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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN To Perform At NAMM

Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen has scheduled several appearances for Fender and Dean Markley this weekend at the NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants) in Anaheim, CA. He will play an exclusive show for Fender on Sunday, January 21. His schedule is as follows: Saturday, Ja...

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DOKKEN To Release 'Live 1981 From Conception' CD/DVD In March

DOKKEN will issue a live CD, entitled "Dokken Live 1981 from Conception", on March 13 via Rhino Records. "I think the DVD is coming out at the same time, but will find out for sure by Friday," the group's frontman, Don Dokken, writes on their MySpace page. "The videos on the DVD are 'Breaking the .....

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CLOUDSCAPE To Enter Studio In September

Sweden's CLOUDSCAPE will enter RoastingHouse studio in Malmö, Sweden on September 3 to begin recording its as-yet-untitled third album. "The plan is to have the album finished and released worldwide in early 2008," the group writes on its web site. "CLOUDSCAPE will once again work with Pontus Lindma...

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CHIMAIRA: 'Resurrection' Samples Available

Audio samples of all 13 tracks that are set to appear on the special-edition version of CHIMAIRA's forthcoming album, "Resurrection", have been posted online at the Nuclear Blast Records (Germany) web site. Due in Germany on March 2 (March 5 in the rest of Europe) via Nuclear Blast and in the U.S. o...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'Complete Box Polydor Years' Box Set Available

Universal Japan released a limited-edition YNGWIE MALMSTEEN box set, "Complete Box Polydor Years", on December 13, 2006. The six-disc set includes Malmsteen's complete full-length original album recordings in cardboard sleeve format: "Rising Force" (1984),"Marching Out" (1985),"Trilogy" (1986),"O...

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CHIMAIRA: More Details Revealed About 'Resurrection' Special Edition DVD

Cleveland's CHIMAIRA has issued the following update: "So I had the opportunity to watch the DVD that is going to come with the special edition of [the new CHIMAIRA album] 'Resurrection' last night. I am blown away by the work Todd and Nick did on this thing. We didn't set out to make a sequel ...

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Season in Hell

Hopped up on high-octane coffee, high on the herb, drunk on Wild Turkey, shuffling on Thorazine, you can take your pick as each will provide a state of mind at some point during the 28 tracks of grindcore and musical lunacy on 7000 DYING RATS' "Season in Hell". After a relatively long wait, the Detr...

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DIAMOND HEAD To Complete New Album Next Month

Guitarist Brian Tatler of the NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD has issued the following update: "So here we all are. 2007, what will it bring? Will the alcohol-fuelled promises we made on December 31st, 2006 be kept and followed religiously or are they already a now sobe...

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CHIMAIRA Frontman: 'We're Writing And Playing Better Than Ever'

CHIMAIRA frontman Mark Hunter recently spoke to MTV.com about the group's upcoming album, "Resurrection", due in the U.S. on March 6, 2007 via Ferret Music. "We named the album 'Resurrection' because that's exactly what it was," Hunter said. "When we talked, we got everything off our chests and out...

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DIAMOND HEAD: 'All Will Be Revealed' To Receive Japanese Release In January

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD, one of the most influential British rock bands of the past 25 years, will have their latest studio album, "All Will Be Revealed", (2005) released in Japan on January 31, 2007 via Dingwall Music Inc. DIAMOND HEAD is currently working on i...

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Producer ANDY SNEAP: MEGADETH's MUSTAINE 'Proved To Be A Very Cool Guy To Work With'

British producer extraordinaire (and former SABBAT guitarist) Andy "Undie" Sneap has posted the following message on his official web site: "Well, 2006 is up, and since June it has been pretty relentless. Working on the CRADLE OF FILTH album ['Thornography'] was actually really refreshing, not what...

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Grimoire of Ruin

Those into the classier side of U.S. power metal, the type that hearkens back to the days of OMEN and classic JAG PANZER, have just found their newest band to champion. SHADOW DEMON hail from the Pacific Northwest, and their stock in trade is unrepentant, glorious, down and dirty '80s metal, a combi...

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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer AL ATKINS: '2006 Has Had Its Ups And Downs'

Original JUDAS PRIEST frontman Al Atkins has posted the following message on his official web site: "2006 has had its ups and downs. What with the album ['Demon Deceiver - The Sin Sessions'] being held up for six months or more and my mother passing away in May. Also the European dates were put on ....

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LIEGE LORD Guitarist Joins UPWARDS OF ENDTIME

Former LEIGE LORD guitarist Tony Truglio will appear on UPWARDS OF ENDTIME's third CD, "From Genesis to Apocalypse and Beyond". This album will feature 14 previously unreleased songs in the '70s/early 80s hard rock/heavy metal style of BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST, ANGEL WITCH, WITCHFINDER GENERAL, W...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Video Footage From Finnish Press Conference Posted Online

Video footage of legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen's December 14, 2006 press conference in Helsinki, Finland has been posted online at this location. Photos taken at Yngwie's gig on December 15, 2006 at Teatria in Oulu, Finland are available at Mesta.net (courtesy of Jouni Hirn). As previ...