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The Eagle Has Landed Pt. III

Does anyone really need another SAXON live album? If you're a diehard fan, then the answer is a resounding "Yes!" Others may prefer 1982's "The Eagle Has Landed" for the early lineup and exclusively classic material or 1996's "The Eagle Has Landed Pt. II" for a relatively broad career retrospective....

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Former CHRIS CAFFERY Guitarist To Record New Material With STATE OF BALANCE Project

STATE OF BALANCE, the prog-rock project featuring former CHRIS CAFFERY guitarist Brandon Cook and NICODEMUS drummer Andrew Greene, has been in pre-production for about a month and plan to record three new songs next week. Brandon will be handling vocals, lead/rhythm guitars, and some bass. STATE OF...

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Security Guard: 'AXL ROSE Was Going To Kill Me'

The hotel security guard who was involved in a brawl with GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose the morning after the band's concert in Stockholm, Sweden has broken his silence on the incident. Pascal Håkansson (photo#1, photo#2),25, who was working his fourth day as a security guard at the Berns ...

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WOLF Tap Artist THOMAS HOLM To Create New Album Artwork

Sweden's WOLF have tapped legendary artist Thomas Holm (MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND, WOLF's "Black Wings") to create the artwork for their fourth album, "The Black Flame", due this fall release via Century Media Records in Europe and Prosthetic Records in the U.S. "You can all expect a cover that ma...

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A Higher Form of Killing

Nashville, Tennessee was never known as a hotbed of metal insanity. In fact, when a thrash band came from the country music capitol of the world in the mid-1980s, their hometown was the most novel thing about them. "The band that turned Nashville into thrashville!" read the magazine ads for INTRUDER...

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War Zone

And so begins the old debate about the merits of sticking to the tried and true versus musical progression. What it really comes down to is that those bands that sucked to begin with and "stay the course" continue to suck for all eternity. Then you've got juggernauts like BOLT THROWER, OBITUARY, and...

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IRON FIRE: In Writing Mode

Vocalist Martin Steene of the Danish power metallers IRON FIRE (also in FORCE OF EVIL) has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We have been laying pretty low on the live performance side since we came home from touring with DEMON and SEVEN WITCHES, and there is a reason fo...

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BRUTAL TRUTH Schedule Reunion Show In Chicago

Influential extreme metallers BRUTAL TRUTH have scheduled a reunion show on September 3 at the Double Door in Chicago, IL as part of the second annual Electric City Rockfest. Also appearing on the bill are PIG DESTROYER. More information is available at www.doubledoor.com. With regards to how the re...

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WOLF Announce New Album Title

Sweden's WOLF have set "The Black Flame" as the title of their fourth album, due this fall release via Century Media Records in Europe and Prosthetic Records in the U.S. The band are currently tracking the effort at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden and will be done recording by the end of June....

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CANNIBAL CORPSE Bassist Talks About SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND Tour

Josh Thorne of the FourteenG e-zine recently conducted an interview with CANNIBAL CORPSE bassist Alex Webster. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: FourteenG: How did you guys end up on the bill for [Sounds of The Underground] this year? After last year's lineup of mostly metalcore bands, it w...

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ILL NINO Frontman Explains Concert Cancellation

ILL NINO frontman Cristian Machado has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "First and foremost: To the thousands of ILL NINO fans that we will not get to see due to our cancellation, I sincerely apologize for the inability to perform this show and promise a prompt and resch...

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SATYRICON Frontman Says Drummer FROST Has Received Clearance To Tour U.S.

Josh Thorne of the FourteenG e-zine recently conducted an interview with SATYRICON frontman Sigurd Wongraven (a.k.a. Satyr) A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: FourteenG: Now, speaking of Moonfog releases, will we ever see the release of the EIBON record that you did with Phil Anselmo and Kil...

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PAUL STANLEY: 'I've Always Tried To Write Songs That Were Accessible'

Writer/photographer John Harrell recently conducted an interview with KISS frontman Paul Stanley for a cover story in the Japanese magazine Burrn! A few excerpts from part three of the chat follow: Burrn!: In talking about songwriting you have written some killer songs. I remember something that Edd...

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Splatterthrash

Fear and loathing abounds in Creepsylvania…again. Messrs. Cremator, Fermentor, Digestor, and Dissector return to slash, gash, and impale their way through 12 tracks of some of the best horror thrashing goodness that not only Razorback, but any respectable metal label, has to offer. Dubbed most appro...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Drummer Talks About Upcoming CD

Lords of Metal webzine recently conducted an interview with TYPE O NEGATIVE drummer Johnny Kelly. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Lords of Metal: I understand that you are in the middle of the studio work for the new album. How are things going? Johnny: "Things have been moving along. All the ....