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WILL HAVEN Announces New Vocalist!

The reunited WILL HAVEN are sad to announce the departure of founding member, vocalist Grady Avenell. Grady will be returning home to focus his energy on his family. WILL HAVEN guitarist Jeff Irwin had the following to say on the matter, "It was a very tough decision for Grady to make but of course,...

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ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY: More Tour Dates Announced

ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY has announced its first U.S. tour in support of their forthcoming album, "Open Fire". ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY will kick off the three-week tour on March 8 in Raleigh, NC. This tour will include the band's fifth SXSW performance at the annual Relapse Records SXSW Showcase in Austin,...

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BEYOND FALLEN: 'Mindfire' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Scranton, Pennsylvania-based metallers BEYOND FALLEN have completed work on their new album, entitled "Mindfire". Due in April via Melissa Records, the CD will feature the following track listing: 01. Act Of War 02. Blood On The Ice 03. Enemy Of An Open Mind 04. Closer To The End 05. Fields Of Honor...

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AC/DC: 'Rock Goes To College' Live Footage To Air On BBC 4

According to the AC/DC fan site Crabsody In Blue, U.K.'s BBC 4 will screen the "AC/DC - Rock goes to College" live footage on Friday, February 16. The 30-minute program features footage of AC/DC performing in concert at Essex University in 1977. Songs include "Live Wire", "Bad Boy Boogie", "Whole Lo...

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ANNIHILATOR Signs Japanese Deal For 'Metal' CD

Canadian metallers ANNIHILATOR have inked a deal with King Records for the Japanese release of their new album, "Metal". An April 11 release is expected. Commented King Records A&R rep Kaz Nakatsuka: "ANNIHILATOR's legendary mixing of thrash and melodic metal styles has given many years of quali...

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JOE SATRIANI To Team Up With JOHN PETRUCCI, PAUL GILBERT For G3 Tour

The 2007 incarnation of Joe Satriani's popular G3 tour will kick off on March 14 in Phoenix starring Satriani, John Petrucci and Paul Gilbert. The tour will play selected dates in North America throughout March and April. The 2007 tour marks the fifth North American G3 run and the twelfth G3 tour wo...

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Top 20 'Greatest Guitar Solos Ever': Videos Available

Video links to the top 20 of the Guitar World magazine "100 Greatest Guitar Solos Ever" have been posted online at CityRag. Listen and watch the musical genius and mastery that made these classics famous! Top 20 "Greatest Guitar Solos Ever": 01. Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy Page 02. Eruption - Edward...

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Ex-MISFITS Singer MICHALE GRAVES: New 'Acoustic Spoken-Word' Dates Announced

Former MISFITS frontman Michale Graves has posted the following message on his official web site: "Bob Lancaster wrote an article that appeared in the Arkansas Times that describes his personal experience and perspective after sitting through the trials of Jason Baldwin, Jessie Misskeley Jr. and Dam...

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DEATHRASH: Rare Video Footage Unearthed

Bassist/founding member Pat Burns of the reunited New Jersey thrashers DEATHRASH has issued the following update: "We got word last weekend that a video from our Sept. 27, 1986 show at The Grunge Club has surfaced! This is excellent news as we have been looking for a copy since we got back together....

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PAPA ROACH Extends Tour, Ponders Acoustic Recordings

Launch Radio Networks reports: PAPA ROACH has extended its current North American tour, with a newly confirmed batch of dates finishing up on March 4 in Clifton Park, New York. The trek begins on January 23 in Eugene, Oregon and will take in a number of Canadian gigs before swinging back down into t...

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IT DIES TODAY Announces New Singer, Prepares For PAPA ROACH Tour

Trustkill recording artists IT DIES TODAY have announced that they have parted ways with vocalist Nick Brooks. Starting with the upcoming PAPA ROACH tour to begin next week, Jason Wood will take the microphone as a full-time member of the band. Brooks issued the following statement regarding his spl...

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GARY MOORE To Present 'Blues Power' On PLANET ROCK

Legendary guitarist Gary Moore has joined the lineup of U.K.-based national digital radio station Planet Rock to present a new series, "Blues Power with Gary Moore", a weekly show starting on Sunday, January 21. There are few musical genres that Gary Moore has not turned his hand to but seeing the B...

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Hot Wings

Quick and dirty fourth album from the U.K. retro rockers led by ex-CARCASS man Bill Steer. It's really a shame FIREBIRD don't have other, less metal, friends in the music industry, too, because this is the sort of record destined to get lost in the cracks without the aid of someone in a more appropr...

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Interviews With Original ALICE COOPER BAND Members To Air On COOPER's Radio Show

Interviews with the surviving original members of the ALICE COOPER BAND — Dennis Dunaway (bass),Neal Smith (drums) and Michael Bruce (guitar) — conducted on December 16, 2006 backstage at Cooper's annual Christmas Pudding event, will air on Alice's radio show "Nights with Alice Cooper" on Wednesday...

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MARILYN MANSON About To Be Served With Divorce Papers?

Richard Johnson of the New York Post's Page Six column reports that Marilyn Manson's wife, burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese (real name: Heather Sweet),has filed for divorce after only a year of marriage, citing "irreconcilable differences." According to Page Six, Manson, whose real name is Brian War...