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KYUSS LIVES! To Record New Studio Album

KYUSS LIVES!, the project featuring three-quarters of KYUSS — the influential American stoner rock/metal band, originally from Palm Desert, California — will record a new studio album following its upcoming tour. The group features bassist Nick Olivieri, drummer Brant Bjork and singer John Garcia al...

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AVANTASIA DVD To Be Released In February

AVANTASIA — the project led by EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet — has issued the following update: "Rumors keep circulating about a forthcoming AVANTASIA live DVD and now we can confirm they are true! [In February 2011] a double DVD and two-CD set [along with a box set featuring both the double DVD and...

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HEAVEN SHALL BURN, BLAAS OF GLORY Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

HEAVEN SHALL BURN and BLAAS OF GLORY have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6, 2011 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ACCU§ER...

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ACCU§ER Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Germany's ACCU§ER, one of the country's leading thrash metal bands of the '90s, has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6, 2011 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up a...

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STONE SOUR/SLIPKNOT Guitarist Interviewed By Holland's FaceCulture (Video)

Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with STONE SOUR/SLIPKNOT guitarist Jim Root. You can now watch the chat in five parts below. STONE SOUR is giving members of its fan club, the Dead Generation, an exclusive glimpse into the evolution of the band's latest album, "Audio Secrecy". S...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Says He's Not 'Greedy' Or 'Anti-Internet'

Dan Rutledge of Rip It Up magazine conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich prior to the band's October 2010 concert in Auckland, New Zealand. You can now watch the first part of the chat below. On the craziest stuff he's read about himself on the Internet: Ulrich: "I don't read a l...

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AARON LEWIS, COREY TAYLOR To Join Forces For New Year's Eve Concert

STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis and SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor will join forces for a special concert on New Year's Eve (December 31) at Carol Morsani Hall at The Straz Center in Tampa, Florida. For more information, go to this location. Lewis's forthcoming five-song CD, "Town Line" marks h...

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MARTIN VAN DRUNEN To Perform PESTILENCE Songs With RITUAL TORTURE

Legendary Dutch death metal vocalist Martin Van Drunen (PESTILENCE, ASPHYX, HAIL OF BULLETS) will perform a few "Consuming Impulse"-era PESTILENCE songs with California death metallers RITUAL TORTURE on December 13, 2010 at the Ruby Room in San Diego, California. This will be his first time performi...

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DRAWN AND QUARTERED Putting Finishing Touches On New Album Recordings

Northwest death metal band DRAWN AND QUARTERED has issued the following update: "The principal recording for the [sixth full-length DRAWN AND QUARTERED] album has been completed! Aside from a few additions or last-minute tweaks , we will schedule time to start the mixing process. And for those of yo...

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PAUL DI'ANNO: Quality Footage Of HARD ROCK HELL Performance

Quality fan-filmed video footage of former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno's December 4, 2010 performance at the Hard Rock Hell IV festival at Pontins in Prestatyn, North Wales, United Kingdom can be viewed below. In a recent interview with PikiRocks, Di'Anno was asked what the biggest changes in th...

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MAX CAVALERA: The Only Person Preventing Reunion Of Classic SEPULTURA Lineup Is PAULO

Brandon Marshall of Sonic Excess recently conducted an interview with SOULFLY/CAVALERA CONSPIRACY frontman Max Cavalera. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sonic Excess: How was it to perform in Brazil [with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY on October 11, 2010 at the SWU Music and Arts Festival at...

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PRIMAL FEAR, TRIVIUM Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR and Florida metallers TRIVIUM have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6, 2011 in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in...

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WENDY DIO Donates More Than $100,000 To Cancer Research Program In Houston

According to 39 News, Wendy Dio, the widow and manager of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, DIO, RAINBOW, ELF),was back in Houston, Texas on Wednesday (December 8) to present a $117,000 check to Ronnie's physician, Dr. Ajani, at M.D. Anderson Cancer Ce...

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AMARANTHE Completes Work On Debut Album

AMARANTHE (formerly AVALANCHE) — the new project featuring Olof Mörck (NIGHTRAGE, DRAGONLAND),Jake E (ex-DREAM EVIL, DREAMLAND),Andy Solveström (WITHIN Y, EVILDOER, CIPHER SYSTEM),Morten Lowe Sorensen (THE ARCANE ORDER, SUBMISSION) and Johan Andreassen (ex-ENGEL) — has completed work on its as-ye...

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AVANTASIA: More Footage From Second Pratteln Show Posted Online

AVANTASIA — the project led by EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet — kicked off its "The Metal Opera Comes To Town" world tour 2010 on November 30 at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland. Joining Sammet in AVANTASIA's touring lineup are a number of special guests, including GAMMA RAY/ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist/vocalist...