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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: 'Play My Game' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Play My Game", the first solo album from powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH),sold around 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales...

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TWISTED SISTER Members Perform With 'The Paul Green School Of Rock'; Video Available

Video footage of TWISTED SISTER members Dee Snider (vocals) and Mark "The Animal" Mendoza (bass) performing the TS classics "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock" with The Paul Green School of Rock Music - Melville Campus "B" Team at Lighthouse Harley Davidson in Huntington, New York on Saturd...

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HIBRIA: New Album Out Now

Brazilian metallers HIBRIA have released their second album, "The Skull Collectors", in Asia via Spiritual Beast and in Europe through Remedy Records. The CD was mixed and mastered by Achim Köhler, who has previously worked with such metal acts as AMON AMARTH, SODOM, PINK CREAM 69, BRAINSTORM and PR...

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FLESH MADE SIN Signs With NEUROTIC RECORDS

Dutch black/death thrashers FLESH MADE SIN have inked a deal with Neurotic Records. The band's sophomore album, "The Aftermath of Amen", will be released at the end of June. According to a press release, FLESH MADE SIN "has their roots within the thrash metal scene, but evolved into a more mature an...

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GLENN HUGHES Enlists Danish Guitarist SOREN ANDERSEN

Former DEEP PURPLE bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes has long searched for a European guitarist and has now teamed up with Danish axeman Soren Andersen (OLIVER WEERS). Commented Andersen: "I toured with Marco Mendoza and Tommy Aldridge (THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE) last year around the release of Marco's sol...

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TYRANTS BLOOD: New Song Posted Online

TYRANTS BLOOD, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based metal band comprised of ex-members of BLASPHEMY, WITCHES HAMMER, INFERNAL MAJESTY, ABUSE, OMEGACROM and MECHA MESSIAH, has posted a new song, "Cast Into Hell", on the group's MySpace page. The track comes off TYRANTS BLOOD's new album, "Cr...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS To Support HEAVEN & HELL In Europe

Powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) has scheduled the following European solo dates: Jun. 04 - Oslo, Norway, Spektrum (supporting HEAVEN & HELL) Jun. 06 - Sölvesborg, Sweden, Sweden Rock Festival Jun. 08 - Giess...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist Records Collection Of Band's Favorite Ballads

DREAM THEATER keyboarist Jordan Rudess has recorded solo piano versions of some of the band's favorite ballads as well as creating some original, progressive piano pieces for a new CD called "Notes On A Dream". A three-part interview with Rudess about the effort can be viewed below. Due on June 2, "...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: Another Solo Track Posted Online

Powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) has posted a new solo track, entitled "Believe", on his MySpace page. The song, which was written by Owens, features the following lineup: * Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN,...

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'Once Upon a Nightwish: The Official Biography 1996-2006' Free Chapter Available

Bazillion Points Books is offering a free download of "Chapter 5. The Upward Spiral", excerpted from the newly released North American edition of "Once Upon a Nightwish: The Official Biography 1996-2006", by Mape Ollila. Joining the book in progress at the start of 2000 during the aftermath of "Ocea...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Discusses Debut Solo Album; Video Available

Austria's Mulatschag.TV has posted a new six-minute interview with powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH). Watch the clip below. Owens will hold a listening party for his first solo album, "Play My Game", at Scorchers...

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TWISTED SISTER's MENDOZA: 'We Are The Largest Part-Time Rock Band In The World'

All five members of TWISTED SISTER recently spoke with Goldmine contributor Bryan Reesman about the forthcoming "Twisted Christmas" musical, the 25th anniversary re-release of "Stay Hungry", the sequel to frontman Dee Snider's "Strangeland" movie, guitarist Jay Jay French's official TWISTED SISTER b...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: 'Play My Game' Listening Party Announced

Powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) will hold a listening party for his first solo album, "Play My Game", at Scorchers in Akron, Ohio on Sunday, May 3 starting at around 9:15 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. A private party will ta...

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SONATA ARCTICA Guitarist's Solo Album Due In June

Spinefarm Records has announced a mid-June release date for the third solo album from SONATA ARCTICA guitarist Elias Viljanen. According to the label "there will be 12 tracks on the album and 10 of the tracks will be instrumental." Guest musicians on the CD include vocalists Marco Hietala (NIGHTWISH...

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EVEMASTER Putting Finishing Touches On New Album Recordings

Finnish "dark metal" band EVEMASTER, which features in its ranks BATTLELORE's Tomi Mykkänen, is continuing work on its long-awaited new CD. According to Tomi, "Everything except synths is recorded for the album. I will transfer the material to Dan Swanö for mixing and mastering (and for adding some...