex Moon Records). War An...

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RAM: European Tour Dates Announced

RAM, the traditional Gothenburg, Sweden-based heavy metal band featuring Morgan Pettersson (ex-B-THONG),has scheduled the following dates: Aug. 14 - Elterlein, Germany - Thunders over Miriquidi Festival Aug. 15 - Slovenia - Paranoid Open Air Oct. 16 - Berlin, Germany - K17 Oct. 17 - Uelsen, Germany...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Bassist, UFO Guitarist Interviewed On 'Rockin' Metal Revival'

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY/CYCLE OF PAIN bassist John "J.D." DeServio and UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore were interviewed for the latest episode of the "Rockin' Metal Revival". The program is now available for download in three parts at this location. The self-titled debut album from CYCLE OF PAIN was released...

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'Brütal Legend' Fans Set Guinness Book World Record At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

According to GameZone.com, fans of video game Brütal Legend, starring Jack Black, rocked out this Saturday (June 13) to smash the world record for most people playing air guitar at one time. The record, conducted at the Download festival in Donington Park, saw servants of metal shredding frets and w...

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DEVILDRIVER: Tale Of The Missing Trailer

According to U.K.'s Rock Sound magazine, Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER had a lucky escape from on-the-road carnage en route to their Download festival warm-up show in Newport, South Wales after an equipment trailer detached from their tour bus at high speed. "I've never had anythin...

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Majesty

So many DVDs come with the obligatory footage of band life on the road and all the goofy shenanigans that come along with it. Sometimes it is funny, if only in parts, but too often it seems like little more than home-movie filler. "Majesty", THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER's first DVD, not only succeeds as...

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MEGADETH Drummer Preparing For 'Canadian Carnage' Rehearsals

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has issued the following update: "Tomorrow I pack/leave for rehearsals at Vic's Garage [MEGADETH's recording studio in San Marcos, California for the] Canadian Carnage tour, which is no biggie, really — two weeks total away from home = a fun, quick bunch of shows [with...

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MANOWAR: 'Thunder In The Sky' EP Artwork Unveiled

MANOWAR's new album, "Hammer Of The Gods", which is the first installment of "The Asgard Saga", the band's unique multimedia fantasy adventure with best-selling author Wolfgang Hohlbein, is tentatively due this fall. An EP, "Thunder in the Sky", will precede the full-length CD and will feature the f...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN's Conversations With God

Spinner.com recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Spinner.com: You didn't start off playing guitar, did you? Eddie: I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. An...

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CHICKENFOOT: 'Oh Yeah' Video Available

"Oh Yeah", the new video from CHICKENFOOT — the rock supergroup comprised of drummer Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS),bassist Michael Anthony (ex-VAN HALEN),guitarist Joe Satriani and vocalist Sammy Hagar (ex-VAN HALEN) — can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's self-titled debut album...

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MANOWAR: New EP Track Listing Revealed

MANOWAR's new album, "Hammer Of The Gods", which is the first installment of "The Asgard Saga", the band's unique multimedia fantasy adventure with best-selling author Wolfgang Hohlbein, is tentatively due this fall. An EP, "Thunder in the Sky", will precede the full-length CD and will feature the f...

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AC/DC's Australian Promoter Refuses To Move Concert From Eithad Stadium

The Herald Sun reports that AC/DC promoter Garry Van Egmond is refusing to move the band's three sold-out concerts from Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. Van Egmond said it would be impossible to find a new venue for the February 11, 13 and 15 Black Ice tour shows, despite the AFL (Australian...

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ASPHYX's 'Death...The Brutal Way' To Receive U.S. Release In September

Ibex Moon Records has announced the licensing of ASPHYX's "Death...The Brutal Way"from Century Media Records for distribution in the United States. Due on September 1 (June 22 in Europe via Century Media),it is the first full-length ASPHYX album to feature the sickening growls of Martin van Drunen...