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OBITUARY Guitarist: There's Not A Person In Metal Today That Doesn't Owe Something To DIO

Guitarist Ralph Santolla (OBITUARY, DEICIDE, DEATH, ICED EARTH) has released the following statement regarding the passing of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW): "There's not a person in metal today that doesn't owe something to Ronnie Jame...
May 16, 2010
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DARKSIDE Guitarist To Tour With SAWTHIS

Janos Murri, who was the session guitarist for DARKSIDE on the band's tour with MOONSPELL in 2007 and a recording member of DEMOLITION, has been recruited by Italian death/thrashers SAWTHIS to play guitar on their upcoming East European tour supporting Polish death metallers VADER. Janos, who starte...
May 13, 2010
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AVATAR: Pro-Shot Footage Of Gothenburg Concert Posted Online

Professionally filmed video footage of AVATAR's November 27, 2009 performance at Brew House in Gothenburg, Sweden can be viewed below. The clips were shot by René U. Valdes of Greenworks. AVATAR recently inked a deal with Art Union for the Japanese release of the band's third, self-titled album. Due...
May 12, 2010
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FORBIDDEN Confirmed For 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area metallers FORBIDDEN have been confirmed for the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which is set to sail from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on January 24, 2011 and return four days later. A total of 40 acts will appear at the event. The festival billing is shaping up a...
May 10, 2010
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TESTAMENT Confirmed For 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT have been confirmed for the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which is set to sail from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on January 24, 2011 and return four days later. A total of 40 acts will appear at the event. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: A...
April 26, 2010
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GORGOROTH To Tour Brazil In September

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH will return to Brazil in September for six shows, including an appearance at the Setembro Negro festival. Exact cities and dates for the trek, which will be arranged by Tumba Productions, will be announced soon. GORGOROTH kicked off its European tour on April 9, 2...
April 22, 2010
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OBITUARY Begins Work On New Material

Vocalist John Tardy of Florida death metallers OBITUARY has issued the following update: "We are enjoying some time off and it has given us a chance to finally work on some new music. Trevor [Peres; guitar] was in town and we got some new OBITUARY songs down. Heavy as balls! Donald [Tardy; drums] an...
April 20, 2010
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DESTRUCTION Frontman Interviewed On 'The Santollicas'; Audio Available

Bassist/vocalist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer of German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION was interviewed on a recent edition of "The Santollicas", the new Bogota, Colombia-based radio show hosted by guitarist Ralph Santolla (OBITUARY, DEICIDE, DEATH, ICED EARTH) and his wife, Svetlana. The chat is now...
April 20, 2010
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Guitarist GUS G. Talks About How He Landed OZZY OSBOURNE Gig On 'The Santollicas'

FIREWIND/OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G. was interviewed on last Wednesday's (April 14) edition of "The Santollicas", the new Bogota, Colombia-based radio show hosted by guitarist Ralph Santolla (OBITUARY, DEICIDE, DEATH, ICED EARTH) and his wife, Svetlana. The chat is now available for streaming in...
April 19, 2010
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GORGOROTH: Entire Hamburg Show Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of GORGOROTH's entire April 12, 2010 concert at MarX (Markthalle) in Hamburg, Germany can be found at this location. A couple of the clips are available below. GORGOROTH kicked off its European tour on April 9, 2010 at Biebob in Vosselaar, Belgium. Support on the trek is com...
April 18, 2010
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AVATAR Inks Japanese Deal

Swedish metallers AVATAR have inked a deal with Art Union for the Japanese release of the band's third, self-titled album. Due in Japan on May 19, the CD "will contain lots of bonus material." AVATAR's latest video, "Queen Of Blades", can be viewed below. The clip was filmed on November 27, 2009 at...
April 18, 2010
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OBITUARY Guitarist To Interview GUS G. On 'The Santollicas'

FIREWIND/OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G. will be interviewed on today's (Wednesday, April 14) edition of "The Santollicas", the new Bogota, Colombia-based radio show hosted by guitarist Ralph Santolla (OBITUARY, DEICIDE, DEATH, ICED EARTH) and his wife, Svetlana. Santolla says, "Today's show will foc...
April 14, 2010
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EVILE, BONDED BY BLOOD, MITHRAS Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK Festival

Thrash metallers EVILE and BONDED BY BLOOD have been added to the main stage at the 10th-anniversary edition of the Bloodstock festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2010 at Catton Hall, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. Commented BONDED BY BLOOD: "This is BONDED BY BLOOD's first big festival. We are r...
April 13, 2010
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GORGOROTH Kicks Off European Tour; Photos, Available, Setlist Revealed

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH kicked off their European tour on April 9, 2010 at Biebob in Vosselaar, Belgium. Support came from Norwegian extreme metal veterans KEEP OF KALESSIN and GRAVDAL. A number of high-quality photos from the show can be found at Metal-Experience.com. GORGOROTH's setlis...
April 10, 2010
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Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival: Complete Lineup Announced

WATAIN, SUFFOCATION, IHSAHN and ROTTING CHRIST are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's edition of the Hole In The Sky festival (a.k.a. Bergen Metal Fest XI),set to take place August 25-28 in Bergen, Norway. Commented the festival organizers: "Welcome to Hell, or should we say, welcome t...
April 9, 2010