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GOTTHARD: New Album Title Announced

Swiss hard rock veterans GOTTHARD have set "Need To Believe" as the title of their new album, due on September 4 via Nuclear Blast Records. A digital single will precede the full-length CD on August 14. Commented singer Steve Lee: "We want to encourage. Especially in these times that are full of cri...

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POWERWOLF's 'Bible Of The Beast' Lands On German Chart

"Bible Of The Beast", the new album from multinational metalheads POWERWOLF, has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 76. Video footage of POWERWOLF performing the song "We Take It From The Living" at last year's Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany can be viewed below. The...

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SHADOWS FALL Drummer BITTNER, JOE SATRIANI Bassist STU HAMM Team Up For 'Master Class' Dates

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner and JOE SATRIANI bassist Stu Hamm will join forces for a series of "Drum & Bass Master Class" dates in June. The details are as follows: Jun. 03 - Washington Music Center - Wheaton, MD (7 - 9 p.m.) Jun. 04 - Sam Ash Music Store - King Of Prussia, ...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Performs Acoustically On WMMS 100.7; Audio Available

QUEENSRŸCHE took part in an interview an acoustic performance this morning (Wednesday, May 6) on the Cleveland, Ohio radio station WMMS 100.7. The acoustic set, which consisted of the songs "Sliver", "If I Were King" and "Eyes of A Stranger", can be heard using the audio player below. QUEENSRŸCHE's...

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GOD SEED Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival

GOD SEED, the new Norwegian band featuring former GORGOROTH members King (bass; real name: Tom Cato Visnes) and Gaahl (vocals; real name: Kristian Espedal),has been confirmed for this year's With Full Force festival, set to take place July 3-5, 2009 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. GO...

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NEUROTHING To Release 'Murder Book' In June

Polish modern metallers NEUROTHING will release their full-length debut, "Murder Book", on June 1. The long-awaited follow-up to 2005's "Vanishing Celestial Bodies" EP features 11 tracks and is described in a press release as "a real murderous trip through the human mind. 'Crime and Punishment', 'Al...

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GNOSTIC: New Song Available For Free Download

Atlanta, Georgia-based metallers GNOSTIC — who feature in their ranks three members of the current lineup of ATHEIST — will release their debut album, "Engineering the Rule", in Europe on May 25 via France's Season Of Mist (July 14 in the U.S.). GNOSTIC's sound is described in a press release as fol...

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SAHG Signs With INDIE RECORDINGS

Indie Recordings has announced the signing of SAHG, the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks current/former members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE. The band is currently working on its third album, tentatively due in October. Live appearances are confirmed at several festivals...

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CONSTANCIA To Release 'Lost And Gone' In July

Frontiers Records has set a July 3 European release date (August 11 in the U.S.) for CONSTANCIA's debut album, entitled "Lost and Gone". CONSTANCIA started out as the brainchild of former SCUDIERO/TOKEN keyboard player Mikael Rosengren. He had written a bunch of songs that were just screaming to be...

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REZIN/WINO Bassist JON BLANK Dead Of Suspected Drug Overdose

Jon Blank, bassist for REZIN and, more recently, Scott "Wino" Weinrich's (ST. VITUS, THE OBSESSED, SPIRIT CARAVAN, THE HIDDEN HAND, SHRINEBUILDER) solo band, was found dead this past Saturday night (May 2). The cause of death has not been confirmed, but a drug overdose is suspected, according to an...

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TRIDENT: New Songs Posted Online

TRIDENT, the Swedish death metal band formed by guitarist Johan Norman (DISSECTION, SOULREAPER),has posted two new songs — "Slaves To Anguish" and "World Destruction" — on the group's MySpace page. The tracks come off TRIDENT's debut album, "World Destruction", which is due later in the year via Re...

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SNOWY SHAW Launches Concept/Design Company

Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) has joined forces with Anders Fastader (GREAT KING RAT, TITANIC TRUTH, SOUTHFORK) to launch a concept/design company called TrailerMade Production. Shaw and Fastader explain the idea...

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COMPOS MENTIS Signs With STRANGE EARS

Danish melodic death metallers COMPOS MENTIS have inked a deal with Strange Ears for the release of their third album, "Our Kingdom of Decay". Due on June 22, the CD's lyrical concept is based on "various shady sides of Denmark's history, e.g. the disfiguration of The Little Mermaid, an insane king,...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman Breaks F**king Shoulder, Vows To Continue F**king Touring

CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho broke his shoulder earlier this week after falling from his tour bus bunk while travelling with the rest of the band during the No Fear Energy Tour with LAMB OF GOD, AS I LAY DYING, GOD FORBID and MUNICIPAL WASTE. Addressing the audience prior to laun...

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SLAYER Interviewed At EPIPHONE REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS; Video Available

Revolver TV has uploaded a short interview with SLAYER members Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman conducted by Full Metal Jackie at the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held on April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. Watch the one-minute chat below. SLAYER and MEGADETH —...