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SCORPIONS Featuring ULI JON ROTH Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

SCORPIONS, featuring special guest Uli Jon Roth, have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AEROSMITH AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH ANNIHILATOR AXEL RUDI PE...

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PHILIP ANSELMO With METAL SKOOL: Photos Posted Online

Several high-quality photos of former PANTERA/current DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo performing ALICE IN CHAINS' "Man in the Box" and PANTERA's "Walk" with the '80s metal/hard rock tribute band METAL SKOOL last night (Monday, February 26) at the Key club in Hollywood, California have been posted onlin...

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CKY Frontman To BLABBERMOUTH.NET Bashers: 'I'm Sorry... I Don't Like SLAYER'

CKY guitarist/vocalist Deron Miller has issued a response to the BLABBERMOUTH.NET "morons" who have accused him of bashing SLAYER as a "publicity stunt" or out of "jealousy." In the "Ask CKY" section of CKY's official web site, Miller called SLAYER a "bullshit" band who "always followed trends" and...

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FASTWAY Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

FASTWAY, the reactivated band featuring original MOTÖRHEAD guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clark, have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AEROSMITH AFTER FORE...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist, GODSMACK Frontman Jam With METAL SKOOL In L.A.

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has issued the following update: "Went to see [the '80s metal/hard rock tribute band METAL SKOOL] Monday night [Feb. 19]. They are still the best night out in L.A. After seven years, they are still hilarious. Sully [Erna, GODSMACK] and I jammed 'Sweet Home Alabama' and 'H...

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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman Issues South American Tour Recap

ARCH ENEMY vocalist Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her MySpace page: "Chile, Argentina and Brazil: 12 days in total (60 hours of them just flying — 10 flights altogether, through thunderstorms and one with broken landing gear). Four shows, more than 8,000 fans total attending, one...

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SCORPIONS: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed

According to a posting on the web site of the official SCORPIONS French fan club Crazyscorps, the German hard rock veterans have set "Humanity - Hour 1" as the title of their new album, due in Europe on May 14 via BMG. Check out the new CD artwork at www.crazyscorps.com. SCORPIONS ...

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THERAPY?: BBC Sessions Released

A compilation of THERAPY?'s various BBC recordings will be released on February 26. It will be available exclusively on iTunes for two weeks, and then through all good download stores. The track listing will be as follows: "John Peel" Session - Recorded August 15, 1991: 01. Innocent X/Meat Abstract...

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SKID ROW, QUIET RIOT, SYMPHONY X, KORPIKLAANI Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

SYMPHONY X, SKID ROW, QUIET RIOT, KORPIKLAANI and MCQUEEN been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER ALL ENDS AMON AMARTH ANNIHILATOR AXEL RUDI...

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Killing Peace

You know, it won't win you any friends among the back-patch-and-MALICE-button set, but it's okay once in a while to admit that some of those quasi-legendary '80s bands were… well… second-tier. Not that it should affect one's enjoyment of their classic albums — hell, I'm a huge XENTRIX fan despite my...

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AFTER FOREVER Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER ALL ENDS AMON AMARTH ANNIHILATOR AXEL...

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Former PULSE ULTRA Guitarist Mixing Debut Solo Album

Former PULSE ULTRA guitarist Dominic Cifarelli is in the final mixing stage of his debut solo album, a semi-instrumental guitar masterpiece based on a story he created, and the first part of an ongoing series dubbed "The Chronicles of Israfel". According to a press release, "This is a story about a...

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ICED EARTH, TIAMAT, AMON AMARTH, VOMITORY Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

ICED EARTH, TIAMAT, AMON AMARTH, VOMITORY, NOCTURNAL RITES, TRAIL OF TEARS, NOVEMBER and ALL ENDS have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALL ENDS AM...

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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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ARMY OF ANYONE Joined On Stage By MEAT PUPPETS

This past Saturday (Jan. 20) at La Zona Rosa in Austin, TX, ARMY OF ANYONE — vocalist Richard Patrick, formerly of FILTER; guitarist Dean DeLeo and bassist Robert DeLeo, ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS; and drummer Ray Luzier — was joined by the MEAT PUPPETS' original lineup (Curt Kirkwood, Cris Kirkwood, an...