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KROKUS Drummer Completes Tour Despite Ruptured Hernia

According to a posting on KROKUS' official web site, the band's drummer, Stefan Schwarzmann (ex-ACCEPT, U.D.O., HELLOWEEN),played the group's entire first leg of the European "Hellraiser" tour with a ruptured (umbilical) hernia. Stefan reports that he will get the hernia operated sometime in the fi...

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NAPALM DEATH Frontman On Songwriting And Touring

Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with NAPALM DEATH frontman Mark "Barney" Greenway. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the group's songwriting process: "We try not to be too relaxed when we're writing songs, because we feel that urgency and that on the edge sort of fe...

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REKUIEM: 'New Record Will Be Heavy, Real Heavy'

REKUIEM (formerly REQUIEM),the cult NWOBHM band that was at the very start of the British metal movement alongside such names as DIAMOND HEAD and WITCHFINDER GENERAL, has posted the following message on its official web site: "REKUIEM are currently going through ideas for the anticipated new album...

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DEATH ANGEL: Wrestle Rock '06 Dates Cancelled

DEATH ANGEL's previously announced Wrestle Rock '06 dates with Y&T and WARRANT have been cancelled, according to a posting on the group's web site. The affected shows are as follows: Nov. 09 - The Redding Convention Center - Redding, CA Nov. 10 - The Rainbow Ballroon - Fresno, CA Nov. 12 - The E...

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CELLADOR Guitarist To Shoot Instructional DVD

Bill Hudson, lead guitarist for Nebraska-based extreme power metallers CELLADOR, will shoot a promotional DVD for "Chops from Hell" this weekend. The video will be around 60 minutes long and will cover the most useful techniques, as well as improvisation and how to use your technique in service of y...

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KROKUS: European Tour Setlist Revealed

Veteran Swiss hard rockers KROKUS have revealed the setlist for their current European tour in support of the band's "Hellraiser" album. It is as follows: 01. Hellraiser 02. Too Wired To Sleep 03. Hangman 04. Angel Of My Dreams 05. Long Stick Goes Boom! 06. Bad Boys Rag Dolls 07. Screaming In The Ni...

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OVERKILL Frontman Talks About Having A Stroke: Video Available

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a video clip featuring Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth from OVERKILL talking about having a stroke. Check it out at...

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SKITZO Signs With OPEN GRAVE RECORDS

Open Grave Records has announced the signing of legendary thrash metal artist SKITZO. A notorious name amongst Bay Area thrash/crossover circles, SKITZO are renowned for their outrageous stage shows and publicity moves. Frontman Lance Ozanix has proven to be the mainstay of the band which has issued...

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OVERKILL, GOD FORBID, DESTRUCTION Confirmed For SEATTLE METAL FESTIVAL

Returning after a three-year hiatus, the 2007 edition of the Seattle Metal Festival will be held on January 20, 2007, at The Showbox in Seattle, Washington. This year's lineup — a mixture of metal veterans from the U.S. and abroad, as well as up and coming national acts — will be as follows: OVERKIL...

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HEATHEN: 'Victims Of Deception' Reissue Details Revealed

On November 13, Metal Mind Productions will re-release the "Victims Of Deception" album from HEATHEN, one of the most unique bands to rise from the second wave of the Bay Area thrash explosion. This reissue will come in a new digipack edition, having been digitally remastered using 24-bit technology...

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A Line of Deathless Kings

One look at the song titles above will let you know that it's business as usual in the MY DYING BRIDE camp. Dark wine flows, pale and raven-tressed sylphs expire dramatically on beds of flower-strewn stone inside mist-choked castles, quasi-vampiric men with bad facial hair wear cloaks and sip absint...

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Psalm 9

Black sheets of raining doom rock cascade down, Old Testament prophecies come true in vengeful bursts of fire, and the bastards indeed pay! TROUBLE should have knocked the world on its ass in 1984 with this low-budget slab of creepy, ethereal metal, a distillation of the gloom of prime SABBATH, the...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'It Is Good To Be The F*ckin King'

Deb Rao of Glam-Metal.com recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Glam-Metal.com: First of all let me congratulate your opening for GUNS N' ROSES on their current U.S. tour. I can't wait to see the tour. How are the sho...

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BURN IN SILENCE Guitarist Forced To Sit Out MISERY INDEX Tour

Massachusetts metal act BURN IN SILENCE has issued the following update: "Mike [Casavant, guitar] was rushed to the emergency room late last night, early this morning, and the doctors told us that he has walking pneumonia as well as strep throat. He's been given medication and we have sinced dropped...

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Ex-KISS Drummer PETER CRISS: New Solo Album Title Revealed

According to KissNews.de, original KISS drummer Peter Criss recently gave an interview to Perfect 10 magazine in which he revealed details about his upcoming solo CD. The album, entitled "One for All", will feature contributions from the following musicians: Paul Shaffer, Will Lee, Clifford Carter,...