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SAXON, CATHEDRAL, HAMMERFALL Confirmed For U.K.'s HIGH VOLTAGE Festival

SAXON, CATHEDRAL and HAMMERFALL have been confirmed for High Voltage, the U.K.'s new rock festival, which is scheduled to take place July 24-25, 2010 at Victoria Park in London, U.K. The festival billing is shaping up as follows : Saturday, July 24: Main Stage: ZZ TOP HEAVEN & HELL FOREIGNER GAR...

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ANGER AS ART: 'Live Dissent' DVD Preview Available

A preview of "Live Dissent", the forthcoming concert DVD from Los Angeles thrashers ANGER AS ART, is available below. The disc features footage from the February 21, 2010 concert at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, California, clips of the band on tour in Europe and in the USA, and a segment of the...

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AC/DC's 'Iron Man 2' Tops European Chart

According to Billboard.biz, three new entries in the top ten of Billboard's European Albums chart are headed by AC/DC's #1 debut with the soundtrack of "Iron Man 2" (Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment). The AC/DC album, which consists of catalog material from the mid-1970s onwards, gives the veteran...

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DEATH ANGEL, DAATH Members To Guest On FULL METAL JACKIE's Radio Show

Mark Osegueda of DEATH ANGEL and Eyal Levi of DAATH will guest on this weekend's (April 30 – May 2) edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to FullMetalJackieRadio.com. Full Metal Jackie began her radio...

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EXODUS Fans Take Part In Video Shoot; Photos Available

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS filmed two videos on April 1 in Los Angeles with director Jon Schnepp ("Metalocalypse", the animated program about DETHKLOK, the world's most popular death metal band, on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim) on the old set of the television sitcom "Night Court". Eigh...

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ANGER AS ART To Release 'Live Dissent' DVD Next Month

Los Angeles thrashers ANGER AS ART are putting the finishing touches on a concert DVD, "Live Dissent", featuring footage from the February 21, 2010 concert at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, California, clips of the band on tour in Europe and in the USA, and a segment of the recording process for t...

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LILLIAN AXE Begins Recording New Album

Louisiana-based rockers LILLIAN AXE have entered Sound Landing Studios in Covington, Louisiana to begin recording their tenth album, "Deep Red Shadows", for a July 20 release via Love & War Records. Ash Sivils, who created the artwork for LILLIAN AXE's last CD, 2009's "Sad Day On Planet Earth",...

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AC/DC: 'Iron Man 2' Cracks U.S. Top 5

"AC/DC: Iron Man 2" — which features 15 classic AC/DC songs selected from ten of the band's studio albums, ranging from 1976 to 2008 — sold around 76,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart. "AC/DC: Iron Man 2" has ...

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Learn To Shred The Axe In Six Weeks

Lick Library, in its search to provide musicians with the best possible learning experience, has announced the release of Andy James' "Shred Guitar in Six Weeks", a series of DVD guitar lessons. Andy James is widely respected as a master shredder and is one the U.K.'s top guitar teachers. The course...

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AIRBOURNE: 'No Guts. No Glory.' First-Week U.S. Sales Revealed

"No Guts. No Glory.", the sophomore album from Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE, sold around 6,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 89 on the Billboard 200 chart. The CD was released in the U.S. on April 20 via Roadrunner Records. The special-edition...

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THE AMENTA Working On New EP

Sydney, Australia's extreme metal unit THE AMENTA has begun working on an EP which will function as an introduction to the band's new lineup and as a teaser for the upcoming third full-length album. Tentatively titled "V01D", the EP will feature re-recorded songs from both full-length albums, an unr...

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AC/DC: 'Iron Man 2' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

"AC/DC: Iron Man 2" — which features 15 classic AC/DC songs selected from ten of the band's studio albums, ranging from 1976 to 2008 — has registered the following first-week chart positions so far: New Zealand: #1 UK: #1 Ireland: #1 Norway: #4 France: #5 Netherlands: #5 Finland: #14 Belgium: #22 Po...

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IMAGIKA Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Drummer Henry Moreno has left San Francisco Bay Area power/thrashers IMAGIKA and has been replaced by Wayne De Vecchi (pictured below). A current member of HELLHOUND, Wayne's past bands include PURGATORY SF and DOOM SOCIETY, who toured both the U.S. and Europe. Bringing in his influences of everythi...

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MISERY INDEX: Another New Song Posted Online

A brand new MISERY INDEX track, "Heirs To Thievery", is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song is the title cut of the group's new album, "Heirs To Thievery", which is set for a May 11 North American release via Relapse Records. The CD was recorded at Wright Way Studios ...

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PRETTY MAIDS, TOKYO BLADE Members Interviewed On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'; Audio Available

Guitarist Ken Hammer of Danish hard rockers PRETTY MAIDS and Andy Boulton of the newly revamped lineup of the NWOBHM band TOKYO BLADE were interviewed on this past Sunday's (April 25) edition of the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". You can now listen to the program using t...