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CAPTAIN CUTTHROAT Releases Self-Titled EP

Boston-based quintet CAPTAIN CUTTHROAT will release its first EP in the fall. According to a press release, "the record features six songs, each with a distinct vibe, combining syncopated thrash elements of SYSTEM OF A DOWN, experimentation of Mike Patton, spooky undertones of early PINK FLOYD, and...

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ZEBRA Singer Teams Up With BRENT HAVENS To Recreate Music Of LED ZEPPELIN

LED ZEPPELIN's music has always had a symphonic, epic quality to it, and composer/arranger Brent Havens has made it his job to highlight these elements with a full orchestra. With former ZEBRA vocalist Randy Jackson standing in for Robert Plant, "Brent Havens Conducts the Music of Led Zeppelin" is a...

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Exclusive: A Conversation With WINDS' ANDY WINTER And CARL AUGUST TIDEMANN

By: Scott Alisoglu The music of Norway's WINDS is not something that is easily classified. What one can say about it though is that it is magnificently composed and breathtaking in its delivery. Challenging, yet often soothing, melodic, yet unconventional, WINDS' combination of classical music, prog...

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DEEP PURPLE Guitarist's 'Power Lines' Instructional Video Released On DVD

Guitarist Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE, DIXIE DREGS) has just made his "Power Lines" instructional video available on DVD via the Alfred Publishing company. The 60-minute disc's description reads as follows: "Learn Steve's warm-up exercises, how to add chromatic ideas to your playing, 3-note-per-string...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION To Be Joined By Metropole Orchestra For Special Dutch Concert

Holland's female-fronted symphonic metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION will be joined by the Dutch Metropole Orchestra for a special concert at the Ahoy Stadium in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on February 7, 2008. Commented the band: "When recording our albums, we have always worked with real orchestras. It i...

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CHRIS CAFFERY Comments On MERENDINE ATOMICHE Album Recordings

Veteran Italian metallers MERENDINE ATOMICHE have tapped guitarist Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, DORO) to assist them during the recording sessions for their third full-length album, entitled "Rude Rebel Brotherhood". The CD is being recorded at New Sin studios in Loria - Trevis...

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DEEP PURPLE: 'In Concert With The London Symphony Orchestra' DVD To Be Reissued

On September 18, Eagle Rock Entertainment will re-release one of its most popular DVDs, DEEP PURPLE's "In Concert With The London Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Paul Mann". According to a press release, the disc "has this most classic of classic rock bands blowing the roof off the famed Royal Alber...

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EDENBRIDGE: Orchestra Recordings For New Album To Take Place In October

Austrian symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE has issued the following update: "The orchestra recordings for the new EDENBRIDGE album will take place in Prague on October 12. EDENBRIDGE will be supported by the 65-piece 'Czech Film Orchestra' (consisting of musicians from the Prague Philharmonic Orchestr...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO To Appear On New TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Album

Legendary hard rock vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN) has issued the following update via his official newsletter: "Jeff has just returned from Florida after spending a few days with the TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA creator and producer Paul O'Neill. It seems Jeff will be a...

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Former DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist To Perform With Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra

Former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord will make a one-off appearance in Hagen, Germany on February 15, 2008. He will perform at the Hagen Stadthalle with a band called DCRS and the Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Steffen Müller-Gabriel. This concert will take place as a part of a year-lo...

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CHRIS CAFFERY: I Don't Want SAVATAGE To End

Andy Laudano of HarderBeat.com reports that SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery recently completed a tour of the U.S. with Germany's Doro Pesch in support of his latest solo CD, "Pins & Needles". He was pulling double duty, opening the show and then playing in Doro's band....

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NIKOLO KOTZEV Recruits GÖRAN EDMAN For DRACONIA Project

Guitarist Nikolo Kotzev (of BRAZEN ABBOT and NOSTRADAMUS fame) has recruited Swedish vocalist Göran Edman (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JOHN NORUM, BRAZEN ABBOT, GLORY) to sing the part of the Storyteller on Kotzev's new mega-project called DRACONIA. This conceptual work will be recorded with eight lead singer...

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SHARON OSBOURNE's Father Buried In His Birthplace

Britain's This is Lancashire reports that more than 100 mourners converged on Agecroft Jewish Cemetery last week for the funeral of well-known former music mogul Don Arden. Absent from the ceremony, however, was the 81-year-old's daughter, Ozzy Osbourne's wife Sharon, who was reportedly "too traumat...

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Report: OZZFEST Brawl Ridiculous, Shameful

A MyFOXColorado blogger who goes by the name "Scribe2" has issued the following report: The Ozzfest at Coors Amphitheatre [in Denver, Colorado] on July 28 erupted into an absolutely ridiculous and shameful war of thrown items between the lawn-seat visitors and the reserved-seat visitors during the S...

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ANTHRAX's DAN SPITZ Teams Up With Composer KEVIN MANTHEI For 'Upshift StrikeRacer' Soundtrack

StrikeRacers everywhere now have distinctive guitar-heavy music to compliment the online rubber-burning, explosive action of Gala-Net's Upshift StrikeRacer. The online game publisher announced today that acclaimed composer Kevin Manthei, who has scored dozens of critically and commercially successfu...