The first two studio albums from Polish female-fronted act Crystal Viper, namely The Curse Of Crystal Viper (recorded in 2006, originally released in 2007) and Metal Nation (recorded in 2008, originally released in 2009), will be reissued on July 20th via AFM Records. Both albums will be packed with bunch of rare bonus tracks, and will have extended booklets with many previously unseen photos and all lyrics.

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Source:	crystalviper.com
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AC/DC vocalist Brian Johnson was interviewed on June 5th by Bay Area rock station 107.7 The Bone. When asked about when fans can expect to hear a new studio album from AC/DC, Johnson said: "I'll be getting together with [AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young] in a couple of weeks, and then we're going to London to meet up with Angus [Young, AC/DC lead guitarist], hopefully. And that's usually how we'll start."

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Source:	www2.gibson.com
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Swedish death metallers Grave have announced that they will release their new album, Endless Procession Of Souls, on August 27th in Europe and on August 28th in North America via Century Media Records. The band recorded 12 songs for their 10th album at Studio Soulless.

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Source:	centurymedia.com
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Polish female-fronted heavy metal band Crystal Viper has just released a new video for the song "Witch's Mark", which is taken from the band's latest effort Crimen Excepta, released via AFM Records. The video was directed by Andreas Lindner and you can watch it below.

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Source:	crystalviper.com
Band profile:	Crystal Viper

George Marino, the legendary mastering engineer, has passed away yesterday after losing his battle with lung cancer. You might not recognize his name, but he worked on legendary albums which include Metallica's Black Album and Guns N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction. Marino also worked on albums for Saxon, W.A.S.P., Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, Anthrax, Danzig, Death Angel and many more in the metal realm and recently won a Grammy for his work on Arcade Fire's album Suburbs.

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Former Sebastian Bach touring drummer Mark 'Bam Bam' McConnell has passed away, reportedly as a result of kidney and liver failure. He was Bach's touring drummer from 1997-2005.

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Source:	revolvermag.com
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Bryan Hagan, who fronted Heir Apparent from 2002-2003, has passed away at the age of 39. The cause of his death has not yet been revealed.

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Drummer Ritchie Teeter, who played in The Dictators and Twisted Sister, has died at the age of 61. Teeter joined the legendary punk band The Dictators in 1976 and appeared on their albums Manifest Destiny (1977) and Bloodbrothers (1978) before leaving the group in 1979. Teeter was also briefly a member of Twisted Sister for a few months in late 1980 and early 1981, but never appeared on a studio album with the band.

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Polish heavy metallers Crystal Viper have released a trailer for their upcoming new album Crimen Excepta, which is available for viewing below. The new album will be released on April 27th (Europe) and April 24th (North America) via AFM Records. More album details were previously reported here and here.

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"Let Them Fall", a brand new track from US doom legends Saint Vitus is currently streaming online at Season Of Mist's Soundcloud page. The long-awaited new album from Saint Vitus, entitled Lillie: F-65, will hit stores on April 27th in Europe via Season Of Mist. The North American release date in May will be announced soon. More album details were previously reported here.

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Polish heavy metallers Crystal Viper have unveiled the cover art and a partial tracklist for their upcoming new album Crimen Excepta, to be released on April 27th (Europe) and April 24th (North America) via AFM Records. The cover artwork was created once again by Chris Moyen (who has previously worked with Slayer, Beherit and Blasphemy). More album details were previously reported here and here.

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Polish traditional heavy metallers Crystal Viper will release their new album titled Crimen Excepta on April 27th (Europe) and April 24th (North America) via AFM Records. The album was produced by Bart Gabriel and recorded with sound engineer Mariusz Pietka. There will be two special guests: David Bower, Hell's vocalist appears in the title track, while Vader's mainman Peter will be heard in the cover version of the classic Vader song "Tyrani Piekieł", which will be available as a bonus track on the limited edition of the album. More album details here.

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Source:	crystalviper.com
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Mark Reale, guitarist for US hard-rockers Riot, is in critical condition at a San Antonio, Texas hospital due to complications from Crohn's disease.

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German-Polish power metal act Börn Again has entered MP Studio in Poland with producer Bart Gabriel (Burning Starr, Crystal Viper, Lonewolf) to begin recording its debut album, entitled Neverending Fire.

The 12-song effort will be completed soon and is tentatively scheduled for a late 2011 release.

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bornagainofficial.com

Official press release

Polish female fronted Traditional Heavy Metal act Crystal Viper, released the "one take no dubs" video to the song "Night Of The Sin". The song is taken from the last Crystal Viper studio album Legends - and this is a rare chance to hear it in its "live version", as the song was recorded without overdubs, and the recording was not mixed and mastered.


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Band profile:	Crystal Viper