Acclaimed metal drummer Richard Christy (CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED, ICED EARTH, DEATH, LEASH LAW, CONTROL DENIED, BURNING INSIDE) will celebrate his 36th birthday on Saturday, April 3 at Duff’s Brooklyn in Williamsburg, New York beginning at 9:00 p.m.
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SEPULTURA bassist Paul Xisto Pinto Jr.
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Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have issued the following update: “Infernus [guitar] has just returned from rehearsals in Tomas Asklund’s [drums] Monolith Studio outside of Stockholm, and the work on the follow-up album to ‘Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt’ is progressing as planned.
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Imhotep webzine conducted an interview with Einar “Kvitrafn” Selvik (WARDRUNA, GORGOROTH, SIGFADER, JOTUNSPOR, DEAD TO THIS WORLD) at this year’s installment of the Inferno festival, which is being held March 31 – April 3, 2010 in Oslo, Norway.
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Swedish heavy metallers ENFORCER have revealed the cover art for their new album, “Diamonds”, due to be released in Europe by Earache Records on May 24 and the rest of the world by Heavy Artillery Records on May 25.
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Legendary rocker Alice Cooper spoke to CBS News about R&B star Erykah Badu’s latest music video, “Window Seat”, which depicts her walking, stripping naked, then acting out being gunned down on the same Dallas street where President John F.
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German death metal and hardcore fusionists HEAVEN SHALL BURN will release their new album, “Invictus”, via Century Media Records on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerland: Friday, May 21 Spain, Italy : Tuesday, May 25 Sweden, Finland, Hungary: Wednesday, May 26 Rest Of Europe: Monday, May 24 North America: Tuesday, June 8 The CD was recorded at Tue Madsen’s Antfarm Studio in
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Legendary guitarist Slash’s (GUNS N’ ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) first true solo album, simply entitled “Slash”, is available for streaming in its entirety at AOL Music.
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“Hail Cesar”, the new video from Swedish heavy metallers WOLF, can be viewed below.
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Reformed Greek metallers NIGHTFALL have released the first photo (see below) of the band’s new lineup ? featuring frontman and lyricist Efthimis Karadimas alongside Evan Hensley on guitar, Stathis Kassios on keyboards and Jörg Uken on drums.
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Austrian female-fronted symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE will release its seventh album, “Solitaire”, on the following dates: June 30: Spain July 2: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy, Sweden July 5: Rest of Europe July 13: USA/Canada The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01.
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Swedish glam rockers CRASHDIET have been confirmed for this year’s installment of the Rock Hard festival, set to take place May 21-23, 2010 at the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
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Legendary heavy metal guitarist Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL) has revealed to U.K.’s Metal Hammer magazine that he will collaborate on new music with his former SABBATH bandmate, singer Ian Gillan (DEEP PURPLE).
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