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OVERDRIVE: Medley Of 10 New Songs Available For Streaming

A medley of 10 new tracks from classic Swedish heavy metal veterans OVERDRIVE is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The songs will appear on the group;s new album, "Angelmaker", which is tentatively due next year via an as-yet-undetermined record label. The CD was mixed at Studio Un...

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JOE LYNN TURNER's Turkish Rock Music Festival To Be Held Next May

While vacationing in Antayla, Turkey this summer, some Turkish business people approached legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) with the idea of presenting a major rock music festival in or near the city sometime in 2011. Turner agreed that this was a...

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NORTHERN KINGS Plays First-Ever Full-Length Show; Video Available

NORTHERN KINGS — the Finnish band consisting of four well-known metal musicians (Jarkko Ahola [TERÄSBETONI], Marco Hietala [TAROT, NIGHTWISH], Tony Kakko [SONATA ARCTICA], Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto [CHARON]) — played its first-ever full-length show last night (Wednesday, August 18) at the Tavastia club...

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JOE LYNN TURNER To Organize International Music Festival In Turkey

According to the Hürriyet Daily News, legendary hard rock singer Joe Lynn Turner (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) visited Mayor Mustafa Akaydin of Antalya, a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey, to ask for support for an international music festival he plans to organize in...

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BELIEVER Begins Recording New Album

Reactivated late '80s/early '90s technical-thrash metallers BELIEVER have entered the studio to begin recording their new album for a tentative early 2011 release. Guitarist/vocalist Kurt Bachman writes in an online posting, "The drums are just about finished and I have many tunes in the bag for the...

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DRAGONLAND Guitarist Issues New Album Update

Guitarist Olof Mörck of Swedish power metallers DRAGONLAND has issued the following update: "There has passed some time since we published a demo teaser track for all of you to hear, and first of all; the reactions up 'till this day have been nothing short of amazing; thank you for your continued su...

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HIGH ON FIRE Announces North American Headlining Tour

Oakland, California power trio HIGH ON FIRE has announced a North American headlining tour. The massive fall expedition — dubbed the "Sanctioned Annihilation Tour" — will feature support from TORCHE and KYLESA and is set to launch on September 27 at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, Ca...

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ARMS OF THE SUN Featuring REX BROWN: New Dallas Show Announced

ARMS OF THE SUN — the project featuring Rex Brown (PANTERA, DOWN) on bass, John Luke Hebert (KING DIAMOND) drums, Lance Harvill on vocals and guitar, and Ben Bunker (GRYN) on guitar — will perform at Trees in Dallas, Texas on September 18. ARMS OF THE SUN recently completed work on thirteen tracks t...

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OVERDRIVE Mixing New Album

Classic Swedish heavy metal veterans OVERDRIVE have finished recording their new album and are currently mixing the effort at Studio Underground in Västerås, Sweden with Pelle Saether (STEEL ATTACK, AXENSTAR, GRAND DESIGN, INSANIA). The band states, "It sounds KILLER, we think!" Songtitles set to ap...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO, PAUL GRAY, MÖTLEY CRÜE, RAMMSTEIN Honored At KERRANG! AWARDS

MÖTLEY CRÜE, RAMMSTEIN, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, Ronnie James Dio and late SLIPKNOT bassist Paul Gray were honored at the Relentless Energy Drink Kerrang! Awards 2010, which took place earlier tonight (Thursday, July 29) at the Brewery in East London, England. Full list of winners: * Best British Ne...

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Former RIOT, RAINBOW Members Pay Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO (Video)

Video footage of the DIO tribute band SACRED HEART performing a cover version of the BLACK SABBATH classic "Heaven And Hell" — with special guest appearances by Mike Tirelli (BURNING STARR, HOLY MOTHER, RIOT, MESSIAH'S KISS) on vocals, Bobby Rondinelli (RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, THE...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Frontman Makes Surprise Appearance At Long Island RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute

QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate made a surprise guest appearance at this past Sunday's (July 18) "A Long Island Farewell to Ronnie James Dio" concert at Mulcahy's in Centereach, New York. Tate sang a cover version of the BLACK SABBATH classic "Neon Knights" as a tribute to legendary heavy metal sing...

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METALLICA's 'Death Magnetic' Certified Double Platinum In U.S.

METALLICA's latest album, "Death Magnetic", was officially certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on June 28, 2010 for shipments in the United States in excess of two million copies. METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich told The Pulse of Radio in an October 2008 i...

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WARRANT Members 'Are Not In Jail And Are Ready To Rock And Roll As Scheduled'

Californian rockers WARRANT have released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "WARRANT was founded on the notion that any press is good press, and for that, we would like to thank AOL, Perez Hilton and TMZ for their continued front-page cover stories regarding [former WARRANT singer] Jani L...

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VALIENT THORR Talks Gear With PREMIER GUITAR

Premier Guitar's Jordan Wagner is conducted an interview with guitarists Eidan Thorr and Sadat Thorr of Chapel Hill, North Carolina rockers VALIENT THORR on May 18, 2010 in Madison, Wisconsin. In the four-minute segment which can be viewed below, Eidan and Sadat walk Premier Guitar through their rig...