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Toxicology Reports Reveal Former FEMME FATALE Guitarist OD'd On Meth

Maggie Shepard of The Albuquerque Tribune is reporting that former FEMME FATALE guitarist Bill D'Angelo passed away four months ago from complications of methamphetamine overdose. Though his parents suspected as much, it took the state toxicology lab four months to confirm that methamphetamines cont...

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First Daze Here Too – The Vintage Collection

So you're telling me that we're supposed to shell out money for another odds-and-sods collection of demos from this seminal doom rock band? That disc one, the only seven decently recorded tracks here, contains two covers and a well-loved but already-released gem? And that in the liner notes, drummer...

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THIN LIZZY Guitarist Loves Ireland

Launch Radio Networks reports: Today (Friday, March 17) is St. Patrick's Day, and it's also the 55th birthday of THIN LIZZY guitarist Scott Gorham. Gorham was born and raised in California, but he rose to fame after joining the Irish band in 1974. So it's appropriate on this "day o' the green" that...

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CAMP FREDDY Guitarist Confirms SCOTT WEILAND Has Joined Band As 'Core Member'

Former THE CULT touring bassist and current CAMP FREDDY guitarist Billy Morrison has confirmed in an online posting that VELVET REVOLVER/ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland has joined the Los Angeles-based "jam" group CAMP FREDDY as a "core member." "The band operates with a huge rotating gu...

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DEADLY BLESSING Finish Recording 'Notorious' For LIZZY BORDEN Tribute CD

South Jersey power metal gods DEADLY BLESSING were in the recording studio this past weekend to record their version of the song "Notorious" for the upcoming LIZZY BORDEN tribute album, entitled "Baptized in Blood", to be released via Metallicarchangel Records. According to DEADLY BLESSING vocalist...

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MASTERPLAN Frontman Enters Norwegian Album Chart At No. 54

MASTERPLAN vocalist Jorn Lande (ex-ARK, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) has entered the Norwegian national album at position No. 54 with his fourth solo album, "The Duke" (AFM Records). The CD was produced by Lande and PAGAN'S MIND guitarist Jörn Viggo Lofstad, and was mixed at Jailhouse Studios in Denmark by Tom...

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DRAGONFORCE Announce More North American Tour Dates

London-based "extreme power metal" band DRAGONFORCE have added two North American headlining dates as part of their "Inhuman Rampage World Tour". The band's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Apr. 28 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House Apr. 29 - Montreal, QC @ Medley Apr. 30 - Worcester, MA @ New Englan...

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DRAGONFORCE: North American Tour Dates Announced

London-based "extreme power metal" band DRAGONFORCE have announced the following North American headlining dates as part of their "Inhuman Rampage World Tour": Apr. 28 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House Apr. 29 - Montreal, QC @ Medley Apr. 30 - Worcester, MA @ New England Metal and Hardcore Festival May 01...

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DEF LEPPARD To Team Up With JOURNEY For Summer Tour

DEF LEPPARD and JOURNEY will be teaming up for a U.S. tour this summer. No dates have been confirmed at this time. DEF LEPPARD's two-CD collection of hits, "Rock of Ages", has sold 452,000 copies in the United States since its May 2005 release. Meanwhile, the band's 1999 "Vault - Greatest Hits" (Mer...

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CARMINE APPICE Says 'Osbournes' TV Show Made OZZY Look Stupid

In a brand new, exclusive extensive interview conducted by Rock N Roll Universe drum legend Carmine Appice discusses his entire career, from his early days in VANILLA FUDGE, CACTUS, BECK, BOGERT & APPICE, through his years spent with ROD STEWART, KING KOBRA, OZZY OSBOURNE and BLUE MURDER, workin...

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DRAGONFORCE: Australian Dates Announced

London-based "extreme power metal" band DRAGONFORCE have announced three Australian headlining dates in May as part of the "Inhuman Rampage World Tour". They are as follows: May 15 - Melbourne, AUS @ Hi Fi Bar May 16 - Brisbane, AUS @ The Arena May 17 - Sydney, AUS @ Gaelic Theatre DRAGONFORCE are c...

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EDENBRIDGE: New Album Release Date, Track Listing Revealed

Austrian "angelic bombast metal" act EDENBRIDGE will release their their fifth album, "The Grand Design", on May 19 via Massacre Records. A single, featuring the band's cover version of the James Bond classic "For Your Eyes Only" (originally sung by Sheena Easton),will precede the album on April 21...

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THIN LIZZY Guitarist Calls For PHIL LYNOTT Statue To be Erected In Birmingham

The Irish Post has issued the following report: The former lead guitarist with Irish band THIN LIZZY has called for a statue of the group's legendary frontman to be erected in Birmingham. Scott Gorham wants a bronze of the late Phil Lynott to be erected in the city of the singer's birth as ...

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KALAS Sign To TEE PEE RECORDS

Oakland, California-based hard music quintet KALAS have signed to New York City's Tee Pee Records. The group, whose roster reads like a directory of seminal San Francisco Bay Area bands that have made their distinct mark over the past decade, will unveil their self titled full length debut on April...

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DRAGONFORCE: 'Through The Fire And Flames' Video Posted Online

DRAGONFORCE's video for the song "Through the Fire and Flames" has been posted online at Yahoo! Music. Alternatively, you can watch the clip at YouTube.com. The track comes off DRAGONFORCE's third album, "Inhuman Rampage", which was released in January. The follow-up to 2004's "Sonic Firestorm" was...