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Former DIO Guitarist ROWAN ROBERSTON Joins DC4

Los Angeles-based hard rock band DC4 has announced the addition of Rowan Robertson to a lineup that also includes brothers Jeff Duncan (ARMORED SAINT, ODIN) on lead vocals and guitar, Shawn Duncan (ODIN) on drums and Matt Duncan on bass. Rowan is best known for nailing down the lead guitar spot with...

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TRACY G's EPIC Shoots 'Strange Blessings' Video

EPIC, the new band featuring former DIO/WWIII guitarist Tracy G, shot a video for the song "Strange Blessings" on July 29 in Burbank, California at Center Stage. The track comes off the band's recently completed 13-song CD, "Metaphor", the musical direction on which has been described by Tracy as "h...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES, IRON MAIDEN, MÖTLEY CRÜE Members Pay Tribute To VAN HALEN

Deadline/Cleopatra Records has just released "'80s Metal Tribute To Van Halen", a collection of VAN HALEN covers performed by some of the biggest hard rock stars of the '80s metal scene. The complete track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Paul Di'Anno (IRON MAIDEN) – "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Lo...

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TREASURE LAND Returns With A Vengeance

TREASURE LAND, the Swedish progressive metal band who released two highly acclaimed CDs in 1997 and 1998, has returned with a vengeance. After some years of writing new songs, producing other bands, writing guitar books, and doing clinics, guitarist Jonas Hörnqvist reformed TREASURE LAND with a new...

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WHITESNAKE Signs European Deal With SPV; New Live Album Due In November

Steamhammer/SPV has announced the signing of WHITESNAKE, one of the greatest and most acclaimed hard rock acts of all time. November 3, 2006 in Germany and November 6, 2006 in Europe will see the arrival of WHITESNAKE's new double live album, "Live ... In The Shadow Of The Blues", capturing for post...

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EAGLE ROCK Sells SPITFIRE RECORDS

In its first move under its new name of Redux Records, the company formerly known as Sheridan Square Entertainment has acquired the 200-album Spitfire Records catalog from Eagle Rock Entertainment. The Spitfire catalog includes BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, TWISTED SISTER, ALICE COOPER, TED NUGENT, YNGWIE MA...

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Come What(ever) May

Before we got all mixed up with eighteen million different subgenres of metal, there was just one single genre: heavy metal (or hard rock),a musical space marked by a significantly harder edge than the mothership of rock and roll but also a field wide open to many different sounds and styles. Thus...

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FIREBALL MINISTRY To Support ALICE COOPER

As the touring cycle for the critically acclaimed "Their Rock Is Not Our Rock" soldiers on, L.A. rock warriors FIREBALL MINISTRY — who in recent months have toured alongside such heavyweights of rock and metal as DISTURBED, H.I.M., OPETH, NEVERMORE, CLUTCH and CKY, in addition to a one-off performan...

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PLANET GEMINI: New Album To Feature Former BLACK SABBATH/DIO Drummer

Boston-based traditional doom metal band PLANET GEMINI, who recently tapped original TROUBLE drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson to play on its upcoming CD, has issued the following update: "In a previous press release, PLANET GEMINI announced that they would be working with Jeff 'Oly' Olson. While this projec...

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'Global Metal' Documentary: Filmmakers Seek Information On Metal Scenes From Around the World

The makers of the documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" are seeking information about metal scenes in different countries for their follow-up film, "Global Metal", which will explore the global spread of heavy metal music and culture. "The goal of this film is to discover what is happening in...

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SEVEN WITCHES Guitarist JACK FROST To Release Solo Album Next Month

Guitarist Jack Frost is certainly one of the hardest working guitarists in heavy metal today. In addition to playing on, mixing, and producing albums with his band, SEVEN WITCHES (which formerly included Joey Vera of ARMORED SAINT),Frost has also lent his guitar talents to the likes of SAVATAGE, ME...

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DIO, AS I LAY DYING, UNEARTH, BLOODSIMPLE Added To Japan's LOUD PARK 06 Festival

DIO, AS I LAY DYING, UNEARTH, BLOODSIMPLE, FIREWIND, KORPIKLAANI and ZEROMIND have been confirmed for the Loud Park 06 festival, set to take place October 14-15, 2006 at the Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Halls 9-11 in Tokyo, Japan. Meanwhile, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE has pulled out of the e...

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GEORGE LYNCH Guitar Lessons Up For Grabs

This summer, if you're up to the challenge, ESP Guitars wants to give you the gift of becoming a better player with two months of free study with a true master… ex-DOKKEN axe legend George Lynch! With the purchase of any George Lynch Signature Series model ESP or LTD, you'll get a 60-day pass to ...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist Performs With DIO In Brazil

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser joined DIO for a rendition of the BLACK SABBATH classic "Mob Rules" during the legendary heavy metal frontman's headlining appearance at the Credicard Hall in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Saturday, July 15. DIO's follow-up to 2004's "Master of the Moon" is expected in earl...

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TESTAMENT: New Live Photos Posted Online

A number of photos of TESTAMENT performing in Hollywood (Key Clyb, July 12) and Santa Ana, California (Galaxy Theater, July 13) last week have been posted online at Dirt Junior.com: Hollywood, Santa Ana. TESTAMENT's setlist for the Hollywood show was as follows: 01. The Preacher 02. New Order 03. Th...