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ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA Frontman Is Ready To Roll

Jane Stevenson of the Winnipeg Sun reports: Toronto's Lukas Rossi says he can breathe a major sigh of relief now that he's performed the first ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA concert on New Year's Eve in Sin City. "It's just a feeling of accomplishment," the 30-year-old singer told the Sun in a Canadian newspap...

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EMERALD SUN, DISTORTION OF PERCEPTION Confirmed For Greece's METAL HEALING Festival

EMERALD SUN and DISTORTION OF PERCEPTION have been confirmed for the Metal Healing festival, set to take place July 20-22 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): COMMUNIC DEMENZIA DESTRUCTION DISTORTION OF PERCEPTION EKTOMORF EMERALD SUN FIREWI...

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PAIN CONFESSOR Continues Work On 'Raw And Furious' New Album

Finnish metallers PAIN CONFESSOR are continuing work on their third album, "Purgatory of the Second Sun", at Fantom studio for a tentative early March 2007 release. A single will precede the album in February. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Mercenaries", "Last of Forever", "Dreamcrusher...

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EMERALD SUN Completes Work On Second Album

According to StayMetal.net, Greek power metal band EMERALD SUN will release its as-yet-untitled second album in February/March 2007 via Limb Music Products & Publishing (LMP). The CD will feature by re-recorded versions of songs from the band's first self-financed album, "The Story Begins" (2005...

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ALICE COOPER Saves Christmas For 12-Year-Old Fan

Shamus Toomey of the Chicago Sun-Times reports: Alice Cooper saved Christmas for 12-year-old Carlos "CJ" Cardenas. Well, Alice Cooper and a team of surgeons at Rush University Medical Center. CJ, a sixth-grader from Lake Villa, was feeling pretty down last week as he lay in a hospital bed, recoverin...

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BOB RIVERS' Christmas-Themed 'Iron Man' Parody Posted Online

A music video for Bob Rivers' Christmas-themed "Iron Man" parody, entitled "I Am Santa Claus" (which originally premieried on his 1993 "I Am Santa Claus" album) has been posted on online. You can view it at YouTube.com. Rivers is a radio DJ based out of Seattle who is famous for his sense of ...

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AMORPHIS: Helsinki Gig To Be Streamed Live Over The Internet

AMORPHIS' December 30, 2006 gig at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland will be streamed live over the Internet. More information and streaming links will be revealed closer to the show. Ever wondered how AMORPHIS would sound like if they sang in their own language (Finnish)? Check out track no. 4 on the b...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Video Footage From Finnish Press Conference Posted Online

Video footage of legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen's December 14, 2006 press conference in Helsinki, Finland has been posted online at this location. Photos taken at Yngwie's gig on December 15, 2006 at Teatria in Oulu, Finland are available at Mesta.net (courtesy of Jouni Hirn). As previ...

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AEROSMITH Bassist TOM HAMILTON: 'The Cancer Is Gone'

AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton has issued the following update: "Well, I got sprung for a couple of days last week and got to do some stuff with the band finally. You've probably heard about the NASCAR thing. In case you haven't, they're going to use a modified 'Back in the Saddle' for their theme m...

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3 INCHES OF BLOOD Added To CRADLE OF FILTH Tour

3 INCHES OF BLOOD, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based metal sextet, has been added to the entire CRADLE OF FILTH North American tour, also featuring Finland's THE 69 EYES in the middle slot. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 23 - Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ Jan. 24 - Trocadero, Th...

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NARNIA/ROB ROCK Guitarist Joins BEAUTIFUL SIN

BEAUTIFUL SIN, the new project featuring ex-HELLOWEEN/MASTERPLAN drummer Uli Kusch, has announced the addition of guitarist Carljohan Grimmark (ROB ROCK, NARNIA) to the group's ranks. The band is currently writing material for its second album, which they plan on recording in June 2007. BEAUTIFUL SI...

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BLACK SABBATH In The U.K.'s SUN Tabloid

In an almost unprecedented move for a tabloid newspaper, the Sun — the world's biggest-selling English-language newspaper, with over eight million readers a day — has acknowledged the world of heavy metal by reviewing a BLACK SABBATH biography in glowing terms. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", the new SABB...

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Photographer: VAN HALEN With WOLFGANG Sounds 'Untouchable'

Legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin has updated the "Diary" section of his web site with the following message (dated December 13, 2006): "Head off to meet up with Edward Van Halen. It is hot today and I'm in black which doesn't help my thumping head. I feel like I'm being cooked in the sun — .....

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CRUACHAN: European Festival Appearances Announced

Irish folk metal band CRUACHAN has lined up the following European dates during the coming months: Mar. 31 - Ragnarök Festival - Lichtenfelts, GER May 25 - Wave Gotik Treffen - Leipzig, GER Jul. 6-7 - Day of Darkness Festival - Ballylinan, Co Laois, IRE CRUACHAN's fifth album, "The Morrigan's Call",...

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Ex-ONWARD Guitarist Recruits Former INTO ETERNITY Vocalist

Former ONWARD guitarist Toby Knapp is in the early recording stages of a new album which should be out around the summer of 2007. The CD will contain a lot of instrumental metal, but it will also feature a powerful progressive metal vocalist contributing on several tracks. Commented Knapp: "I am ple...