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SEBASTIAN BACH To Open For GUNS N' ROSES In Europe

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has posted the following message on his official web site: "Sometimes in life you make true friends. A true friend is someone whom you can see and then not see, but when you see them again, it is like no time has passed at all. A true friend is ...

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LORDI Frontman: 'We Have Absolutely Nothing To Do With Satanism'

Eurovision winners, Finnish heavy metal band LORDI, spoke to the BBC in their first British radio interview since their victory. "There is a saying in Finland that hell freezes over before Finland wins the Eurovision," singer Mr. Lordi, whose real name is Tomi Putaansuu, told BBC Radio Five Live. "T...

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French LORDI Fans Demand Apology For TV Hosts' Disparaging Remarks

According to the Helsingin Sanomat, some 15,000 French LORDI fans have signed an Internet petition demanding an apology from French TV Eurovision hosts for what were claimed to be disparaging remarks about the artists during the Athens show. At the end of LORDI's performance on May 20, one of the Fr...

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WARRANT: 'Born Again' To Receive U.S. Release In July

Deadline Music will release the new album multi-platinum rockers WARRANT, entitled "Born Again", on July 11. This long-awaited collection features the band's first new material in nearly 10 years, including thirteen blistering solid rock tracks produced by Pat Regan, who has worked with KISS, DEEP P...

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SKYCLAD Confirmed For Germany's PÖSINGER OPEN AIR Festival

British "folk metal" act SKYCLAD have been confirmed for the Pösinger Open Air festival, set to take place July 15 in Pösing, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are STEELSTRING, EISMEER, AMNESTIE, RESURRECTION, MARY'S CAKE, SCHEIN, ASHES OF MY LIFE, EDELSCHWARZ and AK4711. More information is availab...

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LORDI's EUROVISION Victory 'Party' Attended By 80,000 People: Video Available

Matti Huuhtanen of The Associated Press has issued the following report: Thousands of Finns swarmed into Helsinki's central market square to greet their new national heroes, monster hard-rockers LORDI, as they performed for the first time in public since a stunning victory at the Eurovision Song Con...

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LORDI Fans Furious At 'Outing' By Gossip Magazine

Finland's Helsingin Sanomat has issued the following report: The latest issue of the weekly celebrity gossip magazine 7 Päivää (Seven Days, generally known hereabouts as Seiska) has caused a storm of protest from fans of the monster-metal Eurovision Song Contest winners LORDI. The paper published a...

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PUNGENT STENCH Explain U.S. Tour Cancellation

Long-running Austrian extreme metallers PUNGENT STENCH have issued a longer statement regarding the cancellation of their recent U.S. tour. The band's drummer, Alex Wank (a.k.a. Rector Stench, Mr. Stench, Sex Slave),said, "We feel sorry for all promoters and fans for the cancellation of the rest of...

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Metalcore Label FACEDOWN Inks Deal With RED DISTRIBUTION

RED Distribution and Facedown Records have finalized terms for an exclusive distribution agreement, it was announced today by Bob Morelli, Executive Vice President and General Manager, RED Distribution and Jason Dunn, President and Founder/Owner, Facedown Records. Under the new agreement, RED will p...

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Former MACHINE HEAD Drummer CHRIS KONTOS Officially Joins SPIRALARMS

Former FORBIDDEN/MANMADEGOD and current SPIRALARMS guitarist Craig Locicero has issued the following update: "We've been writing like mad scientists! The list of songs we have is ridiculous. It seems like every time we step into the room something new and exciting happens. I honestly have to say the...

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MORGANA LEFAY Announce New Drummer

Swedish "heavy doom progressive" metallers MORGANA LEFAY have announced the addition of drummer Pelle Åkerlind (LEDNOTE, ROCK TOOLS, live session member of BLOODBOUND) to the group's ranks. "We will continue as planed with playing festivals this summer, and a European tour in September," the band wr...

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PUNGENT STENCH Cancel Remainder Of U.S. Tour

Long-running Austrian extreme metallers PUNGENT STENCH have called off the remainder of their U.S. tour. According to a statement released by the band's drummer, Alex Wank (a.k.a. Rector Stench, Mr. Stench, Sex Slave),the cancellation was caused by "a fuck-up by our agent…. there will be a show in...

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GUNS N' ROSES: More Video Footage Of Surprise NYC Performance Surfaces

A one-minute video clip of GUNS N' ROSES performing the song "Used To Love Her" for actress Rosario Dawson on her birthday at the Plumm in New York City Thursday night (May 18) has been posted online at YouTube.com. An 83-second clip of "November Rain", filmed at the same party, can be viewed ...

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GUNS N' ROSES: Video Of Surprise NYC Performance Posted Online

An 83-second video clip of GUNS N' ROSES performing the song "November Rain" for actress Rosario Dawson on her birthday at the Plumm in New York City Thursday night (May 18) has been posted online at YouTube.com. Check out photos of the performance: PatrickMcMullan.com, Wire Image. As previously rep...

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AGANKAST Accused Of Insulting British Metal Fans By Pulling Out Of Contest

Craig Keddie of Borders Today is reporting that AGANKAST — the new British metal band featuring former ATOMKRAFT guitarist Rob Matthew (a.k.a. Redhead) — this week sensationally snubbed followers of the rock music scene in Hawick, England. The thrash four-piece revealed they would not be competing i...