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MALEVOLENT CREATION Completes Songwriting Process For New Album

Veteran Florida-based extreme metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION have issued the following update: "The band has completed the writing and pre-production demos for 13 songs and will begin the recording of their tenth full-length album, 'Doomsday X', in the coming weeks of November. We're very happy with...

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JON OLIVA: 'To Me SAVATAGE Was Never SAVATAGE After CRISS Died'

Metal-Temple.com / Rock Hard writer Orpheus Spiliotopoulos recently conducted an in-depth interview with SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva. An excerpt from the chat follows: Q: I'd like to ask you why you left SPV Records and how [much] better do you feel it is with AFM Records now? Jon Oliva: "The SPV...

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Guitarist DOUG ALDRICH Explains Why He's Not Happy With DIO's 'Holy Diver Live' Release

Marko Syrjälä of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with WHITESNAKE guitarist Doug Aldrich. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: Isn't it true that David [Coverdale] had plans to bring John Sykes back in the band before you came in picture? Doug: I think he was ta...

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OVERKILL Frontman Talks About Having A Stroke: Video Available

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a video clip featuring Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth from OVERKILL talking about having a stroke. Check it out at...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: Touring Plans Revealed

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the solo project of SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, will begin the first leg of its European tour on March 31 at the prestigious ProgPower UK Festival. The band will then return to Europe for the summer festival season and will play many all-acoustic dates between festival appearanc...

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Bassist STEVE DIGIORGIO To Guest On ROGER STAFFELBACH'S ANGEL OF EDEN CD

Bassist extraordinaire Steve DiGiorgio (SEBASTIAN BACH, SADUS, TESTAMENT, DEATH) will be guesting on an upcoming album by ROGER STAFFELBACH'S ANGEL OF EDEN. The project, the brainchild of Swiss guitarist Roger Staffelbach (ARTENSION),recently signed a licensing deal with Japan's Marquee/Avalon for...

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INTO ETERNITY Singer Hopes To Tour 'Nonstop' In 2007

Chris Harris and Jon Wiederhorn of MTV.com report: One recent morning while on Gigantour 2006, Stu Block realized he's got it pretty good. The frontman's band, Canadian melodic death-metallers INTO ETERNITY, were on the road with the second annual installment of Dave Mustaine's traveling circus of b...

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SCORPIONS Perform 'Rock You Like A Hurricane' At WACKEN: Video Available

A professionally filmed video of the SCORPIONS performing the song "Rock You Like a Hurricane" at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany on August 3, 2006 has been posted online at YouTube.com. SCORPIONS were joined by special guests and former bandmates Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker and H...

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DOKKEN Signs With FRONTIERS RECORDS

Frontiers Records has announced the signing of DOKKEN for the release of a brand new studio album in 2007. DOKKEN's upcoming CD, tentatively titled "Lightning Strikes Again", will be "a classic DOKKEN style release, something that all the fans have been asking for," says Don Dokken. "We hope to be d...

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RAMONES To Rock The Big Screen

Rory Rosegarten's Rosegarten Films has secured the rights to "I Slept with Joey Ramone", the only authorized biography of the late Joey Ramone, the lead singer of the seminal rock band the RAMONES, for a film on the legendary rocker's life. The book, written by Joey's brother Mickey Leigh along with...

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THE WILDHEARTS Frontman To Release 'Yeah Yeah Yeah' Single In November

THE WILDHEARTS frontman Ginger's first single from his "Valor Del Corazon" solo album, "Yeah Yeah Yeah", is due for release on November 20 as a split single with fellow Round Records artist HOWLING WILLIE. "Yeah Yeah Yeah" will be available on two-track CD and strictly limited-edition white vinyl 7"...

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GEORGE LYNCH, VINNY APPICE, TONY FRANKLIN Featured On LANA LANE's 'Gemini' Covers Album

Symphonic rock vocalist Lana Lane and her keyboardist / producer / husband Erik Norlander have just completed a pair of covers albums for release this winter. It has been a tradition in Japan for the two to release a Lana Lane "specialty album" every two years. They started with the "Lana Lane Balla...

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TESTAMENT: Perth Date Added To Australian Tour

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have added a Perth date to their upcoming Australian tour. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 07 - Melbourne, Australia @ the Prince of Wales Hotel Feb. 08 - Sydney, Australia @ the Manning bar Feb. 09 - Brisbane, Australia @ the Waterloo Hotel Fe...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: 'Maniacal Renderings' U.S. Release Date Announced

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the solo project of SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, will release its sophomore album, "Maniacal Renderings", in the U.S. on November 7 via Locomotive Records. "Maniacal Renderings" entered the German national chart at position No. 86 upon its release in September. The follow-up to 2...

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DEATHSTARS: French Headlining Dates Cancelled

Swedish industrial goth metal band DEATHSTARS has posted the following message on its official web site: "Unfortunately the French DEATHSTARS shows have just been cancelled by the French agency Garance Production. They decided to cancel all anounced shows because of DEATHSTARS supporting CRADLE OF F...