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Line of Fire

Yet another review in this weekend's batch in which JOURNEY is used as a point of comparison and this time the link is a direct one. North Carolina's LINE OF FIRE make no bones about its attempt to make music that mimics the Bay Area group, as well as bands like FOREIGNER and BOSTON, though ...

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H.I.M. Frontman Victim Of Drug-Assisted Robbery

ContactMusic.com is reporting that H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo fell victim to a brazen robbery after his drink was spiked in a Minneapolis, Minnesota, bar during his recent U.S. tour — and he has vowed to stay sober ever since. The Finnish rocker was drinking with strangers the evening before a gig o...

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AFTER FOREVER: Setlist For ORPHEUS Performance Revealed

Dutch female-fronted metallers AFTER FOREVER will perform a special gig with a wind orchestra, Orpheus, on Thursday, December 22 at 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands. Founded in 1864, the Tilburg-based Orpheus will start off the evening with a special set consisting of six classics from the history of roc...

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ACCEPT Guitarist Performing With SEBASTIAN BACH: Photos Available

ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann joined former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach's solo band for a one-time-only appearance at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York on Saturday, November 26. Also appearing on the bill were TWISTED SISTER (headliners),YNGWIE MALMSTEEN and GEORGE LYNCH....

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ACCEPT Guitarist Performs With SEBASTIAN BACH: Setlist Revealed

ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann joined former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach's solo band for a one-time-only appearance at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York on Saturday, November 26. Also appearing on the bill were TWISTED SISTER (headliners),YNGWIE MALMSTEEN and GEORGE LYNCH....

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AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE Part Ways With Guitarist KARMA CHEEMA

AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE have apparently fired guitarist Karma Cheema. In a cryptic posting on the band's official message board, Cheema writes in part, "Have you guys ever had a fight with a family member? Gets kinda personal, don't it? Side note... I will never be free of responsibility to my brother...

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THE DIMEBAG ALLSTARS To Perform Tribute Show In Vancouver

According to Straight.com, THE DIMEBAG ALLSTARS — featuring members of SOULBENDER, SHOCORE, BURLAP, RAW, SOUTHERN DEATH THREAT, and OMEGACROM — will perform a full PANTERA set in tribute to slain heavy-metal guitar hero "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott on December 9 at the Brickyard in Vancouver, British Co...

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Those Once Loyal

One of the things reviewers use to fill space when talking about long-running bands is how the new album differs from the band's back catalog. BOLT THROWER bulldoze that path with the subtlety of a howitzer shell — they hit a stride around "Realm of Chaos", in 1989, and they haven't shown too much i...

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Showtime

Put out a landmark recording like 1978's "Strangers in the Night" — considered by many to be one of the greatest live rock albums of all time — and you can pretty well kiss goodbye any chance of ever matching it with a future live album. Fortunately, a revamped UFO lineup that features long-timers P...

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Creozoth

Stockholm, Sweden's CREOZOTH is a minor super group of sorts consisting of guitarist Lars Johansson and drummer Jan Lindh of CANDLEMASS, vocalist Michael Storck (X-PLODE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),and bassist Tobbe Moen (ex-REDFUN, OZ). On the group's self-titled debut album, the music created is unpretent...

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New VITALIJ KUPRI CD To Feature JOE LYNN TURNER, DOOGIE WHITE And GÖRAN EDMAN

According to a posting on the RAINBOW fan site The Rainbow Fanclan Legacy, the new VITALIJ KUPRI CD, entitled "Revenge", features contributions from several world-class vocalists, including former RAINBOW singers Joe Lynn Turner (also DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and Doogie White (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN...

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OPETH Frontman: We Hope 'Bastard' Bus Driver Stays Locked Up For A Long Time

OPETH mainman Mikael Åkerfeldt has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "As reported on Blabbermouth, our busdriver on the last North American tour was arrested in Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL for 'unlawful activity with a minor.' Basically, we're appalled by the fact that we'd...

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OPETH Bus Driver Slapped With More Charges In Teen Sex Case

St. Petersburg Times has issued the following report: Police have filed two more charges against Leon R. Whitman (photo, charge report),the Michigan tour bus driver arrested Sunday amid allegations he flew a Michigan teen to Tampa over the weekend and had sex with her inside his room at ...

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Update: Video Report On OPETH Bus Driver's Arrest Available Online

WTSP, Tampa Bay's 10 News, has posted a video report on the arrest of OPETH's bus driver Leon Rodney Whitman Jr. (photo, charge report) on charges of several counts of unlawful activity with a minor, computer pornography and interference with custody, all felony charges. Watch the report online at

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THREAT SIGNAL Sign With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

Canadian metallers THREAT SIGNAL have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. THREAT SIGNAL's music can be described as "low-end, syncopated thrash, with melody intertwined," according to a press release. "The band was fed up with groups playing whiny emotional songs about girls, and also with the...