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DORO Joins SAXON On Stage In Sheffield; Video Available

German metal queen Doro Pesch joined SAXON on stage in Sheffield, England last night (Thursday, April 30) for a rendition of the song "747 (Strangers In The Night)". Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below. Doro Pesch will perform a special 25th-anniversary show (including a...

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FIREWIND Guitarist At MUSIKMESSE: Video Footage Available

Video footage of FIREWIND guitarist Gus G.'s performance at the Musikmesse Frankfurt 2009 fair, which was held April 1-4 in Frankfurt, Germany, can be viewed in three parts below. The Musikmesse in Frankfurt am Main is the world's leading trade fair for musical-instruments, music software, computer...

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HERMAN ZE GERMAN AND FRIENDS: Tour Dates Announced

HERMAN ZE GERMAN AND FRIENDS, the band led by former SCORPIONS drummer Herman Rarebell, has scheduled the following dates: July 10 - Rocklahoma - Pryor, OK (Retrospect Stage Headliner) July 17 - Mississippi Mud House - Cape Girardeau, MO July 18 - Heartbreakers - St. Louis, MO The group's current li...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Drummer Interviewed In Oslo; Video Available

Imhotep's Paul Kearns conducted an interview with drummer Jaska Raatikainen of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM in Oslo, Norway in February 2009. Watch the chat in two parts below. CHILDREN OF BODOM will release a new album, titled "Skeletons In The Closet", in September through Spinefarm Records...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM To Release 'Skeletons In The Closet' Collection Of Covers

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM will release a new album, titled "Skeletons In The Closet", in September through Spinefarm Records. The follow-up to last year's "Blooddrunk" is a selection of cover versions, some of them existing recordings, others specially laid down for this release. CHILDREN...

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TAZ TAYLOR BAND To Open For ULI JON ROTH In Santa Ana

TAZ TAYLOR BAND will play its first show with new singer Keith Slack on June 18 at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, California. Headlining the gig will be one of the worlds premiere guitarists, Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS). TAZ TAYLOR BAND released its new album, "Straight Up", on March 27 via Escape...

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JORN: New Album Details Revealed

Frontiers Records has announced the release of JORN's brand new studio album, entitled "Spirit Black", on June 5 in Europe and July 14 in the USA. Considered by many fans and critics as one of the finest voices in hard rock to arrive on the scene at the end of the 20th century, JORN is ...

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MACHINE HEAD, ANTHRAX, MESHUGGAH Confirmed For Sweden's SONISPHERE Festival

MACHINE HEAD, ANTHRAX, THE HIVES, MESHUGGAH and THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY have been confirmed for the Swedish edition of the METALLICA-headlined Sonisphere festival, set to take place July 11 at Folkets Park in Hultsfred. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical orde...

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SCORPIONS In The Studio Working On New Material

Deutsche Welle recently conducted an interview with SCORPIONS frontman Klaus Meine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Deutsche Welle: Why have you stayed in Hanover? Many stars choose to move to LA or New York, yet you have chosen to stay in a relatively small German city. Klaus Meine: The...

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FIREWIND Keyboardist/Guitarist Releases New Instructional Clip

The second part of FIREWIND keyboardist/guitarist Bob Katsionis' instructional videos for FireTV (FIREWIND's official YouTube channel) is now online (see below). Bob shows you some of his signature style licks as well as twin lead parts on both guitar and keyboards, as seen at FIREWIND's live shows....

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Over Half A Million Metal Musicians Listed On MUSICMIGHT

Musicmight, the world's biggest rock and metal database, now has separate page entries for individual musicians — over 500,000 of them. With over 100,000 bands and over two million recordings (albums, singles, DVDs, demos) listed, and growing daily, Musicmight now displays individual musicians' care...

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ANVIL Movie Director Encourages References To 'Spinal Tap'

Matt Singer of IFC.com recently conducted an interview with Sacha Gervasi — the director of "Anvil! The Story of Anvil", a mockumentary-like true account of fiftysomething Canadian heavy-metal practitioners Robb Reiner and Steve "Lips" Kudlow who, after a desultory European tour with their band ANVI...

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SCORPIONS Kick Off 2009 Tour; Video Available

German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS kicked off their 2009 tour last night (Friday, April 3) at L'axone in Montbéliard, France. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Coming Home 02. Loving You Sunday Morning 03. Make It Real 04. Is there Anybody There? 05. Lovedrive 06. The Zoo 07. Coast To Coast 08...

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SCORPIONS To Begin Work On New Album This Year

According to a posting on the SCORPIONS fan site ScorpsNews.com, the German hard rock veterans will enter the studio in late 2009 to begin work on a new album for a 2010 release. It looks like they will be recording the new CD in their home country this time, but that could change. ...

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ULI JON ROTH Bringing SKY ACADEMY To Los Angeles/Orange County

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) will bring his Sky Academy seminar to Los Angeles/Orange County for the fourth straight year in June. The aim is to enable students to get to a higher level of playing ability, overall musical awareness and inspiration. Sky Academy was conceived by Uli...