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ALICE COOPER Confirmed For New Zealand's ROCK2WGTN Festival

According to The New Zealand Herald, ALICE COOPER will join OZZY OSBOURNE and KISS for the upcoming Rock2Wgtn music festival, which is scheduled to take place March 22-23 at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand. Cooper gained notoriety after a 1969 concert incident led to him being reported, w...

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CLOUDSCAPE Completes Work On New Album

Swedish metallers CLOUDSCAPE have issued the following update: "The forthcoming third album of CLOUDSCAPE is now recorded, mixed, mastered and ready to go. No release dates and release info are settled yet, but expect these details to be announced sometime during January 2008. Once again artwork wiz...

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THE HELLACOPTERS To Release Final Studio Album In April

Sweden's THE HELLACOPTERS — the band fronted by former ENTOMBED drummer Nicke Andersson (on guitar/vocals) — has inked a deal with Wild Kingdom/Sound Pollution for the European release of the group's final studio album, "Head Off". The CD, which was once again produced by Chips Kiesby (THE NOMADS, S...

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AGNOSTIC FRONT Frontman Comments On Upcoming STILLBORN FEST Tour

AGNOSTIC FRONT is about to embark on their recently announced direct-support slot to HATEBREED on Stillborn Records' annual Stillborn Fest 2007. The 10-day tour will kick off on December 20 at Jaxx in Springfield, VA and will also include GOD FORBID, NECRO, AT ALL COST and Stillborn's newest signing...

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IRON MAIDEN To Play Prague Next August

IRON MAIDEN will perform at the Slavia Football Stadium in Prague on Friday, August 8 as part of their Somewhere Back In Time World Tour 2008. Commented bassist Steve Harris: "We've got a lot of friends in Prague as we visit there as often as we can although this time it's going to be a ...

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MARILYN MANSON: U.S. Dates Announced

MARILYN MANSON has scheduled the following U.S. dates: Jan. 19 - Hard Rock - Orlando, Florida Jan. 20 - The Fillmore - Miami, Florida Jan. 22 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, Georgia Jan. 24 - Rams Head - Baltimore, Maryland Jan. 26 - The Orpheum - Boston, Massachusetts Jan. 27 - Electric Factory Ballroo...

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SLASH: New Signature EPIPHONE Guitar To Debut At NAMM

Epiphone Guitar announced today the introduction of the new Slash signature Les Paul Standard Plus Top electric guitar. Designed and produced in close cooperation with Slash, this new Epiphone combines all the great design features that have made the Les Paul guitar "the" rock guitar while Slash's o...

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MESHUGGAH: 'Destroy Erase Improve' Released On Multi-Colored Vinyl

Nuclear Blast Records has released the 1995 album from Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH, entitled "Destroy Erase Improve", on limited-edition multi-colored (yellow-blue) vinyl. 333 hand-numbered copies have been made and can be ordered at this location. As previously reported, MESHUG...

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TARJA TURUNEN Performs At Finnish Independence Celebration; Video Available

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen performed last night (Thursday, December 6) at a special event to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Finland's independence. The concert took place at Tapiola LänsiAuto Areena with Tapiola Sinfonietta, conducted by Tuomas Hannikainen. The show was broadcast live...

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ROADBURN FESTIVAL To Celebrate RISE ABOVE RECORDS' 20TH Anniversary

Roadburn Festival will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Lee Dorrian's Rise Above Records on Thursday, April 17, 2008. Lee Dorrian comments: "As Rise Above Records approaches its 20th year in the 'business,' it's with great pleasure that I can announce the appearance of GRAND MAGUS, CAPRICORNS, LITM...

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Witchcult Today

England's ELECTRIC WIZARD have always stood out from the doom masses because of the way their music reaches beyond mere drone and riff distortion, sending the listener tumbling into the depths of the group's strange, mind altering world. The release of 2004's "We Live" had some questioning the clean...

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TARJA TURUNEN To Perform At Finnish Independence Anniversary Concert

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen will perform at a special event to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Finland's independence. The concert will take place on December 6, 2007 at Tapiola LänsiAuto Areena with Tapiola Sinfonietta, conducted by Tuomas Hannikainen. Tarja will perform a program consi...

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Guitarist BERNIE TORME To Take Part In Online Chat

Legendary guitarist Bernie Torme (GILLAN, DESPERADO, OZZY OSBOURNE) will participate in on online chat on the GMT (GUY-MCCOY-TORME) web site on Sunday, December 9 between 17.00 and 18.00 (GMT). Bernie Torme is known for heroically stepping in and saving the day for OZZY OSBOURNE when Randy Rhoads tr...

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TURISAS: Why We Can't Play Your City/Country

Finnish warlords TURISAS have issued the following update: "Okay, so there isn't a day someone asks us why we are not playing their city, country etc. on our upcoming tour(s). There are many reasons, but the first thing to point out here is that we as the band are not booking our shows, or arranging...

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TARJA TURUNEN Checks In From Moscow

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen performed her new single (see below),"I Walk Alone", last night (Friday, November 30) at the farewell fight of the German female boxing champion (and Doro Pesch's close friend) Regina Halmich. The event took place at the DM Arena in Karlsruhe, Germany. Turunen...