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CLOVEN HOOF To Release New Album In February

Reunited NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends CLOVEN HOOF will release their long-awaited new album, "Eye of the Sun" in February 2006 via XZec Records. The first 1,000 [copies] will be autographed by each band member as part of a limited edition. "Eye of the Sun" was produced by Tom Gal...

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SKYCLAD Announce One-Off Greek Date

British "folk metal" act SKYCLAD have scheduled a headlining appearance at the Another Club in Athens, Greece on January 28, 2006. "This will be the band's first appearance there since 1999 and gives our Greek fans a chance to catch up with the 'new' line up and live performances of material from 'A...

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GLENN HUGHES To Ring In New Year In Bulgaria

According to a posting at GHPG.net, legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) will be making a special New Year's Eve guest appearance in the historical city of Kavarna, Bulgaria, at the invitation of the Mayor of Kavarna, Mr. Tsonko Tsonev. He will perform a 40-minute set...

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JUDAS PRIEST: 'Thank You For Your Loyalty And Dedication'

JUDAS PRIEST have issued the following holiday message via their official web site: "Hello to all our PRIEST fans around the world! Well, our touring is now completed for 2005 and what a great year it has been. The end of year shows saw the mighty PRIEST visiting Ukraine, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and...

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GLENN HUGHES: The Godfather

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes reports on his web site that he recently became godfather of his buddy/drummer Chad Smith's (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) son Cole."I thought you would like to see what a beautiful child my godson is," Glenn said. "I am proud to be godfather to our dear friend's Cha...

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JUDAS PRIEST Go Sightseeing In Moscow: Photos Available

JUDAS PRIEST Management Co-Ordinator Jayne Andrews has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Glenn [Tipton, guitar], Ian [Hill, bass], some of the crew and I all had a great day out in Moscow — checking out all the tourist sights — the Kremlin, Red Square, Lenin's Tomb, St....

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Promoter: WATCHTOWER Have Not Been Invited To Play PROGPOWER USA Festival

Contrary to a statement made by WATCHTOWER guitarist Ron Jarzombek during a recent interview with San Antonio Rocks, legendary progressive metal band WATCHTOWER "have not been extended an invitation" to perform at ProgPower USA in 2006, the festival's promoter Glenn Harveston told BLABBERMOUTH.NET....

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ADRIFT Announce New Singer And Bass Player

ADRIFT, the heavy rock band featuring guitarist Jack Owen (ex-CANNIBAL CORPSE, currently in DEICIDE) and drummer Kevin Astl (ex-EPITAPH, RESURRECTION) have uploaded a new song, "The Calling", featuring the group's new vocalist Dean Pskowski (SYNAPSE). Check out the track at www.adrift.cc. ADRIFT hav...

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GLENN HUGHES Says DEEP PURPLE MKIII Reunion Is A Possibility

Rockdetector.com recently conducted an interview with legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rockdetector.com: Before "Soul Mover" I think it's fair to say a lot of your fans were frustrated by the sheer amount of sessions you...

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GLENN HUGHES Says He Is 'Totally Up' For Touring With TONY IOMMI

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) was asked by Greg Prato of Billboard.com about the status of the rumored Hughes/Tony Iommi tour, to support Iommi's recently released solo album, "Fused" (to which Hughes contributed vocal melodies and lyrics). "We really want to d...

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SLIPKNOT, MACHINE HEAD, DANZIG Video Interviews Posted Online

San Antonio's longest-standing metal institution, "Robb's Metalworks", has just posted its two-hour September episode online. You can access it directly at this location. The episode, which is broken into four parts for either streaming or downloading, highlights the following material: Part 1: * Vi...

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GLENN HUGHES Working With 'Beautiful' RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Guitarist On New Solo Album

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) has posted the following message on his official web site: "I spent the afternoon yesterday with John [Frusciante, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS guitarist] and Chad [Smith, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer] at Chad's home. We had a funky good...

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Former HIRAX Guitarist Explains His Departure

Former HIRAX guitarist Glenn Rogers has sent the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "It seems there is some confusion on who cancelled the HIRAX tour of Japan. So to set the record straight, here is the story: "On Saturday, Nov. 19th I received a message from Katon W. Depena [HIRAX frontman]....

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HIRAX: End Of The Road?

California thrashers HIRAX have cancelled their previously announced Japanese tour following the apparent departure of Glenn Rogers (lead guitars),Angelo Espino (bass),Dave Chedrick (drums) and Dave Watson (lead guitars). "Our deepest regrets that the Japan tour is cancelled," Glenn said in a stat...

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CLOVEN HOOF: New Album 'Slightly Delayed'

Reunited NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends CLOVEN HOOF have issued the following update via their official web site: "[The new CLOVEN HOOF album] 'Eye of the Sun' will be available soon on the XZec Records site, but there has been a slight delay due to distribution deals being finalis...