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MESSIAH'S REIGN: Ex-SURGICAL STEEL Vocalist HARLEY VAN KIRK Audio Interview Posted Online

The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview host Mark Strigl conducted with former SURGICAL STEEL/current MESSIAH'S REIGN vocalist Harley Van Kirk. Topics include Rob Halford, the state of Arizona, Van Kirk's history and SURGICAL STEEL. Additional podcast topics covered by Strigl and...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Vocalist Was Impressed With Bandmates' 'Creative Energy'

Morley Seaver of CausticTruths.com recently conducted an interview with the Minnesota-based vocalist Melissa Ferlaak, who has been a member of the Austrian symphonic metal band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS for the past few years. All the songs are definitely very personal," Ferlaak states about the group's l...

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Former SHADOWKEEP Singer Resurfaces In CHAOSGENESIS

Former SHADOWKEEP vocalist Rogue M has resurfaced in a brand new band called CHAOSGENESIS. The London, England-based progressive metal act, which also features guitarists Chris Van Hayden and James Cornford, has posted a demo recording of the song "Control" on its MySpace page. The track is expected...

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DON DOKKEN On Upcoming DOKKEN CD: 'It Will Be A Very Heavy, Progressive Record'

Deb Rao of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with DOKKEN frontman Don Dokken. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: Tell me about your time in the studio recording your soon-to-be-released "Lightning Strikes Again" [CD]. Dokken: Our new album is going to be better than ever. Yo...

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SAVATAGE: 1993 Video Footage From Italy Posted Online

Video footage of SAVATAGE performing the song "Degrees of Sanity" on the "Edge of Thorns" tour in Milan, Italy on June 8, 1993 with guitarist founding guitarist Criss Oliva has been posted online at YouTube. Professionally shot video footage of SAVATAGE performing the song "Dead Winter Dead" at the...

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Scotland's ATTICA RAGE Announces New Guitarist

Scottish metal band ATTICA RAGE has announced the addition of Stephen Bell of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire as the group's lead guitarist following the recent departure of Shaun Nelson. Singer Jonny Parr explains: "Shaun has had to take some time out for personal reasons for an indefinite period and we ha...

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THIRDMOON To Release New Album In September

Austrian melodic death metallers THIRDMOON have finished recording their fifth album, tentatively due in September via Maintain Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Sworn Enemy: Heaven" is described in a press release as a "small masterpiece" which will "spearhead" the melodic death/black metal movemen...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT Performs At 'Icons Of Music' Auction

TalkingMetal.com reports that the April 21, 2007 Music Rising "Icons of Music" auction in New York City, which raised $2.4 million dollars for musicians who lost equipment in Hurricane Katrina, concluded with a performance by New Orleans R&B legend Allen Toussaint and GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron...

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EPICA Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band EPICA has signed a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. Formed by guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Mark Jansen (ex-AFTER FOREVER) in 2002, EPICA has so far released three albums, among them a full-length soundtrack in the vein of Hollywood composers Hans Zimme...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN, ANGUS YOUNG, STEVEN TYLER Photos To Be Displayed At LONDON GUITAR SHOW

Cult Art will be exhibiting a large collection of photographs and original art on canvas at the London Guitar Show at London's Excel on April 27-29. Included in the exhibit will be works by Ross Halfin, George Chin and Bruce Fleming along with paintings by George Ioannou and Mark Eurich featuring cl...

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TERROR SYNDROME: Debut Album Track Listing Revealed

TERROR SYNDROME, the new Vancouver, British Columbia-based extreme metal project featuring DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND members Ryan Van Poederooyen (drums),Dave Young (guitar) and Mike Young (bass) alongside ex-GOD AWAKENS PETRIFIED/THE MISERABLES singer Denton Bramley, has revealed the tentative track lis...

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SEVERE TORTURE: In Recording Mode

Dutch death metallers SEVERE TORTURE have entered the studio to begin recording their new album for a late June release on Earache Records. "Seth already did an amazing job on drums and created an ultra-tight foundation for the new songs," guitarist Thijs van Laarhoven said. "Marvin [Vriesde] and I...

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SAMMY HAGAR To Open Cabo Wabo Cantina In Fresno

Bethany Clough of The Fresno Bee reports: A Cabo Wabo Cantina — the music, food and tequila joint started by rocker Sammy Hagar — is scheduled to open in Fresno. Milt Barbis, president of The Village at Granite Park, announced Tuesday (April 17) that the restaurant and nightclub will open this fall...

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DIMEBAG DARRELL To Be Posthumously Inducted Into HOLLYWOOD'S ROCKWALK

At noon on Thursday, May 17, 2007, guitarist extraordinaire "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, will be posthumously inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk, the only sidewalk gallery dedicated to honoring those artists who have made a significant impact and lasting contribution to the growth and evolution of rock...

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SANCTITY Involved In U.K. Van Crash; Photos Available

While touring the U.K. supporting TRIVIUM, Asheville, North Carolina-based classic metal quartet SANCTITY was involved in an accident last night (Tuesday, April 17) in Nottingham, England when a taxi hit the band's van, driving them into a brick wall. Thankfully, no one was injured, just a few bumps...