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Benefit Tour For Former DECAPITATED Singer Announced

33 bands from the Polish rock and metal scenes will take part in a charity tour, "Covan Wake The Fuck Up Tour 2012", to help former DECAPITATED singer Adrian "Covan" Kowanek. On October 29, 2007, a tour bus accident claimed the life of DECAPITATED drummer Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka, and gravely injured...
December 9, 2011
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JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR: 'Keep It True' Performance To Be Filmed For DVD Release

JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR — the band led by former VIRGIN STEELE guitarist Jack Starr — will play an exclusive show at the 2013 edition of the Keep It True festival in Germany. The group's setlist will include classic songs from the early JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR albums, songs taken from the band...
December 8, 2011
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Sweden's CARNIVORE Changes Name To ERUPTED

Sweden's CARNIVORE has changed its name to ERUPTED. Commented vocalist Daniel Ocic Sundberg: "[We have decided to change the name of the band] out of respect for the late [TYPE O NEGATIVE mainman] Pete Steele's CARNIVORE. "Back when we picked the band name, we actually had not heard of the earlier C...
November 30, 2011
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COREY TAYLOR Talks Death Of PAUL GRAY, Touring With SLIPKNOT And Next STONE SOUR Album

Australia's Faster Louder recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Faster Louder: The white elephant in the room is obviously regarding the tragic death of [SLIPKNOT's] bassist, Paul Gray, it's obviously a di...
November 30, 2011
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VIRGIN STEELE To Play Long Island In January

U.S. metallers VIRGIN STEELE have confirmed a rare local performance for early next year. They will play at Ollie's Point in Amityville, New York on January 14, 2012. This will be a warm-up gig for the band's upcoming 30th-anniversary dates. For more information, call 631-264-7712 (long-distance cha...
November 27, 2011
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NIGHTQUEEN Signs With MASSACRE RECORDS

Genk, Belgium-based female-fronted metallers NIGHTQUEEN have inked a deal with Massacre Records. The band's full-length debut, "For Queen And Metal", is scheduled for release on February 24, 2012. A promotional video for the song "Lady Fantasy", which is set to appear on "For Queen And Metal", can b...
November 23, 2011
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Late TYPE O NEGATIVE Frontman's Tree

Several TYPE O NEGATIVE fans launched a Facebook group called "Peter's Tree" dedicated to planting a tree at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York in honor of the the band's late frontman Peter Steele. And this past Monday (November 21),the oak tree dedicated to Steele was planted. Steele, who died l...
November 23, 2011
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BLIND GUARDIAN: 'Memories Of A Time To Come' Details Revealed

"Memories Of A Time To Come", the ultimate collection of BLIND GUARDIAN music from 1987 to 2011, will be released on January 20, 2012 via Virgin/EMI. It will be available as a double CD, three-CD deluxe limited edition, including the band's demo recordings when they were called LUCIFER'S HERITAGE, a...
November 10, 2011
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SEBASTIAN BACH Says Former SKID ROW Bandmates 'Got Mad' When He Made Cover Of ROLLING STONE

Sally Steele of Vegas Rocks! magazine conducted an interview with former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach on October 17 at the Rio hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sebastian spoke about the SKID ROW breakup, his new girlfriend, his new album and losing his house in the flood. Check out the chat below. Bach...
November 9, 2011
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JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR To Release 'Land Of The Dead' This Month

"Land Of The Dead", the new album from U.S. power metallers JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR the band led by former VIRGIN STEELE guitarist Jack Starr will be released on November 11 via Limb Music. The CD was produced by Bart Gabriel (CRYSTAL VIPER, SACRED STEEL, LONEWOLF),and features cover artwork by...
November 4, 2011
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BLIND GUARDIAN: 'Memories Of A Time To Come' Due In January

Virgin/EMI has set a January 27, 2012 released date for "Memories Of A Time To Come", a compilation album from German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN. The set, which will feature re-recorded and remixed songs from the band's entire discography, will reportedly be made available as a standard CD and a...
October 29, 2011
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TYPE O NEGATIVE Deluxe Vinyl Box Coming Next Month

Roadrunner Records will release a special TYPE O NEGATIVE vinyl box set exclusively via independent retailers on Black Friday, which lands on November 25 this year. As the first band to achieve platinum status on the Roadrunner roster, TYPE O NEGATIVE didn't rewrite the rules. They simply tore the r...
October 21, 2011
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CHILDREN OF BODOM, ALESTORM Confirmed For 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise

CHILDREN OF BODOM and ALESTORM have been confirmed for next year's edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which will set sail from Miami, Florida to Cayman Islands on January 23, 2012 and return four days later. A total of 40 acts will perform on the cruise. The festival billing is shaping up as...
October 15, 2011
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CRIMSON GLORY Singer To Guest On TOMMY VITALY Album

CRIMSON GLORY singer Todd LaTorre will guest on "Hanging Rock", the second solo album from Tommy Vitaly, the guitar player for the Italian power metal band SEVENGATES, Due in 2012 via IceWarrior Records , the CD will feature "fantastic cover and booklet art" by Felipe Machado Franco, who has previou...
October 14, 2011
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RIOT's 'Fire Down Under' Being Reissued This Month

With the October 11 release of metal band RIOT's classic 1981 album "Fire Down Under", Audio Fidelity launches its new Target Series imprint, designed to broaden the company's audience beyond its longstanding and loyal audiophile base. Audio Fidelity, via the affordably-priced Target Series, will be...
October 10, 2011