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DEATHSTARS: New Album Sample Available

Nuclear Blast Records has set a January 27, 2006 European release date for the new album from Sweden's DEATHSTARS, entitled "Termination Bliss". A sample track, "Cyanide", has been posted online at this location (Real Media). DEATHSTARS recently parted ways with guitarist Erik "Beast X Electric" Hal...
November 29, 2005
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AFTER FOREVER Begin Rehearsing With ORPHEUS Orchestra: Photos Available

Dutch female-fronted metallers AFTER FOREVER will perform a special gig with a wind orchestra, Orpheus, on Thursday, December 22 at 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands. Founded in 1864, the Tilburg-based Orpheus will start off the evening with a special set consisting of six classics from the history of roc...
November 29, 2005
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KORN Perform On Airplane For Contest Winners And U.S. Soldiers: Photos Available

KORN took the art of live performance to the next level today when they became the first multi-platinum rock band to perform a set while at 37,000 feet on board a transatlantic private aircraft en route to New York from London. The audience was made up of European MTV contest winners and eight U.S....
November 28, 2005
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Keeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy

You'd need balls the size of Düsseldorf to tack a sequel onto two of the most beloved power metal albums of all time, arguably the blueprints for an entire mini-industry that's sprung up in their wake. But hubris has never been in short supply where HELLOWEEN mastermind Michael Weikath is concerned...
November 28, 2005
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Give Me the Fear

Produced by the same guy who brought you THE DARKNESS, and already hyped to the rafters by the ever-fickle U.K. press, London denimboys TOKYO DRAGONS are yet another band pulling the mirrored shades, leather vests, and moustaches so ironic they hurt, all in the name of "real rock and roll". The thin...
November 28, 2005
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KIRK HAMMETT: 'METALLICA Have A Lot More To Say'

In the latest issue of Guitar World, which is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of METALLICA's landmark "Master of Puppets" album, METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett gets quizzed by the magazine readers and a host of metal luminaries, including MASTODON, LAMB OF GOD, EXODUS, EVERY TIME I...
November 26, 2005
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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Frontman Checks In From New York City

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN frontman Doogie White (CORNERSTONE, ex-RAINBOW) has posted the following message on his official web site: "Yesterday: Thanksgiving; Today: George Best died. "Well, here we are... New York City, a very fine city indeed. We have two days off and I am going to walk the streets of this...
November 26, 2005
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TENEBRE: 'Mistress Of The Dark' Video Posted Online

Swedish dark gothic rockers TENEBRE has posted their brand new video, "Mistress of the Dark", on their official web site. The song comes off the group's latest CD, "Heart's Blood", which was released in Europe on November 7 via Regain Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Electric Hellfire Kiss", "Heart...
November 25, 2005
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Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN Talks In Detail About Latest Project

Former BLACK SABBATH frontman Tony Martin has issued a lengthy statement describing his thoughts on his new solo album, "Scream", out now through MTM Music: "As a singer, [I have] worked on many projects, the most famous being BLACK SABBATH. Now, I have ventured out on my own once again to become a...
November 25, 2005
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OZZY OSBOURNE, AUDIOSLAVE, WHITE ZOMBIE Music Featured In GUITAR HERO Video Game

30 licensed rock songs, including tracks made famous by OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITE ZOMBIE, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, AUDIOSLAVE, FRANZ FERDINAND, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, THE DONNAS, SUM 41 as well as such legendary artists JIMI HENDRIX, DAVID BOWIE and THE RAMONES are included in the set list for the innova...
November 23, 2005
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DISTURBED Announce Second Leg Of Tour; New Single 'Just Stop'

DISTURBED will jump-start 2006 with the newly announced second leg of their headlining Jägermeister Music Tour. Launching January 6 in Spokane, WA, the trek will follow their in-progress dates, which run through December 22 in Baltimore, MD. Led by David Draiman (vocals),Dan Donegan (guitar) and Mi...
November 21, 2005
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AMENRA Sign With HYPERTENSION RECORDS

Hypertension Records has announced signing of Belgian noisegiants AMENRA. The CD version of the group's latest effort, "Mass III", will be issued on February 15, 2006. "Mass III", which is already drawing critical acclaim from some of Europe's leading rock and metal press, was produced by The Dice,...
November 21, 2005
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ADAGIO Guitarist Lands Two Magazine Columns

Guitarist Stephan Forté of the French progressive metallers ADAGIO has two new columns in the French magazine Guitarist. In the first column, dubbed "The Electric Legacy", each month, he will adapt on guitar a short part from a piece of a classical composer (from contemporary to baroque). The first...
November 19, 2005
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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, JUDAS PRIEST, DEF LEPPARD Concert Attendance Figures Revealed

The following are a few select recent heavy metal/hard rock concert attendance figures, as reported by Billboard magazine: Artist/Event: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, BRAND NEW SIN Venue: Electric Factory City/State: Philadelphia, Pa. Date: Oct. 22, 2005 Attendance: 1,758 Capacity: 2,250 Artist/Event: BLACK...
November 18, 2005
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WOLF HOFFMANN, ULI JON ROTH, MICHAEL SCHENKER To Team Up For G3-Style Tour?

ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann is in talks with Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS, ELECTRIC SUN) and Michael Schenker (MSG, ex-SCORPIONS, UFO) about joining forces for "an all-German G3"-type of tour, Hoffmann revealed during a recent interview with MetalEater.com. "I would just play instrumental songs and...
November 18, 2005