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Renowned Heavy Metal Artist Makes 2005 Calendar Available

Renowned album cover arist Ioannis has just made available, in time for the holidays, his new 2005 Calendar. It features a collection of his heavy metal art images that were used as album covers by such acts as FATES WARNING, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN and QUIET RIOT among others. Have a gre...

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NOVEMBERS DOOM Set Release Date For New Album; Cover Artwork Posted Online

Chicago doomsters NOVEMBERS DOOM have revealed the cover artwork and final track listing for their new album, "The Pale Haunt Departure", due on March 8, 2005 via The End Records. The follow-up to 2002's "To Welcome The Fade", "The Pale Haunt Departure" was mixed by Swedish producer/musician Dan Swa...

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SUNRIDE Forced To Re-Record Parts Of New Album

Finland's SUNRIDE recently spent time in the studio recording their third album, "The End Justifies the Means". The following update was posted at the group's official web site: "Not-so-good news this time. The scratch disk of one of the computers in the studio broke around a week ago. This incident...

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DEAN GUITARS Founder: 'The World Has Lost A Great Human Being'

Dean Guitars founder Dean B. Zelinsky has issued the following statement regarding the death of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist Dimebag Darrell: "As I sit here awake at 2:34 am, feeling numb beyond belief to the news that our good friend Darrell Abbott is no longer with us, I would like to share my...

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MSG Bassist And Singer Exchanged Blows: Support Act

Swiss rockers PURE INC. have issued the following report from their recently completed European tour with MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG): "It's over now! Almost four weeks of touring Europe with MSG brought ups and downs. "The first two gigs worked out as planned, then the first problems occurred. The...

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SUNRIDE Name New Album

Finland's SUNRIDE have set "The End Justifies the Means" as the title of their third album, tentatively due in February/March 2005 through People Like You Records. A video for the first single, "Waiting For the Grace", will be shot later this year. The follow-up to last year's "Through the Red", "Th...

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DEEP PURPLE Guitarist Checks In From The U.K.

DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse has posted the following message at this official web site: "We're getting near the end of the tour leg in the United Kingdom. This is home turf for the guys in the band, apart from me. Soccer on t.v. any time of the day, BBC programming, but some hotels carry ...

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PAUL STANLEY's Artwork To Be Displayed At Arizona Gallery

Arizona's GetOut Magazine is reporting that an exhibit of artwork by KISS frontman Paul Stanley is among the planned attractions at The Rock Star Gallery of Music, Collectibles & Celebrity Fine Art — a 2,000-square-foot venue that is scheduled to open its doors this weekend in Scottsdale, AZ. Th...

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VENI DOMINE, RENASCENT, INEVITABLE END Confirmed For BOBFEST 2005

VENI DOMINE (progressive doom metal from Sweden),RENASCENT (heavy thrash/death from Finland),INEVITABLE END (crunchy thrash from Sweden),GRACE WILL FALL (hardcore/metalcore from Sweden) and VIRGIN FOREST are the first five bands confirmed for Europe's biggest Christian metal festival, Bobfest 200...

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ALICE COOPER Kicks Off GUITARMANIA Project In Phoenix

Jane Larson of The Arizona Republic is reporting that Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and rocker Alice Cooper formally kicked off the combination street-art and fund-raising project known as GuitarMania Tuesday (Nov. 9). Some 60 corporations ranging from Dillard's Inc. to Motorola Inc. and P.F. Chang's Ch...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Featured In JEFF BUCKLEY Documentary

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach is featured in a new documentary about late singer Jeff Buckley, "Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley", which premiered in New York City last month. Directed by first-time filmmakers Nyla Bialek Adams and Laurie Trombley, the film features interview and performance fo...

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Former SLIK TOXIK Bassist Stays Out Of Jail

Julio Gomes of The Chronicle-Journal is reporting that an Ontario Court judge gave former SLIK TOXIK bassist Patrick Howarth something of a break last Friday (Oct. 22) after being convinced that the award-winning musician has kicked his addiction and is on the road to a better life. In suspending th...

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THY MAJESTIE Part Ways With Singer, Begin Recording New CD

Vocalist Gabriele Grilli (ex-FURY 'N GRACE/DOOMSWORD) has left Italy's THY MAJESTIE due to "personal reasons," according to a posting on the group's web site. Grilli left the band during the recording sessions for their follow-up to 2002's "Hastings 1066", tentatively due in early 2005 via Scarlet R...

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HORRICANE To Support MORTIIS, SUSPERIA In Estonia

Estonian "dark" death metal act HORRICANE have been confirmed as the support act for MORTIIS and SUSPERIA at Nõmme Cultt in Tallinn, Estonia on October 17. HORRICANE recently completed work on their debut demo, "The Lynch-Lawyers' Death Squad". The songs featured on the CD are as follows: "Coup De G...

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Opinion: How METALLICA's 'St. Anger' Turned Into Erroneous And Soulless Affair

Anthony Kuzminski of Oklahoma's KTOK-AM has posted a lengthy review of METALLICA's recently released documentary, "Some Kind of Monster". An excerpt from his review follows: "The most miraculous thing about 'Some Kind of Monster' is it justifies the two years the band spent recording 'St. Anger'. Wh...