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STRATOVARIUS Mainman Signs With FRONTIERS For 'Rock Opera' Project

STRATOVARIUS guitarist Timo Tolkki has inked a deal with Frontiers Records for his classic rock-opera project, "Saana - Warrior of Light". According to a press release, "Saana - Warrior of Light" will feature "seven characters and numerous musicians (including Tolkki himself) who will collaborate in...

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SCUM OF THE EARTH: New Demo Samples Posted Online

SCUM OF THE EARTH, the band featuring former ROB ZOMBIE guitarist Riggs, has posted four new demo samples without vocals on its official MySpace page. SCUM OF THE EARTH recently tapped renowned U.K. concept artist Paul Garner to create the cover art for the band's upcoming second release, tentativel...

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MACHINE MEN: 'No Talk Without The Giant' Video Posted Online

MACHINE MEN's video for its new single, "No Talk without the Giant", has been posted online at this location (Windows Media, 13 MB). The song is taken from the Finnish melodic metal act's upcoming album, "Circus of Fools", due in February via Century Media Records. The exact release dates are as fol...

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DEEP PURPLE Frontman: ELVIS PRESLEY 'Was The Greatest Singer That Ever Lived'

DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan recently spoke to Classic Rock magazine (web site) for its latest issue in which the stars of rock (plus some assorted rock-loving comedians, sportmen, MPs and other riff raff) nominate their "rock icons." The following is Gillan's explanation for why Elvis Presley be...

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SLIPKNOT Percussionist CLOWN: 'I'm A Magician, Man'

Morley Seaver of BellaOnline.com recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT percussionist M. Shawn Crahan. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On how SLIPKNOT's new two-DVD set, entitled "Voliminal: Inside The Nine", came to be: "I've had a lot of revelations in probably the last five years of m...

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QUIET RIOT Drummer Mourns Passing Of JAMES BROWN

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has posted the following message on his official web site: "Very sad news on this Christmas day 2006 with the passing of Mr. James Brown. Truly another giant in the world of music. It is impossible to calculate all of his monumental contributions. "James Brown's mus...

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MACHINE MEN Film 'No Talk Without The Giant' Video

Finnish melodic metal act MACHINE MEN shot a video for the song "No Talk without the Giant" on December 17, 2006. The song is taken from the group's upcoming album, "Circus of Fools", due in February 2007 via Century Media Records. The exact release dates are as follows: Finland: Wednesday, February...

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AEROSMITH Bassist TOM HAMILTON: 'The Cancer Is Gone'

AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton has issued the following update: "Well, I got sprung for a couple of days last week and got to do some stuff with the band finally. You've probably heard about the NASCAR thing. In case you haven't, they're going to use a modified 'Back in the Saddle' for their theme m...

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VOIVOD Drummer Discusses His Art

Susan Frances of Indie In-Tune has issued the following report: French-Canadian mathematician, painter, and musician Michel Langevin is a conceptual artist whose creations depict the negative forces of technology's nature, often representations of the surreal, the macabre, and the destructive. His f...

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MACHINE MEN Frontman: New CD 'Is Heavier And Has More Metal Power Than Ever Before'

Finnish metallers MACHINE MEN, who stormed into the Finnish single charts' Top Five with their 2005 single "Falling", are ready to deliver the highly anticipated follow-up to their much lauded last album "Elegies" (2005). Set for a February 19, 2007 release via Century Media, "Circus of Fools" is de...

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SLIPKNOT: 'Voliminal: Inside The Nine' DVD Highlights Revealed

Kyle Munson of DesMoinesRegister.com has published a list of memorable moments and quotable quotes from SLIPKNOT's new double-disc DVD, "Voliminal: Inside the Nine", which hits stores — and theaters — Tuesday (Dec. 5). The first disc of "Voliminal" is a 90-minute, ADD-style film that weaves together...

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EAGLES OF DEATH METAL Leader: AXL ROSE Is 'Out Of His Mind'

NME.com reports that EAGLES OF DEATH METAL band leader Jesse "The Devil" Hughes has vented his anger at Axl Rose, saying the singer is "fucking out of his mind" after his band were thrown off GUNS N' ROSES' U.S. tour. The band were reportedly "let go" after getting a hostile reception from the ...

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SCUM OF THE EARTH Artwork To Be Created By Renowed Artist PAUL GARNER

Renowned U.K. concept artist Paul Garner has been selected to create the cover art for SCUM OF THE EARTH's upcoming second release, tentatively entitled "Sleaze Freak". Paul's probably best known for his work on everything from tattoo and t-shirt design to movie/music magazine illustration to giant...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: Las Vegas Is 'Completely Off-The-Chart Bonkers, Cuckoo'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following two entries in his online blog: "Thursday, November 23: Las Vegas is bizarre. Completely off-the-chart bonkers, cuckoo. You drive hours of absolutely nothing, rocks, sand and tumble weed and then BAM! An abomination in defiance to the very...

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SACRIFICE Frontman Guests On New SIGH Album

SACRIFICE frontman/guitarist Rob Urbinati has contributed a guitar solo to the song "Dies Irae/The Master Malice" for the forthcoming SIGH album, "Hangman's Hymn", due out in 2007 on The End Records. The groundbreaking Japanese act recently finished recording their seventh studio album and are curre...