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War

"This war…is relentless!" comes the commanding bark of vocalist Ché Snelting and the gang shouts of his band mates in BORN FROM PAIN. It is a most appropriate introduction to an album that is every bit as explosive and riddled with bullets as any battlefield scene from anywhere in the world. This is...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER Cancels Tokyo Concert After Falling Ill

Legendary guitarist Michael Schenker was forced to cancel MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP's concert at Tokyo, Japan's Nakano Sunplaza after three songs Friday night (Nov. 17) because he was suffering from an unspecified illness. The following report was issued by the Michael Schenker News and Tour Informatio...

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ELVENKING: New Touring Guitarist Announced

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING has introduced a new member to their live lineup. "After the European tour we have decided to fill Jarpen's [recently departed guitarist] place at least on the live side. The guy who's helping us out at the moment is Luca, a friend of ours. Both of us will tak...

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NONPOINT, 36 CRAZYFISTS, ILL NINO, EUROPE, JON OLIVA'S PAIN First-Week Sales Revealed

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending November 12, 2006, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest thousand, except numbers under 4,000, which are rounded to the nearest hundred; The Billboard 200 chart position includ...

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ELVENKING: Studio Update

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING recently entered Gernhart studios in Germany to record the drums for their new album, tentatively due in early 2007 via AFM Records. A brief studio report can be found on the group's official web site. ELVENKING released its third album, "The Winter Wake", in...

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AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE Cancels Remainder Of European Tour

AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE has cancelled the remaining dates on its current European Occupation Tour 2006 after one of the bandmembers was taken ill. An official statement from AHC's manager Patrick Whalen reads as follows: "It is with great regret that we must cancel the remaining dates of our tour. Unfo...

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OMNIUM GATHERUM Begins Recording New Album; Studio Diary Launched

Finnish death metallers OMNIUM GATHERUM entered Southeast Studios in Karhula, Finland on November 6 with producer Teemu Aalto to begin recording their third album, tentatively titled "Stuck Here On Snake's Way". So far, the drums have been recorded, according to a posting on the group's web site. A...

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DIVINITY DESTROYED: Lineup Change Announced, New Video Posted Online

Toms River, New Jersey-based progressive metal band DIVINITY DESTROYED has issued the following update: "DIVINITY DESTROYED has always taken chances in their seven-year history and now they have done it again... completely on their own. Mark Ward has retired his duties on guitar and vocals and moved...

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GRENDEL To Release Debut Album In December

GRENDEL, the melancholic metal band from Finland, will release its debut album, "Lost Beyond Retrieval", on December 13. The group was formed in 1999 and has so far released two self-financed EPs and three promotional CDs. "Lost Beyond Retrieval" was recorded and mixed by Nino Laurenne at Sonic Pump...

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TED NUGENT's Wife In TV Pilot On Hunting

United Press International reports that the wife of Ted Nugent is breaking into U.S. television with a pilot for a new reality show with a hunting theme. Shemane Nugent tells the Detroit Free Press her project "Queen of the Forest" involves experienced hunters giving city slickers a crash course in...

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LORDI: Rescheduled Dates Announced

Finnish monster metal band LORDI has announced new tour dates Spain to make up the shows that were cancelled last month after some of the members of the band and the crew were taken ill. The new dates are as follows: Mar. 01 - Barcelona, Spain - Apolo Mar. 02 - Bergara, Spain - Jam ...

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THUNDERSTONE To Compete To Represent Finland In Next Year's EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE are one of a dozen acts that will compete to represent Finland in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, set to take place May 2007 in Helsinki. The artists are, in alphabetical order (record label in brackets): BEATS AND STYLES (AJ Records Finland) HANNA P...

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ARES KINGDOM: West Coast Tour Cancelled

Kansas City's self-proclaimed "only death/thrash metal band" ARES KINGDOM has issued the following update: "ARES KINGDOM regrets to announce that Mike's [Miller, drums] wife became ill and was hospitalized on October 31st, forcing us to cancel our upcoming West Coast tour dates. We had hoped circums...

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Psalm 9

Black sheets of raining doom rock cascade down, Old Testament prophecies come true in vengeful bursts of fire, and the bastards indeed pay! TROUBLE should have knocked the world on its ass in 1984 with this low-budget slab of creepy, ethereal metal, a distillation of the gloom of prime SABBATH, the...

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ROSE TATTOO: Final European Dates Announced

Australia's ROSE TATTOO has announced the final details of its upcoming European tour after the first part of the trek had to be postponed. The schedule is now shaping up as follows: Mar. 04 - UK - London Scala Mar. 06 - UK - Wolverhampton Civic Hall * Mar. 07 - UK - Nottingham Rock ...