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BLINDSIDE Bassist Recovering After Fracturing Skull In Skateboarding Accident

Sweden's BLINDSIDE have issued the following update on their recent and upcoming activities: "What a crazy year 2005 has been for us. When we started the year, we told you it was our most ambitious ever and we were certainly on the money with that! "We started our own label WASA Recordings and partn...

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Kill a Celebrity

Considering Thorp Records' reputation for releasing high quality, boot-to-face hardcore, RAMALLAH's "Kill a Celebrity" surprised the hell out of me, but not in a negative way. I was puzzled initially by Rob Lind's (BLOOD FOR BLOOD, SINNERS AND SAINTS) militantly damning look at a deceitful U.S. gove...

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SATURNUS: New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By MERCYFUL FATE's DENNER

Danish doomsters SATURNUS recently entered Sweet Silence Studios in Denmark with producer Flemming Rasmussen (METALLICA, ARTILLERY) to begin recording their third full-length album, tentatively due in February/March 2006 via Finland's Firebox Records. Evilution Magazine was exclusively invited by th...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO: I Never Found RITCHIE BLACKMORE Difficult At All

DME Music Site recently conducted an in-depth interview with legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO). Several excerpts from the chat follow: DME: This is the first time you go to the Middle East. Still, you used the Eastern inflections before, in songs like "Egy...

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Merciless

Within seconds of the synth-choir/drum-build of "Shark Ethic", you just know that "Merciless" is going to be another stupendous hardcore release from New York's MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD. Veterans of the hardcore scene like core member and guitarist Justin Brannan helped give the band its intelligent and...

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BLIND GUARDIAN To Complete New Single In November

BLIND GUARDIAN frontman Hansi Kürsch has posted the following message at the band's web site: "Although time keeps on ticking quickly, things go very well in the GUARDIAN camp. To be more precise: we are still on schedule, and even though everyone is totally busy and concentrated, the atmosphere is...

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ANGRA Explain Mexican Concert Cancellation

According to a posting on ANGRA's official web site, the band were forced to cancel their September 20 concert in Guadalajara, Mexico after the promoter could not be located on the day of the show. More information is available at Angra.net. ANGRA are continuing to tour in support of their latest al...

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STEPHEN PEARCY: There Will Be No RATT Reunion

Former RATT frontman Stephen Pearcy has posted the following message on his official web site: "Right now I'm gearing up for RAT BASTARDS Unplugged, the VH1 'Metal Mania Stripped Vol. 2' Tour. The first show of this tour is October 25th in Minneapolis, MN. Were not going to have the same set every n...

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SAVAGE CIRCUS Drummer THOMEN STAUCH Explains Distribution Problems

SAVAGE CIRCUS drummer Thomen Stauch (ex-BLIND GUARDIAN) has posted the following message on the group's web site regarding the relative unavailability of the band's debut album, "Dreamland Manor", in the European record shops: "After talking to our record company again, I figured out that there is a...

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THE DARKNESS: New Album Track Listing Revealed

British rock act THE DARKNESS have finalized the track listing for their much-anticipated second album, "One Way Ticket to Hell... And Back", due on November 28 in the United Kingdom via Must Destroy/Atlantic and a day later in North America. First single "One Way Ticket" will be released commercial...

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Former FREEDOM CALL Bassist Explains His Departure

Former FREEDOM CALL bassist Ilker Ersin has issued the following statement regarding his departure from the group: "I very much enjoyed the past years with the band, and especially the time with you [teh fans], but it is time for me to follow a different path now — as some of you noticed, I‘m curren...

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DEMONS & WIZARDS: New HANSI KÜRSCH Audio Interview Posted Online

A new audio interview with DEMONS & WIZARDS frontman Hansi Kürsch (BLIND GUARDIAN),conducted recently by Denmark's Revolution Music, has been posted online at www.revolution-music.dk (go to "Interviews" and right-click on "Download", and "Save As"). As previously reported, DEMONS & WIZARDS'...

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BLIND GUARDIAN: German Tour Dates Announced

BLIND GUARDIAN have announced the details of the German leg of their European tour, which is scheduled to take place in September/October 2006. The dates are as follows: Sep. 08 - München, GER @ Tonhalle Sep. 09 - Stuttgart, GER @ Congress Centrum B Sep. 11 - Langen, GER @ Stadthalle Sep. 12 - Hanno...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Postpone European Tour Dates Due To Hurricane Katrina

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY have been forced to postpone their European tour, including their previously announced dates as the support act for MOTÖRHEAD. "C.O.C. guitarist/vocalist and New Orleans resident Pepper Keenan is currently displaced and looking after family members as they await word on when...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Frontman Survives Hurricane Katrina

David Menconi of North Carolina's The News & Observer is reporting that one person who barely escaped New Orleans ahead of Hurricane Katrina last week was Pepper Keenan, guitarist/vocalist for the Raleigh metal band CORROSION OF CONFORMITY. Keenan was at his home in New Orleans between legs of t...