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DEFLESHED Split Up

Swedish death/thrash metallers DEFLESHED have officially split up. The group's bassist/vocalist Gustaf Jorde has issued the following statement on the matter: "Fellow comrades, with a schizophrenic mixture of grief and relief we hereby announce our departure from all DEFLESHED activities. Activities...

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OZZY OSBOURNE To Perform With Opera Singer At ROYAL VARIETY Show?

Rachel Mainwaring of icWales is reporting that Ozzy Osbourne could be paired with clean-cut opera star Katherine Jenkins at next week's Royal Variety Performance. The 25-year-old Jenkins will perform a spectacular duet at this year's event — and the producer hinted last night that the singer will be...

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Their Rock Is Not Our Rock

I've never understood the big deal about FIREBALL MINISTRY. The quartet is a solid rock band with a decent sense of melody, but they aren't the saviors of rock and roll. Maybe I haven't been exposed to enough of the music on previous releases (though I did recently see a strong live performance from...

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OZZY Is 'Proud' To Represent Heavy Metal At ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE

Ozzy Osbourne has told the Sunday Mirror that he will be on his best behavior during his performance for the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance later this month, according to Digital Spy. "Finally the Prince Of Darkness gets to play for Her Majesty," Ozzy told the Sunday Mirror. "I'm proud to re...

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SILENT FORCE: New Studio Photos Posted Online

SILENT FORCE, the power metal band featuring ex-ROYAL HUNT singer D.C. Cooper, have entered House of Music studio in Winterbach, Germany with producer Dennis Ward to begin recording the drums for their new album, tentatively due in early 2006 via AFM Records. Check out pictures from the studio at th...

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LED ZEPPELIN: Polar Music Prize Announcement Video Posted Online

LED ZEPPELIN were named the recipients of the annual Polar Music Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in Stockholm on Monday (Nov. 7). Watch the announcement video at this location. The citation issued by the Academy called LED ZEPPELIN "one of the great pioneers of rock" and commented that t...

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OZZY Talks About MAIDEN Vs. SHARON Fiasco, 'Under Cover' CD: Audio Available

Ozzy Osbourne spoke to Doug Podell of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM earlier this month about his recently released "Under Cover" album, the Ozzfest fiasco involving IRON MAIDEN, and his surprise appearance at the ABC's "NFL Kickoff" show in September, among other topics. Listen to the seven-minute intervi...

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OZZY OSBOURNE To Perform For QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Ozzy Osbourne has been forced to pull out of his upcoming appearance at the Spike TV "Video Game Awards" later this month due to a personal request from Buckingham Palace to perform for Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Family's annual "Royal Variety Performance". Regrettably, the rehearsal and perfor...

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LED ZEPPELIN Win Polar Music Prize

CBC Arts is reporting that LED ZEPPELIN and Russian conductor Valery Gergiev have been named the 2006 winners of the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm. Founded in 1989 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and Stig Anderson, manager of Swedish pop group ABBA, the annual prize honors one pop and one cla...

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NEW YORK DOLLS To Enter Studio In January

According to Roadrunner Records, seminal punk rock artists the NEW YORK DOLLS will enter the studio in January 2006 to begin recording their much-anticipated comeback effort, tentatively due next spring. Featuring founding members David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain, with Steve Conte (guitar),Sami Y...

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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Drummer Checks In From The Road

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "As you all know, STRAPPING is hittin' the road. Actually, we've hit it. We're in Lawrence, Kansas tonight, as the 'Category 5-Fifteen Years of Fear' shitstorm blows into town. I am gonna do my...

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Australian Guitarists Attempt To Break World Record With DEEP PURPLE's 'Smoke On The Water'

According to Australia's The Age, Melbourne guitarists will attempt to break an 11-year Guinness World Record on Sunday (Oct. 29) by playing the classic riff to DEEP PURPLE's "Smoke on the Water". To celebrate the Hard Rock Cafe's 10th birthday and raise funds for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,...

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BLOODSIMPLE To Open For DISTURBED On JÄGERMEISTER MUSIC TOUR's Second Leg

The ever-growing, ever-raging Jägermeister Music Tour is set to charge this fall. This time out, DISTURBED leads the assault. CORROSION OF CONFORMITY serves as direct support on the first leg of the tour and BLOODSIMPLE will do the honors on the second leg. Each night a Jägermeister-sponsored band w...

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GOD FORBID's FURY OF THE FALL Tour Recap

GOD FORBID are currently in the midst of the highly-successful Decibel magazine-sponsored Fury of The Fall tour with MESHUGGAH, THE HAUNTED and MNEMIC, which is the group's first U.S. trek in support of their highly-acclaimed new conceptual opus "IV: Constitution of Treason". The album entered The B...

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SILENT FORCE Sign With AFM RECORDS

SILENT FORCE, the power metal band featuring ex-ROYAL HUNT singer D.C. Cooper, have inked new deals with Germany's AFM Records and Japan's King Records. The band will enter House of Music studio in Winterbach, Germany in the next couple of weeks with producer Dennis Ward to begin recording the drums...