California rock legends RATT are returning to the Sunset Strip in honor of their new album, “Infestation”, for a very special event on Tuesday, April 20.
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Bassist Eric Avery has quit JANE’S ADDICTION.
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California rockers TESLA are scheduled to release a new live album, appropriately titled “Alive In Europe!”, in Europe on April 23 via Frontiers Records.
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U.K.’s Terrorizer.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Tomi Joutsen of Finnish metallers AMORPHIS.
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Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of “No Way But The Hard Way”, the new video from Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE, can be viewed below.
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According to a posting on KISS’ official web site, the band’s appearance on this past Saturday’s (February 27) episode of the German talk show “Wetten, Dass..?” had the highest number of viewers on German television that night, beating both Olympic coverage and “German Superstar”.
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Los Angeles-based experimental post-hardcore triumvirate PHILM, featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (SLAYER), guitarist/vocalist Gerry Nestler (CIVIL DEFIANCE), and bassist Pancho Tomaselli (WAR), has announced two Hollywood shows.
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Swedish death metallers FERAL have inked a deal with John McEntee’s Ibex Moon Records.
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“Playing God And Other Short Stories”, the seventh full-length album from Israeli extreme metallers SALEM, is available for streaming in its entirety at AOL Music.
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VAN CANTO, INGRIMM and NACHTGESCHREI have been confirmed for this year’s Ragnarök Festival, set to take place April 30 – May 1, 2010 at Ostbayernhalle in Rieden/Kreuth, Germany.
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Jon Wiederhorn of the MTV Music Blog recently conducted an interview with vocalist Mikael Stanne of Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY about the creation of the band’s new album, “We Are the Void”; the addition of new bassist Daniel Antonsson (who replaced veteran player Mikael Niklasson in 2008) and Mikael’s newfound obsession with Swedish poetry and mortality.
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Glendale, Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY will embark on a spring North American headlining tour in support of their sophomore album, “Ruination”.
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Southern California female-fronted heavy rock act IN THIS MOMENT is currently holed up at The Wolves Den studio in Las Vegas, Nevada with producer Kevin Churko (OZZY OSBOURNE, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH) recording its third album, “A Star Crossed Wasteland”, for a summer release via Century Media Records.
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