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OZZY OSBOURNE To Perform With 9-Year-Old Guitar Prodigy At BLIZZCON

According to a posting on his official Facebook page, nine-year-old guitar prodigy Yuto Miyazawa will play with OZZY OSBOURNE at the closing concert of this year's BlizzCon on Saturday, August 22 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Miyazawa is expected to join Ozzy and the rest...

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ATREYU: First 'Congregation Of The Damned' Webisode Available

Orange County rock act ATREYU has uploaded the first webisode (see below) in preparation for the October 27 release of the band's follow-up to 2007's acclaimed "Lead Sails Paper Anchor". In this first clip, the group reflects on the past 10 years together and what lies ahead with the new record. Ent...

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SHADOWS FALL Schedules Long Island In-Store Performance, Signing Session

New England metallers SHADOWS FALL will take part in an electric performance and autograph-signing session on Monday, September 14 at Looney Tunes (31 Brookvale Ave.) in West Babylon, New York beginning at 7:00 p.m. For more information, call 631.587.7722 or visit LooneyTunesCDs.com. SHADOWS FALL's...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman's 'The Gospel Of Filth'; More Details Revealed

For decades, music writers have been penning tell-all artist biographies and their personal interpretation of rock history. But on Halloween 2009, Fab Press will unleash a book that takes readers on a much deeper and darker journey into the inspirations behind the world of rock music. Entitled "The...

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OZZY OSBOURNE's New Guitarist GUS G. To Make His Debut At BLIZZCON, According To RANDALL

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on August 3, Randall Amplifiers now appears to have confirmed via its Facebook page that 28-year-old Greek guitarist Gus G. (FIREWIND) has been tapped to play with OZZY OSBOURNE at the closing concert of this year's BlizzCon, which will take place August 21-22 at t...

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THE COLD EXISTENCE Signs With PULVERISED RECORDS

Swedish melodic death metallers THE COLD EXISTENCE have inked a deal with Pulverised Records. The band's third album will be recorded at Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND guitarist) Sonic Train studios in Varberg, Sweden with producer Peter Laustsen for an early 2010 release. According to the label, TH...

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GAAHL On Decision To Retire From Metal: 'For Me, It's Not Heartfelt Anymore'

Louise Brown of U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine conducted an interview earlier this week with former GOD SEED/GORGOROTH frontman Gaahl (real name: Kristian Espedal) about his decision to "retire from metal music." A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Terrorizer: So, we've all heard by now, of...

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SLAYER: 'World Painted Blood' Track Listing Revealed; First Track-By-Track Review Available

Former Metal Edge editor-in-chief Phil Freeman has written the first track-by-track review of the new SLAYER album, "World Painted Blood" for MSN Music's Heavy Metal Superfan site. After describing each of the album's 11 tracks in detail, he concludes: "A lot of people say SLAYER hasn't really been...

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EQUILIBRIUM Interviewed At U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

Metal Storm conducted an interview with the German symphonic pagan metal band EQUILIBRIUM at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 14-16, 2009 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. Watch the chat below. EQUILIBRIUM's second album, "Sagas", entered the German Media Control...

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KING'S X's TY TABOR To Guest On 'Can I Haz Progzorz?'

Ty Tabor of KING'S X will take part in a live radio interview on the progressive rock/metal radio show "Can I Haz Progzorz?" on the BIRN 1 channel of the Berklee Internet Radio Network At 5:00 p.m. EST on Friday, August 21, 2009. To tune in, go to www.thebirn.com and click the BIRN ...

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GORGOROTH: 'Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt' Artwork Revealed

The cover artwork for "Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt", the ninth album from GORGOROTH, can be viewed below. Due on October 21 in Europe and November 11 in the U.S. via Regain Records, the CD was recorded at Tomas Asklund's Monolith Studio and features Infernus on guitar, Frank Watkins (OBIT...

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DOWN Guitarist WINDSTEIN: 'I'd Die For Any One Of These Dudes In My Band'

InThisWeek.com recently conducted an interview with DOWN guitarist/CROWBAR frontman Kirk Windstein. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On eating like a king before heading out on tour: "I just ate two pounds of crawfish, a pound of shrimp, a couple of crabs, and had like six beers. Whe...

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HENDRIX, SLASH, PAGE, MALMSTEEN Among TIME Magazine's '10 Greatest Electric Guitar Players'

Time magazine has compiled a list of the "10 greatest electric guitar players." They are as follows: 01. Jimi Hendrix 02. Slash 03. B.B. King 04. Keith Richards 05. Eric Clapton 06. Jimmy Page 07. Chuck Berry 08. Les Paul 09. Yngwie Malmsteen 10. Prince To read individual descriptions of all the mus...

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CHTHONIC Bassist Comments On '49 Theurgy Chains' Video Shoot

Bassist Doris Yeh of Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC has commented on the band's latest video — for the song "49 Theurgy Chains" — which can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Mirror of Retribution", which will be released in the U.S. on September 15 via Spinefarm Records. "The...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Opens Up About His Heroin Addiction, PANTERA's Breakup

On March 16, 2009, former PANTERA and current DOWN singer Philip Anselmo spoke passionately and candidly about his music career and his history with — and the dangers of — drugs, particularly heroin, during an appearance at the Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Several portions of the que...