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H.I.M. To Release 'Dark Light' In September

According to Billboard.com, Sire Records has set a September 26 release date for the new album from Finnish goth/metal quintet H.I.M., entitled "Dark Light". Currently mixing songs at New York's Electric Lady studios with producer Tim Palmer (DAVID BOWIE, OZZY OSBOURNE),frontman Ville Valo said the...

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GENE SIMMONS To Co-Host BABEFEST 2005

According to KissKollector.com, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons will co-host Couzin Ed's Babefest 2005 on Friday, June 24 at The Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA. Playing live at Babefest will be Canadian rock trio DANKO JONES and Philadelphia's own OCTANE. Besides being the hardest rocking m...

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CADAVERIA Begin Writing New Material

CADAVERIA, the Italian band featuring former OPERA IX vocalist Cadaveria and ex-OPERA IX drummer/NECRODEATH vocalist Marçelo Santos (a.k.a. Flegias),have commenced the songwriting process for their third album, tentatively due next year via Scarlet Records. CADAVERIA's sophomore album, "Far Away Fr...

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W.A.S.P., DOKKEN, QUIET RIOT Featured On 'Hollywood Rocks!' Box Set

June 21, 2005 will see the release of the long-awaited and highly anticipated four-disc compilation album, "Hollywood Rocks!" through Deadline/Cleopatra Records. The audio companion to 2004's highly touted "Hollywood Rocks!" coffee table book, the box set is an eargasmic journey through the streets...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: Drummer STANTON MOORE To Appear At Select Dates

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist Woody Weatherman ha posted the following message on the group's web site: "This trip is really shaping up pretty sweet. We've been doin a little practicing here gettin' warmed up for the tour. Several different tunes are gonna be in the set, along with a few extra f...

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VINCE NEIL-Autographed Jay Turser Guitar Brings In $1400 For The SKYLAR NEIL FOUNDATION

Jay Turser Guitars, distributed by Music Industries Corp., donated a JT-Warlord electric guitar to the ninth annual Skylar Neil Memorial charity golf tournament and auction, held May 5, 2005, at the Malibu Country Club, in Malibu, California. The final bid on the Jay Turser Warlord instrument, which...

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VIRGIN STEELE Pull Out Of BANG YOUR HEAD And NUMMIROCK Festivals

VIRGIN STEELE have cancelled their previously announced appearances at Germany's Bang Your Head (June 24-25) and Finland's Nummirock (June 24-25) festivals. An official statement from the band reads as follows: "While undergoing a medical exam to discover the source of a severe, persistent pain, add...

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ALICE COOPER: 'Dirty Diamonds' Gets An Official Release Date

According to a post at SickthingsUK, New West Records has set an August 2 release date for the new ALICE COOPER album, entitled "Dirty Diamonds". The following press release has been issued by the label; After 30 albums and some of the most famous rock songs ever recorded, you'd think Alice Cooper's...

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JUDAS PRIEST Film Tokyo Show For Upcoming DVD: Setlist Revealed

JUDAS PRIEST reportedly filmed their May 18 show at the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan for an upcoming full-length concert DVD. The band used three cameras and two large screens during the sold-out show, which was attended by 10,000 people. The group's setlist for the concert was as follows: 01. The Hellio...

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RUSSELL ALLEN/JORN LANDE Album Details Revealed

Frontiers Records has announced the details surrounding "The Battle", the new album featuring SYMPHONY X's Russell Allen with MASTERPLAN's Jorn Lande. With songs written by LAST TRIBE and STARBREAKER guitar sensation Magnus Karlsson and with the production of the Scandinavian studio wizard Anders "T...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, IRON MAIDEN, METALLICA Titles To Be Issued In UMD Format

Eagle Rock Entertainment, the leading independent source for high quality music audio and audio/visual music programming, announced today that it will become one of the first visual music companies to embrace the hot new Universal Media Disc (UMD) format, and release selected catalog titles worldwid...

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By the Sign of the Spyglass

Just when I thought I'd had enough of the vast majority of metalcore bands, one comes along and gives me a renewed sense of hope for the genre. Arizona's LIFE IN PICTURES has crafted a hard hitting and well-written album in "By the Sign of the Spyglass". Aside from the quintessential metalcore screa...

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VELVET REVOLVER DVD To Feature Live, Backstage Footage

VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum recently spoke to Launch Radio Networks about the group's upcoming DVD, which is tentatively due late summer. "We're working on it right now," he said. "We're cutting it up. Shot that down in Houston early on, and we did a lot of footage backstage and stuff, so it...

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GLENN HUGHES: New Touring Drummer Announced

According to a post at GHPG.net, Swedish drummer Sebastian Sippola will take over Thomas Broman's spot in Glenn Hughes's (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) live European band lineup, as he has been asked to join Glenn and his band for their summer tour. Sippola's first appearance with Hughes will take pla...

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VARG VIKERNES: Controversial BURZUM Leader Speaks From Norwegian Prison

Former BURZUM leader Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh),who is currently serving a 21-year Norwegian prison term for the August 1993 murder of MAYHEM guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous),recently spoke to MetalCrypt.com about his controversial political beliefs and the possibility of...