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ENSIFERUM: UK Version Of 'Victory Songs' To Include 'Dragonheads' EP

Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metal act ENSIFERUM will have its latest album, "Victory Songs", released in the UK on April 7 via Spinefarm Records. This special UK version of the record will come complete with the bonus EP "Dragonheads" — a six-song, 26-minute CD recorded by the Finnish outf...

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SOULSOURCE Is The 'Fastest' Power Metal Band In The World

The self-proclaimed "fastest power metal band in the world," SOULSOURCE from Sweden is currently seeking new label home. According to a press release, "SOULSOURCE is finally ready to rock. The right people have been found. The list of musicians who have tried to be a part of SOULSOURCE is long. But...

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FALCON To Release New Album In April

FALCON, the raw heavy rock power trio featuring guitarist/vocalist Perry Grayson (ex-DESTINY'S END, ARTISAN, ISEN TORR and Metal Maniacs scribe),bassist/keyboardist Greg Lindstrom (CIRITH UNGOL) and drummer Darin McCloskey (PALE DIVINE, will release its second full-length CD, "Die Wontcha", in Apri...

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GLENN HUGHES: Detroit Show Cancelled

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) has been forced to cancel his previously announced February 24, 2008 concert in Detroit after coming down with the flu. Says Glenn: "On Wednesday morning around 4 a.m., I woke up with 'that' feelin'... went to my doctor, and, well,...

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BENEDICTION To Play Benefit Concert In Birmingham

Long-running UK extreme metallers BENEDICTION will play a benefit show at their local bar, Scruffy Murphy's, in Birmingham on Sunday, February 17. Also scheduled to appear are LIFE DENIED and MUSTA TALVI along with three other local bands. This is a remembrance show for Ian "Wolfie" Smith, who passe...

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KOLDBRANN Drummer To Appear On FROSTWORK Demo

Dagon, founder and front man of veteran UK black metallers HEATHEN DEITY, announced today that he will be joining forces with KOLDBRANN drummer Fordervelse to record the second demo for his experimental black metal project FROSTWORK. When Dagon first started FROSTWORK in late 2007 he preferred to re...

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TED NUGENT's 'Spirit Of The Wild' Honored At GOLDEN MOOSE AWARDS

Ted Nugent's outdoors television show, named after his popular song "Spirit of the Wild", can be seen Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and on Sundays at 12:00 a.m. on Outdoor Channel. According to a posting on Nugent's web site, the program was honored in two categories at eighth annual Golden M...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: 'I've Always Contributed Guitar Parts To Every Band I've Ever Been In'

Rick Florino of ARTISTdirect recently conducted an interview with Philip Anselmo (ARSON ANTHEM, DOWN, PANTERA, SUPERJOINT RITUAL). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: ARTISTdirect: ARSON ANTHEM is extremely brutal, raw and honest. The songs bear an intensity missing from modern hardcore and p...

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KORPIKLAANI: New Album Track-By-Track Rundown Available

Finnish folk metallers KORPIKLAANI will release their new album, "Korven Kuningas", on March 21, 2008 via Nuclear Blast Records. Check out the cover artwork at this location. A new single, "Keep On Galloping", will precede the full-length effort on February 14, 2008 in both CD and 7" picture vinyl f...

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CELTIC FROST Mainman: The Fall Of A Year

CELTIC FROST mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "The weeks seemingly merged into one continuous, viscous current of day and night and information increasingly difficult to bear. Emotions decreased to slow-motion speed, he began to subsist in the dark,...

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DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist DON AIREY: More New Solo Album Details Revealed

DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey will release a new solo album, "A Light In The Sky", on February 25 via Mascot Records. For "A Light In The Sky", Airey has gathered together a different set of collaborators (though Laurence Cottle of Sting/ Eric Clapton/ Brian Eno/ Bill Bruford fame once again con...

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Heavy Metal Fanatic To Succeed PUTIN As Rusian Leader?

Russia's RIA Novosti reports: The man backed by Vladimir Putin for next year's presidential election is a heavy-metal-loving 42-year-old whose surname comes from the Russian word for 'bear'. First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was nominated by the ruling United Russia party and three other s...

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Former JANE'S ADDICTION Bassist To Release Solo Debut

Eric Avery, seminal bassist and co-founder of the iconic band JANE'S ADDICTION, has joined Dangerbird Records as the newest member to the flourishing indie label's family. Avery's full-length debut, "Help Wanted", will be released April 8, 2008. Meticulously constructed and appropriately titled, Ave...

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EXODUS Guitarist: 'Organized Religion In All Forms Is Just A Poison'

"The Classic Metal Show" recently conducted an interview with EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow; The Classic Metal Show: [The new EXODUS album] "The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibition A" really seems to attack organized religion as a whole. What is your take on organ...

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JUDAS PRIEST, MESHUGGAH, AT THE GATES Confirmed For Italy's GODS OF METAL Festival

According to a posting on the Italian rock/metal webzine Groovebox.it, JUDAS PRIEST, MESHUGGAH and AT THE GATES are among the newly confirmed bands for the Gods of Metal festival, set to take place June 27-29, 2008 in Bologna, Italy. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: IRON MAIDEN (Ju...