Maurizio Iacono will be taking part in a live online chat this Wednesday March 31st at Noon PST / 3pm EST / 9pm CET / 8pm GMT. To experience the chat register for free at www.metalcamp.co.uk and visit at the scheduled time.

Heaven’s Venom will be KATAKLYSM’s follow up to their 2008 release, Prevail. Guitarist J-F Dagenais (MALEVOLENT CREATION, MISERY INDEX) will once again handle the recording process, while Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, SUICIDE SILENCE, WINDS OF PLAGUE, DARK TRANQUILITY) will handle mixing duties this time around.

Setting sail once again for pillage ‘n’ plunder, Faroese pagan metal stalwarts TÝR will tour North America next month.

Still riding high on the success of latest Napalm Records album, By The Light Of The Northern Star, Týr will be headlining the majority of the dates while opening for AMON AMARTH on others.
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Virginian crossover kings MUNICIPAL WASTE have been confirmed to play a one-off show in Pomona, California with influential punk bands CIRCLE JERKS and 7-SECONDS.
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Chicago veterans DIRGE WITHIN are continuing their ongoing tour campaign by supporting the mighty GWAR this summer.
“Dirge Within and Gwar. Wow, that is a lethal combo! We are thrilled to be hitting the road with the mighty scumdogs!”, says guitarist Shaun Glass.
Artist Arena will have a special pre-sale today via artistarena.com/ with all regular tickets going on sale Friday, April 2nd and Saturday, April 3rd.
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Legendary German metal queen DORO PESCH celebrated her 2,500th concert on March 13, 2010. The landmark performance took place at the new Burg-Wächter Castello Arena in her hometown of Düsseldorf, Germany in front of 2,500 raging fans and included guest appearances from Destruction mainman Schmier, Krokus vocalist Marc Storace, and Holy Moses frontwoman Sabina Classen, among others. “A huge heartfelt ‘Thank You’ to everyone for [their] continued support,” the singer gushed, “especially for making the 2,500th concert such a night to remember! What a special time we all had…The crowd kept it strong until the end and the lucky few even more at the after-party. The band could have played all night had the venue not kicked us out! And thanks to all of our guests, including Krypteria, Luke Gosser And Marc Storace, Schmier , Sabina and Andy [Classen] and Burn Bitch Burn.”