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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist Collaborates With Former FEMME FATALE, VIXEN Members; Audio Available

Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has collaborated with ex-FEMME FATALE vocalist Lorraine Lewis and ex-VIXEN drummer Roxy Petrucci on "a little BAD COMPANY-esque/countryfied rocker" entitled "Desperate". The track is currently available for streaming at Jeff's MySpace page. Jeff Young wil release...

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DAATH Guitarist To Guest On ASYLUM Debut

DAATH guitarist Emil Werstler will lay down a guest guitar solo on the upcoming debut album from ASYLUM, the Chicago-based band featuring Markus Johansson (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Johnny Rox (bass guitar). Johansson and Rox are joined on the CD album by drummer Kevin Talley (DAATH, CHIMAIRA, D...

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PAUL SHORTINO To Release 'Chasing My Day' In June; Audio Samples Available

U.S. singer Paul Shortino, whose back catalog includes a couple of hard rock classic releases with ROUGH CUTT and QUIET RIOT, will release "Chasing My Day", his collaboration with renowned producer Michael Voss (CASANOVA, SILVER),on June 26 via Metal Heaven. Commented Shortino, "The new tracks are...

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MASTERPLAN Issues Statement On Singer Situation

MASTERPLAN, the band led by former HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow, has commented on a news story that was published in the latest issue of the long-running Dutch rock/metal magazine Aardschok which claimed that singer Jorn Lande had rejoined the group. A post on the official MASTERPLAN web site r...

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Singer JORN LANDE Rejoins MASTERPLAN

According to the long-running Dutch rock/metal magazine Aardschok, Norwegian singer Jorn Lande has rejoined MASTERPLAN, the band led by former HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow. Lande left the band in May 2006, citing "musical differences" between the vocalist and the rest of the band, particularly...

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SONIC SYNDICATE Continuing Vocalist Search

Guitarist Robin Sjunnesson of the Swedish modern metal band SONIC SYNDICATE has issued the following update: "On March 30, we released the breaking news about [vocalist] Roland [Johansson; who is responsible for the "clean"/melodic singing in the group] leaving SONIC SYNDICAT. "When we found our Rol...

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ASYLUM: Another New Song Posted Online

ASYLUM, the Illinois-based project featuring Markus Johansson (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Johnny Rox (bass guitar),has uploaded another new track called "Day By Day" to its MySpace page. The track was mixed by Orlando Villasenor at Everlong Recording Company in San Antonio, Texas and is the thir...

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MASTERPLAN Guitarist To Guest On 'Mitch's Metal Militia'

MASTERPLAN/ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow will guest on "Mitch's Metal Militia" show today (Wednesday, April 1) between 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. EST. To listen to the interview live via the Internet, go to www.infernalrockradio.com. Grapow recently commented on MASTERPLAN's split with vocalist...

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SONIC SYNDICATE Singer Quits

Swedish modern metallers SONIC SYNDICATE, whose sound revolves around the dual vocals of Richard Sjunnesson and Roland Johansson, have announced that Roland (who is responsible for the "clean"/melodic singing in the group) has decided to leave the band "due to personal reasons beyond our control." T...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG: Solo Album Track Listing Revealed

Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young is scheduled to release his debut solo album, "Equilibrium", this summer. The CD was mixed by Michael Wagener (OZZY OSBOURNE, JANET JACKSON, METALLICA, QUEEN, KING'S X, SKID ROW, EXTREME) and features performances by Los Angeles vocal phenom Debby Holiday (JOHN W...

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ANTAGONIST Introduces New Guitarist

Since the fall release of its Prosthetic debut "Exist", produced by Fred Archambault (DEFTONES, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ALICE COOPER),the Los Angeles-based ANTAGONIST has toured steadily throughout the western United States, and the band will continue to do so throughout the spring. Lead shredder/vocali...

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ASYLUM: New Song Posted Online

ASYLUM, the Illinois-based project featuring Markus Johansson (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Johnny Rox (bass guitar),has uploaded a new track called "Eternal" to its MySpace page. The track was mixed by Orlando Villasenor at Everlong Recording Company in San Antonio, Texas and is the first song wi...

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Report: METALLICA 'Confirmed' To Perform At SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST

Austin360.com reports that Austin Powell of The Austin Chronicle says he's received confirmation from the METALLICA camp that the metal superstars will indeed be playing Austin's legendary venue Stubb's on Friday, March 20 at 10:00 p.m. as part of the Guitar Hero: Metallica showcase during the Texas...

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GAIA EPICUS: New Album Title Revealed

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS have issued the following update: "It has only been a few months since the release of 'Damnation' [GAIA EPICUS' fourth album] but the plans for album number five is already in progress. Thomas [C. Hansen, guitar] has already written around seven-eight songs for...

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TRIBUZY Preparing To Enter Studio

TRIBUZY, the project led by Brazilian singer Renato Tribuzy, is preparing to enter the studio to begin recording its new studio CD. Renato states, "We finally finished selecting the 11 tracks that will be on our next album. I know that we took longer than expected, but we had 28 songs to choose from...