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IRON MAIDEN: The Origin Of EDDIE

The image that was supposedly the one that inspired artist Derek Riggs to draw IRON MAIDEN's mascot Eddie has been posted online at the MAIDEN fan site MaidenNorway.com. The image in question purportedly represents either a Vietnamese head on an American tank, or an American head on a Vietnamese tan...

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LUNARMILE To Support M3 In Wolverhampton

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),will support M3 — the "classic WHITESNAKE" tribute band featuring Bernie Marsden (guitar, ex-WHITESNAKE),Micky Moody (guit...

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Photos From SLIPPED DISC In-Store Archives Posted Online

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a gallery of Slipped Disc Records "in-store" archives, featuring photos of such artists as MEGADETH, SLAYER,...

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SODOM Discusses Thrash Metal: Video Available

The makers of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the much-anticipated documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted a video clip featuring German thrashers SODOM talking about thrash metal and punk rock. Check it out at this...

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Ex-DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist JON LORD Sees Tingling Strings In Denmark

According to The Highway Star, former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord witnessed an impressive performance of his piano concerto "Boom of the Tingling Strings" Thursday night (Dec. 7) in Odense, Denmark, performed by the Odense Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Mann and featuring Nelson Goerner o...

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DEFTONES Frontman In Pre-Production With WILL HAVEN

According to MTV.com, DEFTONES singer Chino Moreno is in pre-production in Los Angeles with hardcore-metal band WILL HAVEN. In February, the group will begin recording at Bieler Bros. Studios in Pompano Beach, Florida. The yet-untitled disc is due in late spring or early summer via Bieler Bros. Reco...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman: 'It's Inevitable That CDs Will Become Obsolete'

Metal-Temple.com editor Orpheus Spiliotopoulos (also a writer for Rock Hard magazine) recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Metal-Temple.com: Why did you decide to release new HALFORD tracks exclusively on iTunes and n...

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ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY: New Song Posted Online

A brand new ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY track, entitled "Words of the Dying", has been posted online on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the group's brand new full-length album, "Open Fire", due in March 2007 via Relapse Records. "Open Fire" was recorded at The Etching Tin Studios in Richmond, V...

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ROB ZOMBIE Drummer: 'I Followed My Dreams And Didn't Let Anything Stop Me'

Colin Hunter of TheRecord.com reports: When Tommy Clufetos was 13, his dad took him to see an ALICE COOPER concert in Detroit. "Dad," the teenager hollered over the din, "I'm going to play in that band someday." A couple of years later, when Clufetos was in high school, he bought the debut solo ...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman To Guest On SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO's 'Bloody Roots'

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford will be a guest on "Bloody Roots" on Sirius Satellite Radio on Tuesday, December 12 at 9:00 p.m. EST. Host Ian Christe interrogates the metal god for a full debriefing on growing up in Birmingham, England in the shadow of BLACK SABBATH, forging a path for metal in t...

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BLACK SABBATH: 'The Dio Years' Collection Tentatively Due In April

Rhino Records has set a tentative April 3, 2007 North American release date for the new Ronnie James Dio-era BLACK SABBATH best-of set, appropriately titled "Black Sabbath: The Dio Years". The single-disc collection will include a couple of brand new tracks that are currently being recorded in Engla...

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OLYMPOS MONS Seeks New Label Home

Finnish melodic metallers OLYMPOS MONS have issued the following update: "The negotiations with our former label concerning the [already completed] new album ['Medievil'] has taken unexpected turns. OLYMPOS MONS is not satisfied how the distribution of the debut album, 'Conquistador' [2004], was han...

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ROB HALFORD, ROBERT PLANT, BON SCOTT, OZZY Are Among 'Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists'

Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST),Robert Plant (LED ZEPPELIN) and Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) are among the singers who appear on Hit Parader magazine's (cover) list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" (published in the November 2006 issue). Commented the editors of the magazi...

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DEEP PURPLE Performs On Brazilian TV: Video Available

DEEP PURPLE performed two tracks on the Brazilian TV talk show "Programa do Jô" earlier in the month. Watch the footage at YouTube.com: "Smoke on the Water" (video) and "Rapture of the Deep" (video). PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan will embark on a solo tour of Australia in late January in support ...

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A&E Orders 20 More Episodes Of 'Gene Simmons Family Jewels'

Variety.com reports that A&E has greenlit a second season of Gene Simmons' reality-TV show "Gene Simmons Family Jewels". The cable channel has begun production on 20 one-hour episodes for a premiere sometime in 2007. A&E had ordered a 13-episode first season. "Family Jewels" delivered an ave...