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PLANET X Part Ways With Guitarist, Announce Replacement
Progressive instrumentalists PLANET X have parted ways with longtime guitarist Tony MacAlpine. MacAlpine played on the band's first three albums, "Universe" (2000),"Live in Oz" (2002) and "Moon Babies" (2002). Keyboardist Derek Sherinian (ex-DREAM THEATER, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and drummer Virgil Donat...May 6, 2004
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BACKYARD BABIES Ink Deal With Comic Art Collectable Company BIGKIDZ TOY
Comic art collectable company BigKidz Toy, founded by rock musician Ajax Garcia (THE NAPOLEON BLOWNAPARTS),has inked a deal with Sweden's BACKYARD BABIES. A handscreen-printed 12" x 20" Poster Art Kit (sample) will be available at all BACKYARD BABIES performances in support of their recently releas...May 1, 2004
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BLOODSHED: New Recording To Be Issued As 7" Single
Swedish death/black metallers BLOODSHED will have their recently completed three-song promotional recording, "Blade Eleventh", released as a 7" vinyl single through Horrorfiend Records. Horrorfiend is also going to release 7" singles from ABSU, MANIAC BUTCHER and EQUIMANTHORN. In other news, BLOODSH...April 30, 2004
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HAWKWIND Confirmed For Finland's RUISROCK Festival
HAWKWIND have been confirmed to appear at this year's Ruisrock festival, a two-day event set to take place July 10-11 in Turku, Finland. The festival's promoter told Sonera Plaza, "As you know, MOTÖRHEAD will also play during Ruisrock. Since Lemmy used to be part of HAWKWIND, there's talk of him pos...April 20, 2004
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FATAL SMILE To Begin Recording New Album
Swedish "traditional" heard rock/heavy metal band FATAL SMILE will shortly enter the studio to begin recording their new album, "Neo Natural Freaks", tentatively due late summer/early fall through GMR Music. The producer is once again HP Camper (a.k.a. former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN drummer Jonas Östman) a...April 10, 2004
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H.I.M., HATEBREED, MESHUGGAH Confirmed For Sweden's HULTSFRED FESTIVAL
H.I.M., HATEBREED, MESHUGGAH, BACKYARD BABIES and THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY are among the artists confirmed for this year's Hultsfred Festival, set to take place June 17-19 in Hultsfred, Sweden. H.I.M. will play a midnight show on the main stage at the festival on June 18 in what will mar...March 24, 2004
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WHITESNAKE's COVERDALE Is Supportive Of Wife's New Career
When Cindy Coverdale, wife of WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale, decided to write a rock and roll cookbook, "Food That Rocks", she wasn't sure how her new career would go over with her husband. "After all," Cindy laughs, "he was used to being the one who got the attention while I did the wife and...March 8, 2004
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PRIME STH: Record Release Party Planned Next Week
Sweden's PRIME STH will hold a release party for their sophomore album, "Beautiful Awakening", on Thursday, March 11 at Öst 100 in Stockholm. Doors will open at 9:00 p.m. and the band will perform songs off the new album during the evening. The follow-up to 2002's "Underneath The Surface" (Giant Rec...March 2, 2004
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GENERAL SURGERY Confirmed For Czech Republic's OBSCENE EXTREME FEST
Legendary Swedish grindcore merchants GENERAL SURGERY have been confirmed for the Obscene Extreme Fest, set to take place July 8-10 in Trutnov, Czech Republic. Other bands set to appear at the festival include EXTREME NOISE TERROR, EXHUMED, BIRDFLESH, BUTCHER ABC, NATRON, and KENT BROCKMAN. As previ...March 1, 2004
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ZEBULON Complete Work On Sophomore Album
ZEBULON, the Swedish band featuring former members of early '90s death metal act DESULTORY, have completed work on their sophomore full-length album, "Troubled Ground", due this spring through People Like You Records. The follow-up to 2001's "Volume One" was recorded and mixed at Stockholm's Sunligh...March 1, 2004
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PRIME STH To Release Sophomore Album In April
Sweden's PRIME STH have set an April 5 continental European release date through Nuclear Blast Records for their sophomore album, "Beautiful Awakening". The follow-up to 2002's "Underneath The Surface" (Giant Records) was produced by vocalist Noa Modén and drummer Kasper Lindgren and mixed by Lasse...February 27, 2004
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Virgin Megastore To Host Rock & Roll Cookbook Signing
Hollywood's Virgin Megastore will host a celebrity book signing for the rock & roll cookbook, "Food That Rocks", on Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. In addition to the authors, Cindy Coverdale (wife of WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale) and Margie Lapanja, many of the book's contributors...February 26, 2004
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SAVATAGE Guitarist Decides To Make Solo Debut A Double CD
SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery has revealed the more details about his upcoming debut solo album, "Faces", due in September through Greece's Black Lotus Records. The two-disc set will consist of two parts, one called "Faces" and the other "God Damn War". "When you open the...February 23, 2004
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Finland: The Most 'Heavy Metal' Country In The World?
Heavy metal/hard rock music continues to thrive in Finland, where bands like CHILDREN OF BODOM regularly top the chart with their single and full-length releases. Here is how the metal/hard rock genre fared on the Finnish Pop Album (Top 120) chart for the week ending February 21, 2004: 04. EVANESCEN...February 21, 2004
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PSYCHOPUNCH To Record New Album In March
Sweden's PSYCHOPUNCH are scheduled to enter Sunlight Studio in Stockholm on March 6 with producer Tomas Skogsberg (THE HELLACOPTERS, ENTOMBED, BACKYARD BABIES) to begin recording their new album, "Smashed On Arrival", tentatively due in June via Germany's Silverdust Records. The band had previously...February 21, 2004
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