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Former IRON MAIDEN Guitarist Talks About Upcoming South African Tour; Video, Audio Available

Former IRON MAIDEN guitarist Dennis Stratton and THE HOLY RAGE axeman Mike De Jager arrived in South Africa with London band REMOUS DOWN BOULEVARD on April 26 to begin a two-week tour. The trek will start in Amazimtoti in KwaZulu Natal and end in Johannesburg on May 9. British music fans are in for...

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Former BLACK ROSE Singer Working On Solo Material

Steve Bardsley (a.k.a. Ste V Lee) , former lead singer of the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) band BLACK ROSE, has started writing and recording his own solo material. A couple of tracks are currently available for streaming on his MySpace page. Says Steve, "In December 2008, I finally got...

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IGNOMINIOUS INCARCERATION To Guest On TotalRock

Fast-rising British death metallers IGNOMINIOUS INCARCERATION will be interviewed by Malcolm Dome of TotalRock this Wednesday, April 29 at 11:00 a.m. U.K. time. The program will re-air on TotalRock on Saturday, May 2 at 8:00 p.m. U.K. time. For more information, visit www.totalrock.com. IGNOMINIOUS...

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MEGADETH And SLAYER To Co-Headline 'Canadian Carnage' Trek

SLAYER and MEGADETH — two of the bands that defined the thrash/metal genre — will perform together for the first time in more than 15 years when they co-headline four shows in Canada in late June. The tour, dubbed "Canadian Carnage", will also feature MACHINE HEAD and SUICIDE SILENCE, and will see M...

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KROKUS' Official Song Of Ice Hockey World Championship Available For Streaming

Legendary Swiss hard rockers KROKUS recorded the official song of the Ice Hockey World Championship, which is being held between April 24 and May 10, 2009 in Zurich and Bern, Switzerland. Bassist (and producer) Chris Von Rohr and lead guitarist Fernando Von Arb wrote the track, entitled "Live For Th...

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NEW YORK DOLLS To Perform On BBC2's 'Later With Jools Holland'

Legendary rockers NEW YORK DOLLS will perform songs from their highly anticipated new album, "Cause I Sez So", on the popular British music TV show "Later with Jools Holland". The program will be aired live on Tuesday, May 12 at 10:00 p.m. on BBC2 television, followed by a pre-recorded edition of th...

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MOONDANCE JAM: Final Lineup Announced

The Moondance Jam, Minnesota's pre-eminent classic rock festival, has announced the final lineup for this year's event. 15 bands, including headliners JOURNEY, JUDAS PRIEST and YES, will all appear at the festival, slated for July 15-18 at the festival grounds in Walker, Minnesota. The festival kick...

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HATE GALLERY Completes Writing New Album

HATE GALLERY, the Finnish/British/Swedish rock band featuring Janne Jarvis and Rille Lundell from WARRIOR SOUL, has issued the following update: "It's April 22 and it's safe to say that the follow up to 'Compassion Fatigue' [HATE GALLERY's debut album] is written. We've managed to hit a powerful cre...

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ARCHITECTS: Helsinki Interview, Performance Footage Available

Finland's HardcoreSounds.Net conducted an interview with vocalist Sam Carter of the British quintet ARCHITECTS prior to the band's April 20, 2009 concert at Nosturi in Helsinki. Watch the 10-minute chat below. Also available is performance footage from the concert. ARCHITECTS' latest album, "Hollow...

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DIMMU BORGIR, ANTHRAX, HATEBREED Confirmed For T-MOBILE INMUSIC Festival

DIMMU BORGIR, ANTHRAX and HATEBREED are among the confirmed bands for this year's edition of the biggest Croatian music festival, T-Mobile INmusic festival, set to take place June 24-25, 2009 at Jarun lake in Zagreb, Croatia. The festival will feature five stages (including a "heavy metal" stage) wi...

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SHARON OSBOURNE To Appear On 'Strictly Come Dancing'?

According to RTE.ie, it has been reported that Ozzy Osbourne's wife/manager Sharon is set to appear as a contestant on "Strictly Come Dancing", a British television show featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in ballroom and Latin dances. The Daily Mirror reports that Osbou...

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AEROSMITH Closer To Playing Full Album Live

Dave Basner of VH1 Classic Radio reports: This summer, JUDAS PRIEST plan to perform their album "British Steel" in its entirety at their live shows, MÖTLEY CRÜE will play all of"Dr. Feelgood" at Crüe Fest gigs and AEROSMITH very well might be following the trend. Joe Perry says the band is pretty cl...

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JUDAS PRIEST: More Tour Dates Announced

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their classic album "British Steel" this summer (it was originally issued in April 1980) by performing the LP in its entirety for the very first time ever live on stage! In addition they will be playing some old favorite...

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MEGADETH Drummer To Take Part In Online Chat

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover will participate in an online chat on Sunday, April 26 at the MegaFanClub at 3:00 p.m. PST / 6:00 p.m. EST. This is a fan-club-members-only chat. You must be a member of the MegaFanClub to participate. Click here to join. Tentatively due in September via Roadrunner Reco...

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RAVEN Frontman Discusses New Album

Pat Prince of Powerline A.D. recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist John Gallagher of the legendary British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Powerline A.D.: In your opinion, what makes this new album, "Walk Through Fire", different from the o...