Bridgefest is a three-day open-air Metal festival that will be held in Canning Town, South East of London in August. Bridgehouse 2, the venue that will be hosting the festival, before being relocated to its current location, was already a landmark establishment within the metal community. In the 80s, Iron Maiden, Saxon and Girlschool built their foundations by playing there.

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“There are too many bands out there playing this dark, forbidden music, with little or no interest for what it truly means,” says Malphas, of Inconcessus Lux Lucis, demonstrating that there are still musicians dedicated not only to black metal, but also its values. But what exactly does black metal mean? Getting in touch with some of the scene’s key players, David Keane attempts to unearth the current state of British black metal.

Read the entire feature, including Interviews with Teutoburg Forest, Anaal Nathrakh, Hateful Abandon, Instinct, Necro Ritual and Inconcessus Lux Lucis... [Here]

Paul Gray, the bassist for Grammy-winning metal band Slipknot, has been found dead in an Iowa hotel room. There was no indication of foul play, police have said.

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Legendary American heavy rock singer Ronnie James Dio, who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath, has died at the age of 67, his wife and manager have confirmed.

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MMUK's Arash Moussavian and Death Angel Drummer Will Carroll speak to Gwar's legendary vocalist Dave Brockie a.k.a Oderus Urungus.

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Cardiff’s HUNTED unveiled album artwork for their forthcoming debut "Welcome the Dead". Their debut full-length is slated for a late May/early June release and has seen the band hard at work for the last few months in preparation for the imminent final studio sessions.

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Jon Oliva's legacy is being the front man of Savatage. He is also one of the masterminds behind Trans-Siberian Orchestra. His latest band, Jon Oliva's Pain, has just released their fourth album, "Festival," an intricate display of progressive sounds with a dark tone.

Jon's nightmares became reality with the concept and recording of "Festival," which features a song created from old recordings by his brother, Criss, before his death.

Speaking to Kelley Simms from his home in Florida, Jon talked about the differences between "Festival" and previous JOP releases, his brother and, of course, Savatage.

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FOZZY, the band featuring current WWE Wrestling Heavyweight World Champion CHRIS JERICHO and Stuck Mojo mastermind RICH WARD have upgraded their Glasgow show on May 13, 2010 due to exceptional demand for tickets.

FOZZY, who also feature SEAN DELSON and FRANK FONTSERE, have had to upgrade from The Cathouse to the larger Garage and more tickets are now on sale.

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POWER QUEST have parted ways with both front man Pete Morten and guitarist Ben Randall.

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Before the announcement of his return to Megadeth, Dave was busy with his other new band, Angels Of Babylon, releasing their debut "Kingdom of Evil" in January.

Dave talked to Metal Mayhem's Kelley Simms about rejoining Megadeth, his love of music and how Angels of Babylon formed

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It is with great regret that DragonForce announce a parting of the ways with singer, ZP Theart. This is due to insurmountable differences of musical opinion, but the rest of the band sincerely wish ZP great success with his future projects.

While the creative core members have begun writing the band’s fifth album, they have also started a worldwide search for a new vocalist. “We are looking for a powerful, melodic singer to write a new chapter of DragonForce with us." said guitarist Herman Li.

TheMetalDen has unearthed another one of the earliest METALLICA demo tracks ever. It is a recording of DIAMOND HEAD’s “Sucking My Love”, featuring Dave Mustaine on guitar, Ron McGovney on bass, Lars Ulrich on drums and James Hetfield on vocals. Official METALLICA historian Bob Nalbandian states it for the record

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Megadeth founder and frontman Dave Mustaine has announced the return of original bassist David Ellefson (who served 1983-2002) to the iconic multi-platinum group. This reunion is appropriately timed to line up with Megadeth’s upcoming US ‘Rust In Peace’ 20th anniversary tour.

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The UK’s thrash metallers WARPATH have been voted “The Best Unsigned Band of the Year” in 2008 & 2009 by the Terrorizer Magazine Reader’s Polls, ahead of hundreds of other metal bands.

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British thrashers EVILE recently announced their new bassist, JOEL GRAHAM, who joins the band following the tragic death of their late bassist, MIKE ALEXANDER. JOEL GRAHAM previously played in Yorkshire metal band RISE TO ADDICTION, who recorded for Mausoleum Records

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MMUK Writer and underground journalist Ryan Bartek unleashes long-awaited road book as a free PDF.

This book is packed with interviews – from Brutal Truth to Millions of Dead Cops, Impaled to DWARVES, Repulsion to Cephalic Carnage. AxCx to Pig Destroyer, Kylesa to STALAGGH, Genghis Tron to Abysmal Dawn & beyond. Even USA President Barack Obama makes the most bizarre appearance of his entire career.

Ryan comments "For the past 3 years I’ve sacrificed everything for the successful completion of this project. I spent a year on the road, another year completing & shopping it, and another year of total rejection"

Free download of "The Big Shiny Prison" available... [Here]

Kelley Simms speaks to Richard Christy, Ronny Munroe and Lillian Axe.

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Chicago-based metal band Fashion Bomb's vocalist Val gives MMUK an update, and speaks to Kelley Simms about their soon to be released sophomore effort, "Visions of the Lifted Veil."

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Sadly, just a few days into their European tour with Amon Amarth, Evile's Mike Alexander was suddenly taken ill and rushed to hospital, but tragically passed away in Lulea, Sweden.

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Chicago-based Fashion Bomb have posted the first official preview of the song "The Meek," from their upcoming CD, "Visions of the Lifted Veil."

The new CD will be available in stores on Nov. 10.

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Endorsed by none other than Judas Priest's K.K. Downing, Hostile may be poised to achieve great success in the metal scene. Not only is K.K. producing the band's debut CD, "Eve of Destruction," but he also wrote and performed on the song "Avenger," the first time the guitarist has written for anyone outside Priest.

K.K. became interested in Hostile's talent and potential after seeing them perform at a club called JB's in Dudley, Midlands. Undertaking the role of mentor to the youngsters, K.K. is more than willing to lend his musical experience and production services to this young and talented band.

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Legendary guitarist K.K. Downing of Judas Priest is in the studio producing UK classic metal band and fellow hometown residents Hostile's debut CD "Eve of Destruction"

This is K.K.'s second attempt at producing, the first time was with Violent Storm.

Not only is K.K. producing the band's CD, but he also wrote and performed on the song "Avenger," the first time the guitarist has ever written for a band outside of Priest.

The vocals are being recorded now and there is no release date set for the CD.

A cool cover version of "Eve of Destruction" by American singer-songwriter Barry Maguire will be featured on the CD.