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METALLICA's 'Master Of Puppets' Tops List Of Most Influential Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time

METALLICA's classic 1986 album "Master of Puppets" has been selected by Spence D. and Ed Thompson of IGN Music as the "most influential" heavy metal album of all time. In the accompanying blurb explaining their choice, Spence writes, "Heavy metal fans no doubt have argued till blue in the balls abou...

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GARY MOORE To Present 'Blues Power' On PLANET ROCK

Legendary guitarist Gary Moore has joined the lineup of U.K.-based national digital radio station Planet Rock to present a new series, "Blues Power with Gary Moore", a weekly show starting on Sunday, January 21. There are few musical genres that Gary Moore has not turned his hand to but seeing the B...

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HASTE Calls It Quits

Birmingham, Alabama's HASTE, which was previously signed to Century Media Records, has issued the following update: "After an extended hiatus (of about a year and a half) we have decided to call it quits as HASTE. This has been one of the most amazing experiences of our lives but we have all come to...

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WYKKED WYTCH: Cover Version Of 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)' Posted Online

Florida's WYKKED WYTCH has posted its cover version of THE EURYTHMICS' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" on its MySpace page. The song comes off the group's upcoming fourth album, "Memories of a Dying Whore", tentatively due this spring. The CD was recorded at Redroom Recorders in Tampa with enginee...

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WYKKED WYTCH: Debut Live Appearance Of 2007 Announced

Florida's WYKKED WYTCH will make its debut live appearance of 2007 at Churchill's Pub in Miami, FL on Saturday, January 13. As previously reported, WYKKED WYTCH has dropped off the upcoming No Mercy Festivals 2007 tour, which is set to feature MOONSPELL, NAPALM DEATH, BEHEMOTH, DEW-SCENTED and ROOT....

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DEF LEPPARD Frontman Prefers ELTON JOHN To BLACK SABBATH

Steve Baltin of AOL Music reports that DEF LEPPARD is preparing to enter the studio to begin work on a new album. "We're hoping to get started around January and get it finished by the end of the summer," frontman Joe Elliott tells AOL Music. As for what has influenced Elliott of late, ...

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Report: JOHNNY DEPP Tipped For FREDDIE MERCURY Film Role

Louise Jury of the U.K.'s The Independent reports that "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp is being lined up to play a rock star for real in a biopic of the late QUEEN frontman Freddie Mercury. Robert de Niro's company, Tribeca Productions, is said to be behind the project, which Brian May,...

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WYKKED WYTCH Pulls Out Of NO MERCY FESTIVALS European Tour

Florida's WYKKED WYTCH has dropped off the upcoming No Mercy Festivals 2007 tour, which is set to feature MOONSPELL, NAPALM DEATH, BEHEMOTH, DEW-SCENTED and ROOT. WYKKED WYTCH entered Redroom Recorders studio in Tampa, FL in May with engineer Mark Prator to begin recording its fourth album, "Memorie...

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WYKKED WYTCH: New Album Being Mastered

Florida's WYKKED WYTCH entered Redroom Recorders studio in Tampa, FL in May with engineer Mark Prator to begin recording its fourth album, "Memories of a Dying Whore", tentatively due next spring. The CD was mixed by Gus Rios (MALEVOLENT CREATION, KULT OV AZAZEL) at Mercury Studios Inc. in Pompano B...

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HELION Featured On Next 'Heavy Karaoke' DVD

Finnish melodic metallers HELION will have their brand new song "Devil's Tattoo" (download mp3) featured on the next installment of the "Heavy Karaoke" DVD series. The as-yet-untitled disc will feature 14 unsigned heavy metal and hard rock bands performing a total of 16 songs. Each cut will be prese...

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ROB HALFORD, ROBERT PLANT, BON SCOTT, OZZY Are Among 'Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists'

Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST),Robert Plant (LED ZEPPELIN) and Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) are among the singers who appear on Hit Parader magazine's (cover) list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" (published in the November 2006 issue). Commented the editors of the magazi...

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WRATHAGE Postpones Album Recordings

Finnish black metallers WRATHAGE have postponed the recording sessions for their full-length debut, "Crawlspace Antipathy", to next spring from the previously announced November. "At the moment we are just too busy to find the proper time for the recording sessions and since we don't want to rush wi...

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Unsu

French modern thrashers LYZANXIA seemed to have gotten their fair share of accolades these past few years and a fair amount of anticipation accompanied the recently released (October 17 in the U.S.) "Unsu", the band's debut for France's Listenable Records. Said album is my first exposure to the grou...

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FREDDIE MERCURY's Life Story Is Being Turned Into A Hollywood Film

PR-inside.com reports that Freddie Mercury's life story is being turned into a Hollywood film. The legendary QUEEN frontman — famous for such hits as "We Are The Champions" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" — tragically died of AIDS in 1991 and now his former bandmate Brian May has revealed a biopic about his...

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METALLICA, TESTAMENT, Y&T Axemen Are Among Top 25 Guitarists From Bay Area

METALLICA's Kirk Hammett, TESTAMENT's Alex Skolnick, Y&T's Dave Meniketti and PRIMUS' Larry LaLonde (ex-POSSESSED) are among the musicians who made East Bay newspaper Contra Costa Times' list of top 25 guitarists from the San Francisco Bay Area. The entire list is as follows: 01. Carlos Santana...