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NEVERMORE, OVERKILL, U.D.O., AFTER FOREVER Singers Confirmed For DORO's Anniversary's Concert
Former WARLOCK vocalist Doro Pesch will celebrate her 25-year career as the reigning queen of German heavy metal on December 13 at the ISS Dome in her hometown of Düsseldorf, Germany. The concert will feature appearances by: DORO ARCH ENEMY LEAVES' EYES WARLOCK (special performance by 1986 lineup) P...September 26, 2008
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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...September 24, 2008
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BLITZKRIEG: Greece Aftermath
NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends BLITZKRIEG have issued the following update: "The band would like to thank the promoters of both recent Greek shows, also the venue staff of both dates and last but not least everyone that showed up on Friday [Sept. 19] at The Necropolis in Athens and...September 23, 2008
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'On The Record' With Canadian Singer DANKO JONES
Canadian singer Danko Jones (who fronts his own namesake three-piece band) recently spoke to Holland's FaceCulture about his song "Take Me Home" from his latest album, "Never Too Loud". The clip, which can be viewed below, is part of FaceCulture's "On The Record" series, where artists talk about one...September 21, 2008
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ARCH ENEMY Confirmed For DORO's 25th-Anniversary Concert
Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY have been confirmed to perform at DORO's "25 Years in Rock" anniversary event on December 13, 2008 at the ISS Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are LEAVES' EYES and former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen, among others. Comments ARCH ENEM...September 20, 2008
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FATAL SMILE: 'S.O.B.' Video Posted Online
"S.O.B.", the new video from Swedish hard rockers FATAL SMILE, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Aestheticom's Bill Schacht, who has previously directed music videos for SAXON, DIO, KING DIAMOND, AMON AMARTH, LIBERTY X/REV RUN, ZAKK WYLDE and SISTER SIN, among others. The video, which in...September 16, 2008
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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...September 11, 2008
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SAXON Singer: 'We're Not Really Changing, We're Just Trying To Get Better'
Mick Burgess of Metal Express Radio recently conducted an interview with SAXON frontman Biff Byford. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Metal Express Radio: Certainly from SAXON's point of view you seem to be going through something of a renaissance. Your last album, "The Inner Sanctum", was un...September 11, 2008
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DORO: New Single Details Revealed
German "metal queen" Doro Pesch will release a new single entitled "Celebrate (The Night Of The Warlock)" on October 31 in Germany and November 3 in most of the rest of Europe via AFM Records. The EP will contain three versions of the single's title cut "Celebrate" — including one that features gues...September 8, 2008
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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...September 3, 2008
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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...August 29, 2008
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PICTURE: Footage From Germany's HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR Festival Available
Video footage of the reunited '80s Dutch metal band PICTURE performing the classic track "Unemployed" (from 1981's "Heavy Metal Ears" LP) at the Headbangers Open Air festival on July 26, 2008 at the Ballroom in Hamburg, Germany can be viewed below (clip uploaded by YouTube user "stoneagelightning")....August 2, 2008
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WINTERFYLLETH Completes Work On Debut Album
Manchester, England's WINTERFYLLETH has completed work on its debut album, "The Ghost Of Heritage". A mid-October release via Profound Lore Records is expected. Formed with the intention to honor England's ancestral Anglo-Saxon past, WINTERFYLLETH — comprised of members culled from the UK's most dev...July 30, 2008
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Parasite of Society
As the story goes, vocalist/bassist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer left German thrash juggernaut DESTRUCTION after the decade of the 80s came to a close and formed HEADHUNTER, the music of which was more akin to power metal (albeit without the glitz and glam) than straight up thrash. The band released a...July 29, 2008
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MOTÖRHEAD Mainman, THIN LIZZY Guitarist To Guest On SUNSHINE RADIO This Weekend
MOTÖRHEAD mainman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister and THIN LIZZY guitarist Scott Gorham will be the featured guests on UK's "The Rock Show" on Sunshine Radio with Jeff Collins on Sunday, August 3 between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. (UK time). Lemmy will talk about the writing and recording of MOTÖRHEAD's new albu...July 28, 2008
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