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QUEEN Guitarist Lays Down Tracks For New MEAT LOAF Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: QUEEN guitarist Brian May was in a recording studio last week to lay down tracks for the new MEAT LOAF album. May flew to Los Angeles following the "VH1 Rock Honors" show, and he played guitar on a song called "Bad for Good". On his official BrianMay.com web site, ...

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NIGHTRAGE Part Ways With CENTURY MEDIA, Seek New Label Home

Gothenburg, Sweden-based melodic death metal band NIGHTRAGE have parted ways with Century Media Records and are currently seeking a new label home. "We are preparing new songs and we are really pleased with the outcome," NIGHTRAGE mainman Marios Iliopoulos writes on the group's web site. "We are pla...

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VELVET REVOLVER To Spend Next Week In Pre-Production

VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) has posted the following message on his official blog: "Just getting back from Boston. Took three winners of the Zildjian contest that we started last year when I was on tour. I took them on a tour of the factory. "Zildjian makes my cymbals and I...

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LORDI's EUROVISION Victory 'Party' Attended By 80,000 People: Video Available

Matti Huuhtanen of The Associated Press has issued the following report: Thousands of Finns swarmed into Helsinki's central market square to greet their new national heroes, monster hard-rockers LORDI, as they performed for the first time in public since a stunning victory at the Eurovision Song Con...

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LORDI Fans Furious At 'Outing' By Gossip Magazine

Finland's Helsingin Sanomat has issued the following report: The latest issue of the weekly celebrity gossip magazine 7 Päivää (Seven Days, generally known hereabouts as Seiska) has caused a storm of protest from fans of the monster-metal Eurovision Song Contest winners LORDI. The paper published a...

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EUROVISION Winners LORDI Become Tourist Attraction

TravelVideo.tv has issued the following press release: The extraordinary success of a wild rock band in the annual Eurovision Song Contest has turned a little-known group from Finland into a tourist attraction. The Finnish Tourist Board has capitalized on the win by the heavy metal monsters, LORDI,...

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ROB ZOMBIE To Host TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES' 'TCM Underground'

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is taking a walk on the wild side as it welcomes auteur filmmaker and legendary rocker Rob Zombie as the host of the network's newest weekly movie showcase, "TCM Underground". The late-night franchise, which will feature off-the-wall movies chosen and introduced by Zombie...

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GORGOROTH, SAHG Songs Posted Online

Candlelight Records has premiered "Wound upon Wound" from GORGOROTH's forthcoming album, "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam", and "Boundless Demise" from SAHG's forthcoming debut, "Sahg 1", at the label's official MySpace page. Splitting studio time between Lydriket and Earshot Studios, GORGOROTH's "Ad Ma...

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Finnish Square Named After LORDI

BBC News is reporting that the Finnish city of Rovaniemi says it will name a square after monster rock band LORDI, its surprise Eurovision Song Contest winners. The band was the first Finnish act to claim victory in the competition. It also made history as the first heavy metal group to win. Its ...

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NIKKI SIXX, JOHN 5 Collaborate With MEAT LOAF On 'Bat Out Of Hell III': Audio Available

An unmastered song from MEAT LOAF's next chapter in the "Bat Out of Hell" series began to appear on peer-to-peer file sharing sites last week, providing MEAT LOAF fans around the world an unexpected first taste of "Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose", the long-awaited third installment to roc...

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Finnish 'Monsters' LORDI Are EUROVISION SONG CONTEST Winners!

BBC News is reporting that Finnish "horror rock" band LORDI — who dress in monster costumes — have pulled off a surprise win at the 51st Eurovision Song Contest in Athens. European viewers voted for LORDI's song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" in a show that is normally associated with catchy pop and big bal...

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SLASH To Guest On ALICE COOPER's Radio Show

VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash will be Alice Cooper's special guest on Cooper's radio show "Nights with Alice Cooper" airing on Tuesday, May 23. The program is a classic-rock format and is nationally syndicated on the United Stations Radio Networks. Air times differ, so make sure to check out Night...

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LORDI Advance To EUROVISION Final

Finnish hard rockers LORDI have made it to the final — along with with nine more artists — of the Eurovision Song Contest after competing in the semi-final in Athens, Greece on Thursday (May 18). Some 23 countries took part in the semi-final, with just 10 final places up for grabs. Fourteen more son...

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LOSTPROPHETS Singer: Working With METALLICA Producer Was 'Pain In The Ass'

Launch Radio Networks reports: LOSTPROPHETS recorded their upcoming third CD, "Liberation Transmission", with producer Bob Rock, best known for his work with MÖTLEY CRÜE and METALLICA as well as his major role in the documentary "Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster". Even though LOSTPROPHETS recorded pa...

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Brazilian Musicians To Take Part In 'Stay Heavy Metal Stars' Concert

Members of some of the biggest bands on the Brazilian heavy metal scene — including ANGRA, VIPER, SHAAMAN, DR. SIN, KORZUS, TORTURE SQUAD, TUATHA DE DANANN, CLAUSTROFOBIA, ANDRALLS, BARANGA, MONSTER, BARANGA, SUNSETH MIDNIGHT, HARD ROCKET, and HOLY SAGGA — will join forces for a special performance...