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JON OLIVA'S PAIN Is 'The Closest Thing To SAVATAGE That You're Going To Get!'

Guitarist Ralph Santolla (OBITUARY, ex-DEICIDE, DEATH, ICED EARTH) has recorded a guest appearance on the new JON OLIVA'S PAIN album, "Global Warning", playing lead on two songs: "Adding the Cost" and "You'll Never Know". Comments JON OLIVA'S PAIN guitarist Matt LaPorte: "I am so psyched to have my...

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CHUCK SCHULDINER Tribute Concert In Quebec City: Photos Available

Capitale du Metal has uploaded nine galleries of high-quality pictures taken at the benefit concert to honor late DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mastermind Chuck Schuldiner, which took place on December 12, 2007 at the Theatre Imperial in Quebec City, QC, Canada. The concert — which featured the local DEATH c...

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NEURAXIS Signs With PROSTHETIC RECORDS

Prosthetic Records has announced the signing of the Canadian progressive death metal band NEURAXIS. The group will tentatively release its Prosthetic debut in mid-2008. "The search for our new label is now over," guitarist Rob Milley comments. "NEURAXIS is excited to be joining the Prosthetic Record...

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NIGHTWISH: 'Erämaan Viimeinen' Single Tops Finnish Chart

NIGHTWISH's new Finland-only single, "Erämaan Viimeinen" (Last of the Wilds),has entered the Finnish chart at position No. 1. "Erämaan Viimeinen" is the instrumental "Last of the Wilds" off "Dark Passion Play", but with Finnish lyrics, courtesy of Jonsu from the all-girl pop/rock band INDICA, who i...

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SONATA ARCTICA: New Audio Interview Available

France's Radio Metal recently conducted an interview with SONATA ARCTICA keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg and bassist Marko Paasikoski. Listen to the chat in streaming audio at this location. SONATA ARCTICA recently parted ways with guitarist Jani Liimatainen and replaced him with Elias Viljanen. The...

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GEHENNA Signs With INDIE RECORDINGS

Norway's Indie Recordings has announced the signing of black metal legends GEHENNA. GEHENNA was formed in 1993 and is said to be "one of the original founders of true Norwegian black metal." With six albums and two EPs on their soul-scarred conscience, they have made an profound impact on today's bl...

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Hair-Metal Highlights: The Outrageous Fortunes Of L.A. GUNS, WARRANT And Four More Bands

In the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine, Rob Sheffield takes a close look at Rocklahoma, the mid-July weekend festival where 100,000 fans gather in a giant field on the outskirts of Pryor, Oklahoma, to rock alongisde their Sunset Strip sleaze-metal guitar heroes. As a bonus, Andy Greene whipped u...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE To Guest On SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO's 'Hard Files'

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Howard Jones and drummer Justin Foley will guest on the "Hard Files" program on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack on Thursday, December 13 at 7:00 p.m. EST. Rebroadcasts: Fridays at noon ET, Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. ET and Sundays at 6:00 p.m. ET. Jones and Foley will dis...

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Report: Baghdad Heavy Metal Band Still On The Run

Bryan Pearson of Middle East Online reports: Members of Iraq's only heavy metal group, now struggling to survive in Turkey, will not be joining the flow of refugees returning to their war-ravaged homeland anytime soon — if they can help it. "We dare not go back. We'll be targeted even more than befo...

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NIGHTWISH: New Finnish TV Report Available

An eight-minute report from Finland's MTV3 featuring interview and performance footage of NIGHTWISH filmed on November 28, 2007 in Copenhagen, Denmark can be viewed below (Note: Most of the interview footage is in Finnish). NIGHTWISH is planning to undetake a third U.S. tour in support of its new al...

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NEVER ENOUGH: 'Devil I Am' Video Posted Online

NEVER ENOUGH (a.k.a. N3V3R 3N0U6H) — the band featuring EIGHTEEN VISIONS guitarist Keith Barney (ex-THROWDOWN) drummer Trevor Friedrich, and ex-LYLAH frontman Norman Matthew — has released its video for the song "Devil I Am". Check it out at Ultimate-Guitar.tv. "Devil I Am" comes off the group's sel...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Guitarist ALEXI LAIHO To Release Instructional DVD

Rock House, the leader in music instruction, has announced that Alexi Laiho of the Finnish metal band CHILDREN OF BODOM, has joined its roster of instructors. Alexi will be featured in a comprehensive instructional DVD that will be jam-packed with the fundamental techniques that have propelled him t...

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VENGEFUL Begins Recording New Album

VENGEFUL, the Montreal-based band featuring current and former members of ATHERETIC and MINDS alongside the session drummer for DESPISED ICON, has issued the following update: "We are entering the studio with Bart (QUO VADIS) today to record our second album. That is almost exactly two years after t...

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AC/DC: Details Of BON SCOTT Statue Unveiling Concert Revealed

The statue of late AC/DC singer Bon Scott will be unveiled on February 24, 2008 at another heavy rock extravaganza at Claremont Showgrounds, Perth, Western Australia. Scheduled performers include ROSE TATTOO, THE SCREAMING JETS, NOISEWORKS and THE PARTY BOYS' classic all-star lineup. Playing in THE...

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NIGHTWISH: Third 'Dark Passion Play' U.S. Tour To Kick Off In August

Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH are planning to undetake a third U.S. tour in support of their new album, "Dark Passion Play", beginning at the end of August 2008 and running through the end of September. In other news, VIP tickets for NIGHTWISH's concerts in Quebec City (May 9),Edmon...