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STEVE VAI Holding Open Auditions This Week

Steve Vai has scheduled a tour of Europe for this June-July and the USA in September-October. Vai is putting a new band together and in addition to private invite-only auditions, Steve will be holding open auditions on May 2 and May 3 from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in Los Angeles. At this time Steve ....

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SPARZANZA Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

Swedish hard rockers SPARZANZA have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AEROSMITH (US) AFTER FOREVER (NL) ALL ENDS (S) AMON AMARTH (S) ANDROMEDA (S) A...

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KITTIE Clips Featured In 'America's Hot Musician' Opening Theme

"America's Hot Musician", the "American Idol"-like competition for instrumental musicians debuting on the Oxygen network in July, has released its opening theme with clips from the KITTIE video "What I Always Wanted" via its web site at www.americashotmusician.org. The clips will be shown in a Jumbo...

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SOULFLY Guitarist Added To FLAW/SWITCHED Tour Dates; New Solo CD Title Revealed

SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo has been added to the several tour dates with FLAW and SWITCHED. Rizzo's schedule is now shaping up as follows: May 04 - Thunder Down Under - Baltimore, MD (Rizzo only) May 05 - Cinco de Mayo Fest @ VFW Terchon - Levittown, PA (Rizzo only) May 11 - Ground Zero ...

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PITCHBLACK: 'Angelized' Video Posted Online

Danish melodic death metal hopefuls PITCHBLACK have posted their video for the song "Angelized" at YouTube. PITCHBLACK's debut album, "Designed to Dislike", was produced by Steen Mogensen (CORNERSTONE, ex-ROYAL HUNT) and is scheduled for release on May 18 via the German label Limited Access Records....

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DEEP PURPLE Bassist Donates Prints Of Paintings To Linda McCartney Centre

DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover donated one of his paintings to the Linda McCartney Centre last year. The painting was subsequently sold via an auction, raising £900 for cancer patients. Taking advantage of a day's break in the the group's current U.K. tour, Roger visited the Centre at the royal ho...

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Scotland's ATTICA RAGE Announces New Guitarist

Scottish metal band ATTICA RAGE has announced the addition of Stephen Bell of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire as the group's lead guitarist following the recent departure of Shaun Nelson. Singer Jonny Parr explains: "Shaun has had to take some time out for personal reasons for an indefinite period and we ha...

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VELVET REVOLVER Frontman: 'Libertad' Goes Places The First Album Didn't Go

"The feel, the energy of 'Libertad' is about the eternal struggle for freedom — personal and social freedoms." So says VELVET REVOLVER's frontman Scott Weiland in describing the band's forthcoming album "Libertad", scheduled for release July 3 on RCA Records. It will be preceded by the track "She Bu...

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'Club Satan' Featuring DARK FUNERAL: Screenings Announced

The Satanic forces are uniting behind the first-ever Satanic porno movie, "Club Satan: The Witches' Sabbath". This film was overseen by an actual priest in the Church Of Satan, and includes a real Black Mass, the likes of which has not been caught on tape since Anton LaVey's "Satanis" more than 30 y...

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MACHINAE SUPREMACY Goes Classical

Spinefarm Records has announced an exciting and unlikely partnership between Swedish metallers MACHINAE SUPREMACY and The Royal Symphonic Philharmonic Orchestra. "PLAY! A Video Game Symphony" is a ground-breaking world tour extravaganza, which sees classical music, video games and heavy metal collid...

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Into the Chasms of Lunacy

One of the things I like most about "Into the Chasms of Lunacy" by Hungary's VORKUTA is the sound. It is raw, yet not lo-fi, and the instrument separation is right where it needs to be. Atmosphere cannot be discounted in assessing the merits of a black metal album, especially one that recalls origin...

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KITTIE Video Clips To Be Used In 'America's Hot Musician' Opening Theme

"America's Hot Musician", the "American Idol"-like competition for instrumental musicians debuting on the Oxygen network in July, has announced that it will incorporate clips from the KITTIE video "What I Always Wanted" into the show's opening theme. The program, which features ex-KITTIE bassist Tal...

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WARRIOR SOUL Pulls Out Of SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL, SOUL DOCTOR Steps In

WARRIOR SOUL has cancelled its appearance at the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Newly confirmed acts include SOUL DOCTOR, BALTIMOORE, HINDER, ZAN CLAN, MAGIC PIE, ARCHER, BADDADZ & BIG BEAR and BC & HEARTKEYS. The festival billing...

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3 LEGGED DOGG Shoots 'Give And Take Away' Video

The members of one of the more promising hard rock supergroups to come along in recent times, 3 LEGGED DOGG, recently took time out of their busy schedules to shoot the inaugural video, "Give and Take Away", from their debut album, "Frozen Summer", for Perris Records. Shot in Los Angeles, CA, the cl...

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DORO To Perform At German 'Rock For Children' Charity Concert

German singer Doro Pesch's official web site has been updated with the following message: "On April 28 and 30, a charity concert called 'Rock For Children 2007' will take place at the Route 66, Bösinghovener Straße, Meerbusch (Germany). DORO will be part of it to help raise money for the children. "...