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NIGHTWISH Singer To Guest On New BROTHER FIRETRIBE CD

BROTHER FIRETRIBE, the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, is hard at work with its second album. A total of 10 songs were demoed for the CD and drums for the entire LP have already been recorded. Guitars have been completed for eight songs, five five of which al...

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DREAM THEATER Energized By New Label

Larry D. Curtis of Deseret Morning News recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. The quintet is touring to support its new album "Systematic Chaos" on a brand-new label, Roadrunner Records. And Portnoy — a driving force behind DREAM THEATER since it formed in 1985 in...

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TOMMY LEE Says He Has Nothing To Do With MÖTLEY CRÜE Lawsuit

MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee's attorney Barbara Berkowitz has issued the following statement in regard to the lawsuit filed by the band against Lee's manager Carl Stubner and companies he is associated with: "I am general counsel for Tommy Lee. Tommy Lee is not an individual participant in the laws...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's Attorney Says STUBNER Was Paid $1 Million For Management Services

Skip Miller of Miller Barondess LLP, Los Angeles, attorney for the rock band MÖTLEY CRÜE, has issued the following statement in regard to the lawsuit filed by the band against one of its managers, Carl Stubner, and companies he is associated with: "For Mr. Stubner to assert, as he now does in respon...

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TOMMY LEE's Manager Responds To MÖTLEY CRÜE Lawsuit

Manager Carl Stubner and Sanctuary Artist Management Inc. have issued a statement in response to a lawsuit filed by MÖTLEY CRÜE in which they charged that Stubner, who represents the band's drummer Tommy Lee, orchestrated a campaign of "self dealing" to "divert revenue" from the band, "promoted Lee'...

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Former DAMAGEPLAN Manager's Company Is No More

226 Music Group, Inc., the company launched by former DAMAGEPLAN manager Paul Bassman, has announced that after a series of unfortunate setbacks the company will close its artist management division and is currently assessing the viability of its independent label division. On April 10, 2007, DROWNI...

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Vocalist NADIR D'PRIEST Sounds Off On RIAA, Internet Radio

"The Classic Metal Show" recently conducted an interview with ex-LONDON/D'PRIEST/STEEL PROPHET vocalist Nadir D'Priest about the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and its proposed royalty price hikes that will, in essence, force most U.S. broadcasters out of business. An excerpt from...

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DIMMU BORGIR, TIMO RAUTIAINEN Confirmed For Finland's SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival

DIMMU BORGIR and TIMO RAUTIAINEN have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sauna Open Air festival, set to take place June 7-9 in Tampere, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Thursday, June 7: MEGADETH TIMO RAUTIAINEN STAM1NA PAIN CONFESSOR LOS BASTARDOS KORPIKLAANI Friday,...

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PAIN CONFESSOR, STAM1NA, LOS BASTARDOS Confirmed For Finland's SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival

PAIN CONFESSOR, STAM1NA and LOS BASTARDOS have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sauna Open Air festival, set to take place June 7-9 in Tampere, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ENTWINE HEAVEN AND HELL KORPIKLAANI KOTIPELTO KOTITEOLLISUUS LEVER...

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POISONBLACK Confirmed For Finland's SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival

POISONBLACK, the Finnish band featuring Ville Laihiala (vocals, guitar; formerly of SENTENCED),has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sauna Open Air festival, set to take place June 7-9 in Tampere, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Thursday, June 7: MEGADETH KOTIPELTO...

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VIOLENT STORM Confirmed For Finland's SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival

VIOLENT STORM, the new band formed by ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/BLACKMORE'S NIGHT bassist Mick Cervino, has been confirmed for the Sauna Open Air festival, set to take place June 9 in Tampere, Finland. Headlining the event will be HEAVEN AND HELL, with SONATA ARCTICA, LEVERAGE, ENTWINE, THUNDERSTONE and K...

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NIGHTWISH Guitarist's BROTHER FIRETRIBE To Release New Single In January

BROTHER FIRETRIBE, the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, will release a new single, "I Am Rock" (cover),in Finland on January 10, 2007 via Spinefarm Records. The complete track listing for the single is as follows: 01. I Am Rock 02. Love Goes Down (acoustic) 0...

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AMON AMARTH, MOONSORROW, INSOMNIUM To Perform At FINNISH METAL EXPO

A lot has happened since the first Finnish Metal Expo in January 2005. Finnish metal has really gone where no one ever thought it would go, both domestically and internationally. Top of the charts, gold records and headline tours. Hell, the Finns even won the Eurovision Song Contest. Well, that's al...

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Uncompromised

"If you want ultimate heaviness, go buy a HOSTILITY CD!" It is the quote from famed producer Colin Richardson on the promotional copy of HOSTILITY's debut, "Uncompromised", an album to which he lends his incredible mixing skills. Who out there really believes that of all the bands purporting to be t...

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BROTHER FIRETRIBE Film 'One Single Breath' Video: Photos Available

BROTHER FIRETRIBE, the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, filmed a video for their track "One Single Breath" on July 2 at Nosturi in Helsinki. Check out pictures from the shoot at this location. BROTHER FIRETRIBE's debut album, "False Metal", entered the Finnish...