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TESTAMENT Recruits Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER For Upcoming Mexico Tour Dates

Bay Area thrash legends TESTAMENT have recruited guitarist Glen Drover (ex-MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND) to fill in for Alex Skolnick on their upcoming Mexican tour dates with JUDAS PRIEST. Due to Alex's prior commitment to the TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, the band sought out Glen Drover to fill in. The band...

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QUEEN 'Guitar Rhapsodies' CD Out Now

David Young, one of the guitarists that plays in the London production of QUEEN's smash hit musical "We Will Rock You", which is fashioned around 31 of QUEEN's greatest hits, has produced an album called "Queen Guitar Rhapsodies" by Carlos Bonell, who is a world-renowned classical guitarist and who...

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METAL CHURCH Members Perform At 'Rotary's Kids' Breakfast Club' Benefit; Video Available

METAL CHURCH singer Ronny Munroe and guitarist Rick Van Zandt performed at a benefit concert for Rotary's Kids' Breakfast Club which provides free breakfasts and tutoring services to children and their families. The show took place on Saturday, October 4 at the Castro Valley Center for the Arts in C...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS, SNOWY SHAW on 'Maximum Threshold'; Audio Available

Vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) and Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) were the featured guests on this past Saturday's (October 18) edition of the "Maximum Thr...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS To Guest On 'Maximum Threshold' Tomorrow

Vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) will guest on this Saturday's (October 18) edition of the "Maximum Threshold" show at 9:00 p.m. EST. "Maximum Threshold" is an Internet radio show dedicated to presenting up-and-coming hard rock bands and succes...

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MANOWAR's 'Magic Circle Festival Volume II' DVD: Complete Details Revealed

From Wednesday, July 9 until the sunset on Saturday, July 12, 2008, 35,000 true metal fans (over the course of the entire festival) from 44 different countries across the globe poured onto the festival grounds in Bad Arolsen, Germany and experienced the ultimate in true heavy metal: the second annua...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Says Solo Album Was 'Management And Label's Decision'

D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Free Times recently spoke to vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) about Tim's forthcoming solo debut, which he has been recording in Los Angeles. Tentatively due in early 2009, the album will include guest appearances b...

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AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Pulls Out Of 'Christmas Metal Symphony' Concert

Guitarist Sander Gommans of the Dutch female-fronted metallers AFTER FOREVER — who last year announced that they were taking a break from band activities for most of 2008 while Gommans underwent medical tests after suffering a seizure — has cancelled his participation in the Christmas Metal Symphony...

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TARJA TURUNEN Records Three New Songs In Buenos Aires

Former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen has issued the following update: "Before returning back to Finland, I was in the studio in Buenos Aires recording the song 'Enough' and two other songs. "Singing 'Enough' was fun for me, because I had already sang the song many times on tour. Still the recor...

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ULI JON ROTH Jams With ALEX SKOLNICK, CHRIS CAFFERY, JOE STUMP At NYC Concert; Video Available

Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT),Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) and Joe Stump (REIGN OF TERROR, HOLYHELL) appeared at the Uli Jon Roth and Friends concert on October 11 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City. Legendary guitar virtuoso Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) and a num...

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METAL CHURCH Singer RONNY MUNROE: New Solo Tracks Posted Online

METAL CHURCH vocalist Ronny Munroe has uploaded a couple of new solo demo tracks to his MySpace page. Commented Ronny: "While Kurdt [Vanderhoof; guitars] and Jeff [Plate; drums] are gearing up for [TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA], I kept myself busy this morning with Steve at Head Change Studio in San Fra...

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JOETOWN: 'Crash' Video Posted Online

"Crash", the new video from melodic hard rockers JOETOWN, can be viewed below. The track is taken from the group's debut album, "Pills and Ammo", which was released by frontman Joe Delaney's own Joetown Records. "The video for 'Crash' was inspired by the Sergio Leone trilogy of westerns starring Cli...

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KNOWHERE: New Demo Track Posted Online

Swiss atmospheric black metallers KNOWHERE have posted a demo version of a new song, "Bitter Smolder", on their MySpace page. The track is expected to be included on the group's forthcomming album, "Siberian Tango", tentatively due next year via an as-yet-undetermined label. KNOWHERE released its fi...

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Global Warning

This one got lost in the shuffle over the summer, but is worth some belated attention. JON OLIVA'S PAIN, of course, is the name of the closest thing to SAVATAGE we're gonna see on the racks any time soon – that band's frontman getting his solo-album jollies when not donning tux and tails and shaking...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Issues 'Black Symphony' Blu-Ray Update

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION have issued the following update: "Great news! As you may have noticed, the Blu-ray disc of [WITHIN TEMPTATION's new concert release] 'Black Symphony' has experienced a slight delay, due to production problems in the factory. However, from t...