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Funeral For A Friend to part ways with guitarist

Funeral For A Friend guitarist Darran Smith has announced that he will leave the Welsh rockers after their appearance at this summer's Sonisphere festival. "After nine years I have decided to leave the ranks of Funeral for a Friend," he said in an official statement. "I've had a brilliant time with the band, which has been an amazing journey full of experiences that will be awesome memories to keep and cherish and I have nothing but love and respect for all the boys in the band (past and present

Published: 2010-04-26 Provider: Kerrang!

The Burning Question 09/06/2008

This week's Burning Question: WHITESNAKE, POISON AND JOURNEY ARE AMONG ARTISTS SET TO HAVE THEIR MUSIC FEATURED IN AN UPCOMING BIG SCREEN ADAPTATION OF THE BROADWAY MUSICAL ROCK OF AGES. WHICH OTHER BAND’S HISTORY IS WORTHY OF THE HOLLYWOOD TREATMENT? Post your comments below and you could appear in next week's Kerrang! magazine. Please remember to include a link to your MySpace profile so that, if we use your response, we can print a picture of you.

Published: 2009-06-09 Provider: Kerrang!

Today is Iron Maiden Day!

Today (Tuesday, April 21) is officially Iron Maiden Day, and to celebrate the band are launching their new movie, Flight 666, in cinemas tonight. The KKKKK-rated feature length documentary was produced by award winning directors Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen (Metal: A Headbanger's Journey) is showing on an impressive 450 screens in 42 countries. The film documents the group's Somewhere Back In Time World Tour during 2008 as it travelled across the globe in the band's own plane - Ed Force One - pilo

Published: 2009-04-21 Provider: Kerrang!

EXCLUSIVE! Bruce Dickinson on Iron Maiden The Movie!

British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden will release their first ever movie at cinemas worldwide on April 21. Flight 666 is billed as an “intimate, behind-the-scenes rock 'n' roll adventure” following the six members of Iron Maiden, led by Captain Bruce Dickinson, as they fly their very own jumbo jet around the world on last year's marathon Somewhere Back In Time world tour, playing to massive, sold-out crowds in far flung corners of the world as India and Australia, and Costa Rica and Japan. The band were accompanied everywhere by award winning documentary-makers Banger Productions, who have received international critical acclaim for their previous movie Metal; A Headbanger's Journey. Speaking to Kerrang! Dot Com, frontman Bruce Dickinson said: "Flight 666 is a snapshot of life in a rock band. We've never given anybody access to everything and they had access to everything, 24/7! “When we went out for a beer, they'd be there,” he added. “The only thing they didn't do was film us having a shit." Like the rest of the band, Dickinson is waiting until the documentary hits cinemas before he sees it. "I've got no idea what it's going to be like," he nervously laughed. "I genuinely have no idea. So I'm just waiting to see what they make of us."

Published: 2009-01-20 Provider: Kerrang!

Dir en grey, You Me At Six join Download 20009 bill!

You Me At Six, Dir en grey, Five Finger Death Punch and Meshuggah are among the latest wave of artists to be added to this year's ever-growing Download Festival line-up. "It's amazing that we've been asked to play Download 2009!" You Me At Six vocalist Josh Franceschi tells Kerrang!. "We love playing festivals and though none of us been to Download before, we know that it's pretty metal! I think if bands like Madina Lake can play Download in the past and not get murdered, then we should be okay! I am sure we'll all walk away with a bottle imprinted on our foreheads, but we're all for the weekend's festivities! We really wanna see Architects, Limp Bizkit and Slipknot." Kerrang! Tour 2009 stars Dir en grey are excited to return to the UK for the festival. "I think everyone in the UK is great and really friendly," says guitarist Kaoru. "We have always wanted to play this festival so we are really honored to have been given this opportunity. We hope to leave a big impression on the crowd!" The metal-as-all-hell Five Finger Death Punch will also be playing - following the success of their recent UK tour dates with Lamb Of God and Unearth. "Our UK brothers and sisters know how to conjure up some devastating mosh pits," says the band's guitarist Zoltan Bathory. "It's an honour to be part of such a huge event!" Other bands revealed this week include prog-metallers Opeth, Velvet Revolver bassist Duff Mckagan's other band Loaded, Steadlur and Lawnmower Deth. Download 2009 takes place at Donington Park on June 12, 13 and 14. The festival will be headlined by Faith No More, Slipknot and Def Leppard. Other bands on the bill include: Anvil, Architects, Billy Talent, Black Stone Cherry, Buckcherry, Chris Cornell, Clutch, DevilDriver, Down, DragonForce, Dream Theater, Journey, Killswitch Engage, Korn, Lacuna Coil, Limp Bizkit, Marilyn Manson, Motley Crue, Papa Roach, Parkway Drive, Pendulum, reunited stoner rockers Karma To Burn, Skin, Tesla, The Blackout, The Prodigy, Trivium, Whi

Published: 2009-03-23 Provider: Kerrang!

12 new bands for Download!

Down, Lacuna Coil and Papa Roach have been added to the bill of this year's K!-sponsored Download festival. Lacuna Coil are set to release their new album Shallow Life on April 20 and vocalist Cristina Scabbia tells K! that the band are itching to showcase their new material at this year's festival. "We are absolutely thrilled to be coming back to Download this year," says Scabbia. "I've played there twice, once with Lacuna Coil and last year with my friends from Apocalyptica. There's always such an amazing atmosphere there and we have a total blast when we're in the UK. We are really excited to be able to play some of our new songs live for the first time for you guys at Download. The line-up this year is awesome already and I'm looking forward to catching up with some friends! I'll see you down the front!" Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix reveals that the Californian quartet have never had anything less than a "fucking awesome time" at Donington. "We're psyched to be coming back once again," Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix tells Kerrang!. "I think this is going to be our third time playing there and so far we've never had anything less than a fucking awesome time. The bands are always great, the vibe is really cool, and best of all the entire crowd always stinks after the first day!" Other bands set to appear at the three-day festival, which takes place at Donington Park on June 12, 13 and 14, are Chris Cornell, Black Stone Cherry, Architects, Parkway Drive, reunited stoner rockers Karma To Burn, Clutch, Skin, Journey and Tesla. Download 2009 takes place at Donington Park on June 12, 13 and 14. The festival will be headlined by Faith No More, Slipknot and Def Leppard. Other bands on the bill include Anvil, Billy Talent, Buckcherry, DevilDriver, DragonForce, Dream Theater, Killswitch Engage, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Marilyn Manson, Motley Crue, Pendulum, The Blackout, The Prodigy, Trivium, Whitesnake and ZZ Top. Tickets for Download are on sale now from www.aloud.co

Published: 2009-03-16 Provider: Kerrang!