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NEKTAR Nektar’s contribution over the last 40 years has quite rightly earned them their place in any ‘Progressive Rock Hall of Fame’. But the band is much more than a ‘Prog Legend’, the Nektar brand of innovative composition, performance and visuals is simply unique. Nektar’s history appeared to have been written when they finally split …

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Tags: Box Office, Brainticket, Coach House, Dinner Reservations, Eighties, Flame Light, Hall Of Fame, Huw Lloyd Langton, Lloyd, Loyal Fans, Necktar, Nektar, New Millennium, Nine Years, Progressive Rock, Receptions, Reunion Tour, Rock Hall Of Fame, Visuals, Year 2000

KATANA Here to Usher in New Era of Pure Heavy Metal

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Posted: 05/17/2011

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Livin’ Without Fear Blade of Katana Phoenix on Fire Neverending World Heart of Tokyo Asia in Sight Across the Stars Rebel Ride Quest for Hades KATANA from Gothenburg, Sweden is the next big thing in traditional heavy metal. They deliver a show that is 100 percent pure adrenaline and will take the audience straight back …

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Tags: Adrenaline, Blade, Debut Album, Drums, Eighties, Genre, German Bands, Gothenburg Sweden, Guitars, Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Johan, Judas Priest, Karlsson, Live Act, New Era, Persson, Tobias, Usher, World Heart

STAMPEDE To Release New Album “A Sudden Impulse” (video)

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Updated: 05/16/2011

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Stampede released long awaited new studio album “A Sudden Impulse” May 9, 2011 The video from the opening track “Send Me Down An Angel” is now available which you can see below. Newly reformed NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) heroes STAMPEDE have announced details of the release of their new album ‘A Sudden …

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Tags: British Bands, Colin Bond, Debut Studio Album, Drummer Steve, Eighties, Graystone, Guitar Harmonies, Humble Pie, Laurence Archer, Melodic Hooks, Melodic Rock, Metal Heroes, new album, Pie Song, Reuben, Rhythm Guitar, Rock Acts, Rock Candy, Strong Rhythm, Sudden Impulse

Big 4 DVD Goes Double Platinum In US

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Posted: 01/08/2011

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The two-disc DVD release of “The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria”, containing footage of the June 22, 2010 Sonisphere cinecast from the Sofia, Bulgaria leg of the touring rock festival featuring the “Big Four” of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX — has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry …

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Tags: Anthrax, Billboard Top Music, Cinecast, Disc Release, Double Platinum, Drummer Lars Ulrich, Early November, Eighties, Fun Times, Interview Footage, Megadeth, Metallica, Metallica Drummer Lars Ulrich, Music Videos, Nielsen, Platinum Certification, Recording Industry Association, Recording Industry Association Of America, Recording Industry Association Of America Riaa, Sofia Bulgaria

CRADLE OF FILTH: Interview Dani Filth

by vBoogieMan

Posted: 10/04/2010

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Mr. Dani Filth has updates a massive blog full of wonderful CRADLE OF FILTH news and goings on. Turns out he is also accepting fan interview questions up until October 7. If you have a question you’d like to ask the band please email competition@peaceville.co.uk and Dani Filth will answer as many as many as …

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Tags: Addams Family, Chardonnay, Cradle Of Filth, Dani Filth, Degree Views, Deluge, Eighties, Family Style, Fan Interview, German Beer, Gourmet Burgers, Interview Questions, Last Cathedral, Mtv, New Release, Onion Rings, Steady Stream, Two Doors, Uk Time, White Trash

Metal Blade Records Launches Metal Blade TV

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Posted: 03/11/2010

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Forerunners in the heavy metal scene since its humble beginnings in the early eighties, Metal Blade Records is once again spreading the word of Heavy Metal to the world now through the label’s brand new site, Metal Blade TV. Metal Blade TV will be a place for metalheads to go and see video interviews and …

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Tags: Eighties, Forerunners, Heavy Metal, Humble Beginnings, Metal Blade Records, Metalheads, Video Interviews

Billy Idol to Release Live DVD on November 16th

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Posted: 11/10/2009

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BILLY IDOL will be releasing In Super Overdrive Live, a DVD featuring many of his hits on November 16th. The show was filmed at the Congress Theater, Chicago for the US TV series Soundstage and originally broadcast in America in July 2009. The show sees Billy Idol, with trademark sneer and peroxide hair very much …

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Tags: Billy Idol, Brian Tichy, Classic Solo, Congress Theater, Derek Sherinian, Dream Theater, Eighties, Eyes Without A Face, Generation X, Guitarist Steve, Kiss Me Deadly, Peroxide Hair, Rebel Yell, Snakepit, Sneer, Solo Singles, Soundstage, Stephen Mcgrath, Theater Chicago, White Wedding

Lääz Rockit – Nothing$ $acred (re-release)

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Posted: 11/05/2009

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LAAZ ROCKIT was part of the Bay Area thrash scene in the early eighties who never achieved the popularity or recognition like other bands of that era. They first broke into the scene in 1984 with City’s Gonna Burn. I always thought LAAZ ROCKIT held their own up against some of the Bay Area’s second-tier …

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