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RAVEN To Release 'ExtermiNation' Album In April

British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN will release its new album, "ExtermiNation", in Scandinavia on April 22, in Germany on April 24, in the rest of Europe on April 27 and in North America on April 28 via SPV/Steamhammer. The effort will be made available as a digipak version (including one bonus...

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Video: RAVEN Performs Two New Songs In Brooklyn

Fan-filmed video footage of the veteran British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN performing two new songs — "Destroy All Monsters" and "It's Not What You Got [It's The Way That You Do It)" — on November 21 at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn, New York can be seen below. RAVEN launched a Kickstarter crowd-fun...

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RAVEN: Audio Samples Of SWEET, SLADE And DEEP PURPLE Covers

NWOBHM thrash godfathers RAVEN have launched a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign to finance the recording of their next studio album, "ExtermiNation". The band has recorded a full-length covers CD titled "Party Killers" that is being offered as an exclusive Kickstarter reward for backers. The group...

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RAVEN Covers DEEP PURPLE, THIN LIZZY, SWEET, NAZARETH, QUEEN Classics On 'Party Killers' CD

NWOBHM thrash godfathers RAVEN have launched a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign to finance the recording of their next studio album, "ExtermiNation". The band has recorded a full-length covers CD titled "Party Killers" that is being offered as an exclusive Kickstarter reward for backers. The group...

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RAVEN Completes Work On 'Party Killers' Covers Album; 'ExtermiNation' CD Due Early Next Year

NWOBHM thrash godfathers RAVEN have launched a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign to finance the recording of their next studio album, "ExtermiNation". The band has recorded a full-length covers CD titled "Party Killers" that is being offered as an exclusive Kickstarter reward for backers. The group...

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New Book On Influential Welsh Rockers BUDGIE 'In Pecking Order' Out Now

Influential Welsh heavy rockers BUDGIE's 1974–79 period is examined in a new, 400-page book, "In Pecking Order: Budgie 1974–79". During the period, BUDGIE released "In For The Kill" (1974) and "Bandolier" (1975) for MCA, and "If I Were Brittania I'd Waive The Rules" (1976) and "Impeckable" (1978) fo...

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EXODUS, Ex-HEATHEN Members Perform BUDGIE, ANGEL WITCH Classics At JON TORRES Memorial Show

Video footage of QUINTANNICA — the band featuring guitarist Doug Piercy (formerly of HEATHEN and ANVIL CHORUS) and drummer Tom Hunting (of EXODUS) performing the BUDGIE classic "Melt The Ice Away" and the ANGEL WITCH song "Atlantis" live at the Jon Torres memorial show on December 7 at 23 Club in Br...

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SOUNDGARDEN: Collection Of Rare Tracks Still In The Works

Reunited grunge legends SOUNDGARDEN reissue their first two EPs, 1987's "Screaming Life" and 1988's "FOPP", on Tuesday (November 26) in a remastered edition that also includes a bonus track. The set, which is coming out as a single CD, double vinyl LP and download, brings these early releases back i...

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Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. DOWNING Showcasing Rock Acts With New Business Venture

According to the Birmingham Post, former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Kenneth "K.K." Downing has launched The Future Of Heavy Metal, a venture which he hopes will help young hard rock bands follow in the footsteps of legends like LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH and JUDAS PRIEST. The first bands being showcase...

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Mothership

With a name like MOTHERSHIP, you'd expect this group of heshers to hail from NASA's longstanding home base in Houston, not Dallas, Texas, but we'll call it close enough for coconuts - especially since the music found on this eponymous LP has its roots in dusty deserts to the west and dustier record...

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Ex-BUDGIE Guitarist Releases New Album

In May 1973, BUDGIE guitarist Tony Bourge unleashed the riff to "Breadfan" — widely hailed as a precursor of thrash metal — on an unsuspecting world. Forty years on, the now-ex-BUDGIE riffmaster has a new 20-track album named "Crank It Up" released under the moniker of Anthony Bourge. The album CD a...

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Dutch prog rockers FOCUS may not be the first ensemble that leaps to mind when discussing the genre, just like NEKTAR, GENTLE GIANT and TANGERINE DREAM ominously seem to get cut from the thread once folks get stuck on immediate notables such as YES, EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER, THE MOODY BLUES, KING CR...

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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer AL ATKINS 'Bears No Grudge Against' His Former Bandmates

Greece's Rockoverdose.gr recently conducted an interview with original JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Al Atkins. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Rockoverdose.gr: So second album released recently with guitarist Paul May [as ATKINS MAY PROJECT]. Looks like the project is running well? Atkins: Yes,...

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SAMMAL's Self-Titled Debut Due Next Month

Svart Records has set a January 18, 2013 release date for SAMMAL's self-titled debut, to be available on both CD and LP formats. "Sammal" track listing: 01. Puolikuu 02. Esox Lucius 03. Jäniksen vuoksi 04. Kaikki kortit 05. Näennäiskäännännäinen 06. Lehtipuiden alle 07. Jokainen pysyköön uskossaan 0...

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BENEDICTUM Taps Producer JEFF PILSON For New Album

BENEDICTUM has announced its continued collaboration with Jeff Pilson on the development of the band's next album, to be released before the end of the year via Frontiers Records. The result will bring back the magic BENEDICTUM and Pilson captured during their earlier releases, 2008's "Seasons Of Tr...