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WINTERS BANE: New Album Mastered

The new WINTERS BANE album, "Redivivus", has been mastered by RD Liapakis (MYSTIC PROPHECY, FIREWIND) and is now ready to be unleashed upon the metal world. "Redivivus" will be released by Spiritual Beast Records in Japan and Irond Records in Russia, with other label deals now being finalized. The d...

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GEORGE LYNCH Featured On 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'

Bassist Marten Andersson (GEORGE LYNCH, STARWOOD, LIZZY BORDEN) has issued the following update: "I don't know if you caught the George Lynch rehearsal skit with announcer 'Stuttering John' (Melendez) that aired last night [Dec. 8] on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on NBC. I think they mainly feat...

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Late THIN LIZZY Frontman's Music To Be Commemorated At Irish Concerts

Former THIN LIZZY guitarist Brian "Robbo" Robertson has confirmed that he will be joining the bill for the 20th Vibe for Philo, an annual concert held in Dublin to remember and commemorate the music of Philip Lynott, songwriter, musician and poet. As a 16-year-old unknown virtuoso, Robbo strode into...

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ENTER MY SILENCE Announce Title, Track Listing For New Album

Finnish melodic deathsters ENTER MY SILENCE have set "Coordinate: D1SA5T3R" as the title of their sophomore album, due on February 27, 2006 through JMT-Music via Plastic Head Music Distribution Ltd. and its partners worldwide. ENTER MY SILENCE's debut CD, "Remotecontrolled Scythe", was released in 2...

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Hypnotize

Double album sets have often been seen as an indulgence by an artist or band overcome with their own confidence in their creativity and abilities. With the rare exception of a concept record like THE WHO's "Tommy" or PINK FLOYD's "The Wall", even acclaimed collections like the SMASHING PUMPKINS' "Me...

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GEORGE LYNCH: Notes From The Road

Legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) has posted a short update on the first two shows of his band's current tour, including the Nov. 26 concert in Poughkeepsie, New York which also featured YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TWISTED SISTER and SEBASTIAN BACH. Read it at this location. Lynch is joined...

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THE ACCURSED Part Ways With Guitarist, Seek Replacement

Guitarist Chris "Loki" Ellingsen has announced his departure from the New Bedford, Massachusetts melodic thrash metallers THE ACCURSED. "[Loki] has been with us from the start, helped form and mold THE ACCURSED into the killing metal machine that it is today," the band write on their web site. "It i...

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Black Wings of Destiny

With TESTAMENT plagued by periods of frustrating dormancy, founding guitarist Eric Peterson resurrects his DRAGONLORD black metal side project, last seen on record racks with a respectable debut ("Rapture") in 2001. It's surprising that "Black Wings of Destiny" has been such a relatively low-profile...

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Give Me the Fear

Produced by the same guy who brought you THE DARKNESS, and already hyped to the rafters by the ever-fickle U.K. press, London denimboys TOKYO DRAGONS are yet another band pulling the mirrored shades, leather vests, and moustaches so ironic they hurt, all in the name of "real rock and roll". The thin...

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STARWOOD Begin Recording New Album

Los Angeles-based rock outfit STARWOOD, featuring members of the Eighties heavy metal band LIZZY BORDEN, are scheduled to enter the studio today (November 26) to start recording their sophomore album, tentatively due in early 2006 via Metal Blade Records. "We've worked really hard on trying to make...

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TWISTED SISTER Manager Offers Help To Troubled Former WARRANT Singer

In the wake of Metal Sludge's continuing coverage (Report#1, Report#2) of former WARRANT frontman Jani Lane's apparent difficulties performing at full capacity on the ongoing VH1 Classic's "Metal Mania: Stripped Across America Tour 2005", TWISTED SISTER manager Daniel Stanton of Coallier Entertainme...

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The Silencer

The usually reliable Cruz Del Sur label (SLOUGH FEG, ENSOPH, HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE) slips a little here, releasing this overcooked slab of bloated, second-tier Eurometal. This Italian band (fronted by German vocalist Björn Goosses, ex-NIGHT IN GALES — remember any of their songs? Me either) straddle...

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THRESHOLD To Mix Live Album

U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD have issued the following update on their current activities: "Karl [Groom, guitar] and Rich [West, keyboards] are hoping to find time soon to mix the live album that THRESHOLD recorded on tour last year. Provisionally entitled 'Surface To Stage', it will be the...

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PHIL VARONE Talks About 'Waking Up Dead' Movie, Playing With SKID ROW

Dave Iozzia of Rock Is Life recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW/SAIGON KICK drummer Phil Varone. A few excerpts from the question-and-session follow: Rock Is Life: Let's start off in 2005, where you are featured in the new documentary film "Waking Up Dead". In your words, give us a...

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DRAGONFORCE Schedule New York City Listening Party And Meet-And-Greet

Despite the unfortunate cancellation of DRAGONFORCE's New York City show, a listening party of the group's new album, "Inhuman Rampage", and a "meet-and-greet" will be taking place at the CBGB on Tuesday, November 22. DRAGONFORCE's Sam Totman and ZP Theart will be there to meet and drink with the fa...