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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE: 'Scream Aim Fire' Video Posted Online

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's video for the track "Scream Aim Fire" can be viewed below (courtesy of Headbanger's Blog) (NOTE: The video stream may not be available to some non-U.S. residents.) The song is the title cut of the Welsh metallers' forthcoming sophomore album, due in the U.S. on January 29,...

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KING DIAMOND Guitarist's X-WORLD/5 To Release Debut In February

X-WORLD/5, the new band featuring KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque alongside ex-HAMMERFALL bassist Magnus Rosén and PAGAN'S MIND vocalist Nils K.Rue, will release its debut album, "New Universal Order", on February 29, 2008 via Germany's AFM Records. The group, whose mission is to "bring heavy...

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ALL ENDS Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

Swedish hard rock band ALL ENDS, which features in its ranks Emma Gelotte (sister of IN FLAMES guitarist Björn Gelotte) and Tinna Karlsdotter on vocals, Fredrik Johansson (DIMENSION ZERO, IN FLAMES' "The Jester Race" album) and Peter Mårdklint (EMBRACED, TENEBRE) on guitar, along with Josef Skanås o...

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STRATOVARIUS Bassist To Release New Solo Album

STRATOVARIUS bassist Lauri Porra will release his new solo album, "All Children Have Superpowers" on January 9, 2008. Three songs from the CD — "Release", "Changes in Memory" and "All Children Have Superpowers" — are available for streaming on Lauri's MySpace page. Porra was born on December 13, 197...

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GROSS MISCONDUCT To Support AMON AMARTH In Vancouver

Vancouver-based death/thrash band GROSS MISCONDUCT has been added to the AMON AMARTH / SONIC SYNDICATE show on December 14 in Vancouver, B.C. GROSS MISCONDUCT will open the all-ages concert, which will be held at the Croatian Cultural Centre (3250 Commercial Drive). According to Live Nation Canada,...

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BEHEMOTH Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 14-16 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: ASP BEHEMOTH BORN FROM PAIN DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA ENDSTILLE ENSIFERUM EXODUS KA...

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EMINENCE Films 'Day 7' Video

Brazilian extreme metallers EMINENCE recently shot a video for the new song "Day 7". Check out a photo from the video shoot at this location. "Day 7" comes off the group's forthcoming album, "The God of all Mistakes", due in early 2008 via an as-yet-undetermined label. The follow-up to 2004's "Human...

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Report: Heavy Metal Artists Love Christmas, Too

Heath McCoy of the CanWest News Service reports: When did TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French realize he had mellowed out enough to record a Christmas album? At around the same time the makeup-wearing rocker caught himself playing the worried parent. "Remember that artist UNCLE KRACKER who came...

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NIKKI SIXX: Photos From Houston Book-Signing Appearance Posted Online

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx signed copies of his book, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star", on Sunday, December 9 at Borders Books and Music in Houston, Texas. Check out photos at Houstonist.com. "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star" ...

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PRIMAL FEAR Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 14-16 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: ASP BORN FROM PAIN DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA ENDSTILLE ENSIFERUM EXODUS KATAKLYSM...

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Former ADLER'S APPETITE Singer Opens Recording Studio

Former ADLER'S APPETITE and current TARSHA lead vocalist Sheldon Tarsha has announced the grand opening of his private recording headquarters — The Awe Center. Giving rise to Tarsha's debut album, "Prophecies", and his forthcoming CD, "Divine Universe", The Awe Center is described as "a deluxe recor...

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Heavy Metal Fanatic To Succeed PUTIN As Rusian Leader?

Russia's RIA Novosti reports: The man backed by Vladimir Putin for next year's presidential election is a heavy-metal-loving 42-year-old whose surname comes from the Russian word for 'bear'. First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was nominated by the ruling United Russia party and three other s...

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BORN FROM PAIN, ASP Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

BORN FROM PAIN and ASP have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 14-16 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: ASP BORN FROM PAIN DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA ENDSTILLE ENSIFERUM EXODUS KATAKLYSM PRIMORDIAL S...

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NIKKI SIXX: New TV Interview Posted Online

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx visited with TXA 21's Kenneth Taylor in Texas earlier today (December 7) to talk about his new book, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star", which debuted at No. 7 on The New York Times Book Review non-fiction bestseller list. Watch the four-...

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ELVENKING Pulls Out Of GOTTHARD's Italian Tour

Italian folk metallers ELVENKING have been forced to cancel their support slot on the Italian leg of GOTTHARD's European tour. "We have been told that we were out of the tour for major organizing reasons (that are absolutely not related to our will) tonight and we're very sorry for the people that s...