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SAXON Manager Checks In

SAXON's manager Thomas Jensen has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "After a hectic week I would like to keep you posted on the latest activities of the band. It might be too much information but I'll try to keep it short. "Thursday: Biff [Byford, vocals] and Charlie [Ba...

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THE CULT To Begin Recording New Album

THE CULT will enter the studio next month to begin pre-production on the group's first album since 2001's "Beyond Good and Evil". A fall release is expected. Also planned for release is a DVD of the band's November 13, 2006 concert at Irving Plaza in New York City, tentatively due in April. THE CULT...

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MOONLIGHT AGONY: New Album Sample Available

A two-minute clip of the new MOONLIGHT AGONY song "Through The Desert Storm" is available for download at this location. The track comes off the Swedish power metal act's second album, "Silent Waters", due in February via Dockyard Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Echoes of a Nightmare" (Massacre Re...

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DESTRUCTOR: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

Cleveland, Ohio's legendary power/thrash band DESTRUCTOR has set "Forever in Leather" as the title of its forthcoming album, due on April 13 Auburn Records. The CD was recorded in Cleveland at Metro Sync and Noise Floor studios and is scheduled to be mixed starting next week with producer Don Depew...

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Allegiance

You may have heard of Greek guitar hero Gus G. from his participation in MYSTIC PROPHECY, NIGHTRAGE, and DREAM EVIL. Or maybe you caught him live as a fill-in guitarist with ARCH ENEMY during last year's North American tour. Well he's no longer a member of any of the first three bands so that he ...

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IN FLAMES Performs On Swedish Awards Show 'Rockbjörnen'; Video Available

A video clip of IN FLAMES performing the song "Come Clarity" on the Swedish music awards show "Rockbjörnen" last night (Thursday, January 11) in Stockholm, Sweden has been posted online at YouTube.com. The band's lineup for the performance included guitarists Björn Gelotte and Jesper Strömblad, who...

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RON KEEL To Appear On KISS Tribute Album

According to Versailles Records, Ron Keel has agreed to appear on the label's as-yet-untitled tribute LP to KISS, tentatively due in early 2008. Other musicians that are expected to participate in the project include members of LILLIAN AXE, WHITE LION, DANGEROUS TOYS, WARRANT, L.A. GUNS, SLASH'S SNA...

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L.A. GUNS Featuring PHIL LEWIS: Tour Dates Announced

The L.A. GUNS version featuring vocalist Phil Lewis has announced the following U.S. dates: Jan. 17 - Omaha, NE - Chrome Lounge Jan. 19 - Mankato, MN - Busters Jan. 20 - Burnsville, MN - Renegades Mar. 17 - Bloomington, IL - U.S. Cellular Coliseum (w/ WARRANT, FIREHOUSE) Mar. 23 - Jim Thorpe, PA - ....

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Ex-DEEP PURPLE Frontman Recalls Getting AC/DC Kicked Off Stage At Australian Festival

WHITESNAKE/ex-DEEP PURPLE frontman David Coverdale recently recalled an incident when a then-little-known band called AC/DC was kicked off the stage following PURPLE's appearance at an Australian festival. Said Coverdale: "[DEEP] PURPLE went to Australia in 1974 for one show... Yes, ONE show. It was...

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The Contaminated Void

Is it death? Is it grind? In this hyperintense Babel of a metal scene, such labels are becoming as obsolete as a cassette deck head cleaner. COLDWORKER attain all the obvious qualifications for death metal, while dishing out frequent grinding blast beats that spit sparks and debris like shrapnel. Th...

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PUNGENT STENCH: European Tour Dates Announced

Long-running Austrian extreme metallers PUNGENT STENCH have lined up the following dates during the coming months: Feb. 10 - An Club - Athens (GR) Feb. 11 - Mylos Xilourgio - Saloniki (GR) Mar. 22 - Sottosopra Rock Zone - Este/Padova (IT) Mar. 23 - La Sfinge - Castenedolo/Brescia (IT) Mar. 24 - Rock...

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IN FLAMES To Perform On Swedish 'Rockbjörnen' Awards Show

IN FLAMES' first performance of 2007 will take place on Thursday, January 11 on the awards show "Rockbjörnen" in Stockholm, Sweden, where IN FLAMES are nominated in three categories: Best Swedish Band, Best Song and Best Album. IN FLAMES' new single — for the new album's title track, "Come Clarity"...

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ENSLAVED, KEEP OF KALESSIN Comment On Norwegian GRAMMY Nominations

Tough, uncompromising characters with superb (and eclectic) taste in music obviously make up this year's Spellemann metal jury. The news that three out of four nominations in the metal category — ENSLAVED for "Ruun", KEEP OF KALESSIN for "Armada" and BENEA REACH for "Monument Bineothan" — have sent...

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PHANTOM-X Joined By 3:16 Guitarist

Dave Harvey of the Hot Springs, Arkansas-based Christian metal act 3:16 has joined Dallas, Texas' PHANTOM-X as the group's new guitarist. For more information on 3:16, visit www.316rocks.com. PHANTOM-X, which features in its ranks OMEN singer Kevin Goocher, released its sophomore album, "Storm Rider...

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STONER KINGS Frontman Is New European Heavyweight Wrestling Champion

On December 2, 2006 in Vantaa, Finland at Fight Club Finland's Winter War 2006 event, "The Canadian Rebel" StarBuck — frontman of heavy rock band STONER KINGS — defeated Bernard Vandamme of Belgium to become the new European heavyweight wrestling champion. In a grueling bout lasting over 27 minutes,...