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INTO ETERNITY Tap Original Drummer For New Album

Tim Roth of the Regina, Saskatchewan-based progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY has issued the following update on the band's curent and upcoming activities: "The new album is still underway for us. Right now we are looking at 11 songs for the new album. Each song is a bit more compact compared to wh...

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METALLICA Frontman JAMES HETFIELD To Be Honored

METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield will be honored with the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award for his dedication and support of the MusiCares MAP Fund and his devotion to helping other addicts with recovery process. Bill Silva will be the recipient of the MusiCares Heart Award for his unconditional...

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GENERAL SURGERY Part Ways With Frontman, Cancel European Tour

Legendary Swedish grindcore merchants GENERAL SURGERY have been forced to cancel their previously announced European tour "due to difficulties in finding a replacement for departed vocalist Grant McWilliams, who, on amicable terms, left the [band] several weeks ago," according to a posting on the gr...

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LINKIN PARK's SHINODA To Co-Produce New Album With RICK RUBIN

LINKIN PARK rapper Mike Shinoda has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We've been working on new stuff for a few months at this point, and we have about 40-50 ideas. Some of them are just little musical phrases, some are full-blown songs with vocals. All are very excitin...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Drummer: 'We're Getting Along Better Than We Ever Have'

Melissa Ruggieri of the Richmond Times-Dispatch recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee. An excerpt from the chat follows: Richmond Times-Dispatch: The music you're working on in the bus, is it solo material or things for the new CRÜE record? Lee: "Yesterday I did some ele...

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PROTOTYPE: New Album Samples Posted Online

Los Angeles-based progressive thrash metal band PROTOTYPE have uploaded two tracks from their upcoming their sophomore effort, "Continuum", at this location. Due on April 25 via MetalAxe Records in Europe and Nightmare Records in the U.S., the CD is the follow-up to the band's full-length debut, "Tr...

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QUEENSRŸCHE, SYMPHONY X, EDGUY, OBITUARY, ARCH ENEMY Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

QUEENSRŸCHE, SYMPHONY X, EDGUY, OBITUARY, VICTORY and ARCH ENEMY have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-10 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALICE COOPER ANVIL ARCH ENEMY ASIA B...

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Former KISS Guitarist BRUCE KULICK Comments On ROCK AND ROLL FANTASY CAMP

Former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick was one of several musicians that made up the celebrity camp band at the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, where rock and roll dreams come true for fans who want to make their musical fantasies become reality. The camp took place in Los Angeles, CA, from February 16 - 20...

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QUIET RIOT: New Album To Feature GLENN HUGHES, TONY FRANKLIN

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has posted the following message on his official web site: "I am happy to report that I have completed the drum and percussion tracks for the new QUIET RIOT studio CD. Next we will commence recording the rhythm and lead guitars courtesy of Neil Citron. Neil, who is...

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PROTOTYPE To Release New Album In April

Los Angeles-based progressive thrash metal band PROTOTYPE will release their sophomore effort, "Continuum", on April 25 via MetalAxe Records in Europe and Nightmare Records in the U.S. The CD is the follow-up to the band's full-length debut, "Trinity", which was issued in 2004 via Massacre Records....

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GENE SIMMONS Visits 'Your World': Video Available

What does Gene Simmons have in common with Indy Racing? Watch an interview with the KISS star on "Your World with Neil Cavuto", where he also discusses his right-leaning politics, at FoxNews.com. ...

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VINCE NEIL To Host 10-Year Anniversary Edition of Skylar Neil Memorial Golf Tournament

MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil will be hosting the 10-year anniversary edition of The Skylar Neil Memorial Golf Tournament on Friday, May 5 at the Lost Canyons Golf Club in Simi Valley, California. "In 1995, I lost my daughter Skylar to stomach cancer," Vince writes in a press release. "Since that...

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DEF LEPPARD Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

DEF LEPPARD have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-10 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALICE COOPER ANVIL BLITZKRIEG BONFIRE CACTUS CATHEDRAL CELTIC FROST DEEP PURPLE DEF LEPPA...

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INTO ETERNITY To Record New Album This Summer

Tim Roth of the Regina, Saskatchewan-based progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY has issued the following update on the band's curent and upcoming activities: "We have all been taking it easy and recharging our batteries. The songwriting is still going on as we speak. I can say it's the first time whe...

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ASIA, VANDEN PLAS, THE QUILL Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK Festival

ASIA, VANDEN PLAS, and THE QUILL have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-10 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALICE COOPER ANVIL ASIA BLITZKRIEG BONFIRE CACTUS CATHEDRAL CELTIC F...