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THIN LIZZY: European Tour Cancelled

THIN LIZZY has cancelled its previously announced fall European tour dates. No reason was given for the cancellation. In a recent interview with Metal-Rules.com, THIN LIZZY guitarist/vocalist John Sykes stated about the band's decision to reunite in 1994, almost a decade after Lynott's death, "I was...

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GARY MOORE To Release 'Bad For You Baby' Next Month

The older GARY MOORE gets, the more the blues becomes entrenched in his soul. Like the original generation of bluesmen he reveres, Moore is becoming that which he used to simply emulate. For his 31st album in 35 years, "Bad For You Baby", to be released October 7 on Eagle Records (the wholly owned s...

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SCAR SYMMETRY Parts Ways With Singer

Swedish melodic death metallers SCAR SYMMETRY have issued the following update: "A few months ago we decided to part ways with Christian [Älvestam, vocals]. The reasons are mainly the clichéd 'business and creative differences' and lack of interpersonal chemistry. We came to a point where the band's...

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JOHN SYKES Talks THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE, BLUE MURDER

Marko Syrjälä and Jarno Huovila of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist/vocalist John Sykes (THIN LIZZY, BLUE MURDER, WHITESNAKE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal-Rules.com: You're once again on tour with THIN LIZZY. Is there a theme to this...

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NEURAXIS Preparing For U.S. Tour With THE FACELESS

Montreal's technical death metallers NEURAXIS will return to the United States for the first time since 2006 in support of their latest album, "The Thin Line Between". The band will join THE FACELESS, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, DECREPIT BIRTH and VEIL OF MAYA across North America, acting as direct support in...

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EUROPE: 'Almost Unplugged' Track Listing Revealed

Swedish hard rockers EUROPE will release a new live album, "Almost Unplugged", in Sweden on September 17. The CD features a recording of the band's January 26, 2008 concert at Nalen in Stockholm. The band performed songs from its latest CD, "Secret Society", along with some of its classic hits. The...

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Hero Destroyed

Formed in 2005, Pittsburgh's HERO DESTROYED enlisted the help of Eric Klinger (BLOODCLOT, ex-PRO-PAIN) and recorded this self-titled EP at Klinger Studios, self-releasing it in 2007. Based on a recommendation from DON CABALLERO, Relapse Records saw fit to sign the band and re-release the EP to a wor...

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HALFORD Drummer Selling Kit Used On 'Resurrection', 'Crucible' Tours

Drummer Bobby Jarzombek (HALFORD, SEBASTIAN BACH, FATES WARNING) has issued the following update: "Well, the time has come to 'thin out the herd' so to speak. With my move back to San Antonio [from Los Angeles], I was trying to figure out what to take with me and what to leave out in Cali. One ...

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AL JOURGENSEN Plans To 'Stick Around For A While' With REVOLTING COCKS

REVOLTING COCKS (REVCO) founding member Alien Jourgensen is clearing up, once and for all, the rumors surrounding REVCO's future. "Much like MENUDO does or the BLUE MAN GROUP, I was going to hand the band over to this younger generation of REVCO's, to Sin [Quirin, guitars], Josh [Bradford, vocals] a...

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AMBERIAN DAWN Begins Recording New Album

Finnish female-fronted metal band AMBERIAN DAWN has issued the following update: "Well, since we had some free time on our hands... we were thinking, 'Why not record some new stuff and put a second album out somewhere around spring 2009? Doesn't sound bad, does it? I know.... First album was just re...

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SAVAGE MESSIAH: New Album To Be Produced By CHRIS TSANGARIDES

Legendary producer Chris Tsangarides (JUDAS PRIEST, BLACK SABBATH, THIN LIZZY) will helm the new CD from the rising UK heavy metal band SAVAGE MESSIAH. The recording sessions are scheduled to begin in October. SAVAGE MESSIAH's debut CD, "Spitting Venom", was released in October 2007 via Plastic Head...

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Germany's KEEP IT TRUE XII Festival To Celebrate 30th Anniversary Of NWOBHM

The organizers of the Keep It True XII festival, which is scheduled to take place April 24-25, 2009 at the Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany have issued the following update: "It is time to announce the last band for Keep It True XII. It is not a normal 'band,' 'cause we are going to...

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DIAMOND HEAD Pulls Out Of Holland's DOKK'EM Open-Air Festival

NWOBHM legends DIAMOND HEAD have cancelled their appearance at the Dokk'em open-air festival, which is taking place today (Saturday,August 9) in Raard (near Leeuwarden),Netherlands. "Unfortunately, after the gig at York, Nick [Tart, vocals] came down with laryngitis," reads a posting on the band's...

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GEORGIAN SKULL: 'Hunting The Ghost' Video Available

"Hunting The Ghost", the new video from the Canadian stoner, doom and groove band GEORGIAN SKULL — which features in its ranks singer/guitarist Al "The Yeti" Bones (also frontman for USA's sludge kings THE MIGHTY NIMBUS and Canadian stoner band MISTER BONES) — can be viewed below. The song comes off...

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NEURAXIS To Film 'Darkness Prevails' Video

Montreal's NEURAXIS have confirmed details for the band's upcoming video shoot for the track "Darkness Prevails" from the recently released record "The Thin Line Between". The clip will be directed by Chris Alsop of fellow Canadians TORN WITHIN and will be filmed August 12, just prior to the group's...