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QUEEN Frontman Dubbed Greatest Rock Legend Of All Time

According to Australia's Herald Sun, Brits have dubbed QUEEN frontman Freddy Mercury the greatest rock legend of all time in a new survey out today. Elvis Presley narrowly missed out on the rock n' roll crown coming in second, while Woodstock veteran Jimi Hendrix was hot on his heels in third place....

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THE SWORD And WITCHCRAFT Team Up For Special, Limited-Edition 12" EP

Dynamic, Austin, TX based quartet THE SWORD and respected Swedish rock band WITCHCRAFT have teamed up to issue a very special, limited edition 12" EP. Simply titled THE SWORD / WITCHCRAFT Split 12", the vinyl-only release is available via diverse New York City label Kemado Records and is in stores n...

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PAMELA MOORE: New Songs Featuring QUEENSRŸCHE, NEVERMORE Members Posted Online

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 posted two more songs off her latest CD, "Stories from a Blue Room". The first track, "Get Off (American Way...

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QUEENSRŸCHE: 'Take Cover' Enters Billboard Chart At No. 173

QUEENSRŸCHE's collection of covers, "Take Cover", has sold 5,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 173 on The Billboard 200 chart. Singer and chief songwriter Geoff Tate, guitarists Michael Wilton and Mike Stone, bassist Eddie Jackson, and drummer Scot...

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QUEEN Guitarist Named University Chancellor

BBC News reports: QUEEN star Brian May has been named as the next chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. The guitarist will begin the role in February, taking over from former Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie. May said he would be celebrating "with a delicious vegetarian roast and a...

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Marie's Sister's Garden

The second full-length album from VOODOOSHOCK, "Marie's Sister's Garden" offers the discerning doom fan an ocean of melancholy and expected cues from the likes of CANDLEMASS and, in certain places, TROUBLE. At almost 58 minutes, the uninitiated might think this one would be a grueling endurance test...

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ETERNAL LORD Signs With FERRET MUSIC

Ferret Music has announced the signing of UK's ETERNAL LORD. The band, which features the former singer of I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN, will make its label debut in March 2008 with "Blessed Be This Nightmare", which contains "all of their aggressive, highly technical guitar slaying and even more vicious...

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ARMORED SAINT's JOHN BUSH, METALLICA 'Philosophy' Book Author Interviewed

Shockwaves/HardRadio Podcast #23 is available for download at this location (M4A file, 33 MB). This episode features a classic metal discussion between podcast host Bob Nalbandian and ANTHRAX/ARMORED SAINT vocalist John Bush. Rather than the standard interview, Nalbandian and Bush each give their in...

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DORO PESCH To Honor German Female Boxing Champion With 'The Queen' EP

Germany's AFM Records has issued the following update: "Over the years, the very special, deep friendship between metal queen Doro Pesch and [German] boxing queen Regina Halmich became obvious to anybody. Especially for Regina Halmich's [final] fight on November 30th, Doro wrote the new song 'The Qu...

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RUSH, LED ZEPPELIN, QUEEN Songs To Be Featured On New Orchestral Jazz Covers Album

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, the song "Available Light" from the legendary Canadian rock trio's 1989 album "Presto" is one of four tracks which have been recorded for an all-new full orchestral jazz covers project to be released mid-to-late 2008. The as-yet-unnamed band...

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SEX PISTOLS Perform In London; Video Available

UK punk legends SEX PISTOLS are in the middle of a sold-out, five-gig stint at The Brixton Academy in London (November 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14). Additional shows in Manchester at the MEN Arena (November 17) and at SECC in Glasgow (November 18) were recently added due to overwhelming demand. Watch fan-fi...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Live After Death' DVD Preview Available

A preview of the forthcoming double disc DVD of "Live After Death", the legendary recording of IRON MAIDEN's four-night stand at Long Beach Arena, California in 1984, is available below. In the stores February 5, 2008 via New Door Records/UMe, the release will coincide with the start of the band's S...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Cancels UK Tour With THIN LIZZY

QUEENSRŸCHE has issued the following update: "QUEENSRŸCHE is disappointed to announce the unfortunate cancellation of our upcoming tour of the United Kingdom with THIN LIZZY and other shows in Europe due to a personal emergency. We'd like to thank our loyal fans for their continued support and under...

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KORN Singer Performs Acoustically On KROQ; Video Available

KORN singer Jonathan Davis took part in a three-song acoustic performance on the "Kevin & Bean" morning show on the Los Angeles radio station KROQ this past Wednesday (November 7). Watch performance footage of two of the songs below. The Pulse of Radio reported yesterday that Jonathan Davis will...

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KORN Singer's Solo Set List Revealed

The Pulse of Radio reports: KORN singer Jonathan Davis will draw from a wide variety of material for his upcoming solo tour, according to sources close to the band. The show's tentative set list includes a number of selections that Davis composed for the soundtrack of the movie "Queen of the Damned"...