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TYGERS OF PAN TANG Confirmed For Norway's METAL ROCK FEST

NWOBHM legends TYGERS OF PAN TANG have been confirmed for the Metal Rock Fest, a brand new two-day event set to take place August 15-16 in Lillehammer, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, August 15 CRIMES OF PASSION WHITE LION THE WILDHEARTS HANOI ROCKS TWISTED SISTER TYGE...

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PROJECT: FAILING FLESH: New Album Tenative Track Listing Revealed

PROJECT: FAILING FLESH, the group featuring former VOIVOD/current E-FORCE bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest, Kevin 131 (GARDEN OF SHADOWS, TWISTED TOWER DIRE, BRAVE, WHILE HEAVEN WEPT) and Tim Gutierrez (instruments),has set the tentative track listing for its new album, titled "Count Back From Ten". I...

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Guitarist CHRISTIAN HECTOR Quits MIDNATTSOL

Guitarist Christian Hector has left MIDNATTSOL, the German-Norwegian band featuring vocalist Carmen Elise Espenaes (the younger sister of LEAVES' EYES singer Liv Kristine). His statement on the matter reads as follows: "It's been some years since Carmen and me started out forming Midnattsol. Now it'...

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EXTREME Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Vocalist Gary Cherone of the reunited Massachusetts hard rockers EXTREME featuring original members Nuno Bettencourt, Cherone, Pat Badger and new sticksman Kevin Figueiredo has issued the following update: "The [new EXTREME] record is finished except for one lead vocal and a few backgrounds. Nuno is...

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MOTRHEAD Confirmed For Holland's ARROW ROCK FESTIVAL

MOTRHEAD has been confirmed for the Arrow Rock Festival, set to take place June 15 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 3 DOORS DOWN DEF LEPPARD GOTTHARD JOURNEY KANSAS KISS MOTRHEAD REO SPEEDWAGON TWISTED SISTER WHITESNAKE For more information, visit www.arro...

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KRALLICE Completes Work On Debut Album

New York's KRALLICE, the black metal outfit masterminded by dynamic guitar genius Mick Barr (OCRILIM, ORTHRELM etc.) and technical music wizard Colin Marston (BEHOLD THE ARCTOPUS, DYSRHYTHMIA, BYLA, etc.),has completed work on its self-titled debut album, to be released late July via Profound Lore...

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GODIVA Drummer Forced To Sit Out ROYAL HUNT Tour

Due to family obligations, drummer Peter Gander of Swiss rockers GODIVA will be unable to join the band on its upcoming European tour with ROYAL HUNT and will be temporarily replaced by Stefan Schwarzmann (ACCEPT, HELLOWEEN, KROKUS, RUNNING WILD, U.D.O.) For a list of upcoming GODIVA shows, go to th...

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OPERATIKA Seeks New Bassist

New Jersey-based symphonic/power metallers OPERATIKA are seeking a new bassist. Requirements are as follows * Must have transportation * Must be able to practice once or twice a week * Must have good gear * Must want to play lots of shows (local and out-of-state) Interested parties can contact the g...

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LAYNE STALEY's Biography To Be Made Available In Spanish

Argentinean journalist/author Adriana Rubio's biography of late ALICE IN CHAINS frontman Layne Staley, titled "Layne Staley: Get Born Again", will be translated into Spanish. According to a press release, the Spanish version "will contain material related to the upcoming movie 'Get Born Again'. The...

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CLUTCH Confirmed For UK's HARD ROCK HELL Festival

CLUTCH has been confirmed for the Hard Rock Hell II festival, set to take place December 5-7, 2008 at Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, UK. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY THIN LIZZY CLUTCH BATTLELORE KORPIKLAANI ORANGE GOBLIN RAVENS CREED THE WILDHEARTS TIGERTAILZ VIK...

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TOM GABRIEL FISCHER: 'I Plan On Continuing Exactly In The Artistic Vein Of CELTIC FROST'

Former CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "It was not my departure from CELTIC FROST which caused the group's inexorable demise. It was the group's inexorable demise which caused my departure. "CELTIC FROST's approach was unlike any other...

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HAMMERFALL Announces New Guitarist

Swedish metallers HAMMERFALL have recruited guitarist Pontus Norgren (THE POODLES, TALISMAN, GREAT KING RAT) to replace Stefan Elmgren, who left the in early April to focus on his new career as a pilot. "Pontus is a fantastic guitar player with musical roots in ACCEPT and neo-classical metal," comme...

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DEEP PURPLE, TED NUGENT, THIN LIZZY Confirmed For Spain's MONSTERS OF ROCK Festival

DEEP PURPLE, TED NUGENT and THIN LIZZY are among the confirmed bands for Spain's Monsters of Rock festival, set to take place Friday, July 11 at Zaragoza Fair in Zaragoza. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: DEEP PURPLE TWISTED SISTER TED NUGENT SAXON THIN LIZZY PRETTY MAIDS CANDLEMASS RA...

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HAMMERFALL: New DVD, Covers Album Due In June

On June 27, two new HAMMERFALL releases will see the light of day: a DVD continuing chronicling the band's career, and a covers CD a collection of all the covers recorded by HAMMERFALL to date plus three new, unreleased ones. Incidentally, this will be guitarist Stefan Elmgren's last release with HA...

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LED ZEPPELIN: 'Immigrant Song' Remix Due This Summer?

Twisted Ear reports that LED ZEPPELIN is rumored to have been in contact with PENDULUM a drum and bass group originally hailing from Perth, Australia but now based in the United Kingdom to remix ZEPPELIN's classic track "Immigrant Song", to be released at some point over the summer. LED ZEPPELIN has...