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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' Performs STRATOVARIUS On National TV; Video Available

Video footage of 22-year-old Finnish heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen performing STRATOVARIUS' "Hunting High And Low" and LED ZEPPELIN's "Rock and Roll" on the Finnish TV talent show "Idols" last Thursday (March 22) has been posted online on YouTube: "Hunting High And Low" (video) "Rock and Roll" (vi...

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GORGOROTH Guitarist Released From Norwegian Prison

According to a posting on GORGOROTH's web site, the group's guitarist Infernus has been released on parole after serving time for aggravated sexual assault in connection with an alleged rape of a 29-year-old woman in Bergen, Norway in 2004. Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) and a friend (whose ident...

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WINDS OF PLAGUE Signs With CENTURY MEDIA

WINDS OF PLAGUE has inked a worldwide deal with Century Media Records. Hailing from Los Angeles, WINDS OF PLAGUE has its share of Southern California hardcore roots running in their backyard, though the atmospheric sounds of Scandinavian black metal and classic American metal reign supreme in the ba...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Launches Official eBay Store

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has posted the following message on his official web site: "Anyone who has seen my MTV 'Cribs' episode knows that I have a lot of rock stuff. In fact, I have so much stuff that it is literally now overtaking my whole house. I just don't have room for ...

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CINDERELLA Manager Dismisses Reports Frontman Was Involved In Car Accident

CINDERELLA's manager Tim Heyne has dismissed Internet reports that the group's frontman Tom Keifer and wife Savannah were recently involved in a car accident. Commented Heyne: "While I don't normally address [online postings]...I felt it important to take a moment to clear up a couple of erroneous i...

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MADBALL's Cover Of SICK OF IT ALL's 'Give Respect' Posted Online

Another two songs from the forthcoming SICK OF IT ALL tribute album — MADBALL's version of "Give Respect" and PENNYWISE's rendition of "My Life" — arw available for listening on the SOIA's MySpace page for the CD. "Our Impact Will Be Felt" will hit shelves in the United States on April 24 through .....

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' Performs WHITESNAKE On National TV; Video Available

A video clip of 22-year-old Finnish heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen performing a version of WHITESNAKE's "Here I Go Again" on the Finnish TV talent show "Idols" has been posted online at YouTube.com. The live performance was broadcast live Thursday night (March 15) from Linnanmäki in Helsinki. Guest...

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TWISTED SISTER Drummer's 'Stairway To Hell' Is A 'Barbaric Assault' On Jesus

"Stairway to Hell", the self-described "ultimate off-Broadway headbanging experience" which features A.J. Pero from TWISTED SISTER on drums and members of Pero's side project CITIES, has been slammed by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights for being nothing more than a "vile," "barbari...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' Performs IRON MAIDEN On National TV; Video Available

A video clip of 22-year-old Finnish heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen performing a version of IRON MAIDEN's "The Evil That Men Do" on the Finnish TV talent show "Idols" has been posted online at YouTube.com. Koivunen reportedly had a cold during the show's taping, but managed to move on to the next ro...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' Performs DEEP PURPLE On National TV; Video Available

A video clip of 22-year-old Finnish heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen performing a version of DEEP PURPLE's "Perfect Strangers" on the Finnish TV talent show "Idols" has been posted online at YouTube.com. Koivunen reportedly reached the final round of the competition, having received 86 percent of the...

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HATEBREED's Cover Of SICK OF IT ALL's 'Ratpack' Posted Online

Two songs from the forthcoming SICK OF IT ALL tribute album — HATEBREED's version of "Ratpack" and BOUNCING SOULS' rendition of "Good Lookin' Out" — arw available for listening on the SOIA's MySpace page for the CD. "Our Impact Will Be Felt" will hit shelves in the United States on April 24 through...

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MADBALL To Begin Recording Late Spring

New York hardcore legends MADBALL have issued the following update: "We just finished a 10-show run of shows along the East Coast with our friends from DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR and SINCE THE FLOOD. Also thanks to KILL YOUR IDOLS for joining us on the Long Island show. Next, we head back into the rehear...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: Floored At The Gay Club

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "Slow day. Actually I'm enjoying it, fire cracklin' in the fireplace, spring just around the corner. I've had a bad cold this last week but finally it's going away. "Tomorrow we record a live session at Sveriges...

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OTEP: Waving Goodbye To Metal Music

Mike Meyer of the Illinois Entertainer recently conducted an interview with OTEP frontwoman Otep Shamaya. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the subject of women in heavy metal; "I hate these kinds of interviews. I'm a woman. I sing in a band. And it's unique and rare and all that, ...

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Online Petition Launched To Remove Indian 'Nu-Metal' Band From IRON MAIDEN Concert

An online petition has been launched to get the Delhi, India-based metal band FTN (F*** THE NAME) removed from the bill of the upcoming IRON MAIDEN concert (flyer) in Bangalore, India on March 17. According to the petition, "the organizers of the IRON MAIDEN gig in India, DNA Networks, conducted a ....