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STRATOVARIUS' TIMO TOLKKI: We Will Spare No Expense On New Album
STRATOVARIUS guitarist Timo Tolkki has posted the following update on the progress of the recording of their forthcoming CD, entitled Elements Part I: "After spending three weeks in preproduction recording demos and now two weeks at Finnvox [Studios], things are beginning to look a little bit more c...May 31, 2002
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STEVE VAI To Perform At Japanese Concerto
Steve Vai will be performing in Tokyo in July as a featured performer at the world premiere of composer Ichiro Nodaira's Fire Strings, a concerto for electric guitar and 100-piece orchestra. Steve will perform with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, at the prestigious Suntory Hall in Tokyo,...May 16, 2002
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RAGING SPEEDHORN, KATAKLYSM Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival
Britain's RAGING SPEEDHORN and Canada's KATAKLYSM are the latest acts to have been confirmed for With Full Force festival, which is scheduled to take place between July 5th and July 7th near the town of Leipzig, Germany. The full line-up of acts presently scheduled to appear at the event now looks l...May 3, 2002
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ARCH ENEMY Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival
Sweden's ARCH ENEMY are the latest act to have been confirmed for With Full Force festival, which is scheduled to take place between July 5th and July 7th near the town of Leipzig, Germany. The full line-up of acts presently scheduled to appear at the event now looks like this: SLAYER MOTRHEAD MACHI...April 27, 2002
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EDGUY's TOBIAS SAMMET: AVANTASIA Part II Coming In August
EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet is currently hard at work on the second part of his metal opera project dubbed AVANTASIA, which released a highly-acclaimed debut effort, entitled simply The Metal Opera, in November 2000. According to Sammet, touring with my main band EDGUY is such big fun, [but] in bet...April 21, 2002
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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Commences Work On "Attack"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GUITAR LEGEND YNGWIE MALMSTEEN HEADS INTO THE STUDIO TO BEGIN RECORDING ATTACK International guitar legend YNGWIE MALMSTEEN is back in the studio and has begun recording his new album, Attack. Attack is being produced by YNGWIE himself, and recorded and mixed by the famous vet...April 20, 2002
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SAVATAGE Announce PITRELLI's Return To Group's Ranks
SAVATAGE have officially rejoined forces with former MEGADETH guitarist Al Pitrelli. As a result of this develoment, the group will no longer be requiring the services of SEVEN WITCHES axeman Jack Frost, who filled in for Pitrelli during the latter's tenure with Mustaine and co. "Me and the boys hav...April 9, 2002
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DISHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Re-Sign With Nuclear Blast Records
Austrian death metal veterans DISHARMONIC ORCHESTRA have re-signed with Nuclear Blast Records. More news on an upcoming studio album is expected shortly. ...April 9, 2002
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KREATOR, BORKNAGAR, Others Confirmed For PARTY.SAN OPEN AIR
KREATOR and BORKNAGAR are among the bands confirmed for this year's Party.San Open Air festival, which is scheduled to take place in Bad Berka, Germany on August 9-10. The full list of artists set to appear at the event is as follows: KREATOR BORKNAGAR DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER THE CROWN NECROPHOBI...April 8, 2002
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STRATOVARIUS Enter Studio To Begin Work On "Elements Part 1"
Finland's STRATOVARIUS will be entering Helsinki's Finnvox studios on May 15th to begin recording their ninth full-length studio album, tentatively entitled Elements Part 1, for a January 2003 release through Nuclear Blast Records. Among the song titles that are tentatively set to appear on the fort...March 28, 2002
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MACHINE HEAD, THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY Confirmed For WITH FULL FORCE
MACHINE HEAD and THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY are the latest acts to have been confirmed for With Full Force festival, which is scheduled to take place between July 5th and July 7th near the town of Leipzig, Germany. The full line-up of acts presently scheduled to appear at the event now loo...March 23, 2002
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HALFORD, MARDUK, Others Confirmed For WITH FULL FORCE Festival
HALFORD, DROPKICK MURPHYS, MARDUK, REVOLVER, ANDREW WK, and SCATTERGUN are the latest acts to have been confirmed for the With Full Force festival, which is scheduled to take place between July 5th and July 7th near the town of Leipzig, Germany. The full line-up of acts presently scheduled to appear...March 16, 2002
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Former TESTAMENT/SAVATAGE Axeman Mixes Metal And Jazz On Freshly-Issued CD
New York's ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, led by former TESTAMENT/SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, have just released their debut album, entitled Goodbye To Romance: Standards For A New Generation, consisting of classic hard rock tunes from the '70s and '80s rearranged with rich harmonies and pulsating groove...March 15, 2002
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CELTIC FROST's TOM GABRIEL FISCHER Speaks Out On Fate Of Band's Unreleased 1992 Demos
CELTIC FROST mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer recently commented on the possibility of the group's unreleased 1992 demos—recorded during the pre-production sessions for the aborted Under Apollyon's Sun CD—ever being issued on CD and made available to the record-buying public. According to Fischer, “the f...March 11, 2002
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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's Burrn! 2001 Readers' Poll Results, Upcoming Clinic Details
Swedish axe hero YNGWIE MALMSTEEN has been voted Best Guitar Player in the Japanese magazine Burrn!'s 2001 Readers' Poll. The guitarist also placed fourth in the category Most Pleasurable Event (for his performance with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra),fifth in Best Live Performance, sixth in...March 7, 2002
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