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DREAMSCAPE: 'Revoiced' Album To Surface In November

German progressive metallers DREAMSCAPE have posted the following message on their official web site: "Finally a release date of our new album 'Revoiced' — a 'best-of' album of the first two CDs 'Trans-Like State' [1997] and 'Very' [1999], completely new recorded und partially new arranged plus a in...

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SLAYER Guitarist KERRY KING: 'We Never Got Sidetracked By Pop Music Like MEGADETH Did'

U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. Several excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Hammer: Shouldn't you be releasing a record soon? It's been four years since "God Hates Us All". Kerry King: "It seems like everybody under the sun says, 'We wa...

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TWISTED SISTER's DEE SNIDER Talks About VAN HELSING'S CURSE Tour: Audio Available

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider spoke to Doug Podell of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM earlier this month about the upcoming tour by VAN HELSING'S CURSE, Snider's Halloween-themed classical/rock musical project which is bringing its spectral horror-inspired ambience to the stage in late October. Listen...

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German Singer DORO PESCH Makes Film Debut

German "metal goddess" Doro Pesch (ex-WARLOCK) has just finished shooting her very first movie in Switzerland and is said to be "very happy with the result." The movie, entitled "Anuk - The Path of the Warrior", was produced by Swiss director Luke Gasser and set for a theatrical release in in Switze...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist CHRIS POLAND Says DAVE MUSTAINE Is 'Very Smart'

Matthew Hoffman of Hardrock Haven recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Hardrock Haven: About your MEGADETH creations … I was looking through the album credits today and I didn’t see your name anywhere. What's up with...

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DORO: 'Classic Diamonds' CD/DVD Receives U.S. Release

German metal goddess Doro Pesch (ex-WARLOCK) has just released her "Classic Diamonds" collection in the U.S. in CD/DVD formats via Locomotive Music. The CD features nine revamped Doro classics newly recorded by Doro with the help of THE METAL CLASSIC NIGHT ORCHESTRA, including such favorites as "I R...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE To Donate All Proceeds From 'Home Sweet Home' Remake To Charity

MÖTLEY CRÜE will announce at a press conference today that they will donate all proceeds from a specially recorded rendition of their hit song "Home Sweet Home" to the hurricane relief efforts of Mercy Corps and the American Red Cross. Scheduled for a concert in Nashville on Sept. 10 as part of thei...

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Guitarist CHRIS CAFFERY Hopes To Release New SAVATAGE Album In 2007

Vampire-Magazine.com recently conducted an interview with SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Vampire-Magazine.com: There were a couple of shows booked last month in Europe, but somehow these were all cancelled. What is the story here...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's 'Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar' DVD To Receive U.S. Release

Yngwie Malmsteen's "Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra" will receive its long-awaited North American release on DVD on November 1, 2005, via Eagle Rock Entertainment. The DVD was filmed in 2001 with the New Japan Philharmonic, conducted by Taizo Takemoto. It was initially released over...

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ANATHEMA: New Songtitles Revealed

ANATHEMA guitarist Daniel Cavanagh has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We play a gig [tonight, Sept. 19] in London supporting H.I.M. and I know a few people have questioned this, but I for one am looking forward to playing in a packed out London venue to people who may...

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ANATHEMA: DJ Sets In Istanbul, Athens Cancelled

ANATHEMA guitarist/vocalist Vincent Cavanagh has issued the following statement via the group's official web site: "To everyone planning to turn up at the clubs in Istanbul [Friday night] (Sept. 16) and in Athens (Sept. 18),unfortunately I have had to pull out. This is because I don't wanna miss ou...

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Guitarist SEAN BAKER To Be Featured In MIKE VARNEY's 'Spotlight' Column

Instrumental guitarist Sean Baker of THE SEAN BAKER ORCHESTRA, who shared the stage with Joe Stump, "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, TESTAMENT, PAINMUSEUM) and Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS SIBERIAN-ORCHESTRA) at this year's Shredfest in Rochester, New York, will be featured in Shrapnel Records hea...

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Vocalist HENRIETTE BORDVIK Quits SIRENIA

Vocalist Henriette Bordvik has announced her departure from SIRENIA, the Norwegian gothic metal band featuring former TRISTANIA guitarist/vocalist Morten Veland. Her official statement on the matter reads as follows: "It's a difficult call this one, but it has now come down to me leaving SIRENIA. Se...

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METAL INSURGENCE TOUR Schedules Hurricane Relief Concert

The Metal Insurgence Tour, featuring JON OLIVA'S PAIN (led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva),CHRIS CAFFERY'S FACES (solo project of SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery),and BEYOND FEAR (fronted by former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens),will p...

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SPINAL TAP Bassist Says There Is 'Not A Lot Of Talk' Of Reunion

SPINAL TAP bassist Harry Shearer (a.k.a. Derek Smalls) recently spoke to Billboard.com's Greg Prato about the possibility of a reunion of the stars of the much-loved, much-parodied faux rockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap". "There's not a lot of talk [of a reunion]," Shearer admitted. "We kind of have...