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KATATONIA: 'Night Is The New Day' Artwork Preview Available

A preview of the cover artwork for "Night Is The New Day", the eighth studio album from Swedish masters of melancholy KATATONIA, is available below. The artwork was once again designed by Travis Smith and closes the visual concept for "The Great Cold Distance" phase. 13 tracks were reportedly laid d...

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MICHAEL ANTHONY Says VAN HALEN's ROCK HALL Induction Was 'A Pretty Bittersweet Thing'

Although both Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2007 with VAN HALEN, the band never performed at the induction since Eddie and Alex Van Halen were no-shows at the event. Artisan News Service recently caught up with Hagar and Anthony to get their tho...

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DAYLIGHT MISERY Completes Work On Debut Album

Greek death metal band DAYLIGHT MISERY has completed work on its debut album, "Depressive Icons", for a tentative November 2009 release via an as-yet-undetermined record label. The drums for the CD were recorded at Woodshed Studios in Germany by Seraph (DARK FORTRESS, NONEUCHILD) and producer Victor...

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MACHINE HEAD's DEMMEL Performs With SHINEDOWN In Berlin; Video Footage Available

MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel joined the Jacksonville, Florida-based hard rock/post-grunge band SHINEDOWN on stage at Zitadelle in Berlin, Germany on June 8, 2009 to perform the song "Cyanide Sweet Tooth Suicide". Watch fan-filmed video footage of the appearance below. As previously reported, D...

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Behind The Scenes With CHICKENFOOT In London

CHICKENFOOT, hard rock's newest supergroup, recently completed its first European tour, and Rolling Stone's Rock Daily has exclusive footage from behind the scenes as ex-VAN HALEN vets Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith invaded...

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ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW Explains Absence From North American Shores

Finnish melodic death metal band ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW has issued the following update: "We want to clarify some things. "We'd love to play in North America (as well as in many other places) but there's still one thing preventing us to do that... We need a North American label. "During our 15 year...

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DEFIANCE Completes Work On New Album

Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE have issued the following update: "The new DEFIANCE album titled 'The Prophecy' has been completed! The mixing and mastering of the first new music from DEFIANCE in over 15 years was completed a few weeks ago and has been sent to Candlelight Records fo...

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ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW Begins Writing New Material

Finnish melodic death metal band ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW has issued the following update: "We have been rehearsing with our new guitarist, Mika Lammassaari, for two and a half months now and things are going very smoothly. We still have no official live show dates (as most of Finland is having its s...

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KATATONIA: New Album Title, Release Date Announced

Sweden's KATATONIA has set "Night Is the New Day" as the title of its long-awaited new album, due in Europe on October 19 and in the U.S. on October 27 via Peaceville Records. 13 tracks were reportedly laid down for the follow-up to 2006's "The Great Cold Distance" (out of which 11-12 songs will mak...

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TENET: Another Song Posted Online

A new TENET track entitled "Crown Of Thorns" has been made available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the group's debut album, "Sovereign", which was released in Europe on July 20 via Century Media Records (the CD will be issued in North America on August 11. TENET, origi...

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RICHIE KOTZEN To Release 'Peace Sign' In The Fall

Guitarist Richie Kotzen (ex-MR. BIG, POISON) will issue a new album called "Peace Sign" this fall. The exact release date for the effort will be announced soon. Richie Kotzen'd first-ever live DVD, "Bootlegged In Brazil", was released in Europe on December 5, 2008 via Frontiers Records. A perfect co...

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OVER THE RAINBOW's BLACKMORE Is 'Very Happy' With Crowd Response To New Band

Michael Lello of Northeastern Pennsylvania's The Weekender recently conducted an interview with OVER THE RAINBOW guitarist Jürgen "J.R." Blackmore (son of RAINBOW/DEEP PURPLE guitar legend Ritchie Blackmore). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On how RAINBOW fans are reacting to OVER T...

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RATT Frontman On Forthcoming CD: 'It's Exactly What Everybody's Going To Want But A Lot More'

Ryan E. Smith of ToledoBlade.com recently conducted an interview with RATT singer Stephen Pearcy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ToledoBlade.com: RATT has a new album coming out ... Is there going to be any kind of different sound or anything that you think fans will notice? Pearcy...

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KATATONIA: Spanish Dates Announced

Sweden's KATATONIA has scheduled two Spanish dates in September: Sep. 11 - Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona, Spain Sep. 12 - Fiestas de Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain KATATONIA recently entered the studio to begin recording its eighth album for a late October release via Peaceville Records. 13 tracks are being l...

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Y&T's One-Armed Drummer

In a strange coincidence, three American rock drummers sustained injuries while on separate tours during Europe's summer festival season: Chad Smith (CHICKENFOOT),Tommy Aldridge (THIN LIZZY),and Mike Vanderhule (Y&T). CHICKENFOOT and THIN LIZZY cancelled their shows, but Vanderhule insisted on...