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NIGHTWISH Keyboardist: We 'Hit The Jackpot' With New Singer ANETTE OLZON

Chad Bowar of About Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: About Heavy Metal: Take us through the process of finding a new singer after Tarja's exit from the band. Tuomas Holopainen: Here are some s...

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ROB ZOMBIE Recalls First Meeting With OZZY

The Pulse of Radio reports: Rob Zombie first toured with Ozzy Osbourne in 1999, but he met rock's Prince of Darkness several years before that. Zombie recently recalled the first time he met Ozzy and the surprise that the BLACK SABBATH vocalist sprang on him. "I don't even remember why I was meeting...

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STRAIGHT LINE STITCH's Change Of Plans

Knoxville, Tennessee-based female-fronted metal/hardcore act STRAIGHT LINE STITCH has issued the following update: "Some things have changed as of recently as far as our recording agenda goes. We have decided to go to NY to record our record instead of heading out to California. We will be leaving t...

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JIMMY PAGE, STEVEN TYLER, ALICE COOPER At CLASSIC ROCK ROLL OF HONOUR; Video Available

UK-based music journalist Dave Ling has posted the following report from last night's Classic Rock Roll of Honour event, which was held at the Landmark Hotel in London, England: "Astonishingly, given that last night Classic Rock's third annual awards ceremony took place, I awake in a blissfully hang...

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Report: Metal's Female Ranks On The Move

Bryan Reesman of Grammy.com reports: If the clichéd debate over the presence of women in rock music isn't dead, the often gothed-out females fronting a number of today's metal bands should literally put the last nail in the coffin. The clubs are alive with the roaring sounds of female metallions. Fu...

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SEPULTURA Frontman Issues Another Update From India

SEPULTURA frontman Derrick Green has posted the third entry in an ongoing tour diary covering the band's first-ever appearance in India. It reads as follows: "Day 3 - October 28, 2007 New Delhi: It's show day and there is some time before soundcheck to see another landmark in New Delhi history. We d...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Says Sting Operation In Fargo, North Dakota 'Tarnished' His Reputation

Since when does the lure of an OZZY OSBOURNE concert become the impetus for a sting operation by one local sheriff? That's what an outraged Osbourne would like to know after the events that transpired Monday, October 29 before his show at the Fargodome in Fargo, ND. As masterminded by Paul D. Laney,...

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NIGHTWISH Mainman: 'We're Going To Put A Little More Effort Into America This Time'

Metal Hammer recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen: Metal Hammer: You recently played a secret live show in Hamburg as SUSHI PATROL. How did it go? Tuomas: "Actually we did three secret shows with different names, first was in Estonia, second was in Hel...

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STRAIGHT LINE STITCH Commences Pre-Production On New Album

Knoxville, Tennesseee-based female-fronted metal/hardcore act STRAIGHT LINE STITCH has issued the following update: "Starting tomorrow we enter pre-production on our debut record due out early 2008 on Koch Records. Our producer Rob Caggiano [ANTHRAX, CRADLE OF FILTH] of Scrap 60 Productions will be...

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DAMAGEPLAN: 2004 Video Interview Posted Online

San Antonio cult STUF-TV show "Robb's MetalWorks" has launched a new "Archival Series" via the web. The first release in this special series is an interview with Vinnie Paul Abbott and Pat Lachman of DAMAGEPLAN conducted on January 28, 2004 in Boerne, Texas, a couple of weeks before the release of t...

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DIESEL MACHINE Bassist Releases New AMERICAN AFTERMATH Track

DIESEL MACHINE bassist Rich Gonzales, who nearly lost his life after broadsiding a car while riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle in August 2002, has issued the following update: "My other band AMERICAN AFTERMATH just posted a sick new song on MySpace. It's called 'Scars and Stripes', about Iraqi w...

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AEROSMITH, SLIPKNOT, DISTURBED, WHITE ZOMBIE Songs Added To 'Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock'

Activision, Inc. has announced additional songs to be included in the main set list for the highly-anticipated title, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. While delivering more master tracks than ever before, strategic partnerships have been secured with all the major and independent record labels and...

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Former THE OFFENDERS/MDC Bassist MIKEY DONALDSON Dead At 46

According to posting on the MySpace page for the legendary hardcore/punk band MDC (MILLIONS OF DEAD COPS),the group's former bassist Mikey "Offender" Donaldson passed away in his sleep on September 22 in Barcelona Spain where he had recently relocated from Amsterdam. The cause is unknown at the mom...

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QUEEN Rocks Montreal On Giant Screens Across Canada

QUEEN fans get ready! Cineplex Entertainment has announced the premiere of the remastered "Queen Rock Montreal" concert in High Definition and 5.1 Digital Surround Sound on Wednesday October 17 exclusively at 53 select Cineplex Entertainment theatres across Canada. "We are pleased to partner with Ea...

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IMAGIKA Completes Work On New Album

San Francisco power/thrash metallers IMAGIKA have issued the following update: "IMAGIKA album number 6 is done! The band just got back from Sweden and Sonic Train Studio where we mixed the CD with Andy '180' La Rocque [KING DIAMOND guitarist] (the bastard said he'd only bowled three times in his lif...