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NARNIA Focusing On Songwriting

Swedish epic/melodic metallers NARNIA have issued the following update: "Due to current personal situations within in the band, we are not, as planned originally, doing any concerts at the moment. We plan to be back in the spring of 2008. In the meantime, we focus on writing songs for our new album...

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BILLY SHEEHAN, REB BEACH, BERNIE TORME Featured On CARINA LIROLA Album

Bassist Billy Sheehan (DAVID LEE ROTH, MR. BIG, TALAS, STEVE VAI),guitarists Bernie Torme (OZZY OSBOURNE, GILLAN) and Reb Beach (WHITESNAKE, WINGER, DOKKEN, NIGHT RANGER),drummer Patrick Johansson (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and keyboardist Jens Johansson (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, STRATOVARIUS) are among the musi...

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GRAHAM BONNET's ALCATRAZZ To Perform With Y&T In Santa Clara

Graham Bonnet's ALCATRAZZ will perform with legendary California hard rockers Y&T at their 2007 New Year's Eve show at Avalon in Santa Clara, California. In a recent interview with Metal-Rules.com, Bonnet stated about his decision to use the ALCATRAZZ name for his new project, "What happened was...

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TALISMAN Schedules Italian Dates

According to NoruManiacs.com, long-running Swedish-American melodic hard rock band TALISMAN — which revolves around Jeff Scott Soto (JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and Marcel Jacob (bass, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) — has scheduled two dates in Italy in December: Dec. 14 - Borderline - Pisa Dec. 15 - Tempo Roc...

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THERION To Be Joined By Keyboardist FERDY DOERNBERG For European Tour

Christofer Johnsson of the Swedish metallers THERION has issued the following update: "Ferdy Doernberg (ULI JON ROTH, AXEL RUDI PELL, ROUGH SILK) will be joining the entire [European] tour to play keyboards. The songs will be re-arraged for keyboards especially for this tour." Johnsson previously an...

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ROYAL HUNT Putting Finishing Touches On New Album Recordings

Danish hard rock band ROYAL HUNT is putting the finishing touches on its new album at NorthPoint Productions for an early 2008 release. The as-yet-untitled CD, which will be conceptual follow-up to the 1997 release "Paradox", will be mixed later this month at EMI/Medley Studios in Copenhagen, Denmar...

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AMASEFFER: 'The CD Is Done!'

Drummer and main songwriter Erez Yohanan of the "holy project" AMASEFFER has issued the following update: "It is a great pleasure to finally write the words 'the CD is done!' "We have just came back from Germany and we thought to share some words with you that will wrap up our Holy voyage so far ...

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THERION To Be Joined By Former CANDLEMASS Singer For Select European Shows

Christofer Johnsson of the Swedish metallers THERION has issued the following update: "We are proud to announce that: * Piotr Wawrzeniuk will be joining us at Glachau and go with us until Krakow. * Messiah Marcolin (ex-CANDLEMASS, MOMENTO MORI) will be joining us at Budapest and will go with us unti...

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THERION Mainman Issues Tour Wrap-Up

Christofer Johnsson of the Swedish metallers THERION has issued the following update: "We're back in Europe and besides Kiev that will be the last show on this tour, we're pretty much done. Some words for our fans: "Latin America: Thank you for being even more amazing than ever! We also made a new r...

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GRAHAM BONNET: 'I Would Play Again With YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Any Day'

Marko Syrjälä of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with legendary hard rock singer Graham Bonnet (RAINBOW, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, ALCATRAZZ, IMPELLITTERI). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: You've done recently some shows under the name ALCATRAZZ with complet...

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SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Kick-Off Celebration To Be Broadcast Live

The organizers of the Sweden Rock Festival will announce the first 20-25 bands confirmed for next year's event during the kick-off party on November 24 at Tyrol in Stockholm. The party will be broadcast live on the Stockholm radio station 106.7 Rockklassiker beginning at 7:00 p.m. local time and wil...

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THERION: Video Interview With CHRISTOFER JOHNSSON Available

Brazil's "Stay Heavy" TV show conducted an interview with mainman Christofer Johnsson of the Swedish metallers THERION in late September 2007, the day after the band's one-off appearance at São Paulo's Citibank Music Hall. Watch the 10-minute interview below. THERION's latest studio album, the dual-...

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STYGIA Featuring Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ANNIHILATOR Members: Demo Tracks Available

STYGIA, the band featuring vocalist Mike Vescera (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, LOUDNESS, OBSESSION),drummer Mike Mangini (STEVE VAI, EXTREME, ANNIHILATOR),keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij (ARTENSION, RING OF FIRE),bassist Chris McCarvill (HOUSE OF LORDS, X FACTOR X, JEFF SCOTT SOTO, OBSESSION) and guitarist Todd...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: South American, Mexican Tour Dates Announced

Legendary Swedish guitarist YNGWIE MALMSTEEN has will embark on a tour of South America and Mexico in December. The dates are as follows (venue details to be confirmed): Dec. 06 - Sao Paulo, Brazil Dec. 08 - Buenos Aires, Argentina Dec. 09 - Santiago, Chile Dec. 11 - Monterrey, Mexico Dec. 12 - Mexi...

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OBITUARY Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

Legendary Florida death metallers OBITUARY have been confirmed for next year's Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2008 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGE OF EVIL AGENT STEEL BREAKER CONTRACRASH ENSIFERUM FORBIDDEN GRAVE DIG...