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It takes balls the size of church bells to refer to your own band as the "evil BEATLES." To actually back that statement up, and then some, requires the kind of talent that comes down the pike once, maybe twice a decade, if we're lucky. BIGELF backs it up, and then some, on an album ...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Backing Singer PAMELA MOORE Releases 'Cross My Heart' Video

Singer Pamela Moore — best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE's 1988 epic concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" and last year's epic sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II" — has released the video for her song "Cross My Heart". The track comes off her latest CD, "Stories from a Blue Ro...

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NEUROSONIC Frontman Says 'Cease-And-Desist' FALL OUT BOY Comment Was 'A Joke'

Vocalist Jason Darr of the Vancouver, British Columbia hard rock band NEUROSONIC has issued a statement in response to media reports that he was recently slapped with a cease-and-desist order by FALL OUT BOY frontman Pete Wentz over the lyrics to the NEUROSONIC song "So Many People". Stated Darr: "A...

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ARCHEON To Release Debut In January

Metal Mind Productions will release "End Of The Weakness", the debut album from the Polish heavy metal band ARCHEON, on January 21, 2008 in Europe and March 18, 2008 in the U.S. (via MVD). Influenced by Johann Sebastian Bach as well as IN FLAMES, ARCHEON creates songs which are "heavy but, at the sa...

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QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS: 'Say It's Not True' Single Available For Free Download

QUEEN and Paul Rodgers have released the single "Say It's Not True" to mark World AIDS Day. QUEEN has made the song available for free download to "help Nelson Mandela with his campaign" against AIDS, according to The Associated Press. Freddie Mercury, QUEEN's famous lead vocalist, died of an AIDS-r...

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ARI KOIVUNEN: 2005 Performance Of QUEEN's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Posted Online

Video footage of the winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, performing a cover of QUEEN's "Bohemian Rhapsody" at a 2005 benefit concert for the victims of the Southeast Asian tsunami in Bangkok, Thailand has surfaced and can be viewed below. Ar...

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TOOL Frontman: 'When I'm Doing Something I'm Looking For Truth In Some Way'

Steve Baltin of Spinner.com recently conducted an interview with TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Spinner.com: Do you think people have the same love for music today as previous generations of kids? Maynard: One thing that's not going to change is people...

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BURY YOUR DEAD Begins Recording New Album

Never ones to dwell on the past, Boston natives BURY YOUR DEAD are forging ahead to the future with new vocalist Myke Terry (formerly of CASSIUS) in tow. The band has returned to Florida's Audiohammer Studios, the exact facility where their previous release, "Beauty and the Breakdown", was recorded....

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KORN Singer Talks About Solo Tour; Video Available

KORN vocalist Jonathan Davis recently spoke to the Artisan News Service about his first solo tour, which features the singer playing reworked KORN songs, covers and songs from the movie he scored, "Queen of The Damned". Davis talked about what his favorites are live and what the vibe of the shows ha...

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New QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS Single Salutes AIDS Day

Jonathan Cohen of Billboard.com reports that QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS have recorded a new single, "Say It's Not True", to commemorate World AIDS Day on Saturday (Dec. 1). The track, QUEEN's first studio collaboration with Rodgers, will be available as a free download from the band's Web site. In recent...

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TOOL: More 'Vicarious' DVD Details Revealed

TOOL will issue a DVD called "Vicarious" on December 18. According to a press release, the disc will contain the title video — which was for the first single from the band's 2006 album, "10,000 Days" — along with "a tour that takes you through the history of [TOOL guitarist] Adam Jones' visual effec...

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TOBIAS SAMMET Says He Tried To Get QUEEN Guitarist To Play On New AVANTASIA Album

A 17-minute audio interview with EDGUY/AVANTASIA frontman Tobias Sammet conducted earlier in the month by Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock is available for download at this location (MP3, 4 MB). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tangra Mega Rock: Let's jump on AVANTASIA now. H...

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'Rockline' Producer Offers Thoughts On KEVIN DUBROW's Passing

Gregg Journigan, producer of the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline", has released the following statement regarding the passing of QUIET RIOT singer Kevin DuBrow: "Sitting in Japan I read a rumor [Sunday] night that Kevin DuBrow had passed. My first thought was it's way early in U.S. and 'I...

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ALL SHALL PERISH To Tour Australia Next Month

ALL SHALL PERISH will embark on a Australian Headlining tour this Christmas season, dubbed the Christmas Carnage Tour, wrapping up their non-stop touring cycle for "The Price of Existence". Support will come from Australia's own DEEZ NUTS and I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN. Commented ALL SHALL PERISH in a...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Films Eindhoven Concert For Upcoming DVD; Video Available

WITHIN TEMPTATION's November 24, 2007 concert at the Beursgebouw in Eindhoven, Holland was filmed for an upcoming DVD, tentatively due next summer. The sold-out show at the 8,000-capacity venue included lots of special effects, an acoustic section, Broadway-style musical elements and guest appearanc...