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SAMMY HAGAR On Possible VAN HALEN / ROTH Reunion: 'I Don't See It In A Million Years'

John Soeder of Cleveland's The Plain Dealer reports: VAN HALEN scored a landslide victory in The Plain Dealer's seventh annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame poll. The newspaper asked readers and visitors to www.cleveland.com to tell it which nominees on the latest official Rock Hall ballot are most wor...

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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Reveals Bonus Tracks For Reissues

Launch Radio Networks reports: BLUE ÖYSTER CULT has announced the bonus tracks for two album reissues coming out February 13. The Legacy Edition of the 1978 live album "Some Enchanted Evening" will double from seven to 14 tracks, with previously unreleased performances of "ME 262", "Harvester of Eye...

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NINE INCH NAILS Mainman On New CD: 'This Is Not A Particularly Friendly Record'

NINE INCH NAILS mastermind Trent Reznor has revealed more information about the group's upcoming album, tentatively due in early 2007. In a December 27, 2006 blog entry on the official NIN fan club web site The Spiral, Reznor writes, "Usually when I finish a record, I have to go into battle with the...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: Being Singled Out For My Views is 'Mostly Fodder For My Weak Ego'

Caught in the Crossfire recently conducted an interview with THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Caught in the Crossfire: You seem to have attracted a lot of attention with regards to your personal blog lately — particularly via Blabbermouth. Why do you thi...

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Grimoire of Ruin

Those into the classier side of U.S. power metal, the type that hearkens back to the days of OMEN and classic JAG PANZER, have just found their newest band to champion. SHADOW DEMON hail from the Pacific Northwest, and their stock in trade is unrepentant, glorious, down and dirty '80s metal, a combi...

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OZZY OSBOURNE's Cancer Shock

FemaleFirst.co.uk reports that Ozzy Osbourne says finding out that wife Sharon had cancer was like being hit over the head with a concrete block. The BLACK SABBATH singer's wife is now in remission but when she was first diagnosed with colon cancer her rocker husband couldn't believe how well she co...

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TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK Featured In New THE RIGHT TO ROCK Podcast

TheRightToRock.com has has issued its latest podcast (episode #7) featuring TESTAMENT/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA lead guitarist Alex Skolnick. Hosts Genghis and Ragman discuss everything from TESTAMENT to TSO with Alex, plus a little more. The interview is approximately 25 minutes long. Genghis and Ra...

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THE BERZERKER: 'Animosity' Limited Edition To Include Free Bonus Live CD

Australian grind deviants THE BERZERKER have announced a limited edition version of the upcoming album "Animosity", which includes a free bonus live CD recorded on the recent U.K. headline tour. The band's live set at London's Dome on December 16, 2006 was captured live by Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH...

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AFTER FOREVER: New Album Will Be A Self-Titled Affair

According to an article on the Dutch web site Metalfan.nl, the title of the forthcoming AFTER FOREVER album will be simply "After Forever" and NOT "Energized", as was previously reported. The song "Discord" will feature the Prague Symphonic Orchestra, while vocalist Doro Pesch can be heard dueting w...

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SPEAKERS FOR THE DEAD Guitarist Succumbs To Cancer

SPEAKERS FOR THE DEAD, a Fresno, California-based band that combines heavy metal, hard rock and brutal hardcore with alternate singing and shouting, has issued the following statement: "It is with an extremely heavy heart that we write this, but our brother Jason Garcia (guitarist for GRYP and SPEAK...

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Ex-CONTROL DENIED Frontman Talks About CHUCK SCHULDINER, Power Metal's Resurgence

Dom Coccaro of the Associated Content recently conducted an interview with former CONTROL DENIED and current PHARAOH frontman Tim Aymar. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Associated Content: Power metal has seen a resurgence in the past few years. To what do you accredit this to? Aymar: Bor...

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REALITY GREY Signs With RAZAR ICE RECORDS

Razar Ice Records has announced the signing of Italian death metal upstarts REALITY GREY. The band recorded and mixed its debut album, "Darkest Days Are Yet to Come", with GOLEM/WARCHILD/NATRON guitarist Ottavio Marzo. The first single, "Never Again", is available on the Razar Ice free compilation,...

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SKID ROW Guitarist On New Album: 'We're Stirring Up People's Emotions One Way Or The Other'

Ryan Sparks of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisited: What has the response been like to the new record "Revolutions Per Minute"? Snake: The response has been great. Most of the pe...

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Ex-CRADLE OF FILTH Guitarist To Perform With SCREAMIN' DAEMON In London

Guitarist Gian Pyres (DRAGONLORD, ex-CRADLE OF FILTH/EXTREME NOISE TERROR) will be joining U.K. "murder maniacs" SCREAMIN' DAEMON as special guest lead guitarist at their upcoming "Anti-Christmas Bash" show at London's Camden Purple Turtle on Friday, December 29, 2006. Also on the bill will be U.K's...

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HELSTAR Guitarist Talks About Classic 'Nosferatu' Album

Full in Bloom Music recently conducted an interview with HELSTAR guitarist Larry Barragan. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Full in Bloom Music: What are your memories of your classic record, "Nosferatu"? Larry: My memories of "Nosferatu"? Hazy! No seriously, that CD was hard work. The music was...