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DARK FUNERAL Working On Two DVDs

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have issued the following update: "One of the most frequent questions we have received during the last couple of years has been 'When the hell are you guys going to release a live DVD?' Well, your requests have been heard. We are currently hard at work on putting...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist Guitarist Addresses RIAA And Internet Royalties Increase

"The Classic Metal Show" recently interviewed legendary JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing about a number of topics, one which was the proposed raise of royalty rates by the RIAA that would, in essence, put Internet radio out of business. Downing stated that he found the proposed royalty rates to b...

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'Metal: A Headbanger's Companion': New EARACHE Collection Due In April

Earache Records will release a six-CD collection, entitled "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion", on April 23. Headbang away to over 100 all-out blistering tracks on six separate discs, featuring Earache's own genre-defining, groundbreaking artists. The set will be priced only £9.99 (U.K.) or $15.98 (U....

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OPETH Mainman Has 'Around A Dozen Of Song Ideas' For New Album

OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt has issued the following update: "Just a quick note to fill you (if you care) in on what's cooking and stuff....like that..... "Roundhouse/U.K. gig DVD: Well, the music is mixed and it sounds nothing less than awesome I must say. The film material is also edited and it...

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AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG Voted #1 'Rock Icon'

According to Sony BMG, U.K. music magazine Kerrang! has tallied up the hardest, most legendary rockers of this century and crowned AC/DC's Angus Young as the top "Rock Icon," beating some of the biggest names in the business. Young was also awarded the Kerrang! "Legend" award last August after the b...

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ROB HALFORD Limited-Edition Sculpture To Include Hat

JUDAS PRIEST management representative Jayne Andrews has issued the following statement regarding the upcoming resin sculpture of PRIEST frontman Rob Halford: "There has been some confusion from various fans regarding the Knucklebonz figurine of Rob Halford that has recently gone on sale through the...

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Original SHOK PARIS Drummer Passes Away

Original SHOK PARIS drummer Bill Sabo (photo) suffered heart failure and passed away on March 16. Sabo was 46 years old and is survived by wife Erica (39) and sons Drew (19) and Cameron (7). A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 31 at United Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio (4200 Pearl...

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JUDAS PRIEST: K.K. DOWNING Audio Interview Posted Online

In the latest episode of "Talking Metal", hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with legendary guitarist K.K. Downing of JUDAS PRIEST. Interview topics include the K.K. Downing Steel Mill, JUDAS PRIEST, VIOLENT STORM, Mick Cervino, Gibson Guitars, and "VH1 Rock Honors". Additional podcast t...

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Storm Warning

VIOLENT STORM would be a noteworthy b-level hard rock project in any case, its members' resumes sporting past work with ZEBRA, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN and BLACKMORE'S NIGHT — you know, the kind of thrown-together studio group that inevitably comes out in Japan a year before anywhere else. But these guys ha...

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VIOLENT STORM To Support HEAVEN AND HELL In Denmark

VIOLENT STORM, the new band formed by ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/BLACKMORE'S NIGHT bassist Mick Cervino, will support HEAVEN AND HELL on June 6 in Copenhagen, Denmark. VIOLENT STORM's latest album, "Storm Warning" was produced by JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing (his first production credit outside of P...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist To Guest On 'The Classic Metal Show'

"The Classic Metal Show", which airs Saturday nights between 9:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. via www.theclassicmetalshow.com, has issued the following update on the program's March 24 episode: "This week on 'The Classic Metal Show' the guys will be in full interview mode as they will get the chance to talk...

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ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO: New Album Samples, Concert Video Footage Available

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the band led by TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick, has posted four songs from its newly released album, "Last Day in Paradise", on its MySpace page. Check out the tracks "Mercury Retrograde", "Western Sabbath Stomp", "Last Day in Paradise" and "Tom Sawyer" (a live electronica-ins...

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'Phallusifer' Director Responds To 'Hollywood Character' Behind 'Club Satan' Movie

The director of "Phallusifer – The Immoral Code", which bills itself as "the world's first black metal porn movie," has responded to a press release issued by Shane Bugbee, an actual priest in the Church Of Satan who wrote and directed "Club Satan: The Witches' Sabbath" (which is being touted as "th...

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JUDAS PRIEST's K.K. DOWNING To Guest On KNAC.COM's 'WildSide' Tomorrow

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing will be the phone-in guest of Diana DeVille on KNAC.COM's "WildSide" tomorrow (Saturday, March 17) at 3:30 p.m. PST. Downing will offer an update on the progress of the recording sessions for the new JUDAS PRIEST album, "Nostradamus", which is slated for release l...

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ICED EARTH Completes Work On New Single; More Album Details Revealed

ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "I just wanted to give you an update of what's happening in ICED EARTH world. "We just finished mixing and mastering the [new] single, which will be titled 'Overture of the Wicked' and should be released in late May o...