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HALLOWEEN Confirmed For Germany's HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Festival

Detroit-based metallers HALLOWEEN have been confirmed for the the 2007 edition of the Headbangers Open Air festival, set to take place July 12-14, 2007 in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AVENGER BEYOND FALLEN THE BLACK BULLET HALLOWEEN HOLLOW GROUND KAOS...

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Bassist PAUL RAVEN Returns To PRONG?

Gearwire recently conducted an interview with legenedary bassist Paul Raven (KILLING JOKE, PRONG, PIGFACE, MINISTRY). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On upcoming projects: "I am going to El Paso next year to record 'The Last Sucker' — the last MINISTRY record. It is going to be interestin...

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DIMEBAG Art Tribute Curator: 'I Saw Many Cry Looking At These Amazing Pieces'

Chris "Curse" Mackey, curator of the Six-String Masterpieces "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott art tribute, issued the following message on the two-year anniversary of Dimebag's tragic passing: "Where we stand.... I take a moment of silence... a moment of retrospection, a time to reflect a time to respect wh...

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TIMELORD Mixing Debut Album

Springfield, Virginia-based progressive/thrash metal band TIMELORD has begun mixing its debut album, "The Great Machine", with Kevin 131 (PROJECT: FAILING FLESH, RAVEN, DECEASED, DYSRHYTHMIA) at Assembly Line Studios in Vienna, Virginia. The mixes are being assisted by Ben McCall. Commented Kevin: "...

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Ex-SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN Meets TONY IOMMI For First Time In 10 Years

Former BLACK SABBATH frontman Tony Martin has posted the following message on his official web site: "Russia!! You guys rock!! "It was great to be back there. We had a VERY interesting journey!!! "First show was fantastic. Thanks to the Apelsin club and all that came. Cool. "The next few days were.....

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BLITZKRIEG Confirmed For Italy's PLAY IT LOUD FESTIVAL

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG have been confirmed for the Play It Loud Festival, set to take place February 17, 2007 in Milan, Italy. Headlining the event will be RAVEN. BLITZKRIEG supported German metal queen DORO on her U.K. dates in early November. BLITZKRIEG's most...

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SONATA ARCTICA: 'The Collection 1999-2006' To Be Streamed Online This Friday

SONATA ARCTICA's "best of" collection, entitled "The Collection 1999-2006", will be streamed online in its entirety this Friday, November 10 at www.heavylaw.com. In addition to material from the band's studio albums, the CD includes new versions of the songs "My Land" and "Replica", both of which or...

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A Line of Deathless Kings

One look at the song titles above will let you know that it's business as usual in the MY DYING BRIDE camp. Dark wine flows, pale and raven-tressed sylphs expire dramatically on beds of flower-strewn stone inside mist-choked castles, quasi-vampiric men with bad facial hair wear cloaks and sip absint...

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RAVEN To Resume Recording New Album In November

British metal maniacs RAVEN are scheduled to return to the studio late November/early December to resume recording material for their new album, tentatively due in early 2007. Touring activities are currently being penciled in for January onwards. More details will be announced soon. As previously r...

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GRAVE FLOWERS: In Pre-Production Mode

Long-running Swedish "dark metal" band GRAVE FLOWERS has issued the following update: "At the moment we are composing music and making pre-productions for our upcoming third album. As it seems now the music will be darker and more complex. [It] is still too early to say when we will enter the studio...

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MINISTRY Bassist PAUL RAVEN Discusses His Work in KILLING JOKE, PIGFACE

An excerpt from an extensive interview with current MINISTRY/former KILLING JOKE bassist Paul Raven, conducted by music writer Joel Gausten, is now available online at www.myspace.com/gaustenbooks. Gausten interviewed Raven as part of his upcoming book, titled "Albums that (Should've) Changed the Wo...

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS: 'The Shadow Cabinet' Available For Streaming Today

"The Shadow Cabinet", the new album from Danish/Swedish metallers WUTHERING HEIGHTS, is available for streaming today (Saturday, Oct. 21) at the French web site HeavyLaw.com (click on the small album cover in the upper right-hand corner of the main page). "The Shadow Cabinet" was recorded at several...

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MINISTRY Mainman To Guest On ALICE COOPER'S Radio Show

MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen will be Alice Cooper's special guest on Cooper's radio show "Nights with Alice Cooper" airing on Wednesday, October 25. The program is a classic-rock format and is nationally syndicated on the United Stations Radio Networks. Air times differ, so make sure to check out...

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DEF LEPPARD Drummer's RAVEN DRUM Auctions Guitars And Jacket

To raise money for DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen's Raven Drum Foundation, three special auctions will be held the next few days. Two Jackson Dinky guitars and one leather jacket have been signed by the entire band and can be yours! The auction for the first guitar is already up on eBay and ...

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AN AWAKENING: Video From CD Recording Sessions Posted Online

A video clip of the Virginia-based metalcore band AN AWAKENING tracking their upcoming self-titled CD have been posted online at YouTube.com. The recordings took place at Assembly Line Studios, which is owned by Kevin 131 (PROJECT: FAILING FLESH, RAVEN, DECEASED, DYSRHYTHMIA),and were engineered by...