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AMON AMARTH Drummer Interviewed On 'Rög's Talkin' DrumZ: The Video Show'

Drummer Fredrik Andersson of Metal Blade recording artists AMON AMARTH and THIS ENDING was interviewed for the first episode of "Rög's Talkin' DrumZ: The Video Show", a program all about drumming and the featured artist. It features in-depth questions focusing on drumming, a history piece on Fredrik...

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AMON AMARTH: European Headlining Tour With THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Announced

Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH have announced the following European headlining tour dates with support from THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: May 13 - Oslo, NOR - Betong May 14 - Stockholm, SWE - Tyrol May 15 - Gothenburg, SWE - Tradgarn (no THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER) May 17 - Copenhagen, DEN - Vega May...

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THE SWORD: First-Ever Tab Book Released

"Age Of Winters", the first-ever guitar tab book from Austin, Texas luminaries THE SWORD, is now available at Music Dispatch. Published by Cherry Lane, the songbook contains note-for-note, artist-approved transcriptions of all nine songs on the band's critically acclaimed debut: * Barael's Blade * C...

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THE SWORD: Performance Footage With New Drummer

Fan-filmed video footage of Austin, Texas metal luminaries THE SWORD performing on November 27, 2010 at Spanish Moon in Baton Rouge, Louisiana can be viewed below. After an amicable split with drummer Trivett Wingo forced THE SWORD to cancel a number of U.S. tour dates, the band recently found someo...

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AMON AMARTH: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH have set "Surtur Rising" as the title of their eighth studio album, due on March 29, 2011 via Metal Blade Records. Frontman Johan Hegg told Terrorizer magazine, "Obviously, the songs are going to be AMON AMARTH — that's what we've always done — but we wanted to p...

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HALFORD On OZZY: He Looks Great, Sounds Great And He Gives His Fans What They Want

John Benson of The Vindicator recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST/HALFORD frontman Rob Halford. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Vindicator: What tracks stand out as defining the "Made of Metal" album? Halford: The opening cut, "Undisputed", I see as being in the me...

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THE SWORD: 'Lawless Lands' Video Released

"Lawless Lands", the new video from Austin, Texas metal luminaries THE SWORD, can be viewed below. The clip is the second of a trio of conceptually linked videos ("Tres Brujas", "Lawless Lands" and "Night City") that tie in themes of the band's third full-length album, "Warp Riders", which sold arou...

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Learn To Play Guitar Like SLASH

Slash's first solo album was a huge chart-topping success in the U.K. and across the globe. Lick Library with Danny Gill have worked day and night to bring you "Learn to Play Slash", a guitar-tuition DVD that shows you how to master five of the most phenomenal tracks from this album. Slash, former l...

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CONQUEST OF STEEL To Record Three Songs For New Single

U.K. true metallers CONQUEST OF STEEL will enter Priory Studios in Birmingham, England on December 3 to record three brand new tracks for an upcoming seven-inch single. The band will record the songs "live" over a three-day period so as to capture the energy of its manic live shows. The recording wi...

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CRO-MAGS: Video Footage Of Entire Philadelphia Concert

The current lineup of the legendary hardcore band CRO-MAGS — featuring John Joseph on vocals, Craig Setari (SICK OF IT ALL) on bass, A.J. Novello (LEEWAY) on guitar and Mackie Jayson on drums — played a headlining show at the Broad Street Ministry in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Friday, November 5....

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BLEEDING THROUGH To Release New Album Next Year

EspyRock recently conducted an interview with bassist Ryan Wombacher of the Californian metalcore group BLEEDING THROUGH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. EspyRock: You also mentioned people being more in your pockets now, is this something that you face or since you moved to Rise Re...

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THE SWORD: Temporary Drummer Announced, U.S. Tour Dates Rescheduled

After an amicable split with drummer Trivett Wingo forced THE SWORD to cancel its remaining tour dates, the band has now found someone to fill in for behind-the-kit duties and is ready to hit the road again. Joining them on the upcoming run is Kevin Fender, best known for his work with the Texas har...

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CURSE OF THE NORTH Begins Recording Debut Album

CURSE OF THE NORTH — the new band featuring e-3 INCHES OF BLOOD bassist Nick Cates alongside two former members of the Seattle band BLACK HOUSES, Christiaan Morris and Patrick Taylor — has entered Studio Litho in Seattle, Washington with producer/engineer Matt Bayles (MASTODON, ISIS, THE SWORD) to b...

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MONSTER MAGNET 'Mastermind' Box set, THE SWORD Picture Disc Released Through 'Metal Club'

New Jersey space rockers MONSTER MAGNET are celebrating their eighth studio album and Napalm Records debut by putting out the "Mastermind" special edition box set, which is limited to 1,000 copies. The package includes a special digibook CD edition of the new album "Mastermind", with TWO bonus track...

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SLASH And MYLES KENNEDY Perform Acoustically On Australia's 'Max Sessions'; More Video Footage

Legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) played an ultra-rare acoustic show in August in Sydney, Australia that was filmed for Foxtel's "Max Sessions". According to Australia's long-running rock station Triple M, Slash and singer Myles Kennedy (ALTER BRIDGE) performed a stripped-ba...