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Heavy Metal Thunder: The Movie

[Note: The original review of "Heavy Metal Thunder: The Movie", which was written by Scott Alisoglu upon the DVD's initial release in 2010, can be found at this location.] There once was this heavy metal band that preferred tea over whiskey, so much they had boxes of it shipped from England on their...

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The Great Bear

What if K.E. Tsiolkovsky instead of Robert Goddard was revered worldwide as the grand wizard architect of the great space race from the 1950s and '60s? The cosmonauts land Vostok 3 and 4 on the moon ahead of Apollo 11. It's an alternate parallel universe perhaps only DC Comics and film producers Tim...

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It's Official: Heavy Metal Is A Bigger 'Religion' In U.K. Than Scientology

According to The Guardian, more than 6,000 citizens of of England and Wales have registered the religion they actively follow as "heavy metal" in the most recent U.K. census. More people registered heavy metal than they did Satanism, with only 1,893 declaring that they follow the church of Satan. At...

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Hungarian Black Metal Documentary To Be Released This Month

A Hungarian black metal documentary, entitled "Attention! Black Metal!", will be released at the end of this month. According to a press release, "This documentary shows symphonic black metal by respected musicians like Fernando Ribeiro and Mike Gaspar (MOONSPELL),Ardek (CARACH ANGREN),Miron Chirv...

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SAXON Frontman To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album

SAXON frontman Biff Byford has been confirmed as one of the guest musicians who will appear on "The Mystery Of Time", the new album from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Also scheduled to make appearances on the CD are former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick and drummer Russell Gilbrook...

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IRON MAIDEN's ADRIAN SMITH Talks PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION In Audio Interview

Envision Radio Networks' "Hangar 19" recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN and PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION guitarist Adrian Smith. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION, the project featuring Smith and SIKTH frontman Mikee Goodman, released its debut...

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SAXON: New Album Details Revealed

With a storming new stomp in their boots and a renewed, lithe swagger to their legendary sound, British heavy metal legends SAXON will release "Sacrifice" in February 2013 through UDR. Taking a sharper, re-invigorated approach to the production, on this, their 20th album, SAXON have produced 10 of t...

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SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Nominated For 'Best International Music Festival' Award

Sweden Rock Festival is among the nominees for the "Best International Music Festival" award at the Concert Industry Awards from Pollstar, the only trade publication covering the worldwide concert industry. This is the first time a Swedish festival has been nominated for the prize. "It feels great,"...

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DON DOKKEN On Writing DOKKEN Albums: 'Staying Within The Box Gets Frustrating For Me'

Kim Thore of Über Röck recently conducted an interview with DOKKEN mainman Don Dokken. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Über Röck: "Broken Bones" is supposed to have the signature DOKKEN sound, and it seems that the sound you are known for is overshadowed by pop here in the ...

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SAXON Frontman Interviewed By Peru's 'Jump Metal' (Audio)

Peru's Jump Metal recently conducted an interview with vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. SAXON recently finished mixing its new album with producer Andy Sneap, who has previously worked with MEGADETH, ACCEPT, NEVERMOR...

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SAXON To Release 'Heavy Metal Thunder - The Movie' In December

After enjoying a limited "fan-club-only" U.K. release, "Heavy Metal Thunder - The Movie", SAXON's wonderfully unfiltered and intimate account of their ascent to the upper echalons of heavy metal, will finally enjoy an international release this December. The double-disc set features the soon-to-be-c...

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SAXON Frontman Talks Food In Video Interview

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON was interviewed by Gilles Lartigot of "Heavy Metal Food", the Radio Metal column associating metal music with cooking, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. SAXON recently finished mixing its new album with producer A...

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PARAGON: 'Force Of Destruction' Audio Samples Available

German power metallers PARAGON will release their tenth album, "Force Of Destruction", via Napalm Records on the following dates: October 19 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland October 24 - Spain, Finland, Sweden, U.K. October 26 - Benelux October 29 - Rest of Europe November 6 - USA, Canada The CD was...

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SAXON Completes Mixing New Album

British heavy metal legends SAXON have issued the following update: "SAXON has never been a lazy band and especially this year we have been extremely busy! "After we played several festivals all across Europe and some great gigs together with JUDAS PRIEST and the very first Hamburg Metal Days, we ha...

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PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION: 'Tortured Tone' Video Released

"Tortured Tone", the new video from PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION, the project featuring IRON MAIDEN guitarist Adrian Smith and SIKTH frontman Mikee Goodman, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's debut album, "Awoken Broken", which was released in the U.S. on April 17 and in Europe on February 27...