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CHINCHILLA: New Song Posted Online

German metallers CHINCHILLA have uploaded a rough-mix version of a new song, "Bloody Sacrifice", on their MySpace page. According to guitarist Udo Gerstenmeyer, "this is not the final mix; this is only a pre-production by myself. Achim Köhler (PRIMAL FEAR, BRAINSTORM) will start with the mix at the...
August 31, 2008
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JOE LYNN TURNER Comments On BIG NOIZE's Upcoming Trip To Iraq

Vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),bassist Phil Soussan (OZZY OSBOURNE),guitarist Carlos Cavazo (QUIET RIOT) and drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC) will bring their band BIG NOIZE to Iraq and Kuwait in September. This rock and roll invasion is designed to increase morale a...
August 18, 2008
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SEVENTH ANGEL: First Recording In 17 Years Posted Online

The reformed British metal band SEVENTH ANGEL, which is currently working on a new, as-yet-untitled studio album and is set to hit the festival circuit later this year, has posted its first recording in 17 years. The song "The Turning Tide" was recorded at bassist Mark Broomhead's house and was prod...
August 15, 2008
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Report: Former WHITE SPIRIT/TANK Drummer Died After Fall

Mark Thompson of Hartlepool Mail reports that British drummer Graeme Crallan, who played on WHITE SPIRIT's 1980 debut LP and TANK's 1985 release "Honour And Blood", died after a fall in a London street. He was 50 years old. The musician, nicknamed Crash, collapsed on Sunday and suffered head injurie...
July 31, 2008
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Former WHITE SPIRIT/TANK Drummer Dies

British drummer Graham Crallan, who played on WHITE SPIRIT's 1980 debut LP and TANK's 1985 release "Honour And Blood", passed away on July 27, 2008. No further details are available. According to AllMusic.com, WHITE SPIRIT is mostly remembered as the first appearance of guitarist Janick Gers, who la...
July 30, 2008
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DEAD HEAD: In Mixing Mode

Veteran Dutch thrashers DEAD HEAD recently entered the studio to begin recording a new full-length CD, tentatively titled "Depression Tank". Songtitles set to appear on the album include "Firegate", "Less Than Zero", "Murder" and "Pesticide" (a 1989 demo track re-recorded). Commented the band: "Reco...
July 29, 2008
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SEVENDUST Shipping Out To Throw Down For The Troops

Jump-started by the return of original guitar player Clint Lowery to the band, SEVENDUST has been on the road non-stop since the release of its new album, "Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow", in April. The band's current live attack is as ferocious as ever and they'll continue to be road warriors this...
June 30, 2008
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THOSE WHO BRING THE TORTURE: New Album Release Date Announced

THOSE WHO BRING THE TORTURE, the Swedish death metal/grindcore band featuring members of RIBSPREADER, TAEDEAT, and KNIFE IN CHRIST, will release its second album, "Tank Gasmask Ammo", on July 18 via the Singapore-based Pulverised Records. Two songs from the CD are now being streamed on the band's My...
June 18, 2008
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Reformed SEVENTH ANGEL Recording New Material

The reformed British metal band SEVENTH ANGEL, which is currently working on a new, as-yet-untitled studio album and is set to hit the festival circuit later this year, has issued the following update: "We have just had a few more days together working on new songs and running through some old ones....
June 13, 2008
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WARBRINGER Completes Inaugural European Tour; Prepares For Hectic Summer Touring Schedule

Having just finished up their first European tour with legends NAPALM DEATH and SUFFOCATION, Los Angeles thrashers WARBRINGER are now bringing "Systematic Genocide" to the UK via headlining shows with GAMA BOMB before returning to the States to play a few West Coast shows and prep for their first-ev...
June 11, 2008
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VOETSEK Signs With SELFMADEGOD RECORDS

San Francisco thrashers VOETSEK have inked adeal with Selfmadegod Records to release their brand-new full-length, entitled "Infernal Command". The album consists of "17 fast tracks mixing Bay Area fastcore/power violence (SPAZZ, CAPITALIST CASUALITIES) and Bay Area thrash metal (VIO-LENCE, DEATH ANG...
May 29, 2008
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Reformed SEVENTH ANGEL Working On New Album

Influential British metal band SEVENTH ANGEL has reformed. The group is currently working on a new, as-yet-untitled studio album and is set to hit the festival circuit later this year. SEVENTH ANGEL's current lineup is a mixture of the early and final lineup of the band before it split in 1992. Ian...
May 24, 2008
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Top Heavy Metal Musicians Select Favorite Guitarists Of All Time

Thiago Sarkis of Roadie Crew magazine (web site) organized a poll in which 330 guitarists were asked about their favorite guitarists of all time. Among the participants in the poll were current and former members of such bands as GUNS N' ROSES, KISS, MACHINE HEAD, NIGHTWISH, MEGADETH, SCORPIONS, TES...
May 19, 2008
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III: Architects Of Troubled Sleep

What the hell is going on up in Canada? It seems that the powers that be up North are trying to incite a nationwide riot by partially funding the recording of one of the most pissed-off, violent and socially dissident collection of tunes to ever come from the land of beer 'n' bacon. Their healthcare...
May 19, 2008
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BRUCE DICKINSON: 'Everything You Need To Know About IRON MAIDEN Is Onstage'

Paul Sexton of Reuters recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Q: It seems as though MAIDEN developed a common cause because the band members were, and still are, outsiders. Dickinson: We are still outsiders. We always wil...
May 11, 2008