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NIGHTRAGE To Utilize NONE Guitarist For VADER Tour

Swedish/Greek melodic death metal outfit NIGHTRAGE will once again utilize the services of Pierre Lysell from the Swedish band NONE as the second guitarist for its upcoming tour with VADER. "We are going to deliver the best live shows we can and we will also introduce a new song from the forthcoming...

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RUSH Guitarist's Painting Now Available Online

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson — along with about 90 other Canadian celebrities — has created a painting for "A Brush of Hope", a project of The Kidney Foundation of Canada, which is currently being auctioned on eBay.ca until November 12. ...

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E-FORCE Begins Recording New Album

E-FORCE, the band featuring former VOIVOD bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest, has entered the studio in Toulouse, France with producer Patrick Fredrich to begin recording its sophomore album, tentatively due in early 2007 via France's Thundering Records. Forrest has sent the following recording update to...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND Drummer Offers Update On TERROR SYNDROME Solo Project

DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has posted the following message on his official web site: "Got some cool news for you all in this update. Some more really cool session work news and a studio update on my solo/side project TERROR SYNDROME. "The TERROR SYNDROME album is coming along...

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WRETCH Confirmed For 2007 HEADBANGER'S OPEN AIR Festival

Cleveland '80s-style, traditional power metal band WRETCH will be making their European debut with an exclusive performance at next year's Headbanger's Open Air Festival in Germany. The event takes place July 13 and 14, 2007 and will celebrate the festival's 10th Anniversary. HOA usually sells out i...

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Guitarist RON JARZOMBEK Issues Update On BLOTTED SCIENCE, WATCHTOWER

Guitarist Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK) has posted the following update on the progress of BLOTTED SCIENCE, the instrumental extreme metal project also featuring bassist Alex Webster (CANNIBAL CORPSE) and drummer Charlie Zeleny (BEHOLD... THE ARCTOPUS): "The BLOTTED SCIENCE recordings are...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN's Son WOLFGANG Named New VAN HALEN Bassist

TMZ.com reports that VAN HALEN has officially hired 15-year-old Wolfgang Van Halen — the son of guitarist Eddie Van Halen and estranged wife Valerie Bertinelli, and nephew of drummer Alex Van Halen — as the new bassist for the band. Wolfgang replaces longtime bassist Michael Anthony, who left the ba...

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ROUGH SILK Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Singer Ferdy Doernberg of the German epic/melodic metallers ROUGH SILK has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Detlef 'Dizzy' Kroll had to leave ROUGH SILK because he had to go to Norway job-wise. But thank God, we found a new drummer right away. His name is Alex Wenn and...

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GENE HOGLAN: STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Is On 'Extended Hiatus'

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan (ex-DARK ANGEL, DEATH) has issued the following update: "I know it's been a million years since I wrote one of these, but, I just didn't have a goddamned thing to say. But, now I do. "This past year has been a strange one, but no stranger than the last ...

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SWEDEN ROCK 2006 DVD Trailer Available

The organizers of the Sweden Rock festival have uploaded a trailer for their newly released DVD commemorating the 2006 edition of the annual event, which was held June 8-10 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Check it out at this location. Released on October 27, the DVD/CD set contains the following track listi...

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PYRO Signs With PERVADE PRODUCTIONS

Paris-based hard rock band PYRO has reportedly inked a deal with Pervade Productions/Manitou Music. The group's first release for the label will be its third album, tentatively titled "Stab in the Back". The CD is expected to arrive in early 2007. "Stab in the Back" track listing: 01. Loaded Dice 02...

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ATREYU: 'We Do Not Feel The Need To Drag Anyone's Name Through The Mud'

Orange County, California's ATREYU has issued a statement commenting on the recent removal of support act FROM FIRST TO LAST from the group's headlining tour. In a posting on its MySpace page, FROM FIRST TO LAST stated about the trek, "We did everything possible to stay on this tour. Sonny [Moore, v...

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CIRCUS OF POWER Frontman Publishes Book

CIRCUS OF POWER frontman Alex Mitchell has published a book, entitled "Life Is A Phantom Kmart Horse Starting Up In The Middle Of The Night". The author's official bio reads as follows: "Alex Mitchell was born in Toronto and moved to Pompano Beach when he was 12. He was student of the year in eighth...

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TONY IOMMI's Daughter To Support GLENN HUGHES On U.K. Dates

LUNARMILE, the British band featuring frontwoman Toni-Marie Iommi (daughter of BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi) and bassist Alex Hill (son of JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill),will support Glenn Hughes (BLACK SABBATH, DEEP PURPLE) on his U.K. tour. The dates are as follows: Oct. 28 - JB's - Dudley,...

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NIGHTRAGE Confirmed For Greece's METAL HEALING FESTIVAL

Swedish/Greek melodic death metal outfit NIGHTRAGE has been confirmed for the Metal Healing Festival, set to take place July 20-22 in Greece. Also scheduled to appear are THE HAUNTED, TO/DIE/FOR, MYSTIC PROPHECY and EKTOMORF. More acts will be announced soon. NIGHTRAGE recently announced the additio...