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THERAPY? To Release New Album In March

Irish rockers THERAPY? will release their new studio album, "Crooked Timber", on March 23 via Global Music. For the past two years, THERAPY? fans have eagerly awaited the band's return. Now they're back with a hard-edged recording that will really get under your skin and into your mind. According to...

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TARJA TURUNEN: Footage Of Buenos Aires Fan Conference Available

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen took part in a fan conference/meet-and-greet on October 3, 2008 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The entire session, which featured Tarja answering questions posed by her fans, can be viewed in five parts below. Tarja's album "My Winter Storm" will be re-released on...

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ZZ TOP Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

ZZ TOP has been confirmed for next year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH (S) BLACKFOOT (USA) BULLET (S) DREAM THEATER (USA) ENFORCER (S) ERIC SARDINAS (USA) EUROPE (S) FORBIDDEN (US) FOREIGNER (...

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'Roadrunner United The Concert' DVD: First-Week Sales Revealed

The "Roadrunner United The Concert" DVD sold just under 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 32 on the Top Music Videos chart. The double-disc set hit shelves almost three years to the day after the now-legendary concert held at the Nokia Theater in...

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DISTURBED: 'Indestructible' Title Track Is No. 1 At Active Rock Radio

Multi-platinum hard-rock band DISTURBED has scored its second No. 1 single on the BDS/Billboard Active Rock chart this year with the title track from its current album, the nearly platinum "Indestructible". The CD's lead-off single, "Inside the Fire", set a record for the longest-running No. 1 in th...

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JIMMY PAGE, JIMI HENDRIX, EDDIE VAN HALEN, STEVE VAI Among 'Chop Shop''s Top Guitarists

Envision Radio Networks' "Chop Shop" guitar show has announced "The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time", a newly published list of the all-time greatest guitar players. Program host Steve Black (WRIF-FM) assembled a panel of music industry experts to help choose the list fe...

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BROTHERHOOD OF THE LAKE Signs With GLASSTONE RECORDS

Glasstone Records has announced the signing of BROTHERHOOD OF THE LAKE from Plymouth, U.K. According to a press release, the band "brings an onslaught of spiky guitar riffs and roaring vocals, backed up by an absolute bull of a drummer, keeping the songs on lockdown through beatdown after beatdown....

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MUSHROOMHEAD's STITCH Interviewed; Audio Available

Rick Thomas (a.k.a. Stitch) of MUSHROOMHEAD and VENTANA was recently interviewed by Andrew of the independent videogame web site The Moofcast. Thomas talked about music, videogames, and what is lined up in 2009 for both projects. To download the interview as an MP3 audio file, go to www.moofpack.com...

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TO/DIE/FOR To Tour Mexico, South America In The Spring

Finnish gothic metallers TO/DIE/FOR will embark on a tour of Mexico and South America between May 7, 2009 and June 7, 2009. The trek will kick off with three shows in Mexico and will include stops in such countries as Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Brazil. More information...

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Late DEEP PURPLE Guitarist TOMMY BOLIN: 'Touched By Magic' Book Available

To many, Tommy Bolin was the legitimate heir to Jimi Hendrix's rock guitar throne. Stints with the JAMES GANG and DEEP PURPLE — as well as solo albums and a groundbreaking release with jazz-rocker Billy Cobham — certainly proved that the adulation was rightly deserved. And with a techno-color fashio...

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SAINT DEAMON Begins Recording New Album

Scandinavian power metallers SAINT DEAMON have just entered the studio in to begin recording the follow-up to this year's "In Shadows Lost From the Brave". "This album is going to bring SAINT DEAMON to the top!" says drummer and composer Ronny Milanowicz. "It's sophisticated aggression, like 'Painki...

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MOONSPELL: 'Lusitanian Metal' DVD Trailer Available

A three-minute trailer for "Lusitanian Metal", the long-awaited new DVD from Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL, can be viewed below. The two-disc effort is being released via Century Media Records on the following dates: Italy: Friday, December 5 Spain, Portugal: Tuesday, December 9 Germany, Austria, S...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: Australian Tour Announced

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH will embark on a headlining tour of Australia in May 2009. Confirmed dates are as follows: May 22 - Metro City - Perth, Australia May 24 - Thebarton Theatre - Adelaide, Australia May 26 - The Palace - Melbourne, Australia May 28 - The Metro - Sydney, Austral...

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CHIODOS Guitarist's KING Signs With EQUAL VISION RECORDS

Equal Vision Records has announced the signing of KING. The band — which features CHIODOS' Jason Hale in a familiar role on guitar — is currently recording with Mark Michalik at Detroit's 37 Studios before its winter tour that kicks off December 13 in Toledo, Ohio. Regarding the trek, Hale promises...

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DISTURBED Show Getting Bigger With Each Tour

The Pulse of Radio reports that DISTURBED just announced plans on Monday (December 8) for a winter U.S. tour that will begin in mid-January and serve as a warm-up for the band's more extensive Music As A Weapon trek in the spring. Frontman David Draiman told The Pulse of Radio that while the first s...