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DEAD SHAPE FIGURE Signs With DYNAMIC ARTS RECORDS

Finnish modern thrash/death-influenced metal band DEAD SHAPE FIGURE has signed a deal with Dynamic Arts Records. The group's second album, "The Disease Of St. Vitus", is tentatively due in the spring. Commented vocalist Timo "Galzi" Kallio: "In the middle of our songwriting sessions, we woke up to r...

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KEEP OF KALESSIN Competing To Represent Norway In EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Norwegian black metal band KEEP OF KALESSIN is one of the artists who are competing to represent Norway in next year's Eurovision Song Contest. On Tuesday (December 1),KEEP OF KALESSIN guitarist and songwriter Obsidian C (real name: Arnt Grønbech) told the Norwegian TV show "Lydverket" that he's lo...

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JOE PERRY To Perform With Rapper T-PAIN At DOLPHINS Vs. PATRIOTS Game

The Miami Dolphins have announced that co-founding member, principal co-songwriter, lead guitarist and co-producer of AEROSMITH, Joe Perry, will be the main act at the Land Shark Tailgate Stage on the AT&T Grand Plaza with his band, THE JOE PERRY PROJECT, on Sunday, December 6, prior to the Dolp...

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OVERKILL To Tour North America With VADER, GOD DETHRONED, WARBRINGER, EVILE

New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL will embark on their 25th anniversary North American tour, dubbed Killfest 2010, in April/May 2010. The trek will span the length of the U.S., hitting spots in Canada, with one final show at New York City's Nokia Theater. Support on the tour will come from V...

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LITA FORD, Husband Interviewed On 'Long Live Rock'

Jeb Wright and Sterling Whitaker of "Long Live Rock" recently conducted an interview with '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford and her husband/ex-NITRO vocalist Jim Gilette. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. "Long Live Rock" is a live call-in show featuring interviews w...

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TESLA Gets 'ShipRocked'

Video footage of TESLA performing the song "What You Give" on the ShipRocked five-day rock and roll music cruise can be viewed below (courtesy of "The Tour Bus"). ShipRocked departed from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on November 15, 2009 and sailed to Ocho Rios, Jamaica and Georgetown, Grand Cayman, bef...

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Ex-MEGADETH Bassist ELLEFSON Discusses NORTHERN LIGHT ORCHESTRA Project

Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH and current F5/HAIL! bassist David Ellefson. During this chat, Ellefson discussed his involvement in the new Christmas project NORTHERN LIGHT ORCHESTRA, among other topics. The interview is now available for streaming using the audi...

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BRUCE KULICK's 'BK3' To Receive European Release Via FRONTIERS RECORDS

Former KISS/current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick will release his new solo album, "BK3", in Europe on January 29 via Frontiers Records. The CD will be made available in North America on February 16 through Twenty 4 Records/Rocket Science Ventures. If you ever play Six Degrees of Bruce...

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SAMMY HAGAR Opens Cabo Wabo Cantina On Las Vegas Strip

Sammy Hagar has opened his hard-rockin' dining and nightlife experience, Cabo Wabo Cantina, on the Las Vegas Strip. The two-level, 15,000-square-foot Cantina brings the best of Cabo San Lucas to Vegas, with its prime location at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Cabo Wa...

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MEGADETH's SHAWN DROVER: First 'Endgame' Tour Blog Entry Available

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has posted the first of four tour blogs on the Sick Drummer Magazine web site from the band's current "Endgame" U.S. tour. The blogs will talk about life on the road for Shawn and the kinds of things he deals with. The first post covers week one of the ...

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GOATWHORE Officially Confirmed For DEVILDRIVER/SUFFOCATION Tour

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on November 14, GOATWHORE — the New Orleans-based band featuring vocalist L. Ben Falgoust II (SOILENT GREEN) and guitarist Sammy Duet (ACID BATH, CROWBAR) — has now confirmed that it will take part in the upcoming DEVILDRIVER North American headlining tour in Janua...

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SCORPIONS: New Album Title Announced

German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS have set "Sting In The Tail" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in early 2010. The CD is being recorded at a studio in Hannover, Germany with Swedish producers Mikael "Nord" Andersson and Martin Hansen (the team behind THE RASMUS' "Dead Letters" CD)....

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SCORPIONS To Embark On 'Get Your Sting And Blackout' World Tour

German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS have announced the following dates as part of their "Get Your Sting And Blackout" world tour: May 07 - Leipzig, Germany - Arena May 08 - Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle May 12 - Frankfurt, Germany - Festhalle May 14 - Stuttgart, Germany - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Hall...

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DEVILDRIVER, SUFFOCATION: First Dates Announced

Santa Barbara, California's DEVILDRIVER will embark on a five-week North American headlining tour in January. Direct support on the dates will come from New York extreme metal legends SUFFOCATION. Commented SUFFOCATION in a statement: "SUFFOCATION is very excited to be touring with DEVILDRIVER. We k...

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BRUCE KULICK To Release 'BK3' In February

If you ever play Six Degrees of Bruce Kulick, the former KISS/current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist's résumé will keep you happily busy for hours. Having been tapped by artists as diverse as Meat Loaf and Kanye West, the veteran axeman's boundless creative energy permeates his third solo LP, "BK3"....