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ANVIL Frontman Says 'All The Songs Are Done' For Next Album

Vue Weekly recently conducted an interview with frontman Steve "Lips" Kudlow of the Canadian metal legends ANVIL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Vue Weekly: You've been doing this for a lot of years now. With any band, there are always people involved whose priorities change and th...

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TRAGEDY: 'All-Metal' Tribute To THE BEE GEES

If you thought boundaries couldn't be crossed between the metal and the disco world, then be prepared. TRAGEDY is a metal discothèque from the shiny glamorous streets of New York. The band has covered the classic tracks of THE BEE GEES in true fashion but has given them an infectious groove with a m...

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ACEY SLADE Working On EP Of Remixes

Acey Slade (ex-TRASHLIGHT VISION, MURDERDOLLS, AMEN) will release an EP featuring remixes from Skinny Kangur of DEATHSTARS, Piggy D of ROB ZOMBIE, Loopy from HANZEL UND GRETYL and DJ Speedranch. The EP will be a limited release and some of the remixes will be exclusive to this CD. It will also inclu...

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GEORGE LYNCH To Perform With SIN CITY SINNERS Tonight

Legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB, SOULS OF WE) will be the special guest for SIN CITY SINNERS' September 23 performance at the Divebar (3035 E. Tropicana Blvd.) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lynch will perform covers as well as DOKKEN and LYNCH MOB material. The show is FREE, but fans are...

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PRIMORDIAL Frontman Issues Summer's End Update

Vocalist Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill of the of the Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL has issued the following update: "Summer's fading into autumn. Well, at least what we've been calling summer in 2008. For the second year in a row, summer in Ireland barely crept over 20 degrees and was a rainy over...

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VICKI GENFAN Named 'Guitar Superstar' By Celebrity Judges JOE SATRIANI, STEVE VAI

Vicki Genfan of Fairview, New Jersey, captivated both a sold-out audience and judges with a dazzling acoustic guitar performance at San Francisco's historic Great American Music Hall to beat out nine other guitarists and win Guitar Player magazine's "Guitar Superstar" competition last Saturday. Cele...

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METALLICA's 'Death Magnetic' Tops Italian Chart

METALLICA's new album, "Death Magnetic", has entered the official Italian chart at position No. 1 for the week ending September 19. The band beat out Italy's latest pop idol Giusy Ferreri, who had topped the Italian chart for twelve weeks after coming in second on the Italian version of the TV talen...

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A Conversation With CANNIBAL CORPSE's ALEX WEBSTER

By: Scott Alisoglu CANNIBAL CORPSE is a band of the people; well, the death metal people anyway. Since forming in 1987, the unit has always given the fans what they've wanted — consistently good albums, gore-drenched lyrics, and staggering levels of brutality. The quintet's dedication, work ethic, a...

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Swiss Pop Singer Covers METALLICA's 'The Unforgiven'; Video Available

Bespectacled 19-year-old Swiss pop singer Stefanie Heinzmann has recorded a cover version of the METALLICA classic "The Unforgiven". The official video for the track, which will be released as a single at the end of October, can be viewed below. According to Wikipedia, Heinzmann started her career a...

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BLACK CHERRY Reunion Show Announced

BLACK CHERRY, one of Hollywood's top bands of the late '80s and early '90s, will reunite for a one-time show at the Viper Room in Hollywood as a tribute to their rhythm guitarist Curtis Grant, who tragically passed away after losing his battle with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 a...

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AVANTASIA: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Available

Vocalist Amanda Somerville has issued the latest video blog (see below) from the AVANTASIA world tour, which kicked off on June 5 at the Rocksound festival in Huttwil, Switzerland and concluded last month at the Sziget festival in Budapest, Hungary. The latest clip features footage from the band's a...

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THE FREEZING FOG Signs With EYESOFSOUND RECORDS

Retro rockers THE FREEZING FOG have inked a deal with Eyesofsound Records. Formed in Manchester, United Kingdom during the early part of 2006, THE FREEZING FOG features members of the sorely missed BEECHER. While BEECHER was all about the cutting edge, THE FREEZING FOG is a retro heavy rock/metal ba...

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'Home Of Metal' Celebrating Midlands' Heavy Metal Heritage

BirminghamPost.net reports: For too long Birmingham and the West Midlands have failed to celebrate what is rightfully theirs, to claim the city and the region as home of "heavy metal." "Home of Metal" is a brand new project aimed at creating the first digital archive of metal music, memorabilia and...

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CHRIS CORNELL To Perform On Tonight's 'Fashion Rocks'

Former SOUNDGARDEN and AUDIOSLAVE frontman Chris Cornell will perform his new song "Scream" as part of the TV special "Fashion Rocks 2008" on CBS tonight (Tuesday, September 9). Check your local listings for air times. The charity event was staged at Radio City Music Hall in New York on September 5...

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Meanderthal

It's almost as interesting to dissect what TORCHE isn't, and why, as it is frustrating to try explain what the band is. They're not "post rock", because they write short and hooky songs, but they're not quite punk or metal either, because they manage to infuse two-and-a-half minute tracks with that...