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JOHN SYKES: 'Is This Love' Audio Clip Posted Online

Legendary guitarist John Sykes (THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE, BLUE MURDER) has posted an audio sample of his live version of WHITESNAKE's "Is This Love" at his official web site. The song comes off Sykes' recently released (in Japan) live CD, "Bad Boy Live", which was recorded in April 2004 on Sykes' Japa...

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HAMERFALL: Photos From 'Blood Bound' Video Shoot Posted Online

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "[The new HAMMERFALL single] 'Blood Bound' will be released in just two weeks, so it's time to unveil some still pictures from the video. We are frozen in ice in the beginning of the clip, standing...

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HANOI ROCKS: 'Another Hostile Takeover' Artwork Posted Online

The cover artwork for HANOI ROCKS' new album, "Another Hostile Takeover", has been posted online at this location. "Another Hostile Takeover", tentatively due on April 30, is the group's first album to feature guitarist Conny Bloom (SILVERGINGER 5, ex-ELECTRIC BOYS),who joined the band last year. A...

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DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist Announces Scottish Gig

DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey will be performing at The Lochgelly Centre Theatre, Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland on Friday, January 14. The band will include Harry James (drums) and Chris Childs (bass) from THUNDER, Keith Airey (guitar) from ARGENT and Robert Hart (vocals, ex-BAD COMPANY). The band w...

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HIGH ON FIRE Announce U.S. Headlining Tour

HIGH ON FIRE have announced their first headlining tour of 2005 in support of their forthcoming new album, "Blessed Black Wings". HIGH ON FIRE will kick off a three-week trek beginning February 4 at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles, CA. The tour is expected to conclude on February 24 in Salt Lake...

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AFTER ALL Pull Out Of KEEP IT TRUE Warm-Up Gig; LANFEAR Step In

Belgium's AFTER ALL have been forced to cancel their previously announced appearance at the Keep It True IV Festival warm-up show on April 1 at Pfarrkeller in Lauda, Germany. "They were invited to support AGENT STEEL on other dates and so cannot play on our warm-up," reads a press release from the f...

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HAMMERFALL Singer Says New Album Is 'The Most Mature Thing We've Ever Done'

HAMMERFALL frontman Joacim Cans recently spoke to Denmark's Antenna webzine about the group's new album, "Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken", due on March 7 via Nuclear Blast Records. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Antenna: How would you say the new material differs from your previou...

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Drummer BILL WARD Hopes For A Great Time With BLACK SABBATH In 2005

BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward has posted the following message on his official web site: "HAPPY NEW YEAR READER, "Well Ho, Ho, Ho came and went. I'm still trying to figure out who I want to send Christmas cards to. I've been trying to get myself to sit down and put pen to ...

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CRUCIFIED BARBARA: 'Losing The Game' Video Posted Online

Swedish all-girl punk/metal/rock 'n' roll quartet CRUCIFIED BARBARA have posted their video for the track "Losing the Game" at this location (Windows Media). "Losing the Game" is the first single off the group's full-length debut, "In Distortion We Trust", due in Sweden and the U.K. on January 19, 2...

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KISS: 'Gold' Best-Of Collection Due In January

Launch Radio Networks is reporting that KISS will review the first eight years of its recording career with "Gold", a two-CD best-of collection due for release on January 11. The album features 40 songs recorded between 1974 and 1982, including six live tracks — "Rock Bottom", "Cold Gin", "Rock And...

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DIMMU BORGIR, MACHINE HEAD, FEAR FACTORY Among Bands Featured On 'Alone In The Dark' Soundtrack

Nuclear Blast Records has announced the release of "Alone In The Dark", the original motion picture soundtrack inspired and from the movie. "Alone In The Dark" is based on the best-selling Atari video game series of the same name. The soundtrack will feature some of today's best metal bands such as...

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HAMMERFALL: More European Tour Dates Announced

Sweden's HAMMERFALL have lined up the following dates during 2005: Apr. 21 - Z7 – Pratteln, SWI Apr. 22 - Filharmonie – Filderstadt, GER Apr. 23 - Stadthalle – Lichtenfels, GER Apr. 24 - Turbinenhalle – Oberhausen, GER Apr. 30 - Scandinavium – Göteborg, SWE Jun. 24 - Metal Camp – Tolmin, SLO Sep. 02...

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JOHN SYKES: Live Album Audio Samples Posted Online

Legendary guitarist John Sykes (THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE, BLUE MURDER) will release his new live album, "Bad Boy Live", in Japan next week. Copies of the CD, which was recorded in April 2004 on Sykes' Japanese tour, will also become available from the guitarist's official web site at the start of the...

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DIMEBAG Murderer's Mother Speaks Again: My Son's Killer Is A Hero

Chad Williamson of Marysville Journal-Tribune has issued the following report: On the wall of Mary Clark's apartment in Marysville is a wooden picture frame containing odd-shaped pictures of her three boys' typical pictures of smiling children that a mother would cherish. Carved above the pictures i...

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HAMMERFALL 'Honored' By HARD ROCK CAFÉ

HAMMERFALL have donated two Jackson guitars, a Washburn bass, a Premier drum and one of the skulls the band used on their Crimson Crusade 2002/2003 tour to the newly opener Hard Rock Café in Gothenburg, Sweden. "Naturally, this is a tremendous compliment, having been to several Hard Rock Cafés aroun...