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OPETH's MIKAEL KERFELDT Interviewed By PORCUPINE TREE's STEVE WILSON; Part 2 Available
Metal Hammer has posted a video exclusive of OPETH frontman Mikael kerfeldt being interviewed by PORCUPINE TREE frontman Steve Wilson about OPETH's forthcoming opus "Watershed". Part two in a three-part series of clips can be viewed at this location (Windows Media),with part three to come next Wedn...May 21, 2008
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10 YEARS, FILTER, IRON MAIDEN, DEICIDE, EMMURE First-Week Sales Revealed
The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending May 18, 2008, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest hundred [except numbers over 20,000, which are rounded to the nearest thousand]; The Billboard 200 chart position included,...May 21, 2008
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VH1 CLASSIC Celebrates Metal With A Memorial Day Weekend Marathon
This Memorial Day weekend VH1 Classic documents more than 30 years of one of music's most passionate genres with "Metal Weekend". Beginning on Friday, May 23 the network "for classic music lovers" sets the stage for a heavy metal marathon including some of the most memorable concerts, chilling docum...May 20, 2008
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KITTIE: New U.S. Tour Dates Announced
Canadian metal band KITTIE has scheduled the following dates: Jul. 02 - West Springfield, VA @ Jaxx Jul. 03 - West Springfield, VA @ Jaxx Jul. 04 - Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero Jul. 05 - Fayetteville, NC @ Jesters Jul. 06 - Jacksonville, NC @ Hooligans Jul. 08 - New York, NY @ Blender ...May 20, 2008
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ANTHRAX Members Talk ZOOM H2 Digital Recorder; Video Available
Video footage of ANTHRAX members Scott Ian (guitar),Charlie Benante (drums) and Rob Caggiano (guitar) jamming on tunes and talking about the Zoom H2 handheld digital audio recorder can be viewed below. ANTHRAX recently announced a short spring tour, kicking off with a warm-up club show at Chicago's...May 20, 2008
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BRUCE DICKINSON: Track Listing For 'Chemical Wedding' Soundtrack Revealed
UK's What Records has revealed the final track listingfor the soundtrack to "Chemical Wedding", the supernatural horror-thriller written by IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson and longtime "Monty Python" editor Julian Doyle, who also directed the film. The CD will be released via What Records in th...May 20, 2008
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ANTHRAX Bassist Schedules More SAM ASH Clinics
ANTHRAX's Frank Bello has scheduled two more bass clinics at Sam Ash Music: Tuesday, May 27 - 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sam Ash Music Buffalo Grove (#18) 1305 Dundee Rd. (Plaza Verde Shopping Center) Buffalo Grove, IL Tel.: 847-253-3151 Fax: 847-253-3199 Sunday, June 1 - 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sam Ash...May 20, 2008
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SHADOWSIDE: New Songs Posted Online
Brazilian female-fronted metal outfit SHADOWSIDE has posted two new tracks on its MySpace page. The songs "Nation Hollow Mind" and "In the Night" will both be included on the group's forthcoming album, "Dare to Dream", due before the end of the year. The follow-up to "Theatre of Shadows" (2006 - Uni...May 20, 2008
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Top Heavy Metal Musicians Select Favorite Guitarists Of All Time
Thiago Sarkis of Roadie Crew magazine (web site) organized a poll in which 330 guitarists were asked about their favorite guitarists of all time. Among the participants in the poll were current and former members of such bands as GUNS N' ROSES, KISS, MACHINE HEAD, NIGHTWISH, MEGADETH, SCORPIONS, TES...May 19, 2008
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OPETH Members Discuss Musical Influences, Favorite Albums
The German branch of Roadrunner Records has posted video footage of OPETH mainman Mikael kerfeldt and the group's new guitarist Fredrik kesson (KRUX, ex-ARCH ENEMY, TALISMAN) discussing their musical influences and recommending some of their favorite albums. Watch the clip at this location. OPETH's...May 19, 2008
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'Chemical Wedding' Director Schedules London Signing
Julian Doyle, the director and co-screenwriter of IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's supernatural horror-thriller "Chemical Wedding", will appear in London this Friday for the launch of the "Chemical Wedding" book at Atlantis a bookshop which was frequented by Aleister Crowley himself. Doyle wil...May 19, 2008
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WAYSTED Confirmed For UK's HARD ROCK HELL II Festival
WAYSTED, the reunited mid-'80s British heavy metal outfit led by UFO bassist Pete Way (hence the spelling of the group's name),has been confirmed for the Hard Rock Hell II festival, set to take place December 5-7, 2008 at Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, UK. The Hard Rock Hell II festival billing is s...May 19, 2008
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...Of Frost and War
Writing lyrics about war in death metal is nothing new. It is the forte of bands like JUNGLE ROT and BOLT THROWER, who continue to do it very well. But I can't recall a death metal album in recent memory that was as thoroughly (I presume) researched, written in such detail, and as effectively presen...May 19, 2008
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Be Gone
In an interview I conducted with PHARAOH guitarist Matt Johnsen a couple of months ago, I was discussing the fact that I still preferred 2006's "The Longest Night" to new album "Be Gone", though not by a wide margin. It is one of those instances where the follow-up to an album that you adored (it .....May 19, 2008
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Cataract
If you happen to work out, even including a daily walk through the neighborhood or some quality time spent with your treadmill, then you know that certain styles of metal turn you from overweight sucker of wind into Olympian. Fire-breathing thrash, especially the newer-school variety from the likes...May 19, 2008
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