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Former GRIM REAPER Singer Featured In SUPERBOWL Commercial

Legendary British heavy metal vocalist Steve Grimmett (GRIM REAPER, ONSLAUGHT, LIONSHEART) will appear in a Superbowl commercial for Garmin Satellite Navigation Systems. The commercial will be played during the Superbowl about midway through second quarter. A sneak preview is available on YouTube at...

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Reunited EARTH CRISIS To Tour Europe In June/July

Reunited hardcore legends EARTH CRISIS will embark on a European tour between June 22 and July 3. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jun. 23 - Clisson - Hellfest (France) Jun. 30 - Roitschjora - With Full Force (Germany) As previously reported, the straightedge act has also been added to the bil...

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ANGRA: More Tour Dates Announced

After a succesful first leg of the "Aurora Consurgens World Tour", Brazilian power metallers ANGRA get back on the road, starting Far East on February 2. The band will do an eight-show tour in Japan as a co-headler alongside Germany's BLIND GUARDIAN. The trek is being hailed as one of Japan's metal...

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Former STUCK MOJO Frontman BONZ Releases New Video Message

Former STUCK MOJO vocalist Bonz has posted an eight-minute video message addressing his departure from STUCK MOJO and the current status of his DEAD GOSPEL project. Watch it at this location. STUCK MOJO guitarist Rich Ward fired Bonz from the band in July 2006, claiming that the frontman's substance...

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BELPHEGOR Confirmed For Czech Republic's BRUTAL ASSAULT Festival

Austrian extreme black/death metal outfit BELPHEGOR has been confirmed for the Brutal Assault Festival, set to take place August 10-12 in Svojsice U Prelouce (100 km east of Prague),Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ADOR DORATH BELPHEGOR CATARACT...

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ROB ZOMBIE: 'Werewolf Women' Trailer Is 'Quite Possibly The Greatest Motion Picture Ever Made'

Rob Zombie has completed work on "Werewolf Women of the SS", one of the series of fake trailers audiences will see between Robert Rodriguez's "Planet Terror" and Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof" when they check out "Grindhouse" beginning April 6. In a Jan. 21 posting on his MySpace page, Zombie cal...

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New STUCK MOJO Frontman LORD NELSON Speaks

STUCK MOJO's official forum was recently updated with a question-and-answer session with the group's new frontman Lord Nelson. A few excerpts follow: Q: Were you a fan of STUCK MOJO before you auditioned and did you know Rich [Ward, guitarist/songwriter] or Bonz [former STUCK MOJO frontman/rapper] b...

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KROKUS Vocalist Talks Of Possible U.S. Summer Tour

KROKUS vocalist Marc Storace recently spoke with "The Hairball John Radio Show" about the group's new release, "Hellraiser". Storace also spoke about a possible U.S. tour this summer. Said Storace: "Our people are working on it right now. I don't want to mention any names at this state, because I do...

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QUIET RIOT Frontman: 'People Just Expect Us To Be Old And Sh*tty With No Energy'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently interviewed QUIET RIOT frontman Kevin DuBrow. An excerpt from the chat follows: Classic Rock Revisited: Are you ashamed of any performance on an album in your career? Kevin: "Condition Critical". I think "Metal Heath" is a great record for the time and I...

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Will Reunite For COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL

Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times reports that RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, the seminal L.A. band that made heavy music into political manifesto, will reunite after a seven-year lull for one show as the headliners at the 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. L.A. Times' sources say RAGE,...

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BELPHEGOR Recruits DEFEATED SANITY Drummer For North American Tour

Lille Gruber of German death metallers DEFEATED SANITY will be filling in on drums for Austrian extreme black/death metal outfit BELPHEGOR on their upcoming North American tour with UNLEASHED and KRISIUN. A list of tour dates can be found on BELPHEGOR's MySpace page. BELPHEGOR's video for the song "...

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CELLADOR Parts Ways With Bassist, Seeks Replacement

Nebraska-based extreme power metallers CELLADOR have parted ways with bass player Val Rakhmanov. "The split was in no way in bad terms," says guitarist Bill Hudson. "Val is still one of my best friends and I intend to help him in any way I can with his future projects. No shows will be cancelled, an...

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HEAVEN AND HELL: More Tour Details Revealed

HEAVEN AND HELL members Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) and Geezer Butler (BLACK SABBATH) were interviewed by radio personality/VH1 Classic VJ Eddie Trunk on his "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM last night (Friday, January 19). According to Joe Siegler of the BL...

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Brazil's SCELERATA Signs With MTM MUSIC

MTM Music has announced the signing of Brazilian melodic metal band SCELERATA. According to a press release, SCELERATA is "a young and talented band from Brasil, now stepping into the scene with a very technical and powerful melodic metal debut album. Formed in 2003, they had no great interest in do...

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BELPHEGOR Confirmed For Germany's HELLFLAME FESTIVAL

Austrian extreme black/death metal outfit BELPHEGOR has been confirmed for the Hellflame Festival, set to take place on September 8 at N8 in Osnabrück, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: GORGOROTH DESTRUCTION SECRETS OF THE MOON BELPHEGOR GRAVE BENEDICTION In other news, BELPHEG...