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RUSH Guitarist Comments On Return Of 'Concept Album'

Cassandra Szklarski of the Canadian Press recently spoke to RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson about the return of the concept album. Once the epitome of '70s self-indulgent prog rock, the concept album suffered a severe backlash with the stripped-down sound of the '80s and '90s but has emerged as a whole...

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TURBONEGRO Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Norwegian rockers TURBONEGRO have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS ANIMAL ALPHA BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUA...

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Gear Talk With ICED EARTH's SCHAFFER: 'I'm A Gear Head But Not A Gear Whore'

With ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer and producer Jim Morris locked up at Morrisound studios in Tampa this week to mix the band's forthcoming album, "Framing Armageddon", IcedEarth.com checked in with Jon before he left for temporary exile in Florida to inquire about what gear he has and will be usi...

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ZAN CLAN To Perform Entire 'We Are Zan Clan' Album At SWEDEN ROCK

ZAN CLAN, the Swedish group fronted by former SHOTGUN MESSIAH vocalist Zinny Zan, will perform its critically acclaimed album "We Are Zan Clan...Who The Fuck Are You??!" in its interity at the Sweden Rock Festival on June 7 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. There will also be a few surprises at the end of the...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, AS I LAY DYING Pull Out Of WACKEN OPEN AIR, TYPE O NEGATIVE Steps In

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE has cancelled its previously announced appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival because one of the bandmembers is scheduled to undergo an operation in August. Meanwhile, AS I LAY DYING have pulled out of the event due to scheduling conflicts related to their appeara...

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Ex-SCORPIONS Drummer To Guest At 'Greek Sting' Anniversary Party

The "Greek Sting" fan club of SCORPIONS will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Friday, May 18th at the Outlaw Club in Athens, Greece (Bouliagmenis Avenue & Hlia Hliou 28, N. Kosmos). The event will start at 10:30 p.m. Entrance is free. The special guest at the party will be none other than forme...

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HATE Mainman Issues Post-Russian Tour Report

Polish death metallers HATE headlined last month's Metal Spirit Resurrection Vol. 4 — a tour that visited 12 of Russia's biggest cities. HATE vocalist and guitarist ATF Sinner checks in with the following report: We toured Russia for over two weeks supported by six domestic bands. I must say it's be...

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It's very hard to take an album out of context. A lot of pretty decent hard rock bands got unfairly buried in the early '90s because of the glut of hair metal bands and the rise of grunge — the only thing they did wrong was to come to the party too late, wearing the ...

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Norwegian Black Metal Documentary 'Satan Rides The Media' Posted At YouTube

Norwegian documentary "Satan Rides the Media" (original Norwegian-language title: "Satan rir Media"),which traces the tumultuous history of black metal through the early Nineties, when a string of church burnings turned the nation's eyes toward a small group of sinister metalheads, has been posted...

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HATESPHERE, FASTWAY, SECRETS OF THE MOON Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR

HATESPHERE, MAMBO KURT, W:O:A FIREFIGHTERS, FASTWAY, DRONE, SECRETS OF THE MOON, GUTBUCKET, MENNEN, PHARAOH and FAIR TO MIDLAND have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as fol...

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GODSMACK Extends Current Tour Into Summer

Launch Radio Networks reports: GODSMACK has expanded its current U.S. tour, with new dates heading well into June and July. The latest batch of confirmed gigs stops on June 16 in South Bend, Indiana, resuming a month later on July 17 in Houston. There's no word on whether the band will take a few we...

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SHADOWS FALL Confirmed For Germany's THE ULTIMATE SUMMERBLAST Festival

Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL have been confirmed for The Ultimate Summerblast 2007 festival, set to take place June 15-16 at Exhaus Sommerbühne in Trier, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, June 15 (doors 16.00): HATESPHERE ABORTED SWORN ENEMY LENG TCH'E DEADLOCK...

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OVERKILL Founder RAT SKATES Revisits Thrash Metal's Old School In New Film

"Born in the Basement", a documentary from filmmaker/OVERKILL founder Rat Skates, will be released on May 12, 2007 by Kundrat Productions. Written and narrated by Skates, this is an autobiographical journey that begins in 1980, when the East Coast of North America experienced a massive culture clash...

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JÄGERMEISTER Mobile Stage Showcases PEAVEY VERSARRAY Sound System At OZZFEST 2007

Jägermeister has chosen a Peavey Versarray line array sound system and 207,000 watts of Crest Audio power to make its state-of-the-art traveling stage scream at Ozzfest 2007. Housed in a 44-foot trailer that opens into a fully self-contained stage measuring 34 feet wide, 16 feet deep and 20 feet hig...

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THE RAYGUN GIRLS Sign With KILLZONE RECORDS

KillZone Records has announced the signing of THE RAYGUN GIRLS from Queens Village, New York. THE RAYGUN GIRLS play a blend of gothic, industrial rock/metal with an edge of punk attitude to create catchy, guitar driven songs. Drawing on a whole array of influences such as RAMMSTEIN, FEAR FACTORY, DA...