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KAMELOT Hard At Work On New Songs
KAMELOT guitarist Thomas Youngblood has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Greetings from Wolfsburg, Germany! Home of Volkswagen, they are everywhere here. We are here working on the new songs for the upcoming album and follow-up to 'The Black Halo'. It is going very ver...July 26, 2006
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KAMELOT Cancel RAGNAROCK Festival Appearance
American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT have cancelled their appearance at the Ragnarock Festival, set to take place August 17-19 at the Valle Hovin Sports Arena in Oslo, Norway. The group's manager, KMI Entertainment's Tim Norwood, states, "We have yet to receive a contract or deposits for thi...July 5, 2006
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LED ZEPPELIN's JIMMY PAGE Pulls Out Of MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL Tribute Concert
LED ZEPPELIN legend Jimmy Page has been forced to cancel his participation in the June 30 concert in honor of Atlantic Records at this year's Montreux Jazz Festival due to medical reasons (a "surgery", according to a press release). On June 30 — the opening night of the festival — the Montreux Jazz...June 29, 2006
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KAMELOT: CASEY GRILLO Drum Solo Video Clip Available
A video clip of KAMELOT's Casey Grillo performing a drum solo for DDrum.com can be viewed at this location. As previously reported, KAMELOT will be traveling to Wolfsburg, Germany this summer to lay down the tracks for the follow-up to 2005's "The Black Halo" with co-producers Sascha Paeth and Miro....June 29, 2006
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Report: Former MOTÖRHEAD Roadie Warned Police About London Terrorist Attack
antiMUSIC is reporting that a former roadie for MOTÖRHEAD tried to warn police about two radical Muslims that helped carry out the July 7, 2005 terrorist attack in London. Martin Gilbertson worked as a computer technician for individuals involved with an Islamic bookshop and youth center Beeston, We...June 25, 2006
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CONCEPTION To Release Live Album
Long-defunct Norwegian progressive metallers CONCEPTION, who reformed for an appearance at last year's ProgPower USA festival, have issued the following update via their official forum: "We meant to [release] a DVD [containing footage filmed at the] ProgPowerUSA [festival] but there was some problem...June 13, 2006
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AXL ROSE's Assistant Gets Into Scuffle At New York Party
Tricia Romano of The Village Voice is reporting that GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose and actor Sean Penn were enjoying a private party thrown by Nur Khan and Tommy Saleh Saturday night (May 13) at the Tribeca Grand in New York City when Rose's assistant Beta Lebeis, a striking older woman with plati...May 18, 2006
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KAMELOT Continuing Work On Live DVD, Planning Live Appearances
American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT are continuing to work on their first DVD, "One Cold Winter's Night", which was shot in Oslo this past February. "There is a lot of editing for our director Patric [Ulleaus]. We have 18 cameras on this shoot and the concert was nearly 2 hours long," state...April 28, 2006
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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist To Perform At NYC Benefit Concert
On Wednesday, March 15, DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess will be taking part in an evening to benefit the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health. He will be performing solo piano. The event will take place at the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom in New York City. Also scheduled to perfo...February 15, 2006
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Drummer SNOWY SHAW Quits DREAM EVIL
Swedish drummer Snowy Shaw (DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) has posted the following message on his official web site: "January 30th: SNOWY and DREAM EVIL = NO MORE. Less than a month before the scheduled recording of their fourth album, Snowy decides to pull the p...January 30, 2006
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KAMELOT To Film Live DVD In Norway
American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT will be filming their first live DVD on February 11, 2006 at the Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo, Norway. The shoot will be handled by acclaimed Swedish director Patric Ulleaus (DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL) and promises to be full of surprises for all the fa...January 7, 2006
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SERPENT LIGHT Seek Bassist, Drummer
SERPENT LIGHT, the new Orlando, Florida-based "progressive black/power metal" band featuring Swedish guitarist Mika (Sadist) Leppänen (formerly in NIFELHEIM) and American metal vocalist Sheena Khan, are seeking a bass guitarist and a drummer to complete their permanent lineup. Interested parties can...January 4, 2006
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Consign To Oblivion
The obvious comparisons to WITHIN TEMPTATION, NIGHTWISH, or even EVANESCENCE will have to be made here, of course. After all, EPICA is a symphonic metal band with a mezzo-soprano female vocalist (though guitarist Mark Jansen does throw in the occasional death growls),augmented by a string section a...December 12, 2005
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A Fragile Mind
One of the brighter stars in the prog-power underground returns after a too-long absence with a new vocalist and an oppressively heavy-handed approach. Right out of the box, with "There For Me", ZERO HOUR wedge themselves in amid DIGITAL RUIN or DREAM THEATER's most aggressive works, and nearly into...November 7, 2005
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KAMELOT Prepare To Hit The Road
KAMELOT mainman Thomas Youngblood has posted the following message on the group's web site: "Today we begin the rehearsals for the second round of tour dates for 'The Black Halo'. New keyboardist Oliver arrives tonight in Tampa and we will have Khan [vocals] here on next week. We will add some new s...November 4, 2005
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