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Report: BRET MICHAELS, SHARON OSBOURNE Taking Part In New Season Of 'The Celebrity Apprentice'

According to Examiner.com, POISON frontman Bret Michaels and Ozzy Osbourne's wife/manager Sharon Osbourne are among the celebrities taking part in the new season of "The Celebrity Apprentice", which started filming this week in New York. Season 3 of "The Celebrity Apprentice" is scheduled to air in...

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MARDUK Guitarist On VARG VIKERNES' Release: 'I Don't Really Care At All'

About.com's Justin M. Norton chatted with MARDUK founder/guitarist Morgan Håkansson from Sweden recently during a slate of practices preparing for European shows. They discussed the meaning of "Wormwood"; vocalist Mortuus' contributions to the band; the beginning of the black metal scene in Sweden a...

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ANVIL Added To Japan's LOUD PARK Festival

Canadian metal legends ANVIL have been added to this year's installment of the Loud Park festival, set to take place October 17-18 at Makuhari Messe, a convention center in Japan located in the western region of Chiba Prefecture, close to Tokyo. The festival billing is now as follows: Saturday, Octo...

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BRET MICHAELS: 'The Daily Adventures Of Bandana Man'

VH1's recent airing of Bret Michaels' "Behind the Music" stole the highest ratings of the day upon its October debut and the repeat airings continue to perform. The "Behind the Music" special is a personal journey from Michaels' birth through the POISON years to his most recent solo adventures, prov...

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EVEMASTER's New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By DAN SWANÖ

Finnish "dark metal" band EVEMASTER — which features in its ranks BATTLELORE's Tomi Mykkänen — is continuing work on its new album, "III: Newtopia", for an early 2010 release via an as-yet-undetermined record label. Commented Mykkänen: "[Swedish producer and multi-instrumentalist] Dan [Swanö; EDGE O...

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Sonic Boom

Ensuring that the MySpace/Facebook generation will have their very own line of branded lunchboxes, action figures, tampon, pinball machines and other assorted merchandise, KISS is back (if you haven't noticed) with their first studio album in over a decade, "Sonic Boom". While I can't say that this...

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BRET MICHAELS: Columbus Show 'Postponed'

Tonight's (Thursday, October 8) Bret Michaels concert at Club H20 in Columbus, Georgia has been "postponed until further notice" due to "a case of the flu," according to a posting on the POISON singer's MySpace page. It is not presently clear if any of the other Bret Michaels solo dates will be affe...

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TIGERTAILZ To Guest On TOTAL ROCK Radio This Saturday

Jay Pepper (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Kim Hooker (lead vocals, guitar) of long-running U.K. glam rockers TIGERTAILZ will guest on Total Rock radio on Saturday, October 10 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. To listen to the program live via the Internet, visit www.totalrock.com. TIGERTAILZ will perfo...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM's 'Skeletons' Cracks Finnish Top 10

"Skeletons In The Closet", the new album from Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM, has entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 9. "Skeletons In The Closet" was released on September 23 through Spinefarm. The follow-up to last year's "Blooddrunk" is a selection of cover...

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TARJA TURUNEN: Madrid Photos Posted Online

MetalSymphony.com has uploaded photos of former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's September 27, 2009 concert at Sala La Riviera in Madrid, Spain. Also available are pictures of support act KINGS OF MODESTY and ASPERA. Check them out at this location. Tarja's setlist was as follows: 01. Enough 02. My...

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POISON, DROWNING POOL Members To Judge New Reality-TV Show 'Rock Race'

Kevin Goocher (of VH1's "I Know My Kid's A Star" and singer for PHANTOM-X) will host a new reality-TV show called "Rock Race". Confirmed judges for the series are Rikki Rockett of POISON and Stevie Benton of DROWNING POOL. The casting producers of "Rock Race" are looking for the top 10 bands to comp...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Schedules San Francisco Meet-And-Greet

Alexi Laiho (guitar, vocals),Roope Latvala (guitar),and Henkka Blacksmith (bass) of the Finnish metal band CHILDREN OF BODOM will take part in a meet-and-greet on October 9 prior to their performance at the Regency Theater at The Grand in San Francisco, California. Fans can meet the group, take pi...

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GOD DETHRONED: 'Poison Fog' Video Available

Dutch melodic death metal band GOD DETHRONED recently filmed a video for the track "Poison Fog", which is described as "one of the most lyrically intense songs" from the group's latest CD, "Passiondale". The clip, which was directed by Maurice Swinkels, can be viewed below. "Passiondale" was release...

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LYNCH MOB Confirmed For Japan's LOUD PARK Festival

LYNCH MOB has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Loud Park festival, set to take place October 17-18 at Makuhari Messe, a convention center in Japan located in the western region of Chiba Prefecture, close to Tokyo. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Saturday, October 17:...

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BRET MICHAELS' Autobiography Pushed Back To 2010

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: Having his autobiography, "Roses and Thorns: The Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy to My Reality", pushed back into 2010 by publisher Simon & Schuster is allowing POISON's Bret Michaels to tell the rest of the story. The book was originally due out this past June, and wh...