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MEMORY GARDEN: Swedish Dates Announced

MEMORY GARDEN — the Sweden-based band featuring former ABSKTRAKT ALGEBRA guitarist Simon Johansson — has scheduled the following dates: Aug. 30 - Pålsboda, Sweden - Sverige Sep. 26 - Stockholm, Sweden - Sverige - Kafé 44 MEMORY GARDEN will release its new album, "Carnage Carnival", on September 15 v...

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Former OZZY, DIO, DEEP PURPLE, AC/DC and QUIET RIOT Musicians Bring BIG NOIZE To Iraq

Vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),bassist Phil Soussan (OZZY OSBOURNE),guitarist Carlos Cavazo (QUIET RIOT) and drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC) will bring their band BIG NOIZE to Iraq and Kuwait in September. This rock and roll invasion is designed to increase morale a...

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EXMORTEM: New Album Artwork Unveiled; New Song Available For Streaming

Danish death metallers EXMORTEM have completed work on their fifth album, "Funeral Phantoms", for an October 20 release via Mighty Music. The CD was self-produced by the band, while the mixing was handled by Jacob Bredahl (HATESPHERE, LAST MILE). According to a press release, fans should "expect a c...

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SANCTRUM; Swedish, Danish Dates Announced

Swedish aggressive metallers SANCTRUM will team up with ICONS OF HORROR for the following dates: Oct. 23 - Oden, Karlskrona (S) Oct. 24 - Utkanten, Malmö (S) Oct. 25 - ParamountDIY, Roskilde (DK) SANCTRUM has posted two more songs from its recently released debut album, entitled "In Harm's Way", on...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP: 'The Best Of: 1980-1984' To Be Released In September

EMI Catalogue has set a September 15 UK release date for "The Best Of The Michael Schenker Group: 1980-1984", a collection of album tracks, live cuts and b-sides and four tracks previously only available on import. The track listing is as follows: 01. Armed And Ready 02. Cry For The Nations (radio e...

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RHINO BUCKET: Tentative Album Title Announced

RHINO BUCKET — the Bon Scott-era AC/DC sound-alike band that recorded two albums for Warner Bros./EMI back in '90 and '92 and an independent album in '94 with former AC/DC drummer Simon Wright — has set "Taking The Fifth" as the tentative title of its new album, due in early 2009 via Acetate Records...

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SIXX: A.M. Pulls Out Of Phoenix 'Crüe Fest '08' Date

SIXX: A.M. — which features MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx, James Michael and DJ Ashba (ex-BEAUTIFUL CREATURES) — has cancelled its appearance at today's (Thursday, July 31) Crüe Fest '08 concert at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion in Phoenix, Arizona because James Michael is "sick." Video footage of S...

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ALEX SKOLNICK, GILBY CLARKE, ULI JON ROTH, VERNON REID: Video Of G-TARANAKI Jam Available

Vernon Reid (LIVING COLOUR) ended his July 18, 2008 "Midnight Session" G-TARanaki guitar festival set, held at Puke Ariki knowledge centre in New Plymouth, New Zealand, by jamming with Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT),Gilby Clarke (GUNS N' ROSES) and Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS). Watch their performance of th...

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SANCTRUM: Two More Songs From 'In Harm's Way' Posted Online

Swedish aggressive metallers SANCTRUM have posted two more songs from their recently released debut album, entitled "In Harm's Way", on their MySpace page. Check out the tracks "Blood Stained Ground" and "Borderline" at this location. "In Harm's Way" came out on May 28 via Metalcast Records. The CD...

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FEAR FACTORY's CHRISTIAN OLDE WOLBERS Offering Private Guitar Lessons

Christian Olde Wolbers of FEAR FACTORY is offering private guitar lessons in the Los Angeles area. "Any guitarists of bassists that wanna shape up on some of the FF-style playing and techniques, feel free to hit up Christian's MySpace page," reads a posting on the FEAR FACTORY MySpace blog. Guitar a...

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Former EXODUS Singer Comments On Decision To Join TENET

Former EXODUS frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza has released a statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding his decision to join TENET, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based project led by Jed Simon (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, ZIMMERS HOLE). TENET's debut album, "Sovereign", will be released late 2008/early...

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KUNVUK Announces New Drummer

Australia-based technical, groove metal band KUNVUK has announced its new drummer. "KUNVUK welcomes in to its ranks the explosive and insanely dynamic (Hurrikane Ka) Trina Tuffy!" the group writes in a statement. "After an extensive and thoroughly debilitating search of the Sydney landscape we have...

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Former EXODUS Singer ZETRO SOUZA Joins TENET

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD/ZIMMERS HOLE guitarist Jed Simon has issued the following update on his TENET project: "After how many times? I feel like the kid who keeps cryin' wolf...this has been a tough MF to get off the ground. Life has a way of throwing those mean fuckin' curve balls, so we keep our head...

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ZIMMERS HOLE Guitarist Checks In

Guitarist Jed Simon (ZIMMERS HOLE, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, TENET) has issued the following update: "It's good to be back in Vancouver, and it's great to be back at work with my Metal Family. Over the last week we [ZIMMERS HOLE] have been slammin' out the new tunes (old ones too!) and enjoying every mom...

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METAL KNIGHTS Working With DIO Guitarist

METAL KNIGHTS, the medieval heavy metal band based out of Los Angeles, has just released its debut EP, "The Crossing", featuring a guest appearance by Craig Goldy of DIO. The group is currently in the studio working with Goldy on more new material and is in talks with several labels. Goldy also prod...