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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Breaks Silence On 'Death Magnetic' Sound Quality Controversy

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has commented on the fan-generated controversy over the audio quality of the group's new album, "Death Magnetic". Several articles from both the mainstream press and recording industry web sites have discussed the album in context of the so-called "Loudness Wars," a ter...

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CRYSTAL EYES: New Album Artwork, Release Date Revealed

Swedish/Danish metallers CRYSTAL EYES will release their new album, "Chained", on November 21 via Metal Heaven. The CD's cover artwork, which can be viewed below, was created by Carl-André Beckston (a.k.a. Monowasp). "Chained" was mixed at Studio Fredman with acclaimed producer Fredrik Nordström (DI...

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TARJA TURUNEN To Utilize BLIND GUARDIAN's Session Bassist For Upcoming Tour

A new audio interview with former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen conducted by Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock is available for download at this location (MP3, 4 MB). An excerpt from the chat follows below. Tangra Mega Rock: The occasion to have you with us on the radio is this ...

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SAXON: New Album Title, Track Listing; Single Artwork Revealed

SAXON fans have a lot of things to look forward to in the coming months: to start off with, the British metal legends will release their new download single, "Live To Rock", followed by the arrival at the stores of their current studio album, "Into The Labyrinth", as well as major tours to support b...

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VAN CANTO: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Hero' Album Available

Audio samples of all 10 tracks that will appear on "Hero", the new album from the German "a cappella metal" band VAN CANTO are available for streaming at Metal-Hammer.de. Due on September 26 through GUN Records, the CD will feature 10 songs, including originals like "Speed Of Light" (see video below...

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'The Music of Artisanship & War: Volume II' Participating Bands Announced

Diminished Fifth Records has announced the bands that will appear on the second edition of the "loudest compilation" to come out of Canada's East Coast: "The Music of Artisanship & War: Volume II" will include contributions from the following artists: [THE DAISY] ANTHESIS (Quispamsis, NB) AMNEST...

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Former BLIND GUARDIAN Drummer To Hit The Road With SEELENZORN

Former BLIND GUARDIAN/SAVAGE CIRCUS drummer Thomas "Thomen" Stauch has issued the following udapte: "I'm still working on the new power metal band with David DeFeis [vocals; VIRGIN STEELE] and Axel Ritt [guitar; DOMAIN], but since we will have a big delay completing this first album, because Axel is...

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eBay's METALLICA Ticket Sales Strike A Sour Note

Rupert Jones of The Guardian reports: Auction giant eBay came under fire this week for allowing people to sell tickets to a METALLICA charity concert for vastly inflated prices in what seemed at first glance to be a contravention of its own rules. Earlier this year, eBay announced a new policy on sa...

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ULRICH: Everyone Expects Us To Release Albums That Define The Genre, To 'Save' Metal

Stevie Chick of The Guardian conducted an interview with METALLICA at the end of August when the band was in the UK to play the Reading festival. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On how long they will be able to continue as METALLICA: Lars Ulrich (drums): "In the immortal ...

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SAXON: Radio-Broadcast-Quality Audio Of GRASPOP Performance Available

An audio recording of three songs — "Motorcycle Man", "Crusader" and "Strong Arm Of The Law" — from SAXON's performance at this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, which was held June 27-29, 2008 in Dessel, Belgium, can be heard at this location (courtesy of "Whiplash", a weekly metal show on Belgian nati...

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CRYSTAL EYES: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

Swedish/Danish metallers CRYSTAL EYES have issued the following update: "We're finally done mixing the new CRYSTAL EYES record which will be titled 'Chained'. The recording lasted through the summer and Fredrik Nordström has once again set the ultimate sound at Studio Fredman. Think 1984, think JUDA...

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When Shadows Fall

Greece's REFLECTION has been releasing albums since 1992, yet its debut for traditional metal powerhouse Cruz Del Sur may be the one that pushes the name to the world stage. The act refers to itself as "Hellenic epic/doom metal" and the style heard on "When Shadows Fall" is in fact doomy, but the ep...

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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Pulls Out Of METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST, Acquires New Singer

Austrian symphonic metallers VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have issued the following update: "First the bad news: in a mutual agreement with the organisation of Metal Female Voices Fest [set to take place October 18-19 in Wieze, Belgium], we have come to the point to not play at this year's edition and postpo...

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SAXON Films 'Live To Rock' Video

Aestheticom's Bill Schacht, who has previously directed music videos for DIO, KING DIAMOND, AMON AMARTH, FATAL SMILE, LIBERTY X/REV RUN, ZAKK WYLDE and SISTER SIN, among others, has just completed filming footage for the upcoming SAXON clip for the soon-to-be classic rock anthem "Live To Rock". Acco...

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FREEDOM CALL: New Dates Announced

German metallers FREEDOM CALL will take a break from the songwriting sessions for their new album to play the following dates: Sep. 06 - Saalbau Rosenau - Bayreuth, GER Oct. 26 - LKA Longhorn - Stuttgart, GER Oct. 31 - Centre Culturel - Eloyes, FRA FREEDOM CALL's video for the song "Far Away" can be...