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ARMORED SAINT: 'La Raza' First-Week Sales Revealed
"La Raza", the new album from Los Angeles metal veterans ARMORED SAINT, sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 18 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, de...March 24, 2010
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ANNIHILATOR's JEFF WATERS: 'I Am One Of The Luckiest Musicians I Know'
Epiphone.com recently conducted an interview with ANNIHILATOR guitarist/mainman Jeff Waters. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Epiphone.com: Tell us about your early days. When and how did you start playing guitar? Jeff: I started playing guitar when I was around 7 years old. My mothe...March 24, 2010
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BEATALLICA Frontman Interviewed On 'Iron City Rocks'
The "Iron City Rocks" podcast (web site) recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Jaymz Lennfield (vocals, guitar) of the Milwaukee-based band BEATALLICA — a satirical mashup act whose hilarious schtick marries the songwriting prowess of THE BEATLES to the deep-throated rock growl of...March 23, 2010
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UNLEASHED: New Audio Interview With ANDERS SCHULTZ Posted Online
Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with drummer Anders Schultz of legendary Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. UNLEASHED's tenth full-length album, "As Yggdrasil Trembles", will be released in the U.S. on April 6 via N...March 23, 2010
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EVILE: New Audio Interview With OL DRAKE Available
Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with guitarist Oliver "Ol" Drake of British thrashers EVILE. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. EVILE recently released a digital-only single of the band's cover of PANTERA's "Cemetery Gates". EVILE recorded "Cemetery...March 23, 2010
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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Interviewed On Australia's 'The Racket'
Guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD was interviewed earlier today (Tuesday, March 23) by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "The Racket". Listen to the program in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: The Flynn chat begins around...March 23, 2010
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RUSH Documentary To Receive Canadian Premiere At HOT DOCS Festival
"Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage", the long-awaited RUSH documentary produced by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn of Toronto, Ontario, Canada's Banger Films Inc., will receive its Canadian premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, which runs from April 29 to May 9 in Toronto, On...March 23, 2010
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IRON MAIDEN, CHILDREN OF BODOM, GWAR Confirmed For Hungary's SZIGET Festival
IRON MAIDEN, CHILDREN OF BODOM, GWAR and PARADISE LOST are among the bands that have been confirmed for this year's Sziget festival, set to take place August 11-16, 2010 on Budapest, Hungary's Hajógyár Kikötö (Shipyard) on the Danube River's Óbudai Island. The festival billing is shaping up as follo...March 23, 2010
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La Raza
Ten years since "Revelation" was released and it still doesn't seem like a shock that ARMORED SAINT finally got around to releasing new album "La Raza". The band has always been out there somewhere, though with higher degrees of profiles up through 1991's "Symbol of Salvation", and as long as John B...March 22, 2010
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Over the Top
So we know the story about WHITE WIZZARD's "High Speed G.T.O." EP being released by Earache well after the band had already gone through a mass member departure, which doesn't need repeating here. What is worth mentioning though is that some folks had dismissed "High Speed G.T.O." as a shakily NWOBH...March 22, 2010
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Bloodrust Scythe
HELLISH CROSSFIRE's "Bloodrust Scythe" is an album that really could have been released during the thrash explosion of the 1980s. Not only that, but the Germans would have been considered one of the better bands of the era. As it turns out, HELLISH CROSSFIRE should also be considered one of the bett...March 22, 2010
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ENEMYNSIDE Preparing To Enter Studio
Italian thrashers ENEMYNSIDE are preparing to enter Temple Of Noise studios to begin recording their new album, tentatively titled "Black Issue". Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Withering Addiction", "The Cure", "Pitch Black", "Reveries" and "Faith No More". ENEMYNSIDE last year parted w...March 22, 2010
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LAMB OF GOD To Headline India's SUMMER STORM Festival
According to Indiecision, Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD will headline the first edition of the Summer Storm festival on May 15 in Bangalore, India. Tickets for Summer Storm will go on sale in the next few days. LAMB OF GOD was nominated in two categories — "Best Live Band" and "Best Drumm...March 22, 2010
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PAUL DI'ANNO, VINNIE MOORE, REV JONES Interviewed For New Shockwaves Podcast
Shockwaves/HardRadio Podcast #44 — in which host Bob Nalbandian conducts separate interviews with AGE OF EVIL, former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno, ICARUS WITCH, DC4, Juan Garcia (AGENT STEEL),Rev Jones (MSG),TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION, Vinnie Moore and FATAL SMILE — is available for download at th...March 22, 2010
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SVARTSOT Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
Danish folk metal band SVARTSOT has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 1349 ALICE COOPER ARCH ENEMY AMORPHIS ASTRAL DOORS ATROCITY BROILERS CALIBAN CANDLEMASS CA...March 21, 2010
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