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Pick up this Sick Child
The music of VICIOUS ART's "Pick up this Sick Child" sounds like the album cover looks: blood spattered, diseased, and just plain nasty. And yes, one could not have come up with a more fitting name for the act. Formed in 2003 and previously releasing the "Fire Falls and the Waiting Waters" debut ful...March 5, 2008
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ARI KOIVUNEN Begins Recording Sophomore Album
The winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", 23-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, has commenced work on his sophomore solo album with producer Nino Laurenne of THUNDERSTONE. According to Nino, "So far we have recorded drums for five songs so there's still a long road to...March 4, 2008
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TRIUMPH, CINDERELLA, WARRANT, ARMORED SAINT Confirmed For ROCKLAHOMA
The lineup has been announced for this year's Rocklahoma, which will be held July 10-13, 2008 at the Catch The Fever Festival Grounds, four miles north of Pryor, Oklahoma. The main-stage billing is shaping up as follows: Thursday, July 10: BRET MICHAELS (headlining) L.A. GUNS ENUFF Z'NUFF (possible...March 4, 2008
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RUDRA To Enter Studio Next Month
Singaporean metallers RUDRA have issued the following update: "RUDRA has finally completed the pre-production of their yet-to-be-titled album which will be the second instalment to the 'Brahmavidya' trilogy. The songs have so much of 'Brahmavidya: Primordial I' and 'Kurukshetra' in them. Shiva is st...March 2, 2008
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Chaos Rising
Sweden's SUICIDAL WINDS have remained steadfastly underground and out of the spotlight (intentionally or otherwise) since forming in 1992. The last Pulverised released from the band, "Total Death 'n Live", offered 15 live tracks (14 from Germany in 2006 and one in Holland in 2004) and a nasty cover...February 24, 2008
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BRUCE KULICK Launches Hollywood Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp Blog
Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick served as camp counselor at the Hollywood leg of Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, which took place on President's Day Weekend (February 15-18, 2008) in Hollywood, California. You can check out Bruce's Hollywood '08 Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy C...February 19, 2008
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ANTHRAX Bassist Offers Impromptu Lesson To Admiring Fan
Squier Guitars reports: Here's ANTHRAX bass master Frank Bello in the Fender booth at the January 2008 NAMM show in Anaheim, Calif., giving an impromptu lesson to an admiring fan. The bass used, you ask? What else — Bello's own skull-acious Squier Frank Bello Jazz Bass guitar signature model. Seems...February 15, 2008
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WHITESNAKE's DOUG ALDRICH Offers Demonstration Of New RANDY RHOADS Signature Amp
Gearwire has posted a four-minute clip of WHITESNAKE/ex-DIO guitarist Doug Aldrich playing the new Marshall Randy Rhoads (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT) signature series amplifier at this year's winter NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 17-20 at the Anaheim Conve...February 10, 2008
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THERION Singer SNOWY SHAW Discusses Side Projects
RockersDigest.com recently conducted an interview with Snowy Shaw, current singer with THERION and former drummer of DREAM EVIL and KING DIAMOND. A couple of excerpts follow: RockersDigest.com: What can you reveal about the glam-rock-punk-metal project? Snowy: Well, at this point I prefer not to rev...February 9, 2008
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'Music By People Like Us' Hardcore Compilation Due In March
Awake/Strong will release a hardcore compilation, entitled "Music by People Like Us", on March 25. In the vein of the classic compilations, "Music By People Like Us" is a time stamp of where hardcore is now. The legends that are still going, such as AGNOSTIC FRONT, SICK OF IT ALL, and MADBALL, to th...February 8, 2008
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BRAD GILLIS Interviewed For RANDY RHOADS Documentary
NIGHT RANGER guitarist Brad Gillis, who took on the pressure-packed job back in 1982 of replacing Randy Rhoads after OZZY OSBOURNE's virtuoso guitarist died in a plane crash, was recently interviewed by director Peter Margolis of Dakota Pictures for Peter's much-anticipated Randy Rhoads documentary...February 8, 2008
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ARI KOIVUNEN Schedules Finnish Dates
The winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", 23-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, has scheduled the following dates: Feb. 07 - Bar Kino - Pori, FIN Feb. 13 - Liikuntahalli - Laukaa, FIN Feb. 14 - Hartwall Areena / Kirkan muistokonsertti - Helsinki, FIN Feb. 16 - Kaapelit...February 4, 2008
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ARI KOIVUNEN To Perform At FINNISH METAL EXPO
The winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", 23-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, has been added to the list of performers at the fourth edition of the Finnish Metal Expo, which will take place February 15-16, 2008 in Helsinki. Finnish Metal Expo is a consumer expo, whic...February 2, 2008
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MASSACRE Vokillist KAM LEE: The Story Of 'The Second Coming'
MASSACRE/DENIAL FIEND "vokillist" Kam Lee has issued the following update: "I was going to write a huge explaination about how this release [MASSACRE's 'The Second Coming'] came into being... of how it got released, and of all the fuck ups and shit it has caused getting released. But you know what —...February 1, 2008
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COSMOSQUAD To Play Japan For First Time
Acclaimed Southern California metal fusioneers COSMOSQUAD, featuring guitarist Jeff Kollman (GLENN HUGHES, MOGG/WAY),bassist Christopher Maloney (DWEEZIL ZAPPA, HARDLINE),and drummer Shane Gaalaas (B'Z, DIESEL MACHINE),have announced their first-ever Japanese shows. The band will be playing a pai...February 1, 2008
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