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OLD SCHOOL METAL RECORDS Seeks Bands For New Label Venture

DEATH ANGEL guitarist Ted Aguilar and longtime San Francisco Bay Area metal scene fixture Walter Morgan are among the people involved with a brand new record company called Old School Metal Records, "a label determined to find and promote those bands that know how to craft a great song with talent a...

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All Over You

Violently unfashionable in the States, and destined for cult status among the AOR and hard rock fans who keep ex-members of TUFF in business, THE BEN JACKSON GROUP deliver an unrepentant dose of smooth, glossy melodic rock on "All Over You". Jackson, former guitarist of CRIMSON GLORY and PARISH, ass...

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MARDUK Guitarist Says 95 Percent Of Black Metal Is 'Pure Crap'

MARDUK guitarist Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson recently spoke to Live 4 Metal about the group's latest album, "Plague Angel", and the current state of the black metal scene, among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Live 4 Metal: Where did you find the new vocalist, Mortuus? Morg...

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DEPRAVITY Complete Work On New Album

German death metal newcomers DEPRAVITY have completed work on their second album, "Litanies for the World to Suffer", tentatively due in June/July. After the departure of the group's female singer Birte Krause, DEPRAVITY found a new vocalist in Kiriakos "Morbid" Kiriazis from Greece. The band have a...

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BLITZKRIEG Announce New Album Title, Release Date

Legendary NWOBHM outfit BLITZKRIEG have announced that work on the follow-up to 2002's "Absolute Power" has now been completed and the CD is currently being mixed and mastered ready for a July 4 release via Metal Nation Records. Entitled "Sins and Greed", the new album features bass player Paul Brew...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE: 'Europe Has The Best Metal Fans'

CIRCLE II CIRCLE, the new band fronted by former SAVATAGE singer Zachary "Zak" Stevens, have posted the following European tour report on their official web site: "Zak and the band are having a great time on tour. All of the shows have either been sold out or at near capacity. "The band is currently...

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JUDAS PRIEST Film Birmingham Show For Possible DVD Release

JUDAS PRIEST's March 19 homecoming concert at the NEC in Birmingham, England featured special effects that were conspicuously absent from the other dates on the group's current European tour. Speaking to Kerrang! magazine PRIEST singer Rob Halford explained, "We brought in pyro and video screens jus...

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JUDAS PRIEST Select 'Worth Fighting For' As Next Single

JUDAS PRIEST have selected "Worth Fighting For" — a classic power ballad about a dysfunctional relationship — as the second single off their critically acclaimed "Angel of Retribution" album. The single will go for radio adds on April 12. In a recent interview with Revolver magazine, JUDAS PRIEST fr...

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Reunited EDEN To Play Free Show In California

Reunited '80s metal band EDEN will be playing a free show at The Boogie in Anaheim, California on Friday, April 8. The concert is being filmed with four 3CCD cameras for future DVD release. EDEN has been around since the early '80s when their hard-hitting anthems like "Pound it Out" and "Judgment Da...

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GREG LEON Returns To Take Care Of 'Unfinished Business'

Southern California guitar legend Greg Leon (ex-DOKKEN, QUIET RIOT) has just issued his first album since 1997's "Wishing Well", appropriately titled "Unfinished Business", while also reviving his old band moniker, THE GREG LEON INVASION. The original INVASION, formed out of the ashes of SUITE 19, f...

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MORBID ANGEL, HATESPHERE, LENG TCH'E Live In France: Photos Available

French webzine Noise-Web.com has uploaded a bunch of high-quality live photos of MORBID ANGEL taken during their March 19 gig in Lille, France. Pictures of the opening acts — HATESPHERE and LENG TCH'E — are also available on the site. Check them out at this location. ...

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JUDAS PRIEST And SCORPIONS Perform In Belfast: Photos, Videos Posted Online

JUDAS PRIEST and the SCORPIONS performed at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland Thursday night (March 24). Check out pictures and videos at this location (courtesy of Mark McGaughey). An excerpt from News Letter's review of the Belfast show follows: "When Rob Halford appeared in the pupil of a mam...

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SOILENT GREEN To Tour With A PERFECT MURDER, INTO THE MOAT

SOILENT GREEN have announced plans for a summer North American headlining tour in support of their long-awaited new album, "Confrontation". The CD is slated for a June 2005 release date via Relapse. SOILENT GREEN will hit the road begining July 15 with a complete listing of tour dates to be announce...

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PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT: New Song Available For Download

Dutch death metallers PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT have finalized the track listing for their third album, "Left In Grisly Fashion", due in June via Neurotic Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Deeds of Derangement" (Morbid Records),"Left In Grisly Fashion", was recorded at Studio Excess (SINISTER, PYAEM...

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JUDAS PRIEST: U.S. Tour To Start May 31 In Minneapolis

A source at Epic Records has told Launch Radio Networks that JUDAS PRIEST will begin its North American tour on May 31 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Further dates and cities, as well as venues, could be announced as early as next week. QUEENSRŸCHE will serve as the opening act, with a third band possib...