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DECAPITATED Guitarist Interviewed At France's HELLFEST

Metalship conducted an interview with guitarist Waclaw "Vogg" Kieltyka of Polish extreme metallers DECAPITATED at this year's Hellfest, which took place June 18-20 in Clisson, France. Watch the chat below. DECAPITATED's current lineup: * Waclaw "Vogg" Kieltyka - Guitar * Kerim "Krimh" Lechner (THORN...
June 30, 2010
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KYPCK Hopes To Release Second Album In The Fall

KYPCK ("Kursk" in the western alphabet) — the Russian-singing Finnish doom metal band featuring former SENTENCED guitarist Sami Lopakka (a.k.a. S.S. Lopakka) — has issued the following update: "KYPCK's [second] full-length album has been completed for already five months now, but surprisingly and ex...
June 21, 2010
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Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult

I'd read a bit about INQUISITION over the years and with my interest piqued I'd always wanted to check out an album, but never got around to it until now, thanks to a Hells Headbangers digital promotional copy of reissued 1998 debut album, "Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult". Now I know...
June 20, 2010
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Draw Down the Moon

While I've never outright "disliked" ICARUS WITCH, I've never found their albums to be especially impacting nor have I gotten in line with what seemed to be a parade of praise from critical circles. Solid albums, yes; ones with long-lasting appeal, no. Some of that had to do with Matthew Bizilia's s...
June 20, 2010
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NONPOINT: New Video Interview Posted Online

Musician Photo Journal caught up with NONPOINT's Elias Soriano (vocals) and Kenneth McMillan (bass) on May 29, 2010 at the KROCK Dysfunctional Family BBQ in Syracuse, New York. Watch the chat below. NONPOINT's new album, "Miracle", sold around 8,000 copies in the United States in its first week of r...
June 15, 2010
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NIGHTFALL Taps TRAVIS SMITH For New Album Artwork

Reformed Greek metallers NIGHTFALL — featuring frontman and lyricist Efthimis Karadimas alongside Evan Hensley on guitar, Stathis Kassios on keyboards and Jörg Uken on drums — have tapped Travis Smith to create the artwork for their new album, "Astron Black And The Thirty Tyrants", due in late 2010...
June 7, 2010
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HAIL! On Russian TV

Russian TV show "Krupnim Planom" conducted an interview with HAIL! — the supergroup featuring vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, BEYOND FEAR),guitarist Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA),drummer Paul Bostaph (TESTAMENT, SLAYER, EXODUS, FORBIDDEN) and bassist James Lom...
June 5, 2010
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BORIS Collaborates With THE CULT's IAN ASTBURY

Southern Lord has announced a collaboration between label artists BORIS and Ian Astbury of THE CULT. This finely-crafted four-song mini release, simply entitled "BXI", was tracked and mixed in Tokyo in late April. Astbury's vocals are a perfect match for BORIS's straightforward, laid-back, but still...
June 2, 2010
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NONPOINT Guitarist Interviewed On 'Mars Attacks' Podcast

Guitarist Zach Broderick of the Ft. Lauderdale hard rock quartet NONPOINT was interviewed for the latest episode of the "Mars Attacks" podcast with host Victor M. Ruiz. You can now stream the episode using the audio player below. NONPOINT's new album, "Miracle", sold around 8,000 copies in the Unite...
May 26, 2010
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BRUTAL GODZ Parts Ways With Ex-METAL CHURCH Singer, Announces Replacement

BRUTAL GODZ, the new Germany-based project featuring former/current members of BLIND GUARDIAN, RHAPSODY OF FIRE and REBELLION, has parted ways with former METAL CHURCH singer Ronny Munroe and has replaced him with Ian Breeg, a young Russian musician from Moscow. Commented bassist Oliver Holzwarth (w...
May 21, 2010
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Report: Russian Town To Ban 'Satanic' Heavy Metal

Andrew Osborn of Telegraph.co.uk reports: A Russian town famed for its crusades against swearing and easy morals is trying to ban heavy metal concerts arguing that they are "satanic" and "ideologically destructive." Officials in Belgorod, a town some 400 miles south of Moscow, have written to local...
May 20, 2010
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GUNS N' ROSES Rumored To Be Playing Moscow Charity Event

According to The Moscow Times, GUNS N' ROSES is rumored to be performing at Moscow, Russia's NEON charity event on Monday, May 24. The event, which will be a combination of fashion show, award ceremony and entertainment show, will take place in the Moskva-City complex in a building constructed by Ca...
May 19, 2010
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RAMESSES To Release New Album In June

The psychedelic doom trio RAMESSES was spawned in the woodland of Dorset, England in 2003, and has been brutalizing its devoted fanbase ever since, unleashing a rash of EPs and demos, one full-length release, splits with NEGATIVE REACTION and UNEARTHLY TRANCE and more over the past seven years. They...
May 19, 2010
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SODOM Completes Work On New DVD

Veteran German thrashers SODOM have completed work on their long-awaited new DVD, "Lords Of Depravity - Part II", tentatively due this summer. The team responsible for the disc's production — Ronald Matthes (director/producer – documentary/concert),Alex Kraudelt (co-director – documentary) and Jan...
May 18, 2010
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VAN HALEN Covering RAINBOW Classic In 1976; Previously Unheard Recording Released

The Van Halen News Desk web site has been updated with following message: "As a tribute to the late, great, Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, RAINBOW, ELF),the Van Halen News Desk has dusted off an old recording from our archives. It's VAN HALEN covering the early RAINBOW cla...
May 18, 2010