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GWAR Manager SLEAZY P. MARTINI Comes Out Of Retirement For 'Electile Dysfunction '08' Tour

GWAR upcoming tour, dubbed Electile Dysfunction, will feature the return of the group's manager, Sleazy P. Martini. Sleazy's announcement on the matter reads as follows: "Greeting losers, it is I, the world's shrewdest man, Sleazy P. Martini, manager of GWAR, announcing an entertainment merger betwe...

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DELAIN To Enter Studio In September

DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock/metal project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — will enter the studio in September to begin recording its second album for an early 2009 release. "We have completed nine songs so far," Ma...

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SOILWORK: New Session Guitarist Announced

Swedish metallers SOILWORK have enlisted a new session guitarist — Sylvain Coudret of the French metal band SCARVE (which also features in its ranks SOILWORK drummer Dirk Verbeuren). Verbeuren says, "Sylvain's doing an amazing job so far and it's a blast to have him around. He is with us for our las...

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MORS PRINCIPIUM EST Announces New Guitarist

Vocalist Ville Viljanen of the Finnish melodic death metal band MORS PRINCIPIUM EST has issued the following update: "I thought it's about time to let you people know at least a bit what's going on with us. "Well, at first I will let you know, that we have a new guitar player, again. Yes yes, ...

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A Conversation With Denmark's RAUNCHY

By: Scott Alisoglu Denmark's RAUNCHY have been releasing quality albums since 2002 debut "Velvet Noise". While gaining fans slowly, but surely, with each successive release, may seem like a good thing, it is the "slowly" part that has dogged the sextet, while contemporaries have blown up across the...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman: 'We Write Music Because We Love What We Do'

Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Tangra Mega Rock: Compared to Clive Barker, is Ann Rice better or worse in writing horror literature? Dani: It depends. Both are very ma...

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ENTOMBED, NILE, KORPIKLAANI, HORNA Interviewed At TUSKA; Video Available

René Ackermann of the UK's Contraband Candy has posted the first part of her report from the eleventh annual edition of the Tuska open-air festival, which was held June 27-29 at the Kaisaniemi park in Helsinki, Finland. A description of the 30-minute clip, which can be viewed below, reads as follows...

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TED NUGENT Sculpture Coming This Fall

KnuckleBonz has announced plans to release a limited-edition sculpture of "The Motor City Madman" himself, Ted Nugent. The Rock Iconz Limited Edition Sculpture of Ted in his iconic white trousers and suspenders is complete and was approved by The Nuge last week. This sculpture conjures memories of t...

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METALLICA Tries To Recapture Old-School Hunger On 'Death Magnetic', But Not To Please Fans

METALLICA frontman James Hetfield was asked by MTV News if the band's forthcoming album, "Death Magnetic", could be the next best thing to its classic "Master of Puppets" effort, seeing as the bandmembers themselves have publicly stated that the LP would signal a return to their old-school sound. "I...

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Former HAMMERFALL Bassist Discusses X-WORLD/5 Project

Lucem Fero recently published an interview with X-WORLD/5 / ex-HAMMERFALL bassist Magnus Rosén, conducted in May by Welsh interviewer Anthony Morgan. Topics of discussion included the formation of X-WORLD/5, inking a record contract with AFM Records, X-WORLD/5's debut album "New Universal Order", it...

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MORTIFICATION To Record New Demo

Steve Rowe of the Australian Christian metallers MORTIFICATION has issued the following update: "We will be recording a demo of a new song very soon at Penny Drop Studio, where we plan to record the new album next year. Penny Drop Studio is the old St Andrews Studio where we recorded 'Envision Evang...

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GEORGE LYNCH 'Sets The Record Straight' Regarding Possible DOKKEN Reunion

Co-host Red and intern Jim Bob of the "Rockin Metal Revival" show recently conducted an interview with former DOKKEN lead guitarist George Lynch. When asked about the possibility of a DOKKEN reunion with him on guitar, Lynch said, "I did an interview yesterday with Metal Hammer [magazine] in Europe...

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SCORPIONS Guitarist Discusses Setlist For Upcoming U.S. Tour

Shelly Harris of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with SCORPIONS guitarist Matthias Jabs. An excerpt from the chat follows. KNAC.COM: I've heard that you've done it in the past, but on the world tour this year you are letting the fans in the different countries vote on the set list, which me...

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SLAYER Frontman's Sister Working On 'Tell-All' Book

SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya's 48-year-old sister Jeanette Araya is working on a "tell-all" book about their family life and how it was affected by her brother's role as the frontman of one of the most influential and controversial heavy metal bands of the last 25 years. She has sent the follow...

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DOKKEN Frontman Says JON LEVIN Is 'More Talented' Than GEORGE LYNCH

Saviours of Rock recently conducted an interview with Don Dokken. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Saviours of Rock: DOKKEN has recently released one of their strongest efforts to date, "Lighting Strikes Again". Tell me a little bit about the writing approach for this album. Was it hard to...