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MERCYFUL FATE Guitarist Says PRIMAL FEAR And HAMMERFALL Are 'Clones' Of Previous Metal Bands

Piercing Metal recently conducted an interview with MERCYFUL FATE/FORCE OF EVIL guitarist Hank Shermann. An excerpt from the interview follows: Piercing Metal: As someone who has been in the music industry for over 20 years, what is your take on the current state of heavy metal music? We see big gun...

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DEAD END WORLD: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, Ex-TAD MOROSE Members Join Forces In New Project

DEAD END WORLD is the name of a new Swedish band consisting of members of RIBSPREADER, MEMORY GARDEN and YNGWIE MALMSTEEN. The group's debut demo, "The Isolation", was recorded in Florida and Stockholm, Sweden during winter/spring 2005 and is said to contain "two songs of deadly metal." Mike Wead (K...

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ROADRUNNER 'All-Stars' Album: Progress Includes New Captain And New Team Members

Roadrunner Records has advanced in the process of putting together the groundbreaking "Roadrunner All-Stars" record to mark the label's 25th anniversary. The full-length release will contain original musical collaborations between past and present Roadrunner artists. Approximately 50 musicians are e...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman: 'We're Not Sitting Back On Our Laurels Of Success'

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford recently spoke to the Asbury Park Press about the group's latest album, "Angel of Retribution", and his return, after 12 years, to one of the pioneering bands in the heavy metal genre. Several excerpts from the interview follow: On the band's reunion: "There was obv...

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Original DREAM THEATER Singer Receiving Strong Reactions To Solo CD

Original DREAM THEATER vocalist Charlie Dominici has issued the following press release: The long-awaited CD from Charlie Dominici, the original vocalist for DREAM THEATER has been released and is getting some strong reactions from the music world. Unlike the usual content one might expect from an a...

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Ex-THE WILDHEARTS Frontman GINGER Commences Work On Solo Album, New Song Available

Former THE WILDHEARTS frontman Ginger has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "From L.A. to Texas in a dramatic flare up of events, recording began at the home of a living legend, Willie Nelson's studio in Austin, Texas. "Willie has been a hero of mine since forever and I...

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KISSWORLD Product Available From Melbourne's WORLD OF STARS

The KissWorld.net web site has been updated with the following message: "Many fans have been asking to purchase or pick up Kissworld product in person and whilst the fate of the store is still being discussed between the operators and KISS. Melbourne memorabilia and paper goods manufacturer, World o...

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Former KING DIAMOND Drummer, Ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singer Join Forces In New Project

Drummer Snowy Shaw (DREAM EVIL, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE) has released more information about his upcoming project with singer Mats Levén (AT VANCE, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TREAT). As previously reported, Shaw and Levén will begin demoing material at the end of May. In an e...

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Ex-KING DIAMOND Drummer SNOWY SHAW: New Video Posted Online

Drummer Snowy Shaw's (DREAM EVIL, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE) video for the track "XXX – Le Masochiste" has been posted online in the "Downloads" section of his official web site, SnowyShaw.com. Directed by Snowy, Rob Nasty and Dixxie for White Trash Inc., "XXX – Le Masoch...

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AMON AMARTH Confirm DVD Shoot

Swedish metallers AMON AMARTH have posted the following message on their official web site: "We will be teaming up with labelmates CATARACT and IMPIOUS for a short summer tour inbetween our headlining appearances at Party.San and Summer Breeze Open Air festivals! "The show in Köln (Cologne) will be...

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FREQUENCY Sign With SCARLET RECORDS

Swedish melodic metallers FREQUENCY, featuring former members of LOTHLORIEN, have inked a deal with Italy's Scarlet Records. The band, who were formed in 2002, are currently at Studio Mega (THE CROWN, ARISE, IMPIOUS) recording their debut album, "When Dream And Fate Collide", for a September release...

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WARGASM Members To Perform At Benefit Concert

On Saturday June 25, the three members of WARGASM, plus assorted members of STEEL ASSASSIN, TRIPHAMMER, MADD HUNTER, EVERY SECOND, and TONGUE & GROOVE will perform at a benefit concert at the Mallard in Brockton, Massachusetts. Three bands consisting of the above-mentioned musicians will be form...

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GOAT HORN: New Song Available For Download

A brand-new GOAT HORN track, entitled "Right Heavy Metal", has been posted online at this location. "Right Heavy Metal" comes off the Canadian band's new EP, "Threatening Force", available now in a limited edition of 1,000 copies. The complete track listing for the EP is as follows: 01. Drum Roll (0...

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KISS Issue Warning To Bootleggers: 'We Will Find You And We Will Take You Out'

The following message has been posted at the official KISS web site, KissOnline.com: "Last August, the attorneys for KISS obtained an injunction against the sale of counterfeit KISS merchandise and seized bootleg videos of KISS concerts that were being offered for sale at a KISS Expo in North Caroli...

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KING DIAMOND: 'DIMEBAG's Murder Was Just So Senseless'

King Diamond recently spoke to the Tartarean Desire webzine about a number of topics, including the possibility of a new MERCYFUL FATE album and the murder of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. An excerpt from the interview follows: Tartarean Desire: [What is] your comment was on the tragic murder of Dimebag...