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Former DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist In Budapest; Video Available

Hungarian TV covered former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord's recent visit to Budapest with an interview and video footage of the rehearsals for the Concerto performance. Watch the report below. Jon Lord's "The Durham Concerto", which was released on CD in January 2008 via U.K.'s Avie Records, ente...

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RITCHIE BLACKMORE On IAN GILLAN: 'Hasn't The Time Come For Him To Act Like An Adult?'

During a recent interview with Greece's Rockpages.gr web site, DEEP PURPLE vocalist Ian Gillan made a number of unfavorable comments about the band's former guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore, thus prompting Blackmore to respond via his attorney in an attempt to "set the record straight." Ian's original c...

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HEATHEN: New Album Title, Artwork Revealed

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers HEATHEN have set "The Evolution of Chaos" as the title of their new album, due later in the year via Holland's Mascot Records. Check out the cover artwork below. Photos from the recording sessions are available in the "Pics" section of the band's MySpace...

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WHITE WIZZARD Signs With EARACHE RECORDS

WHITE WIZZARD, Los Angeles-based high-energy, NWOBHM-influenced metallers who could be described as a cross between DIAMOND HEAD and VAN HALEN, have inked a worldwide, multi-album deal with Earache Records. WHITE WIZZARD formed in 2007 and shortly afterwards recorded their "High Speed GTO" demo, whi...

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VINCE NEIL's Skylar Neil Memorial Golf Tournament To Be Held In Early May

Vince Neil is perhaps best known as the front man for the legendary rock group MÖTLEY CRÜE. But thanks to his Skylar Neil Foundation he is also widely recognized as a man who generously gives back. After losing his five-year-old daughter Skylar to cancer in 1995, Vince dedicated himself to raising a...

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GOD'S REVOLVER Signs With TRANSLATION LOSS RECORDS

Translation Loss Records has announced the signing of Provo, Utah's GOD'S REVOLVER. The group's new full-length album is scheduled for release in early 2010. The bandmembers will be handling the recording duties themselves while mastering will be completed by Super 8 Studios (FIGHT AMP, HIGH ON FIRE...

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ARCH RIVAL Signs With ROCK-A-HOLICS RECORDS

Rock-a-holics Records has announced the signing of Dayton, Ohio / Texas greats ARCH RIVAL. 2009 promises to be a really interesting year with luxurious re-releases of ARCH RIVAL's back catalog coming out, which should lead to a new album sometime in 2010 and possible touring/festival activity around...

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PRONG: 'Power Of The Damn Mixxxer' Artwork, Samples Available

The cover artwork for "Power Of The Damn Mixxxer", the remix counterpart to PRONG's 2007 album "Power of The Damager", can be viewed below. The CD is scheduled for release on May 12 via 13th Planet Records. Commented PRONG guitarist/vocalist Tommy Victor: "We are really excited about this remix comp...

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JOE STUMP: More 'Virtuostic Vendetta' Details Revealed

Guitar shredder Joe Stump (HOLYHELL, REIGN OF TERROR) will release his new album, "Virtuostic Vendetta", on April 17 via Lion Music. Commented Joe, "On this record, I kind of went back and re-introduced myself to myself. Two of my early albums, 'Guitar Dominance' and 'Supersonic Shred Machine', were...

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KORN, NIGHTWISH, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, LAMB OF GOD Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING

KORN, NIGHTWISH, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, LAMB OF GOD, DRAGONFORCE and FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH are among the newly confirmed bands for the 14th edition of the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 26-28, 2009 on the festival grounds of the Boeretang in Dessel, Belgium. The festival biling is sha...

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INSIDIOUS DISEASE Taps RUSS RUSSELL For Debut Album Mix

INSIDIOUS DISEASE (formerly INSIDIOUS),the international metal project featuring members of DIMMU BORGIR, NAPALM DEATH, OLD MAN'S CHILD and MORGOTH, has tapped Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR) to mix its long-awaited debut album, tentatively titled "Shadowcast", due later in the year via a...

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DEATHSTARS: Munich Video Footage, Photos Available

Video footage of DEATHSTARS' March 12, 2009 concert at Backstage in Munich, Germany can be viewed below (courtesy of "eblinternational"). Photos of the show can be found at shutterBLAST. As previously reported, DEATHSTARS has inked a North American deal with Bieler Bros. Records. The group's third a...

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KITTIE Frontwoman Guests On TEAM CYBERGEIST Track; Audio Available

KITTIE frontwoman Morgan Lander has recorded a guest appearance on the track "The End Of All We Know" from TEAM CYBERGEIST, the solo/side project of Angel (a.k.a. Andrew Bartolotta),best known as the past/present drummer of such bands as DOPE, GENITORTURERS, PIG, CROSSBREED, SWITCHED, THE UNDEAD, a...

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JOE LYNN TURNER's SUNSTORM: New Album Details Revealed

Frontiers Records has set an April 17 European release date for the second album from legendary vocalist Joe Lynn Turner's (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) SUNSTORM project, entitled "House of Dreams". The first SUNSTORM album saw the light of day in 2006 when Turner followed Frontiers presi...

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DEATHSTARS: Vosselaar Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of DEATHSTARS' March 7, 2009 performance at Biebob in Vosselaar, Begium can be viewed below (courtesy of "bluebloodmetal"). As previously reported, DEATHSTARS has inked a North American deal with Bieler Bros. Records. The group's third album, "Night Electric Night", will be...