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DISTURBED To Take Part In Free Interactive Online Concert Series

DISTURBED is one of the artists taking part in a global free concert series launched by DeepRockDrive, the world's first interactive online concert venue. Presented by Pepsi, five compelling live acts will be performing to global audiences beginning May 16 through May 29, 2008. Kicking off with coun...

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HEADHUNTER: 'Parasite Of Society' Title Track Posted Online

HEADHUNTER, the reunited German band featuring DESTRUCTION frontman Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, STRATOVARIUS drummer Jrg Michael, and guitarist Schmuddel (ex-TALON),has posted the title track of its forthcoming album, "Parasite of Society", on the group's MySpace page. Schmier stated about the song:...

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DESTRUCTION's SCHMIER To Guest On IRON MAIDEN Singer's Radio Show

DESTRUCTION/HEADHUNTER frontman Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guest on Friday, May 23 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the program live via the Internet between 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a...

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WES BORLAND Talks YAMAHA Guitars; Video Available

PennyRoyal Films and Yamaha teamed up last year to produce a video with ex-LIMP BIZKIT guitarist/BLACK LIGHT BURNS mainman Wes Borland and world-renowned luthier John Gudesi to talk about the process and design of the Wes Borland signature guitar by Yamaha. PennyRoyal Films has just released a segme...

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HELLOWEEN, PITCHSHIFTER Confirmed For Estonia's RABAROCK Festival

HELLOWEEN and PITCHSHIFTER have been confirmed for this year's Rabarock festival, set to take place June 13-14 in Jrvakandi, Estonia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SPARKS (USA) THE FALL (UK) DANKO JONES (CAN) HELLOWEEN (GER) PITCHSHIFTER (UK) BLACK LIPS (USA) FUGIYA & MIYAGI (UK...

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ANNIHILATOR: 'In Command' To Be Reissued

Poland's Metal Mind Productions will re-release ANNIHILATOR's "In Command" a live album covering the Canadian metal band's 1989-1990 period, considered by many fans to be ANNIHILATOR's strongest years on May 19 in Europe (July 8 in the USA via MVD). The limited-edition digipack title (limited to 2,0...

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HEADHUNTER Covers SKID ROW's '18 And Life'; Audio Available

HEADHUNTER, the reunited German band featuring DESTRUCTION frontman Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, STRATOVARIUS drummer Jrg Michael, and guitarist Schmuddel (ex-TALON),has posted its cover of the SKID ROW classic "18 And Life" on the group's MySpace page. The track comes off the band's forthcoming albu...

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ANVIL's Documentary: New York Premiere Announced

"Anvil! The Story of Anvil", a mockumentary-like true account of fiftysomething Canadian heavy-metal practitioners Steve "Lips" Kudlow (vocals, guitar) and Robb Reiner (drums) who, after a desultory European tour with their band ANVIL, decide to record a 13th album in a final attempt to fulfill thei...

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ANNIHILATOR: 'Clown Parade' Instructional Video Available

ANNIHILATOR mainman Jeff Waters' instructional video for the song "Clown Parade" from the band's "Metal" CD, taken from the February 2008 issue of Japan's Young Guitar magazine, can be viewed below. ANNIHILATOR released its latest album, "Metal", in North America on January 15 via SPV. The CD's ten...

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ANVIL's 'Story' Isn't 'Spinal Tap' But It Could Be!

Chris Knight of the National Post reports: The story of "Anvil! The Story of Anvil", which opens the Hot Docs documentary festival on Thursday, begins more than 25 years ago when its director, Sacha Gervasi, was a 15-year-old heavy metal fan in London, England. He befriended a Toronto band called AN...

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MARTYR: 'Havoc In Quebec City' Trailer, Preview Available

A trailer for "Havoc in Quebec City", the brand new DVD from French-Canadian technical death masters MARTYR, can be viewed below. Also posted online is a full-length version of the song "Nameless, Faceless, Neverborn". "Havoc in Quebec City" was filmed on April 6, 2007 at Imperial de Quebec in Quebe...

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ANNIHILATOR Mainman Issues New Album Update

Guitarist Jeff Waters of the long-running Canadian thrashers ANNIHILATOR has issued the following update: "[The songwriting process for the] new CD [is] coming along just delightfully. Something strange happened in the last few years in that I have started to really play guitar more than usual, thus...

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CRYSTAL VIPER: New Album Title Announced

Polish female-fronted heavy metallers CRYSTAL VIPER have set "Metal Nation" as the title of their new album, due late 2008 through Karthago Records (CD version) and High Roller Records (limited vinyl version). Songtitles set to appear on the LP include "Metal Nation", "1428", "Die By The Blade", "Zo...

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ZIMMERS HOLE: 'When You Were Shouting At The Devil' Video Posted Online

"When You Were Shouting At The Devil...We Were In League With Satan", the new video from ZIMMERS HOLE the Vancouver-based project featuring guitarist Jed Simon and bassist Byron Stroud of STRAPPING YOUNG LAD alongside legendary drummer Gene Hoglan (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, TESTAMENT, DEATH, DARK ANGEL)...

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BLACK 'N BLUE's 'Rarities' To Be Reissued

Back in the mid-'80s, when rock 'n' roll was still on everybodys lips, dozens of bands tried to become "the next best thing" of the music industry. Although many have tried, only few succeeded to carve their names into rock history. Among them are BLACK 'N BLUE, a band that never got the proper accl...