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METALLICA's 'Master Of Puppets' Tops List Of Most Influential Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time

METALLICA's classic 1986 album "Master of Puppets" has been selected by Spence D. and Ed Thompson of IGN Music as the "most influential" heavy metal album of all time. In the accompanying blurb explaining their choice, Spence writes, "Heavy metal fans no doubt have argued till blue in the balls abou...

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MEGADETH: 'United Abominations' To Be Released In May

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "It was great seeing some of the guitarists that were at [the] Dean [booth at NAMM in Anaheim, California] that I respect as players (most of them from when I was developing my ow...

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SYMPHONY X, ANATHEMA, PORCUPINE TREE To Perform At Italy's GODS OF METAL Festival

According to a posting on DREAM THEATER's official web site, SYMPHONY X, ANATHEMA, PORCUPINE TREE, SADIST and DGM have also been confirmed to appear at this year's Gods of Metal festival, which will take place in two separate installments at Idroscalo in Milan, Italy. The first part of the festival...

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HEAVEN AND HELL, OZZY OSBOURNE, MEGADETH To Perform At Italy's GODS OF METAL Festival

This year's Gods of Metal festival will take place in two separate installments at Idroscalo in Milan, Italy. The first part of the festival will be held on June 2-3 and will feature the following artists (with more to be confirmed): June 2-3: SCORPIONS HEAVEN AND HELL DREAM THEATER BLIND GUARDIAN D...

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DEEP PURPLE Singer Guests On Manager's Solo Album

According to Deep-Purple.net, DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan sings lead vocals on a track called "Have Love, Will Travel" on the solo album from his U.S. manager Michael Lee Jackson, entitled "In a Heartbeat". Gillan also does backing vocals on several other cuts. Ian has also been asked to guest o...

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ULI JON ROTH: First SKY ACADEMY 2007 Details Announced

Uli Jon Roth's (ex-SCORPIONS) production manager Jeff Agins has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "After the success of the inaugural Sky Academy last year, we wanted to come back in a big way. Sky Academy 2007 will be just that! "When planning this year's Sky Academy, we wanted to go b...

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Former WARRANT Singer, JAMES BROWN's Longtime Companion Jam With KOTTAK In Hollywood

Sunday night (January 14) at the Cat Club in Hollywood, California, KOTTAK — the band featuring James Kottak (SCORPIONS),Rev Jones (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP) and Athena (Tommy Lee's siter) — invited several friends up on stage to jam while celebrating Rev's birthday. First up was former WARRANT singe...

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Allegiance

You may have heard of Greek guitar hero Gus G. from his participation in MYSTIC PROPHECY, NIGHTRAGE, and DREAM EVIL. Or maybe you caught him live as a fill-in guitarist with ARCH ENEMY during last year's North American tour. Well he's no longer a member of any of the first three bands so that he ...

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PESTILENCE, GOREFEST, THANATOS Members Join Forces In New Band

THANATOS guitarists Stephan Gebédi and Paul Baayens have joined forces with former PESTILENCE/ASPHYX-singer Martin Van Drunen, GOREFEST drummer Ed Warby and former HOUWITSER bass player Theo van Eekelen in a brand new project. The as-yet-unnamed band will record a three-track promo CD later this yea...

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MICHAEL And RUDOLF SCHENKER, VINNIE PAUL Expected At DEAN Booth During NAMM

Dean Guitars has released a preliminary schedule of events and artists appearing during its "Live from NAMM" webcast, to be broadcasted live on www.deanguitars.com January 19-21, 2007. Most notably is a very special announcement (rumored to involve MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine's new deal with the...

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MSG Bassist: MICHAEL SCHENKER 'Cares About No One, Not Even Himself'

Pivotal Rage recently conducted an interview with MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP/KOTTAK bassist Rev Jones. An excerpt from the chat follows: Pivotal Rage: You guys [MSG] had scheduled a North America tour for the fall of 2006. I was very disappointed that the tour didn't happen. What really went down? I kno...

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SCORPIONS To Tour South America In August

According to concert promotion agency Top Link Music, German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS will embark on a South American tour between August 13 and August 23. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. SCORPIONS arrived in Los Angeles in October to begin recording their new album with songwrite...

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Ex-SCORPIONS Drummer HERMAN RAREBELL: Audio Samples From New Album Available

Legendary SCORPIONS drummer Herman Rarebell has officially launched his new website at www.hermanrarebell.com. The site, which features sample downloads from his forthcoming new album, "I'm Back", as well as a full gallery of photos from Rarebell's history, will be the official place to find out abo...

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JAMES BROWN's Widow Seeks Sanctuary With TOMMY LEE's Sister

World Entertainment News Network reports that James Brown's widow has called on the sister of rocker Tommy Lee to help her get back on her feet after the death of the soul legend. Grieving Tomi Rae Hynie has been living with best pal Athena Kottak in California since Brown died on Christmas Day and...

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SCORPIONS: New European, Canadian Tour Dates Announced

German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS have announced the following dates: Apr. 06 - Riga, Latvia @ TBA Apr. 07 - Vilnius, Lithuania @ TBA Jul. 07 - Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic @ TBA Aug. 28 - Ottawa, Canada @ TBA Aug. 30 - Montreal, Canada @ TBA Pat Martin of Sacramento's 98 Rock KRXQ reported ...