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'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK: Part Three Of 'Thunder In The East Tour Diary' Available

Part three of guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak's (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM, SEBASTIAN BACH) "Thunder in the East Tour Diary" has been posted at JacksonGuitars.com. Metal Mike also checked in from the Digitech "Digitruck" guitar tour with the following message. "I have been having a good time meeting and...

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PATHOSRAY Signs With SENSORY RECORDS

Up-and-coming Italian progressive metal band PATHOSRAY has signed a worldwide management deal with Intromental Management. Said Claus Jensen, Managing Director at Intromental: "Once in a while you come across a new band that just blows you away, and that's what happened with PATHOSRAY and their debu...

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Reunited TOXIK Seeks Bassist

Recently reunited progressive thrashers TOXIK are looking for a new bassist. Due to private circumstances, Brain Bonini was forced to leave the band, which has scheduled a two-week European tour in November, including a co-headlining slot at the Keep It True festival and a headlining appearance at t...

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BLACK TIDE To Play OZZFEST's Main Stage Beginning This Friday

Although no official announcement has yet been made, Miami, Florida-based hard rock band BLACK TIDE (formerly RADIO) appears to have been granted a main-stage slot at this year's Ozzfest beginning on August 10 in Tinley Park, Illinois. As you may recall, BLACK TIDE was originally tapped to replace C...

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SHARON OSBOURNE Opens Up About Father's Death

According to ContactMusic.com, Sharon Osbourne has described her "relief" that her father Don Arden's long and harrowing battle with Alzheimer's Disease is over. Music mogul Arden passed away at a nursing home in Los Angeles last month. He was 81. Osbourne was estranged from her father for 20 years,...

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DEF LEPPARD, ANTHRAX Guitarists Jam With CAMP FREDDY In Hollywood

CAMP FREDDY — the Los Angeles-based "jam" group featuring guitarists Dave Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) and Billy Morrison (ex-THE CULT bassist, current CIRCUS DIABLO vocalist) alongside VELVET REVOLVER members Matt Sorum (drums) and Scott Weiland (vocals) — played for over an...

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BLACK TIDE Too Young For OZZFEST

Miami, Florida-based hard rock band BLACK TIDE (formerly RADIO) won't be replacing CIRCUS DIABLO on Ozzfest after all. Turns out the band has been removed from the billing of this year's traveling festival because its members are not old enough to drink Jägermeister, which is sponsoring Ozzfest's se...

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BLACK TIDE Replaces CIRCUS DIABLO On OZZFEST's Second Stage

Miami, Florida-based hard rock band BLACK TIDE (formerly RADIO) has replaced CIRCUS DIABLO on the billing of this year's Ozzfest. The group, which recently completed work on its debut album with producer Johnny K (DISTURBED, MACHINE HEAD, SOIL),will perform on the second stage beginning today (Satu...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE Signs With Intromental Management, Plans North American Tour

CIRCLE II CIRCLE, the band led by ex-SAVATAGE vocalist Zak Stevens, has signed a worldwide deal with Intromental Management. "I'm thrilled to be working with a band that has not only established their reputation in the metal scene as a premiere talent, but is poised to take it to the next level with...

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CIRCUS DIABLO Drops Off OZZFEST

CIRCUS DIABLO frontman Billy Morrison has checked in with the following update: "As I sit here in Dallas, TX, on the bus that has taken us from our home town of Los Angeles, to the middle of the South, it pains me to tell you all that we have to call it a day for ...

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IN THIS MOMENT Singer: 'OZZFEST Has Been Great For Us So Far'

Terry Perkins of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports: How does a tour that gives away free tickets make money? It doesn't. Sponsorships, from companies such as Monster Energy, Jagermeister and Pilgrim Films, keep Ozzfest 2007 going date to date. But none of the bands on the bill is being paid beyond...

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CRYSTALIC Parts Ways With Guitarist

Finnish melodic death metallers CRYSTALIC have parted ways with guitarist Erik Grönroos. Erik has issued the following statement on the matter: "It's time for me to leave the band. This wasn't easy decision for me but that's what life is, decisions. Some of them are easy to make, some of them are no...

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PETER CRISS Says 'Jealousy' Causes GENE SIMMONS To Belittle Ex-KISS Members' Abilities

Rod Harmon of HeraldTribune.com recently conducted an interview with original KISS drummer Peter Criss. An excerpt from the chat follows: HeraldTribune.com: Your last recording experience, "Psycho Circus" (by KISS in 1998) was very much a confrontational one, where you and Ace were barely involved....

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SAVAGE CIRCUS Pulls Out Of Germany's ROCK & BLUES FESTIVAL

SAVAGE CIRCUS, the German/Swedish band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch and PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson (vocals, guitar) and Emil Norberg (lead guitar),has cancelled its scheduled appearance at today's Rock & Blues Festival in Rengsdorf, Germany as a result of Stauch fa...

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TODAY IS THE DAY Completes Eighth Studio Album

TODAY IS THE DAY has completed work on "Axis Of Eden", the band's eighth studio album. The driving creative force behind "Axis Of Eden" is TODAY IS THE DAY founder/frontman Steve Austin, described by Alternative Press magazine as "a noise-rock auteur known as much for his off-kilter, damaging riffs...