Up-and-coming bands have all sorts of hardships to endure on the road to stardom, but few could even imagine surviving as long in the face of adversity as Iran's Ahoora. Guitarist and songwriter Milad Tangshir recently took the time to tell ROTW about his band's new album, their plans for the future and a few hard facts about life in an Iranian rock band.

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Being able to listen to and perform virtually any music you like is something taken for granted in the west, but the situation is obviously a little different in Iran. Can you describe what it was li...Full Article

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Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have announced that their show on August 21, at the Summer Breeze festival in Germany, will be the last to feature long-time frontman E.M. Caligula.

Caligula joined the band in the mid-ninties and has appeared on all but one of their albums to date. His statement on the amtters concludes with:
"I would like to take this opportunity to t...Full Article

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Former DEEP PURPLE and BLACK SABBATH vocalist Glenn Hughes has scheduled 15 UK and Irish dates beginning in September this year.

Filling his customary role as bassist and vocalist, Glenn will be joined by Søren Andersen on guitar, keyboard player Anders Olinder and drummer Pontus Engborg.

SEPTEMBER
23 MANCHESTER, Academy
24 HOLMFIRTH, Picturedrome
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UNISONIC, the new melodic metal band featuring former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske and PINK CREAM 69 bassist Dennis Ward, have made a demo version of the song Souls Alive available for streaming. The link below leads to the band's MySpace page where the song can be heard.

UNISONIC marks Kiske's return to a full-time band and live performances for the first time since he l...Full Article

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KILLING MACHINE, the American power metal band who have rcently relocated to Europe, have announced an 11-date UK tour. Support will come from enduring Norwegians GAIA EPICUS, who were forced to cancel a planned tour of the country last year. Further support will be provided by SWORN AMONGST.

KILLING MACHINE feature in their line-up former SLAYER drummer Jon Dette and have recently ...Full Article

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Rising US trad metallers WHITE WIZZARD have scheduled a short UK for tour later this year.

NOVEMBER
05 WOLVERHAMPTON, The Slade Rooms
08 GLASGOW, Cathouse
10 SHEFFIELD, Corporation

WHITE WIZZARD released their debut album, Over the Top through Earache Records earlier this year. Recently, they announced the addition of former CELLADOR vocali...Full Article

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