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MACHINES OF GRACE Schedules First-Ever Live Shows

MACHINES OF GRACE — the new band featuring vocalist Zak Stevens (CIRCLE II CIRCLE, SAVATAGE, MACHINES OF GRACE),drummer Jeff Plate (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SAVATAGE, METAL CHURCH),guitarist Matt Leff (guitar) and bassist Chris Rapoza (bass) — has scheduled its first-ever live performances, start...

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OZZY OSBOURNE At BLIZZCON: Video Footage, Photos Are Here

OZZY OSBOURNE has just finished playing a 10-song set at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California as part of the closing ceremonies at BlizzCon. His backing band for the concert consisted of guitarist Gus G. (FIREWIND),drummer Tommy Clufetos (ROB ZOMBIE, ALICE COOPER, TED NUGENT),bassi...

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IRON MAIDEN And Ramadan: 'Sharing Is Good'

Hürriyet Daily News reports that Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate has hailed holy Ramadan with a poster featuring British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN. Ahead of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, the Religious Affairs Directorate prepared a poster (see below) that shows a young, longhai...

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EUROPE To Guest On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show

Swedish hard rockers EUROPE will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Friday, September 11 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the broadcast live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. tim...

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VAN CANTO Signs With NAPALM RECORDS

German "a cappella metal" band VAN CANTO — which consists of five singers and one drummer (no guitars, no bass, no keyboards) — has inked a deal with Napalm Records. The group is currently recording its new album at the Blind Guardian Studios with producer Charlie Bauernfeind for an early 2010 relea...

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THE GATES OF SLUMBER: New Video Interview Posted Online

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with heralded Indianapolis, Indiana doom metal masters THE GATES OF SLUMBER when the band played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on August 5, 2009. Watch the 18-minute chat below. THE GATES OF SLUMBER's new album, "Hymns of Blood & Thunder", is scheduled for relea...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY Guitarist Interviewed By ROCK CIRCUS

Gigz Giger of Rock Circus conducted an interview with guitarist Bobby Thompson of Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY at the Burgettstown, Pennsylvania stop of this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival on August 1, 2009. The chat can now be viewed below. "Ruination", the sophomore alb...

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BLAZE BAYLEY, MUNICIPAL WASTE Interviewed On 'Ragnarok Radio'

Episode 41 of Ragnarok Radio features interviews with Blaze Bayley (ex-IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) and MUNICIPAL WASTE. The show is now available for streaming and/or download at this location. As previously reported, the book that follows the career of the band known as BLAZE BAYLEY is now available fo...

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THE SWORD Almost Done Writing New Album

Austin, Texas' THE SWORD has issued the following update: "The writing process [for the third THE SWORD album] is nearing completion, and demoing will soon commence. Recording will follow in the fall with a release as soon as the suits can get it together. The record will be a concept album centered...

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STORMWARRIOR: Video Interview Posted Online

An interview with German metallers STORMWARRIOR conducted at this year's Jalometalli metal music festival — which was held August 14-15, 2009 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland — can be viewed below. Locomotive Records released the third studio album from STORMWARRIOR, entitled "Heading Northe", in No...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM: Cover Of CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL's 'Back Door' Posted Online

CHILDREN OF BODOM's cover version of the CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL classic "Lookin' Out My Back Door" is available for streaming on the Spinefarm Records MySpace page (scroll down in audio player). The song comes off the Finnish metallers' new album, titled "Skeletons In The Closet", which is sch...

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HEAVEN SHALL BURN, DARK TRANQUILLITY To Team Up For 'Darkness Over X-Mas Tour 2009'

HEAVEN SHALL BURN, DARK TRANQUILLITY, DEADLOCK and SWASHBUCKLE will team up for the Darkness Over X-Mas Tour 2009, set to take place in December. The dates are as follows: Dec. 25 - Leipzig, Germany - Werk 2 Dec. 26 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle Dec. 27 - Brügge, Belgium - L'Entrepot Dec. 28 - Her...

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RUSH Documentary Makers Interviewed

According to the RUSH fan site RushIsABand.com, RUSH documentary filmmakers Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen were recently interviewed by Classic Rock magazine's Jerry Ewing about the first-ever feature film documentary on Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart. "Geddy had been in [Dunn and McFadyen's pre...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY Guitarist Interviewed On 'The Big Dumb Radio Show'

Kevin "Taz" Conklin of "The Big Dumb Radio Show" (web site),which airs on Kalamazoo, Michigan's 92.5 WZUU FM radio station, recently conducted an interview with guitarist Bobby Thompson of Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY. The chat is now available for streaming in the YouTube clip below....

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PHILIP ANSELMO On 96.7 KCAL FM's 'The Moshpit'; Audio Available

Philip Anselmo (PANTERA, DOWN) was interviewed by host Mike Z. on this past Saturday's (August 15) edition of "The Moshpit" show on Southern California's 96.7 KCAL FM. You can now listen to the chat at this location. As previously reported, bassist Rex Brown will rejoin his DOWN bandmates on the roa...