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INTO ETERNITY Mainman Issues Post-Japanese Tour Update

Founding guitarist/principal songwriter Tim Roth of Canadian extreme progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY has issued the following update: "The band is back home now in Canada (Steve [Bolognese, drums] lives in Boston) after another couple of successful tours. The SYMPHONY X /EPICA / INTO ETERNITY U....

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THE BERZERKER: UK Dates Announced

Australian masters of grind THE BERZERKER have announced a few UK dates in June/July: June 25 - Sawyers, Kettering June 26 - Junktion 7, Nottingham June 27 - TJ's, Newport June 28 - White Rabbit, Plymouth June 29 - Ghostfest, Leeds June 30 - Ivory Blacks, Glasgow July 01 - Queens Hall, Nuneaton July...

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10 YEARS, FILTER, IRON MAIDEN, DEICIDE, EMMURE First-Week Sales Revealed

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending May 18, 2008, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest hundred [except numbers over 20,000, which are rounded to the nearest thousand]; The Billboard 200 chart position included,...

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VH1 CLASSIC Celebrates Metal With A Memorial Day Weekend Marathon

This Memorial Day weekend VH1 Classic documents more than 30 years of one of music's most passionate genres with "Metal Weekend". Beginning on Friday, May 23 the network "for classic music lovers" sets the stage for a heavy metal marathon including some of the most memorable concerts, chilling docum...

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IIII

First of all, do not read the title of FARSOT's debut full-length as indicating anything related to the number four. It is simply four lines (as you'll note on the cover) each with symbolic meaning to the band and its music. As if you cared, right? Anyway, the Germans put in a performance on "IIII"...

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SALLAH Putting Finishing Touches On Debut Album

Chicago blackened thrash metal band SALLAH will return to Semaphore Studios this week with Sanford Parker (MINSK, NACHTMYSTIUM, LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR) to complete the recording of its debut album, "Fortune and Glory", a concept CD based on the Indiana Jones movies. Guitar, bass, and drum tracks were...

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JUDAS PRIEST's K.K. DOWNING Talks 'Nostradamus'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing on May 6. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Classic Rock Revisited: How much did you know about Nostradamus? Downing: Zero. It wasn't too difficult to learn about him. Our manager printed a...

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SECRET SPHERE: New Album Track Listing, Audio Samples Available

Italian symphonic power band SECRET SPHERE have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Sweet Blood Theory", due later in the year. The CD was recorded between December 2007 and February 2008 at Authoma Studios by Federico Pennazzato and mixed in March 2008 at Germany's Indiscreet Audio by...

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THE OCEAN: New Video Interview Available

Hungarian metal magazine "Kettngy" has uploaded an interview with Berlin, Germany's THE OCEAN conducted prior to the band's May 11, 2008 concert in Budapest, Hungary. Watch the footage below. THE OCEAN's extensive concept album, "Precambrian", was released last November via Metal Blade Records. The...

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SIX FEET UNDER Frontman Checks In From Recording Studio

Frontman Chris Barnes from Tampa-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER has issued the following update: "Hello again from Morrisound in Tampa, FL. We have, so far, completed all of the drum tracks for the new CD. Greg [Gall] did an awesome job laying the drums down-powerful, very powerful!! A very bi...

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WHITECHAPEL: New Album Track Listing, Artwork Revealed

Knoxville, Tennessee-based death/grind metallers WHITECHAPEL will release their second album, "This Is Exile", in Europe on July 14 via Metal Blade Records (July 11 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy). The CD was tracked by Jonny Fay (ex-guitarist of THE RED CHORD) of Backyard Studios in New...

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EVEMASTER Prepares To Enter Studio

Guitarist/vocalist Tomi Mykknen of the Finnish "dark metal" band EVEMASTER has issued the following update: "The drum recording [for the new EVEMASTER album] will start on June 2nd in Drop Hammer Studios. The drums will be played by Enrico Annus (of KHERT-NETER) as Jaska Raatikainen is not available...

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KATATONIA: European Festival Appearances Announced

Sweden's KATATONIA has scheduled the following European festival appearances: June 20 - Hellfest, Clisson, France June 28 - Hunterfest, Szczytno, Poland July 12 - Hegyalja Festival, Tokaj, Hungary July 26 - Kuopiorock, Kuopio, Finland KATATONIA is scheduled to enter the studio this spring to record...

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QUEENSRCHE's 'Operation: Mindcrime': Second Part Of Retrospective Available

The second installment of Blistering.com's QUEENSRCHE retrospective "I Remember Now: The 20th Anniversary of Operation: Mindcrime" is now posted and features an in-depth interview with bassist Eddie Jackson. To read the article, click here. Compiled by noted QUEENSRCHE historian Christa Titus, the s...

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Design Kerrang!'s IRON MAIDEN CD Artwork

As a tribute to IRON MAIDEN, UK's Kerrang! magazine has persuaded some of its favorite bands to record unique covers of MAIDEN's greatest anthems for an exciting free CD entitled "Maiden Heaven". The track listing and details for this world-exclusive release will be revealed next month and Kerrang!...