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TESTAMENT: Australian Tour Dates Announced

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT will embark on a short tour of Australia in February 2007. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 08 - Sydney, AUS @ the Manning bar Feb. 09 - Canberra, AUS @ the ANU bar Feb. 10 - Brisbane, AUS @ the Waterloo Hotel Feb. 11 - Melbourne, AUS ...

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RUSH Drummer NEIL PEART: 'Hangin' With...' Air Dates Announced

VH1 has annonced the following air dates for the "Hangin' With Neil Peart" special focusing on RUSH drummer Neil Peart: Sunday, Oct. 1 at 9:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2 at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2 at 12:00 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 at 5:30 p.m. Neil Peart is has just ...

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RUSH Drummer Discusses New Book

Launch Radio Networks reports: RUSH drummer Neil Peart is back this week with a new book titled "Roadshow : Landscape With Drums: A Concert Tour By Motorcycle". It's a chronicle of his time on the band's 30th anniversary tour across North America in 2004, when he rode his motorcycle between gigs, in...

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THE BIG DIRTY BAND Featuring RUSH Members: 'I Fought The Law' Video Posted Online

THE BIG DIRTY BAND, the one-off project featuring Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee of RUSH alongside ex-TEA PARTY drummer Jeff Burrows, Adam Gantier of THREE DAYS GRACE, THORNLEY's Ian Thornley, and singer Care Failure of Toronto band DIE MANNEQUIN, recently shot a video for its version of the often-cover...

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TONY IOMMI's Daughter Rocking At Gibson in London

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),was in London last night for an exclusive show at Gibson's Guitar Studios, arranged by Gibson and Pro-Mark. The band's eigh...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE: Audio Interview With ALEX STAROPOLI Available

A 20-minute audio interview with RHAPSODY OF FIRE keyboardist/songwriter Alex Staropoli, conducted earlier in the month by Denmark's Revolution Music webzine (web site),has been posted online at this location (MP3, 18.1 MB). RHAPSODY OF FIRE, the Italian band formerly known as RHAPSODY, will releas...

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PAUL GILBERT Talks About MR. BIG And His Early Influences

Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with former RACER X/ex-MR. BIG guitarist Paul Gilbert. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: Is there any chance of RACER X releasing any new material? Paul: "With RACER X, whenever we have time, we try to put a record together. And th...

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SINISTER To Headline Romania's HATEWORK FESTIVAL

Dutch death metallers SINISTER have been confirmed as the headliners of the Hatework Festival, set to take place October 7 at Sala mare de la CSS "Grigore Preoteasa" in Bucharest, Romania. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SINISTER PARRICIDE CLAYMORE AGONIC FAINT CODE RED DEVIANT LEPROS...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist SKOLNICK: 'I Don't See Myself As Limited To One Style'

Rod Harmon of HeraldTribune.com reports that TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has done the seemingly impossible: Married traditional jazz with heavy metal. "What really got me interested in jazz was seeing Miles Davis with an electric band (on television)," Skolnick said. "At the time, I didn't eve...

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DOL AMMAD Mainman: 'We Are Now Free From Any Negative Energy'

Composer Thanasis Lightbridge of DOL AMMAD, the innovative choir-fronted "electronica-art-metal" band from Greece, has issued the following update: "Our second album, 'Ocean Dynamics', [was] officially released on the 30th of August 2006. 'Ocean Dynamics', a journey into the unexplored mysteries of...

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QUIET RIOT's BANALI, DUBROW Talk About New Album

Wayne "Doobie" Dubay of Glam-Metal.com recently conducted an interview with QUIET RIOT members Kevin DuBrow and Frankie Banali. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Glam-Metal.com: Kevin, I'm excited to hear that QUIET RIOT has a brand new studio album coming out, titled "Rehab". Mind telling...

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ALEX MASI: New Solo Album To Feature Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Drummer

Lion Music has set an October 27 release date for the new album from guitarist Alex Masi, entitled "Late Night At Desert Rimrock". The CD also features Masi's MCM bandmate and former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ARK drummer John Macaluso. The music on "Late Night At Desert Rimrock" is described in a press relea...

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MYSTIC CIRCLE: Mexican, South American Tour Dates Announced

German "dark Satanic metal" band MYSTIC CIRCLE has lined up the following dates in Mexico and South America: Sep. 21 - Toluca - Area Chica - Mexico Sep. 22 - Tampico - Bar Obrero - Mexico Sep. 24 - Leon - Wisky Bar - Mexico Sep. 28 - Mexico City - Circo Volador - Mexico ...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN: Highlights Of 'Howard Stern' Interview Posted Online

A few days ago, BLABBERMOUTH.NET reported on Eddie Van Halen's recent radio interview with Howard Stern, but nothing but a transcription can capture the true insanity of this exchange. It's taken RollingStone.com hours and hours just to process Van Halen's vitriolic comments about David Lee Roth, Sa...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE To Tour Europe In Early 2007

Legendary death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE will embark on a European headlining tour in February/March 2007. The tentative routing is shaping up as follows: Feb. 22 - France Antipode Rennes Feb. 23 - Spain TBA Bilbao Feb. 24 - Portugal hard Club Oporto Feb. 25 - Spain TBA Mardid Feb. 26 - Spain TBA B...