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STEVEN ADLER Cancels ADLER'S APPETITE European Tour Due To 'Personal Issues'

ADLER'S APPETITE, the band led by former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler, has cancelled its previously announced European tour. The official ADLER'S APPETITE MySpace page has been updated with the following statement: "We sincerely apologize to all our friends and fans for the cancellation of thi...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' ARI KOIVUNEN: 'Angels Are Calling' Video Posted Online

The winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", 23-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, has released the video for his new single, "Angels Are Calling" (acoustic version). The song was composed by STRATOVARIUS mainman Timo Tolkki and appears on Ari Koivunen's debut solo album,...

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TIGERTAILZ Guitarist: 'Most So-Called Glam Bands Couldn't Do What We Do'

Metal Sickness recently conducted an interview with TIGERTAILZ guitarist Jay Pepper. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Sickness: We've been waiting for long years for your reformation back in 2005. Why have you choose to make this comeback? What have you all done along this time? Jay Pepper...

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INTRONAUT Forced To Miss Tonight's Show In UK

California-based progressive/extreme music outfit INTRONAUT has issued the following update: "We regret to announce that we will be missing tonight's show with THE OCEAN and WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH in Stoke On Trent (tomorrow's Edinburgh show was recently cancelled for unrelated reasons as well). "...

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FINNTROLL Confirmed For Serbia's LEGACY FESTIVAL

Finland's FINNTROLL has been confirmed for the Legacy Festival, set to take place May 30-31, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: May 30: OBITUARY DARK FUNERAL DESTRUCTION THRESHOLD May 31, 2008: FINNTROLL JORN LANDE AMORPHIS MELECHESH RAGE UNLEASHED For more inf...

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They Rise

Former MASSACRE and DEATH member Kam Lee hasn't let his time away from the limelight dampen his enthusiasm for all things gory, or rust his bloodsoaked vocal cords. He has, however, let some campy horror influences seep out since we saw him last — how else to explain the MISFITS chants and Saturday...

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ILL NINO Working On Three New Videos

ILL NINO frontman Cristian Machado has issued the following update: "Just two months to go until the release of [the new ILL NINO album] 'Enigma' [due on January 8, 2008 via Cement Shoes]. We realize it's been a long wait and we appreciate your patience more than you'll ever know. "The 8th is here o...

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CRIMSON GLORY Vocalists Join Forces

Former and current CRIMSON GLORY vocalists Midnight and Wade Black will join forces on several upcoming projects. Wade Black reports that he will sing on Midnight's upcoming MIDNIGHT BAND "M2" album. Black has also revealed that Midnight will perform a series of acoustic shows and that he will join...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: The World's Not Prepared For What I've Heard From AXL ROSE

Metal Edge magazine recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. An excerpt from the chat follows: Metal Edge: Do you ever get [Axl Rose] on the phone and say, "Will you just put your fuckin record out already?" Bach: I said that to him once, and it was one of the .....

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Ill Innocence

Never underestimate the power of primitivism. THE STOOGES had it, DARKTHRONE has it, SUNNO))) has it, HELLHAMMER had it…you know the list. In each of those examples though, there is far more at work than a stripped down sound and a primal essence; it is indeed a matter of finding the sweet spot or f...

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ICED EARTH Drummer Issues Another Update From The Road

ICED EARTH drummer Brent Smedley has posted another entry in the "Road Rage Reports" section of the band's official web site. An excerpt follows: "We had an off day in Stockholm, Sweden, with a gig the next day at a place called Tyrol. "I am happy to report that my sickness is all but gone, ...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Says Sting Operation In Fargo, North Dakota 'Tarnished' His Reputation

Since when does the lure of an OZZY OSBOURNE concert become the impetus for a sting operation by one local sheriff? That's what an outraged Osbourne would like to know after the events that transpired Monday, October 29 before his show at the Fargodome in Fargo, ND. As masterminded by Paul D. Laney,...

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M.ILL.ION Signs With METAL HEAVEN

Swedish rockers M.ILL.ION have inked a deal with Germany's Metal Heaven Records. "After fulfilling the deal with the former label the band wanted to move on," the group writes on its web site. "Several albums' worth of new material have been written and some of it has been demoed for presentation. M...

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'Guitar Heroes' CD-Release Gig To Be Broadcast On Finnish TV

The CD-release concert for the "Guitar Heroes" album on November 6 at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland will be broadcast live on the Finnish TV channel Yle Extra starting at 10 p.m. Excerpts from the show will air on Yle X on Thursday, November 8 at 9 p.m. 11 of the most respected and talented Finnish...

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GALLHAMMER, MISFITS To Guest On Tonight's 'Tinitus'

Japanese all-girl trio GALLHAMMER and MISFITS' Jerry Only were interviewed for this week's "Tinitus" radio show, airing tonight (Wednesday, October 31) between 20.00 CET (8:00 p.m.) and 22.00 CET (10:00 p.m.) on Norway's P3. "Tinitus" is Norway's most popular metal show with an average of over 60,00...