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'Heavy Metal Father' Remembered; EARL ROOT Dies At 46

Ross Raihala of the Pioneer Press reports: Local heavy metal musician, DJ, radio host, label head and record store owner Earl J. Root died Friday of complications from non-Hodgkin's regenerative lymphoma. He was 46. "He was like our heavy metal father," said Tim Honebrink, a longtime friend of Root'...

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QUEEN To Play Buenos Aires In November

According to Queenzone.com, QUEEN's Brian May and Roger Taylor will return to Buenos Aires, Argentina in November 27 years after their legendary South American tour. They will play two concerts in the Estadio Velez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires on November 21 and November 22. If the concerts should sell...

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FIGHT: 'Into The Pit' Four-CD Box Set Coming Soon

Metal God Entertainment and Rob Halford have announced the release of "Into The Pit", a four-disc FIGHT retrospective featuring the band's three audio recordings re-engineered for release: "War Of Words - Remixed & Remastered", "Mutations Remastered", "A Small Deadly Space - Remixed & Remast...

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SOUL Confirmed For SOUTH TEXAS ROCK FEST

Virginia-based metallers SOUL have been confirmed for the "second stage" at the first annual South Texas Rock Fest, set to take place on July 11-13 (the same weekend as the similarly themed Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma) at the Javelina Harley-Davidson Festival grounds in San Antonio, Texas...

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BENEDICTUM Confirmed For UK's HARD ROCK HELL II Festival

San Diego, California-based, female-fronted metallers BENEDICTUM have been confirmed for the Hard Rock Hell II festival, set to take place December 5-7, 2008 at Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, UK. The Hard Rock Hell II festival billing is shaping up as follows: BATTLELORE BEHOLDER BENEDICTUM BLACK LAB...

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MORNING To Release Sophomore Album In September

Dutch female-fronted metal band MORNING will release its sophomore album, "Moments of Truth", in September. For the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, MORNING signed a deal with Snakebite Records (MENNEN, ZINATRA, MEDEA),who will issue the CD on September 3. "Moments of Truth" will be made availa...

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U.D.O.: South American Tour Postponed

U.D.O. the German band fronted by former ACCEPT singer Udo Dirkschneider has issued the following update: "Based on several organizational problems the tour promoter of the South America tour (May 31 until June 14) has informed us that we have to postpone the dates. We are very sorry that we have to...

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DARKWATER Confirmed For BAY AREA ROCK FESTIVAL

Sweden's DARKWATER will make its U.S. live debut to at the second annual Bay Area Rock Festival, set to take place June 27-28 at the Independent in San Francisco, California. According to a press release, DARKWATER's debut release, "Calling to Earth to Witness" (available on Ulterium Records, distri...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Bassist: 'We Went From Nothing To Being On MTV And Covers Of Magazines'

New Zealand's NZRock recently conducted an interview with BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE bassist/backing vocalist Jason "Jay" James. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. NZRock: Has there ever been a time when the band has been stricken with writer's block? Jason: If we're in a writing rehearsal sche...

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SWALLOW THE SUN: 'Plague Of Butterflies' Release Date Announced

Finnish doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN will release their new EP, "Plague of Butterflies", on September 15 via Spinefarm Records. Commented the band: "'Plague of Butterflies' is a story about an old hermit, deep woods, loneliness and the plague. It's one song in three parts and holds about 35 minute...

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One Hour With 'Metal: A Headbanger's Journey' Creators; Audio Available

Directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn of Banger Films Inc. creators of the critically acclaimed, award-winning documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" and its soon-to-be-released follow-up "Global Metal" were recently interviewed by iConnotations about both films plus their upcoming IRON MAIDEN a...

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WES BORLAND: New Audio Interview Available

A Metal Hammer podcast interview with former LIMP BIZKIT guitarist and current BLACK LIGHT BURNS frontman Wes Borland is available for download at this location (MP3 file; 29 MB). BLACK LIGHT BURNS has set an August 5 release date for its upcoming "covers" album and DVD package. Entitled "Cover Your...

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TOMMY LEE Gets Animated

According to Variety, MTLEY CRE drummer Tommy Lee will lend his voice to "The Life and Times of Jimmy Jaxx", an animated half-hour loosely based on his own life. Smart Entertainment ("Blades of Glory") is behind the project, currently in the early stages of development at Fox. "I've always loved the...

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VANMAKT Launches Drummer Search

Swedish black metallers VANMAKT have issued the following update: "Since we have no drummer at the moment for live purposes, we are looking for one. So, if you live in Sweden, Denmark or Norway and feel that you want to join a hard-working and serious band that wants to go all the way, don't hesitat...

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BLACK LIGHT BURNS: 'Cover Your Heart And The Anvil Pants Odyssey' Release Date Announced

BLACK LIGHT BURNS, the new band led by former LIMP BIZKIT guitarist Wes Borland, has set an August 5 release date for its upcoming "covers" album and DVD package. Entitled "Cover Your Heart and The Anvil Pants Odyssey", it will feature the following cuts: 01. Forkboy (LARD) 02. So Alive (LOVE AND RO...