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AGENT STEEL Continue Work On New CD

AGENT STEEL are continuing work on the follow-up to Omega Conspiracy, tentatively entitled Order of the Illuminati/Agent Steel Vol. 4, for an early 2003 release. The full track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Avenger 02. Dead Eyes 03. Earth Under Lucifer 04. Enslaved 05. Forever Black 06....

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COSMOSQUAD To Issue Live Album In November

L.A.-based instrumental all-star outfit, COSMOSQUAD, are currently readying their first ever live album, titled Live at the Baked Potato, due out in November via guitarist Jeff Kollman's Marmaduke label. Recorded and mixed by Kollman and David Knauer (ERIC GALES, etc.),the disc features 14 songs fr...

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Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Frontman Sets European Release Date For Solo CD

Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN frontman Mark Boals will issue his new solo album, Edge Of The World, in Europe via Frontiers Records on November 11th. The Frontiers version will contain 12 cuts and will not include the Japan-only ballad called "Too Late" (penned by MacAlpine/Boals). ...

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Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Frontman Finalizes Track Listing For Solo Album

Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN frontman Mark Boals has finalized the track listing for his forthcoming solo album, Edge Of The World, due in Japan on October 23rd though Marquee Inc, and in other territories shortly thereafter. It is as follows: 01. Fly 02. World On Fire 03. Lady Babylon 04. Taking Control...

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ROCK FEST 2002 Bands: Promoter Is To Blame For L.A. Show Cancellation

RATT, WARRANT, FIREHOUSE and L.A. GUNS have issued a joint statement blaming the abrupt ending of their Metal Edge Rock Fest 2002 Tour (also including DOKKEN) on the promoter of the traveling festival's Los Angeles date, which was scheduled to take place on September 14th at the Hollywood Palladium....

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Attack!

Neoclassical die-hard Yngwie Malmsteen may have several thousand chord combinations at his disposal, but it was inevitable he'd eventually hit a creative brick wall faster than one of his own arpeggios. There are only so many times you can trot out the same Vivaldi reference points and gloss them ov...

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DARKTHRONE Prepare To Record New CD

Norwegian black metallers DARKTHRONE are scheduled to hold another rehearsal session in Oslo at the end of the month to complete the songwriting process for their forthcoming CD, which they hope to record at the end of the year for a February 2003 release through Moonfog Records. The album, which ap...

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Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Frontman To Issue Solo CD

Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN frontman Mark Boals will issue a solo album, entitled Edge Of The World, in Japan on October 23rd though Marquee Inc, and in other territories shortly after. Described in an official press release as "his most diverse and creative solo album yet," Edge Of The World "is very m...

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SONATA ARCTICA Split With Keyboardist

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have parted ways with keyboardist Mikko Harkin. "For personal reasons, a time has come in my life when I have to make a decision in order to be able to go on," Harkin explained in an official statement announcing his decision to leave the group. "I've been fo...

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SUFFOCATION Drummer Speaks Out On Reunion, Future Plans

SUFFOCATION drummer Mike Smith has denied former bassist Chris Richards' assertions that the legendary death metal act's planned reunion is purely money-motivated and has indicated that a new album from the group may surface sometime next year, provided the quintet's upcoming tour and subsequent son...

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HAMMERFALL Set European Release Date For 'Crimson Thunder'

HAMMERFALL have set October 28th as the European release date for their fourth full-length album, entitled Crimson Thunder, through Nuclear Blast Records. The full track listing for the effort (in no particular order) is as follows: 01. Trailblazers 02. Riders Of The Storm 03. Hearts On Fire 04. The...

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Former FROM ZERO Bassist Denies Leaving Over Softer New Direction

Former FROM ZERO bassist Rob Ruccia has rejected Internet rumors that he left the group because of the increasingly softer nature of the band's songwriting. In a posting via the group's official web site, Ruccia stated that "I didn't leave because the music got softer. I left to pursue producing and...

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AXEL RUDI PELL: Live CD/DVD Track Listing Revealed

German axe hero AXEL RUDI PELL has revealed the track listing for his upcoming double CD and DVD—entitled Knights Live and Knight Treasures (Live and More),respectively—which were recently mixed with engineer Charlie Bauerfeind at HELLOWEEN singer Andy Deris' studio Mi Sueno in Tenerife, Spain. The...

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GUNS N' ROSES Frontman Reveals Details About Forthcoming CD

GUNS N' ROSES' forthcoming album, Chinese Democracy, will contain 18 songs and will be accompanied by a bonus CD that will include 10 extra tracks, frontman Axl Rose told the audience during the band's reportedly impressive performance at Docklands Arena in London last night. According to the singer...

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EVERGREY: New Producer Needed!

Swedish "progressive power metal" band EVERGREY have been forced to look for a new producer to man the knobs during the recording sessions for their upcoming fourth full-length album after US immigration-related issues prevented original choice, British-born Neil Kernon (i.e. CANNIBAL CORPSE, NEVERM...