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METALLICA: 'Phantom Puppets' DVD Interview Collection Due Next Month

Petal/MVD Visual has set an April 3 release date for "Phantom Puppets", a DVD collection of "never-seen-before interviews" with METALLICA. According to the the official product description, "The footage reveals how the biggest phenomena in the metal world has managed to keep their feet fixed firmy o...

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CLOVEN HOOF, BLITZGRIEG, JAGUAR Confirmed For Greece's NEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL FESTIVAL

Four legendary NWOBHM bands — CLOVEN HOOF, BLITZGRIEG, JAGUAR and ELIXIR — are confirmed for the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal Festival I, set to take place October 13 at AN Club in Athens, Greece. Tickets will cost 25 euros. Doors open at 18.15, show starts at 19.00. As previously reported, Escap...

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CLOVEN HOOF: New Lineup Complete

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends CLOVEN HOOF have issued the following update: "After an exhaustive series of auditions CLOVEN HOOF has the final pieces of its personnel jigsaw in place. Simon Heywood has been recruited on drums and Ben Read on twin lead guitar. They join Russ North...

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SHY Announces New Singer

Veteran U.K. hard rockers SHY have issued the following press release: After several months of careful consideration, we are delighted to name our new lead singer as Lee Small. Lee has sung with his own band SURVEILLANCE as well as featuring on the new PHENOMENA album. He has a very soulful voice re...

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Passenger

Denmark's MNEMIC turned quite a few heads with its futuristic thrash, MESHUGGAH-like rhythms and shades of FEAR FACTORY/STRAPPING YOUNG LAD songwriting on 2003's "Mechanical Spin Phenomena" and 2004's "The Audio Injected Soul". While the soon-to-be-released "Passenger" may not reach the heights achi...

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CLOVEN HOOF: Reunited Lineup To Make Live Debut In March

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends CLOVEN HOOF have issued the following update: "Limelight club Crewe [United Kingdom] on Thursday 29th March 2007, will be the first venue to feature the reunited lineup. It promises to be quite a night as the band will be committed to tight recording...

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CLOVEN HOOF: Early Albums To Be Reissued

Escape Records will reissue CLOVEN HOOF's classic power metal albums "Dominator" (1988) and "A Sultan's Ransom" (1989) as part of a boxed double album deluxe set. Two bonus tracks are included, along with a glossy booklet containing rare archive pictures. CLOVEN HOOF were recently rejoined by vocali...

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PHENOMENA Triple-CD Digipack To Arrive In December

Escape Music has announced the forthcoming release of a triple-CD digipack which combines the first three PHENOMENA albums. These three classic recordings include an all-star cast of musicians that include Glenn Hughes, Brian May, Ray Gillan, Scott Gorham and Don Airey, plus many others. All three a...

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CLOVEN HOOF Special Feature To Air On METAL EXPRESS RADIO

Reunited NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends CLOVEN HOOF will be the subject of a special feature that will air on Norway's Metal Express Radio this Thursday, July 6 at 15:00 and 21:00 CET (9 a.m. / 3 p.m. EST). Metal Express Radio spoke to Lee Payne from CLOVEN HOOF about ...

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MNEMIC Have A Lot Of 'Exciting And Big' Stuff Up Their Sleeves

Danish modern metallers MNEMIC have issued the following update: "A lot of stuff has happened since we parted ways with Tony [Jelencovich, vocals; also in M.A.N, ex-TRANSPORT LEAGUE], and the reason for being so silent is mainly because we are busy, really busy and really fuckin busy. "We are still...

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CLOVEN HOOF: 'Eye Of The Sun' To Surface In June

Reunited NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends CLOVEN HOOF will release their long-awaited new album, "Eye of the Sun" on June 23 via Escape Music. "Eye of the Sun" was produced by Tom Galley of the PHENOMENA fame, who has previously worked with such high-caliber musicians as Brian May, C...

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SURVEILLANCE Sign With ESCAPE MUSIC

Escape Music have announced the signing of SURVEILLANCE, the new melodic hard rock band featuring acclaimed lead vocalist Lee Small. Small had previously appeared on the PHENOMENA "Psycho Fantasy" album alongside Glenn Hughes and Tony Martin. SURVEILLANCE's new album, "Angelstation", is scheduled fo...

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MNEMIC Bassist Rules Out Singer MICHAEL BØGBALLE's Return

MNEMIC bassist Tomas Cowan Koefoed has commented on the departure of singer Tony Jelencovich only six months after Tony joined the group as the replacement for Michael Bøgballe. Said Koefoed: "We [are] work[ing] hard here to give you a name for yet another replacement of vocalist. We don't dig to pu...

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MNEMIC Part Ways With Singer TONY JELENCOVICH

Danish metallers MNEMIC have parted ways with their Swedish singer of the past six months, Tony Jelencovich. "We wish Tony all the best for the future, and a replacement will be announced soon," the band write on their web site. Jelencovich (formerly of TRANSPORT LEAGUE and B-THONG) joined MNEMIC In...

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SATYRICON: 'Now, Diabolical' European Release Date Moved Forward

Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON have just released a limited-edition single of their song "K.I.N.G" (mp3). Available exclusively on the Norwegian market, it contains an exclusive bonus track, entitled "Storm (of the Destroyer)", and will only be on sale up until the new SATYRICON album is releas...