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Fans Flock To GENE SIMMONS' Clothing Launch In Vancouver

Gerry Kahrmann of The Province reports that KISS bassist and television star/entrepreneur Gene Simmons was in Vancouver on Friday, cavorting with fans and, you guessed it, promoting his latest business venture — a clothing line called Moneybag. Simmons, whose trademark tongue has spawned countless i...

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Love Grenade

Five years ago TED NUGENT made an album called "Craveman" that shocked many long-time fans for the quality of songwriting and guitar-driven heaviness that had been missing from his albums for over a decade. One could say that its predecessor, "Spirit of the Wild", was the actual return-to-form album...

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Recognize No Authority [reissue]

After spending years on many metal collectors' must-have lists, with original CD copies going for ludicrous prices on eBay, there now seems to be an abundance of DÉTENTE — not only was their lone album, "Recognize No Authority", reissued by bassist Steve Hochheiser under the Cognitive Records name a...

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SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM: 'Widening Eye' Video Posted Online

"Rock against rock" pioneers SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM, cited by some as "the best progressive band since KING CRIMSON," has released a video for the song "Widening Eye" off their latest album, "In Glorious Times" (The End Records). The creative and ambitious animated video from Ri Crawford can be v...

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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

Raleigh, North Carolina-based progressive metalcore quintet BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME has made its entire new album, "Colors", available for streaming on the group's MySpace page. Due on September 18 via Victory Records, "Colors" was previously described by BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME as "a 65-minute...

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MEGADETH Mainman DAVE MUSTAINE: My Best Work Is Ahead Of Me

Author/journalist Joel McIver recently interviewed MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine, who is promoting the new "Warchest" box set, for Record Collector magazine. Excerpts from the chat follow: Q: How pivotal was the 1990 Clash Of The Titans tour for MEGADETH's career? Mustaine: "Very. I look back with great...

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LILLIAN AXE: New Audio Interview With STEVE BLAZE Available

A new audio interview with LILLIAN AXE guitarist Steve Blaze conducted by Dirt from Metal Dreams is available for download at this location. Topics discussed include LILLIAN AXE's new CD, "Waters Rising", the band's current tour, the difficulty of getting the CD stocked in retail chains, new vocalis...

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It's Official: LED ZEPPELIN To Reunite For London Concert

The surviving members of LED ZEPPELIN have confirmed they will reform for a special show at London's 22,000-capacity O2 arena on Monday, November 26 as part of a tribute to Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, who died last December. Tickets cost £125 each (approximately $254) and will be allo...

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TED NUGENT: 'I Apologize For Nothing'

Rocker Ted Nugent has penned a guest column for the Waco Tribune-Herald in which he talks about the video which recently surfaced of the outspoken musician slamming Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama. An excerpt follows: "During my gravity-defying mu...

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ANCIENT RITES: North American Tour Cancelled

ANCIENT RITES mainman Gunther Theys has issued the following update: "ANCIENT RITES were approached to tour the USA/Canada during winter. We agreed on the terms. Many dates were booked. The word was spread. The band kept the dates free and prepared for the tour. "One day we received a mail from the...

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Ex-NIGHTWISH Singer To Take Part In London Meet-And-Greet

Ex-NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen will take part in a meet-and-greet session organized by the U.K.'s Rock Sound magazine. Rock Sound is offering lucky readers the opportunity to hear tracks from Turunen's new solo album, watch the video for her new single, and put their questions to the woman hersel...

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GODIVA: 'Destruction' Track Listing, Artwork, Audio Samples Available

Swiss heavy metallers GODIVA, who feature in their ranks former VICTORY singer Fernando Garcia, will release their new album, "Destruction", on September 28, 2007 via Mausoleum Records. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Illuminatio 02. Crawl In The Night 03. Destruction 04. Pedal T...

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USURPER Founder Explains Decision To Call It Quits

Guitarist/founder Rick Scythe of Chicago's USURPER has issued the following statement regarding the band's decision to split up: "As some of you may have heard, the band I formed over 13 years ago is now over. I wrote nearly all the music and most of the lyrics. I came up with the lyrical and artwor...

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GODIVA To Release New Album This Month

Swiss heavy metallers GODIVA, who feature in their ranks former VICTORY singer Fernando Garcia, will release their new album, "Destruction", on September 28, 2007 via Mausoleum Records. GODIVA will team up with Swiss rockers SHAKRA for the following dates: Sep. 27 - Appenzell (CH) - Gade Sep. 29 - B...

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DREAMSCAPE To Support SIEGES EVEN In Europe

German progressive metallers DREAMSCAPE will support SIEGES EVEN on the following dates: Oct. 05 - DE - München, Metropolis Oct. 06 - DE - Weiher, Musichall Oct. 07 - NL - Baarlo, Progpower Europe Festival 2007 Oct. 08 - DE - Hamburg, Markthalle Oct. 09 - DE - Aschaffenburg, Colosaal Oct. 10 - DE -...