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TWISTED SISTER Guitarist Comments On Proposed New Digital Royalty Rates

According to RadioInk.com, music recording artists from across the country have announced their support for the new digital royalty rates announced recently by the Copyright Royalty Board. The new rates, they feel, "better align the per-stream compensation performing artists and record labels receiv...

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H.I.M. Frontman: New Album Is 'A Lot Heavier Than Anything We've Done Before'

H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo recently spoke to Chris Harris of MTV.com about the group's new album, tentatively titled "Venus Doom", which they've been working on with producer Tim Palmer (DREDG, OZZY OSBOURNE) in Helsinki. "There were too many things going on," Valo said of the band's previous releas...

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MASTER: Early Albums To Be Reissued

Displeased Records has announced that it will reissue the first two MASTER albums this fall. The group's full-length debut, "Master", will be released "the way it was meant to be," with the original untriggered drum recordings and including all guitar solos (some were missing on the Nuclear Blast ve...

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Worldwide Response To ROCKLAHOMA 'Amazing'

Only one week after announcing plans for Rocklahoma, the largest '80s rock festival of its kind to ever be organized, an onslaught of fans worldwide have purchased tickets and made their plans to travel to Oklahoma. Fans from throughout Europe, Australia, South Africa, Canada and 32 states in the U....

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NECRODEATH, VISION DIVINE, HATESPHERE Featured On 'Deliver Us From Evil' DVD

Scarlet Records will release the label's first-ever DVD on April 16. "Deliver Us From Evil" is the confirmed title for the label's latest effort, a compilation which will include video clips and live footage from some of its most significant artists, such as NECRODEATH, VISION DIVINE, HATESPHERE, BA...

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ALICE COOPER: South American Tour Dates Announced

ALICE COOPER has lined up the following South American tour dates: May 28 - Santiago, Chile @ Teatro Caupolican May 30 - Cordoba, Argentina @ Estadio Juniors June 01 - Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Estadio Pepsi Music June 02 - Sao Paulo, Brazil @ CrediCard Hall June 04 - Belo Horizonte, Brazil @ Chevro...

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KISS, OZZY OSBOURNE Among Artists Who Have Never Topped BILLBOARD Album Chart

James Montgomery of MTV.com reports: Landing the #1 spot on the Billboard albums chart is pretty easy — provided your name is ELVIS, THE BEATLES or, uh, "Now That's What I Call Music!" For anyone else, it's a rather difficult thing to accomplish because, despite some of the "luminaries" who've occup...

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GOTTHARD To Film 'The Call' Video This Week

Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD will film a video for their new single, "The Call", this week in Germany. The track comes off the group's new album, "Domino Effect", which is scheduled for release on April 27. Check out the cover artwork at this location. According to singer Leo Leoni, "it is the best ....

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KISS: Photos From INDY EXPO Posted Online

KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has been updated with the following message: "The Indy KISS Fan Expo celebrated their 10th Anniversary in a big way [on Saturday, March 31] with Bruce Kulick, Angelo Coppola, MR. SPEED and a crowd of over 500 KISS fans! "Kid drumming sensation Angelo Coppola...

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METALLICA: Five Albums In Finnish Top 40

Heavy metal/hard rock music continues to thrive in Finland, where bands like CHILDREN OF BODOM regularly top the chart with their single and full-length releases. Following the recent announcement that METALLICA will play at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland on July 15, no less than five of t...

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From Beale Street to Oblivion

Blame it on a steady diet of old blues and classic rock records, or on their friendship with jammy blues-rockers FIVE HORSE JOHNSON, but don't say you didn't see it coming. CLUTCH, the band who once came off like an off-kilter hardcore or noise-rock band, is now officially drenched in funky groove,...

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CELTIC FROST: 'Morbid Tales' Silver Heptagram Pendant Now Available

Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have posted the following message on their official web site: "We are proud to announce an exclusive limited edition CELTIC FROST collector's silver heptagram pendant through CELTIC FROST's Europe and worldwide webstore. "The heptagram pendant is based...

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NEIL TURBIN's DEATHRIDERS To Introduce New Lineup At San Diego Gig

DEATHRIDERS, the new band fronted by original ANTHRAX vocalist Neil Turbin, will play an all-ages show on Thursday, March 29 at the House of Blues in San Diego. The event will be free to everyone over 21 and only $10 for those under 21. This will be DEATHRIDERS' first performance with the new lineup...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND's Ziltoid Album Due This Summer

Devin Townsend's (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND) wife Tracy has issued the following newsletter from Devin's record label, HevyDevy Records: "Well, one thing that any Devin fan knows is that ideas change and grow. Last issue we reported: 'Also occupying his time in the past month has been...

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ALLEN / LANDE's 'Revenge' Due In May

Frontiers Records has set a May release date for "The Revenge", the greatly anticipated second chapter of the ALLEN / LANDE musical alliance. The first result of Jorn Lande and Russell Allen's collaboration, "The Battle" was unleashed in September 2005 with unanimous acclaim from fans and critics al...