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AVANTASIA To Play Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet announced at a press conference at Wacken Open Air earlier today that his solo project AVANTASIA will perform at next year's installment of the festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are IRON MAIDEN (headliners),...

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WEDNESDAY 13 Parts Ways With Guitarist ERIC GRIFFIN

WEDNESDAY 13 (ex-MURDERDOLLS) has parted ways with guitarist Eric Griffin. "Eric is a great guy and has been a huge asset to the touring band for the past year," Wednesday says in a statement. "He is an amazing player and will add new life to whatever band he joins! It will be extremely difficult to...

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KISS: 'Kissology: Volume Two' Special To Air On VH1 CLASSIC

On Friday, August 10 at 9:00 p.m. EST, VH1 Classic will broadcast a "Kissology: Volume Two, 1978-1991" special, followed by footage of KISS performing live in Sydney, Australia on November 22,1980. The two features will be repeated starting at 11:00 p.m. "Kissology: Volume Two, 1978-1991" will be re...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist: 'We Need No Politicians To Do The Stuff We Need For Ourselves'

SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser has issued the following update: "Living and learning. It's amazing to be a part of a band that have the privilege of travel the world so many times. Today, I've walked around Jena, a city that used to be East Germany, very nice people and beautiful buildings. I kn...

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OUTBURST To Enter Studio Before End Of Year

Dutch thrashers OUTBURST have issued the following update: "We added a couple more shows for the fall and these will be among the last ones we will play for the 'Fair and Balanced' album. The writing process for the new album is coming along nicely and by the end of September we will start making .....

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STEEVI JAIMZ BAND Planning Debut CD, DVD

After reportedly losing a legal battle with his former bandmates over the TIGERTAILZ name, vocalist Steevi Jaimz has decided to carry on in a brand new project called simply STEEVI JAIMZ BAND. Along with long-term partner in crime (and fellow former TIGERTAILZ member) Ace Finchum on drums, the pair...

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TAPPING THE VEIN: New Album Being Mastered By ACHIM KÖHLER

Philadelphia's TAPPING THE VEIN has shipped its recently completed new album over to to Germany to have it mastered by Achim Köhler (PRIMAL FEAR, BRAINSTORM). The CD was mixed by Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, DEICIDE) at RaxTrax in Chicago, Illinois. A fourth-quarter release via Nuclear B...

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LED ZEPPELIN, QUEEN, GUNS N' ROSES, AC/DC Among Top '20 Greatest Guitar Solos'

The Pulse Of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: A new list of the 20 Greatest Guitar Solos has been compiled by the staff of Britain's Q magazine, naming David Gilmour's solo in PINK FLOYD's "Comfortably Numb" the greatest guitar solo in rock. Coming in at No. 2 was Brian May's lead wor...

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KISS: 1980 Footage Of 'Strutter' Posted Online

Video footage of KISS performing the song "Strutter" on November 22, 1980 in Sydney, Australia has been posted on YouTube. Watch the clip below. KISS' entire Sydney concert is included on the upcoming box set, "Kissology: Volume Two, 1978-1991", which will be released on August 14. It is the follow-...

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THE RED CHORD Films 'Dread Prevailed' Video

THE RED CHORD recently filmed a video for their song "Dread Prevailed" off their new album "Prey For Eyes", which hit stores July 24. The video was directed and shot by acclaimed director David Brodsky (GWAR, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD) of MyGoodEye, and will surface in the co...

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KING'S X's TY TABOR To Guest On New AYREON CD

AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen's webmaster has issued the following update: "For a limited time only we've put up a 10-minute demo track [from the upcoming AYREON album] here for which vocals have not yet been recorded. Ben Mathot of the band DIS plays violin on this track. Ed Warby [GOREFEST], as...

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: New Song Posted Online

A brand new THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER track, entitled "What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse", has been posted on the group's MySpace page. The song comes off the band's new album, "Nocturnal", due on September 18 via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2005's "Miasma" was recorded with Eric Rachel...

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DEINONYCHUS To Release New Album In October

Dutch doomsters DEINONYCHUS have issued the following update: "'Warfare Machines' is the new title of the forthcoming DEINONYCHUS album which will be released on My Kingdom Music on the 12th of October 2007. Recorded and mastered in Italy under the guidance of Giuseppe Orlando [NOVEMBRE] (who also p...

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PETER CRISS Says 'Jealousy' Causes GENE SIMMONS To Belittle Ex-KISS Members' Abilities

Rod Harmon of HeraldTribune.com recently conducted an interview with original KISS drummer Peter Criss. An excerpt from the chat follows: HeraldTribune.com: Your last recording experience, "Psycho Circus" (by KISS in 1998) was very much a confrontational one, where you and Ace were barely involved....

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KISS Performing Without PAUL STANLEY: First Video Footage Posted Online

Three video clips have surfaced from Friday night's (July 27) KISS concert where the group performed as a three-piece. As previously reported, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley was forced to pull out of the show in San Jacinto, California, about 90 miles (145 km) east of Los Angeles after his hea...