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Founding SAXON Member GRAHAM OLIVER Discusses Upcoming Book

Founding SAXON members Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson are putting the finishing touches on a book entitled "Saxon Drugs And Rock And Roll", due out before the end of the year. The book will chronicle life on the road with SAXON from their New Wave of British Heavy Metal roots to their acrimonious sp...

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'Runnin' Wild...From Ted Nugent' Details Revealed

CMT, Bischoff Hervey Entertainment and Insomnia Media have teamed up to present "Runnin' Wild...From Ted Nugent", an eight-episode competition series in which iconic rocker, hunter and modern-day Davy Crockett, Ted Nugent, teaches ordinary people how to survive in the wild, and then evade the master...

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SAXON Frontman Featured In 'SPV Audio Podcast 15'

SPV Audio Podcast 15 features an interview with Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON. The discussion covers the band's new album, "Into the Labyrinth", The "Riff King" contest, the resurgence of SAXON, upcoming American tour dates and much more. Also featured are two tracks from "Into th...

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TRIVIUM To Headline 'Metal Hammer Golden Gods'

Floridian metal titans TRIVIUM will headline this year's this year's Metal Hammer Golden Gods ceremony, which will be held June 15 at Indigo2 in London, England's O2 Arena. Also scheduled to perform at the annual awards bash, which is owned by Future's Metal Hammer magazine, are DEVILDRIVER, SAXON,...

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SAXON Frontman Comments On METALLICA Performance: 'It Was F**king Cool'

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON offered a brief comment to U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine regarding his appearance with METALLICA last night (Thursday, April 2) at Palais Omnisport de Bercy in Paris, France to perform the SAXON classic "Motorcycle Man". According to Biff, he...

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SAXON Frontman Performs With METALLICA In Paris; Video Available

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON joined METALLICA on stage earlier tonight (Thursday, April 2) at Palais Omnisport de Bercy in Paris, France to perform the SAXON classic "Motorcycle Man". Watch fan-filmed video footage of the performance below. METALLICA's second-ever gig wa...

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SAXON Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

British heavy metal legends SAXON have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AIRBOURNE AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BORKNAGAR BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE CALLEJON CATHEDRAL DRAG...

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EUROPE Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish hard rock veterans EUROPE will close this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 14-16, 2009 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH APOCALYPTICA ARCH ENEMY BATTLELORE BEHOLDER BLIND GUARDIAN CANDLEMASS CARC...

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OVERKILL, METAL CHURCH, LEATHERWOLF Confirmed For ROCKLAHOMA

Rocklahoma, the premier eighties music festival in the United States being held July 9-12 in Pryor, Oklahoma announces Thursday as "Heavy Metal Day." General Manager of Catch the Fever Music Festivals Mark Nuessle had this to say, "Rocklahoma is a celebration of the eighties music that made rock gre...

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FREEDOM CALL Putting Finishing Touches On New Album; New Bassist Announced

German metallers FREEDOM CALL, whose current lineup includes GAMMA RAY drummer Daniel Zimmermann, are putting the finishing touches on their new album, tentatively titled "Legend Of The Shadowking", for an August/September release. According to the band, "The basis of concept is an aristocratic pers...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, CRADLE OF FILTH Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR

BLIND GUARDIAN and CRADLE OF FILTH have been confirmed for this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 14-16, 2009 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH APOCALYPTICA ARCH ENEMY BATTLELORE BEHOLDER BLIND GUARDIAN C...

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GIRLSCHOOL Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR

Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has been confirmed for this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 14-16, 2009 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH APOCALYPTICA ARCH ENEMY BATTLELORE BEHOLDER...

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SAXON Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD Festival

British heavy metal legends SAXON have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Rock Hard festival, set to take place May 29-31, 2009 at the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANGEL WITCH AUDREY HORNE BULLET CHILDREN OF BODOM D-A-D DESTRÖY...

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ICED EARTH: New DVD Details Revealed

A brand new interview with ICED EARTH guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer conducted on March 13, 2009 is available for download as an MP3 audio file at this location (8.4 MB). Regarding the immediate plans for ICED EARTH, Schaffer says, "Well, right now I'm wrapping up the post-production for the 'Festiv...

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MANOWAR, METALLICA In Talks To Play WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Thomas Jensen of ICS Festival Service GmbH, which organizes the Wacken Open Air festival, has told the Italian web site Metalitalia.com that negotiations are underway with MANOWAR to headline this year's event. "For 2009 we are discussing with MANOWAR," he stated. "My friend Joey [DeMaio] is really...