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JUDAS PRIEST's SCOTT TRAVIS Joins VATER Artist Family
Vater has welcomed metal icon Scott Travis to its artist family. Travis is the drummer for the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band JUDAS PRIEST. Scott's long and very influential drumming career has also included acclaimed work with FIGHT and RACER X. Scott is about to begin rehearsals with JUDAS...March 6, 2011
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KVELERTAK Forced To Miss First Few Shows Of WEEDEATER Tour
According to reports in the Norwegian media, blackened punk metallers KVELERTAK will likely miss the first few shows of their previously announced U.S. tour with WEEDEATER and ZOROASTER because their passports went missing just a few hours before the band was scheduled to board a flight out of Norwa...March 5, 2011
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SOIL Interviewed On KBK LIVE (Video)
KBK Live conducted an interview with Chicago heavy rockers SOIL on February 19, 2011 in Dixon, Illinois. You can now watch the chat below. A new version of the SOIL song "Surrounded" featuring the band's current singer, Jordan Lee (ex-SILVERGUN),was recently made available for purchase via iTunes....March 4, 2011
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Swedish Metallers THE STORYTELLER Reform; At Least 70 People Are Thrilled
Reformed Swedish power metallers THE STORYTELLER played their first comeback concert on February 25 at Club Wasteland in Gävle, Sweden. "THE STORYTELLER is back, and we're sure all 70 of our fans will be thrilled," says guitarist Fredrik Groth, as a reference to a comment that was left to the May 31...March 4, 2011
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Exclusive: New SEPULTURA Album Title Revealed
Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA have set "Kairos" (an ancient Greek word signifying a time in between, a moment of undetermined period of time in which something special happens) as the title of their new album, tentatively due late spring/early summer via Nuclear Blast Records. Speaking excl...March 4, 2011
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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER Interviewed On 'Live From Music City' (Audio)
Former MEGADETH/KING DIAMOND guitarist Glen Drover was recently interviewed on the "Live From Music City" Internet radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Drover has just released a solo single, "Ground Zero", through iTunes. Magna Carta Records will press a very lim...March 3, 2011
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KING'S X Frontman Featured On New AL SHIRE & THE HENCHMEN Album (Audio)
Doug Pinnick of KING'S X laid down guest vocals on the AL SHIRE & THE HENCHMEN's song "Know Your Lie" from Al's new record , "Fate Out of Tragedy", due out later this month. Check out the track using the ReverbNation TuneWidget below (click on "Songs" tab). Shire hails from Houston, Texas, where...March 3, 2011
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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER Interviewed On CKRL 89.1 FM (Audio)
On February 22, former MEGADETH/KING DIAMOND guitarist Glen Drover was interviewed by "Démentièllement Vôtre" on Québec City's CKRL 89.1 FM radio station. The interview has now been posted online at this location. It can also be streamed using the audio player below. ...March 3, 2011
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DECEASED: More New Album Details Revealed
Virginian death/thrash metal veterans metal DECEASED will head back into the studio this year to record "Surreal Overdose", their first full-length of all-new material since 2005's "As The Weird Travel On". The long-running metal maestros have kept the faith since 1985, summoning a slew of cult rele...March 3, 2011
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Book Of Historic METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER, EXODUS Bay Area Metal Photographs Due This Fall
Legendary San Francisco Bay Area metal photographers Brian Lew (Whiplash fanzine) and Harald "O." Oimoen (D.R.I.) have joined forces to create the large-format hardcover photo collection "Murder In The Front Row: Bay Area Bangers And The Birth Of Thrash Metal". Coming this fall from Bazillion Points...March 3, 2011
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MIKE PORTNOY's THE BEATLES Cover Band Plays New York City (Video)
After having had such a fun experience the first time around in 2003, drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-DREAM THEATER),guitarist Paul Gilbert (RACER X, MR. BIG) and guitarist/keyboardist Neal Morse (ex-SPOCK'S BEARD) reunited as YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD late last month to once again pay tribute to their greate...March 3, 2011
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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT: 'The Sound & The Fury' Educational Book/CD Pack Due Next Week
Cherry Lane Music has set a March 9 release date for "The Sound And The Fury", the new educational book/CD pack from METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett. In 1993, Guitar World introduced a column called "The Sound & the Fury", penned by METALLICA's master of metal guitar himself, Kirk Hammett. In h...March 2, 2011
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Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer Joins Forces With KING DIAMOND Guitarist, Ex-HAMMERFALL Bassist
Vocalist Tony Martin (BLACK SABBATH),bassist Magnus Rosén (HAMMERFALL),guitarist Andy La Rocque (KING DIAMOND) and drummer Danny "Danté" Needham (VENOM, TONY MARTIN) have joined forces in an as-yet-unnamed new "supergroup." The band is currently working on music at La Rocque's Sonic Train Studios...March 1, 2011
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MIKE PORTNOY's THE BEATLES Cover Band Plays First Shows In Eight Years (Video)
After having had such a fun experience the first time around in 2003, drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-DREAM THEATER),guitarist Paul Gilbert (RACER X, MR. BIG) and guitarist/keyboardist Neal Morse (ex-SPOCK'S BEARD) reunited as YELLOW MATTER CUSTARD late last month to one again pay tribute to their greates...March 1, 2011
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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER To Release 'Ground Zero' Single
Former MEGADETH/KING DIAMOND guitarist Glen Drover will release a solo single, "Ground Zero", on March 21 through Magna Carta Records. The label will press a very limited amount of CD copies, which will be available through Amazon.com. This single will also feature a alternate version of the song, w...March 1, 2011
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