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GRAND MAGUS To Support MOTÖRHEAD In Germany

Swedish heavy rockers GRAND MAGUS will support MOTÖRHEAD on the following dates: Nov. 30 - Düsseldorf, GER - Philipshalle Dec. 01 - Hannover, GER - AWD Hall Dec. 03 - Trier, GER - Arena Dec. 04 - Stuttgart, GER - Schleyer-Halle Dec. 07 - Berlin, GER - Arena Treptow Dec. 08 - Wiesbaden, GER - ...

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DISTURBED: New Song 'Never Again' Available For Streaming

A brand new DISTURBED track entitled "Never Again" is available for streaming using the audio player below. DISTURBED frontman David Draiman, who comes from an Orthodox Jewish family and has 200 relatives living in Israel, including his brother and grandmother, wrote the song about the Holocaust. He...

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DISTURBED: New Video Interview With DAVID DRAIMAN, MIKE WENGREN

The official German DISTURBED web site Disturbed.de recently conducted an interview with the band's vocalist David Draiman and drummer Mike Wengren. You can now watch the 23-minute question-and-answer session below. As previously reported, Draiman had strong words for rock musicians who collect Nazi...

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The Final Frontier

Okay, so despite giving everyone shivers with the title, and invoking some goofy predestined band plan Steve Harris made up when he was a lad, this fifteenth effort is not intended to be the last IRON MAIDEN album. It's also not the mad leap into reinvention and experimentation some would have you b...

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IRON MAIDEN's 'The Final Frontier' Tops U.K., Finnish Charts

IRON MAIDEN's new album, "The Final Frontier", has registered the following first-week chart positions so far: Finland: #1 United Kingdom: #1 Sweden: #1 Australia: #2 Ireland: #3 Belgium: #6 The CD, which has already been certified gold in Sweden for sales in excess of 20,000 copies, came out a week...

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Take it as it Comes

With all due respect to Herman Rarebell for his prodigious drumming/songwriting contributions to so many classic SCORPIONS' songs, "Take it as it Comes" from his HERMAN ZE GERMAN project is a painfully generic and frequently awful hard rock/lite-metal album destined for eternal bargain bin status. I...

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Addicted to Metal

If it's well played and written with sizeable hooks I'm usually a sucker for this good time traditional/power metal stuff, be it EDGUY, DREAM EVIL, FIREWIND, or, as recently noted, SABATON. In the case of "Addicted to Metal" by Germany's KISSIN' DYNAMITE the times are indeed good; the style a blend...

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RAVENS CREED To Release New EP

RAVENS CREED, the "VENOM-worshipping scumbags" featuring Steve Watson (ex-IRON MONKEY),Jason Graham, former SABBAT bassist Frazer Craske, and newly added vocalist Al Osta (a.k.a. The Syrian Destroyer),will release a brand new EP, "Black Bullets", before the end of the year via Doomentia Records. T...

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IRON MAIDEN's 'The Final Frontier' Tops Swedish Chart

IRON MAIDEN's new album, "The Final Frontier", has entered the official Swedish chart at position No. 1. The CD, which has already been certified gold in Sweden for sales in excess of 20,000 copies, came out a week after the band performed in front of 47,000 people at the Swedish installment of the...

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THE TREATMENT Signs With POWERAGE RECORDS

Powerage Records has announced the signing of Cambridge rockers THE TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT was formed in 2008 when founding member drummer Dhani Mansworth was still at school in Cambridge . Although only 15 at the time, he already had a clear vision of the kind of band he wanted to form. Having gr...

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Former IRON MAIDEN Artist DEREK RIGGS Says He Could No Longer Work With Band's Management

Longtime IRON MAIDEN album cover artist Derek Riggs recently spoke with MetalSucks correspondent Justin Foley about the work Derek did for the legendary U.K. band. Riggs spoke about the inspiration behind his art, its evolution over time, and the tenuous relationship he had with the band's managemen...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: New Album Artwork Unveiled

One of the most infamous and notorious names in metal, CRADLE OF FILTH continue to shock, excite, disgust and inspire in equal measures. On November 1, 2010, the latest chapter of the band's dark history is to be released through Peaceville Records on the band's own AbraCadaver imprint (November 9 i...

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IRON MAIDEN Singer: 'Reality TV Leaves Me Completely Cold'

Darryl Sterdan of the QMI Agency recently conducted an interview with vocalist Bruce Dickinson of British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Q: What does it mean to put out a 15th album? It can't give you the same thrill as the first one. Dickinson: ...

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IRON MAIDEN Special To Air On PLANET ROCK

A one-hour IRON MAIDEN special will air on Planet Rock on Saturday, August 21 at 6:00 p.m. U.K. time and will be repeated on Thursday, August 26 at 11:00 p.m. Planet Rock's Liz Barnes flew to Chicago to interview IRON MAIDEN about the British heavy metal legends' latest album. In this special, Bruce...

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TANK Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Legendary British power metal mercenaries TANK — featuring Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans on guitar alongside three new recruits, ex-RAINBOW/YNGWIE MALMSTEEN frontman Doogie White, ex-BRUCE DICKINSON bassist Chris Dale and ex-ZODIAC MINDWARP drummer Dave "Grav" Cavill — are putting the finishing touche...