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AVIAN: 'The Path' EP Release Date Revealed; New Album Title Annonced

AVIAN, the melodic metal band featuring guitarist Yan Leviathan, will release a new EP, "The Path", on September 28. The effort features three new songs plus and acoustic version of "The Fear". Two of the songs on the EP — "The Path" and "When The Night's Undone" — will also appear on AVIAN's next a...

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APOCALYPTICA Performs At 99X Studios In Atlanta (Video)

Video footage of the Finnish rock cello quartet APOCALYPTICA performing an "acoustic" version of Grieg's "In The Hall Of The Mountain King" for a group of Lassiter High School orchestra students on August 30, 2010 at the studios of the 99X radio station in Atlanta, Georgia can be viewed below. "7th...

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DISBELIEF Parts Ways With Drummer, Guitarist

German death metallers DISBELIEF have parted ways with drummer Kai Bergerin and guitarist Witali Weber. According to the band, Kai left DISBELIEF due to "private" reasons which make it "impossible" for him to embark on long tours. Weber, on the other hand, exited the group "because of personal diffe...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING Talks 'American Carnage' Tour In New Video Interview

Roadrunner Records conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King prior to the band's August 12, 2010 performance at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey as part of the "American Carnage" tour with MEGADETH and TESTAMENT. You can now watch the chat below. SLAYER performed the song...

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CHTHONIC Covers JUDAS PRIEST's 'Painkiller' On New Single

Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC will release a new digital single, "Painkiller", on September 13 via Spinefarm Records. A cover of the JUDAS PRIEST classic, CHTHONIC's version of "Painkiller" will be issued with "Bloody Waves Of Sorrow" as the bonus element; the latter is a track from the band's curren...

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JANI LANE Performs With GREAT WHITE: First Video Footage Surfaces

Fan-filmed video footage of former WARRANT singer Jani Lane performing with GREAT WHITE on September 4, 2010 in Galveston, Texas can be viewed below. Lane is filling in for GREAT WHITE frontman Jack Russell while Jack is recovering from major surgery after suffering a perforated bowel (a medical eme...

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SLAYER Guitarist Interviewed On 107.7 THE BONE's 'Metal Zone'

"Metal Zone" host Nikki Blakk of the San Francisco, California radio station 107.7 The Bone conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King on August 31, 2010 when the band performed at the Cow Palace in San Francisco as part of the "American Carnage" tour with MEGADETH and TESTAMENT. Watch...

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Ex-APOPTYGMA BERZERK Keyboardist Rumored To Have Joined DIMMU BORGIR's Touring Lineup

Geir Bratland, the Oslo, Norway-based keyboardist who has previously played with APOPTYGMA BERZERK and THE KOVENANT, is rumored to have joined the touring lineup of the Norwegian symphonic black metal band DIMMU BORGIR. Bratland (pictured below) is also believed be featured on DIMMU BORGIR's upcomin...

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KING OF ASGARD Adds Second Guitarist

Swedish Viking folk death metallers KING OF ASGARD have announced the addition of guitarist Lars Tängmark to the group's ranks. KING OF ASGARD states, "Lars is a longtime friend of the band and has, among other duties, been the bassist of the great Swedish act DAWN wherein Karsten [Larsson, drums] a...

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SLAYER Guitarist Talks About Peforming Entire 'Seasons' Album, Touring With METALLICA

Tom Trakas of the None But My Own blog recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. None But My Own: The "World Painted Blood" era officially begins in the U.S. after several setbacks. The European shows you've done have also incl...

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JANE'S ADDICTION, RATT, DREAM THEATER Drummers Added To 'Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same'

Stephen Perkins (JANE'S ADDICTION),Abe Laboriel (PAUL MCCARTNEY) and Bobby Blotzer (RATT) have been added to the list of performers honoring late LED ZEPPELIN drummer John Bonham at a special concert at the Key Club in Hollywood, California. September 25, 2010, marks the 30th anniversary of the pas...

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MAGNUS KARLSSON Lays Down Guitar Tracks On RALF SCHEEPERS Solo Album

Swedish guitarist Magnus Karlsson (PRIMAL FEAR, STARBREAKER, LAST TRIBE) has finished laying down his parts for the forthcoming solo album from Ralf Scheepers of German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR. According to a posting on the PRIMAL FEAR web site, "Magnus delivered his guitar parts on some songs o...

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SAHG: Performance Footage From 'Sahg III' Release Party Available

Contraband Candy has uploaded video footage of from SAHG — the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks current/former members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE — performing a new song, "Mortify", at the Garage, Bergen during the listening party for the band's third album, "Sahg III"...

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HEATHEN: Mexican Dates Canceled

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers HEATHEN have been forced to cancel their previously announced Mexican shows (October 15 in Monterrey and October 16 in Mexico City) because "agreed financial obligations" were not met by "the local promoter," according to a statement released by the band. The group a...

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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION Documentary To Air On PLANET ROCK

At 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 4, the U.K.'s leading classic rock radio station Planet Rock will air an exclusive hour-long documentary interview with BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION — the Anglo/American rock supergroup featuring vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, TRAPEZE),drum...