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CHILDREN OF BODOM: 'Skeletons In The Closet' Details Revealed

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM will release a new album, titled "Skeletons In The Closet", in the fall through Spinefarm Records. The follow-up to last year's "Blooddrunk" is a selection of cover versions, some of them existing recordings, others specially laid down for this release. CHILDREN O...

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Former JOURNEY Singer Remembers MICHAEL JACKSON

According to Fan Asylum, former JOURNEY frontman Steve Perry was contacted by various media outlets for his thoughts on the untimely death of Michael Jackson. His comments follow below. Q: What are some of your memories of working with Michael Jackson on "We Are The World". Steve Perry: "I was origi...

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SWITCHBLADE KILLERS Signs With EULOGY RECORDINGS

Eulogy Recordings has announced the signing of SWITCHBLADE KILLERS. Vocalist/guitarist Zach Neil commented, "We're really interested in being the only rock and roll band on Eulogy. Part of the reason we went with Eulogy was because we're not a hardcore band at all. We think the contrast makes for an...

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JACKYL Frontman Develops New TV Show 'Full Throttle Saloon'

Following the success of the Emmy-nominated hit MTV show "Two-A-Days", executive producer (and JACKYL singer) Jesse James Dupree of Mighty Loud Entertainment has partnered with Arnold Rifkin of Cheyenne ("Die Hard", "Armageddon") and A. Smith & Co ("Hell's Kitchen", "I Survived A Japanese Gamesh...

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ANGUS YOUNG: 'I've Never Thought Of AC/DC As Being A No. 1 Band'

Billy Sloan of the California Chronicle conducted an interview with guitarist Angus Young of legendary Anglo-Australian hard rockers AC/DC on June 20, one day after the band's performance in Copenhagen, Denmark in front of 60,000 people at Parken. "This is our biggest tour yet. The longer you go, th...

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KEEL Frontman Issues New Album Update

Reactivated '80s hard rockers KEEL entered a North Hollywood, California studio on June 18 to begin recording their new album, "Streets Of Rock 'N' Roll", for a tentative late 2009 release. The CD is being co-produced and mixed by ace producer/engineer Pat Regan (RITCHIE BLACKMORE, WARRANT, BILLY SH...

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WARRIOR SOUL/TROUBLE Singer Says He Is Planning To Release New Solo Album

A two-minute video message from WARRIOR SOUL/TROUBLE singer Kory Clarke about his current and upcoming activities with both bands, as well as plans for a new solo record, can be viewed at this location. Clarke's first "solo" record, "Opium Hotel", abandoned hard rock in favor of electronic and decad...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist On 'The Formation Of Damnation', The Resurgence Of Thrash

Away-Team.com senior staff writer Jim Keller recently conducted an interview with guitarist Alex Skolnick of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Away-Team.com: Your current album, "The Formation of Damnation", to me, is far and away the s...

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LAWNMOWER DETH: Video Interview Available

Terrorizer magazine conducted an interview with LAWNMOWER DETH — the reunited late '80s/early '90s English comedy/thrash metal band which released three-and-a-half well-regarded albums — at this year's Download festival, which was held June 12-14 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. Watch the chat bel...

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'This Is Spinal Tap' To Be Made Available On Blu-Ray Disc

Crank it up to eleven with the revolutionary U.K. rock band as "This is Spinal Tap" screams its way to Blu-ray disc July 28 from MGM Home Entertainment. Academy Award nominee Rob Reiner's ("A Few Good Men") directorial debut, "This is Spinal Tap" has been hailed as "the funniest movie ever made abou...

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KEEL: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

Vocalist Ron Keel of the reactivated '80s hard rock band KEEL has issued the following update: "We are gathered in North Hollywood to begin sessions for the new KEEL album tomorrow morning. To say the least, we're fired up and really excited about this new project. "Shortly after announcing the KEEL...

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CAMP FREDDY's BILLY MORRISON To Join THE WILDHEARTS Frontman For Los Angeles Shows

Billy Morrison (CAMP FREDDY, CIRCUS DIABLO, THE CULT) has issued the following update: "I am currently learning and rehearsing a set of THE WILDHEARTS songs (as well as two or three of Ginger's solo songs) because I got an e-mail out of the blue asking me if I wanted to play guitar in a 'put-togethe...

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DANGEROUS NEW MACHINE: 'Burn' Video Released

"Burn", the new video from DANGEROUS NEW MACHINE, the new band featuring former STEREOMUD singer Erik Rogers, can be viewed below. The clip was directed/edited by Scott "El" Haney of El Haney Video Productions and includes studio as well as performance footage. DANGEROUS NEW MACHINE is currently put...

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SUSPERIA Vocalist To Return To Stage At Norway's STEINKJER FESTIVAL

Athera (real name: Pål Mathiesen),vocalist with Norwegian thrashers SUSPERIA, is set to return to the stage at the Steinkjer Festival in Norway on Friday, June 26. The singer, who earlier this year suffered a heart attack which resulted in major open heart surgery, has made a rapid recovery and doc...

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MR. BIG: European Tour Dates Announced

The reunited original lineup of MR. BIG will tour Europe in September and October. Confirmed dates are as follows: Sep. 04 - Rock Cafe Tallinn, Estonia Sep. 06 - Nosturi Helsinki, Finland Sep. 07 - Berns Stockholm, Sweden Sep. 09 - Train Aarhus, Denmark Sep. 10 - Essigfabrik Koln, Germany Sep. 12 -...