Vocalist Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth of veteran New Jersey metallers OVERKILL will guest on this coming Friday’s (January 8) edition of Eddie Trunk’s “Friday Night Rocks” radio show on New York’s Q104.3 FM.
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Jason Saulnier of the “Good Time Metal Oldies” radio show conducted an interview with former MANOWAR and current DAVID SHANKLE GROUP (DSG) guitarist David Shankle on December 14, 2009.
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On Friday, January 1, IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain told Eddie Trunk ? co-host of the VH1 Classic television program “That Metal Show” who has a long-running radio show, “Friday Night Rocks”, on New York’s Q104.3 FM ? that the band will enter the studio in a couple weeks to start work on a new CD.
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ROBOT MONSTER ARMY, the brainchild of ex-WARGASM frontman Bob Mayo, has begun pre-production on the follow-up to its debut album.
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BRUTAL TRUTH and NEURAXIS are among the confirmed bands for the ninth edition of the Manitoba Metalfest, set to take place March 24, March 26 and March 27 at The Park Theatre and The Zoo in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Southern California’s female-fronted rock act IN THIS MOMENT will enter the studio mid-February with producer Kevin Churko (who worked with the band on 2008’s “The Dream”) to begin recording its third album for a tentative June release via Century Media Records.
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Gothenburg, Sweden-based metal/rock band HOSTILE CELL will release its sophomore album, “The Deafening”, on April 6 via the group’s own Coreshot Productions (with distribution through Plugged Records).
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ASSAILANT, the Umeå, Sweden-based band featuring guitarist Oscar Norberg (“little brother” of Emil of PERSUADER/SAVAGE CIRCUS fame and Nils Norberg of NOCTURNAL RITES), has posted three songs from the group’s forthcoming third album ? “My Hate Remains”, “Shades Of Grey” and “The End” ? on the official ASSAILANT MySpace page.
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TheDailyRock.com conducted an interview with vocalist Jamey Jasta of Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED before the band’s December 10, 2009 performance at the House Of Blues in Chicago, Illinois.
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Brazilian death metallers HEADHUNTER D.C.
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Long-running German metal band PARADOX has parted ways with guitarist Kai Pasemann and drummer Roland Jahoda (drums).
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NIGHTWISH lead singer Anette Olzon was interviewed on Finnish national radio station YLE X3M, the Swedish-language radio, on September 18, 2009 ? the day before the band’s special homecoming show at the sold-out, 11,000-capacity Hartwall Arena in Helsinki to mark the end of the group’s colossal “Dark Passion Play” two-year world tour.
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REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE/ex-STRATOVARIUS guitarist Timo Tolkki has just completed a three-week “masterclass seminar” tour of Brazil.
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