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CANDLEMASS Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD Festival

Reunited Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS have been confirmed to appear at the 2005 installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 24-25 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. Bang Your Head!!! 2005 will be marks the festival's 10th anniversary and the theme of next year's event wi...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN: Instructional DVD Delayed

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's instructional DVD, "99 Secret Lead Guitar Phrases", has had its release date pushed back to December 31, 2004. The delay is being attributed to "final touch-ups and upgrades to the DVD," according to a posting on Friedman's web site. The initial batch of DV...

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GORGOROTH Explain Abbreviated Mexico City Performance

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have issued the following report on their recent South American/Mexican tour: "The recent Central American tour was very well visited and the fans was truly dedicated. Especially in San Salvador and Guatemala city, although the security in the first mentioned city...

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Report: How AEROSMITH's Fan Club Left Fans In The Lurch

The Associated Press is reporting that many artists hire outside companies to run their fan clubs, but one club designed to bring fans closer to their idols ended up dividing them. After AEROSMITH postponed three concerts in June, many ticketbuyers went without refunds. One fan, Ginny Roberson, post...

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BLACK 'N BLUE's 'One Night Only - Live!' Available Exclusively Via UME DIGITAL

UMe Digital, the world's first all-digital download label from a major music company, is offering BLACK 'N BLUE's "One Night Only - Live!" album for download via its newly launched online service. A hard rock band from the Pacific Northwest, BLACK 'N BLUE boasted four albums in the '80s for Geffen...

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ROSEWATER: Former Members Of MASI And YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Join Forces

Vocalist Kyle Michaels (MASI, ANIMAL, BIRD OF PREY, RAVAGE) has teamed up with guitarist Rex Carroll (FIERCE HEART, WHITECROSS, KING JAMES) and drummer Mike Terrana (BEAU NASTY, HANOVER FIST, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, AXEL RUDI PELL, METALIUM, RAGE) in a brand new band called ROSEWATER. Michaels was most re...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO Says His Current Band Is Like 'A Great Family'

Ronnie James Dio recently spoke to Metal-Exiles.com about DIO's latest album, "Masters of the Moon" and the group's current lineup, among other topics. An excerpt from the interview follows: Metal-Exiles.com: You have Craig Goldy back with you for this album, how much did he contribute to the new CD...

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ANIMAL Explain CHRIS HOLMES' Absence From Current Lineup

ANIMAL, the new group featuring original W.A.S.P. guitarist Randy Piper, have posted a message on their web site addressing the question from many fans regarding the absence of former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes from the group's current lineup (Holmes played on ANIMAL's debut album, 2002's "900...

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LILLIAN AXE, BIG BANG BABIES, AMERICAN HEARTBREAK To Appear On Christmas CD

LILLIAN AXE, BIG BANG BABIES and AMERICAN HEARTBREAK are among the bands featured on a new Christmas CD being released through Perris Records on December 1. Entitled "The Glam That Stole Christmas Vol. 1", the album will feature the following track listing: 01. AMERICAN HEARTBREAK - "The Greatest Ch...

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GORGOROTH: Early Albums To Be Reissued

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have inked a deal with the French label Season of Mist for the reissues of their first three albums: "Pentagram" (1994),"Antichrist" (1996) and "Under the Sign of Hell" (1997). All three will be re-released in January/February in a remastered, digipack version. I...

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ANIMAL: Original W.A.S.P. Guitarist Recording New Album; Audio Available

ANIMAL, the new group featuring original W.A.S.P. guitarist Randy Piper, are currently in the studio recording their sophomore album, tentatively due in early 2005. The follow-up to 2002's "900 Lb. Steam" (Perris) will include such "melodic but still raw and nasty" cuts as "Animal In Me", "In the Mi...

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CLOUDSCAPE Film Video For 'Under Fire'

Swedish melodic metallers CLOUDSCAPE have shot a video for the track "Under Fire" with director Rainer Holmgren, who has previously filmed videos for PAIN OF SALVATION ("Ashes") and NASTY IDOLS, among others. The video, which was shot "in various places both outdoors and indoors on stage," will be f...

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GRAVE, UNLEASHED Confirmed For Sweden's 2000 DECIBEL Festival

GRAVE, UNLEASHED, LOUD 'N NASTY and THE STORYTELLER and are the latest confirmations for the sixth edition of the 2000 Decibel festival, set to take place on May 21, 2005 at Valhall in Bengtsfors, Sweden (180 kilometres north of Gothenburg). Also scheduled to perform at the festival are FACE DOWN, t...

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THE HAUNTED Guitarist Talks About The Roots Of The 'Gothenburg' Sound

THE HAUNTED founder and guitarist Patrik Jensen recently spoke Rockdetector.com's Bernard Doe. As part of the lengthy chat on the new Century Media album "rEVOLVEr", Jensen discussed how he balances THE HAUNTED with his other "trad metal' band WITCHERY and how IN FLAMES wanted to "borrow" the now-in...

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Original KISS Guitarist ACE FREHLEY Portrayed As 'Pathetic And Sad Junkie' In Tell-All Book

The following comes to us courtesy of KissCollector.com: "Over the last few months we’ve been mentioning 'Into The Void... With Ace Frehley' (cover) a few times before (and already back in early 2002 we mentioned the book in our KISS Kollector magazine),but every time the publication date got pushe...