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RAM Announce New Album Title

RAM, the traditional Gothenburg, Sweden-based heavy metal band featuring Leif Larsson (ex-FROZEN EYES, NME WITHIN) and Morgan Pettersson (ex-B-THONG),have set "Forced Entry" as the title of their full-length debut, tentatively due before the end of the year through an as-yet-undetermined label. The...

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Vocalist JAMES RIVERA Joins VICIOUS RUMORS

Veteran heavy metal singer James Rivera (HELSTAR, SEVEN WITCHES, KILLING MACHINE) is strongly rumored to have landed the lead-vocalist slot in the long-running San Francisco Bay Area band VICIOUS RUMORS. An official statement on the matter is expected soon. As previously reported, VICIOUS RUMORS mai...

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Alive Without Control

Theoretically, fans of this sort of cigarette-and-whiskey-fueled glam punk should be loving life right now. But the preponderance of bands cranking up the rock and roll in the mainstream sense right now, be they KINGS OF LEON faux-southern revival or JET's pawn-shop AC/DC boogie, don't scratch this...

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SEVEN WITCHES Added To KAMELOT's Toronto Show

SEVEN WITCHES have been confirmed as the support act for KAMELOT on November 19 at Lee's Palace in Toronto, Ontario. The two bands will now play the following dates together: Nov. 15 - Jaxx - West Springfield, VA Nov. 19 - Lee's Palace – Toronto, ONT Nov. 21 - B.B. King's - New York, NY ...

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Guitarist KERI KELLI To Guest On LIBERTY N' JUSTICE CD

Guitarist Keri Kelli (VINCE NEIL, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, ADLER"S APPETITE) is the latest guest musician to be confirmed to appear on the upcoming "all-star" CD from Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE, entitled "Soundtrack of a Soul". Kelli will be playing on the track "Another Nail". As previously repo...

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Former IRON MAIDEN Singer To Be Backed By Swedish Band On European Tour

Former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno will embark on a European tour in late September. Di'Anno will be backed by a Swedish "all-star" band featuring Mikael Fässberg (guitar, BURNING ENGINES),Staffan Österlind (guitar, BURNING ENGINES),Johan Helgesson (drums, DEBASE),and Andreas Grufstedt (bass,...

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LETHAL Part Ways With Guitarist, Seek Replacement

Guitarist Erik has left Swedish thrash metallers LETHAL in order to pursue his higher studies in sound engineering. The band are currently seeking a replacement. A seven-inch single will soon be released on Final Punishment/Steelfire Invasion Records, to be followed by a full-length CD on Witches Br...

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SEVEN WITCHES Guitarist To Appear On WDHA's 'Metal Mania' Radio Show

SEVEN WITCHES guitarist Jack Frost will make an appearance on WDHA's "Metal Mania" show with host Matt Murray on September 9. Jack is expected to be joined in the studio by several "surprise" guests, most likely musicians who have worked with Frost on one of his upcoming releases. Jack will be debut...

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BEYOND FEAR Begin Recording Debut Album

BEYOND FEAR, the brand new hard-hitting metal outfit founded by current ICED EARTH and former JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens have entered an Ohio studio to begin recording their debut album for SPV Records, tentatively due in early 2006. "Things are going real good," Owens said. "Eric [Elk...

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VOIVOD: Family And Friends Say Final Goodbye To PIGGY

Former VOIVOD members Jean-Yves Theriault (a.k.a. Blacky) and Eric Forrest were among the attendees at the funeral services for VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, who died last Friday (Aug. 26) in a Montreal hospital from complications of advanced colon cancer. The services were held Thursday m...

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SEVEN WITCHES To Support KAMELOT

SEVEN WITCHES have been confirmed as the support act for KAMELOT on the following dates: Nov. 15 – Jaxx - West Springfield, VA Nov. 21 - B.B. King's - New York, NY SEVEN WITCHES will release their sixth album, "Amped", in the fall via Sweden's Regain Records. The follow-up to last year's "Year of th...

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CANDLEMASS And DESTRUCTION To Team Up For European Tour

Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS will be teaming up with long-running German thrashers DESTRUCTION for a European tour in November/December. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. In other news, Escapi will be issuing a new CANDLEMASS DVD, entitled "Curse of Candlemass", on September 26. Filmed...

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BEYOND FEAR To Begin Recording Debut Album Next Week

BEYOND FEAR, the brand new hard-hitting metal outfit founded by current ICED EARTH and former JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens will be entering an Ohio studio on Monday to begin recording their debut album for SPV Records, tentatively due in early 2006. "We start with drums and bass on [Augu...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Drummer: 'We're One Of The Better Live Speed Metal Bands Out There'

Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with FLOTSAM AND JETSAM drummer Craig Nielsen. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: This ["Dreams of Death"] is your first new studio album since "My God" in 2001. Why such a long wait? Craig: "We lost our deal with Metal Blade. That...

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Australian Black Metal Fan Shows No Remorse For Burning Down Church

Kate Lahey of Australia's News.com.au has issued the following report: A heavy metal fan who torched a century-old church showed no remorse because the band he listened to preached that regret was weak, a court heard today. Novak Majstorovic (photo),19, of St Albans in suburban Melbourne, pleaded g...