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ROBERT PLANT: 'Nine Lives' Box Set Due In September

According to a posting on TightButLoose.co.uk ("The Led Zeppelin Magazine"),Robert Plant's long-rumored nine CD box set spanning his entire post-LED ZEPPELIN recording history is set for release on September 12 on Rhino Records. Titled "Nine Lives", the box set will contain the seven solo albums fr...

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'The Classic Metal Show' Offers Up BIG COCK For July Fourth

"The Classic Metal Show", heard weekly on Saturday nights between 9:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. EST, will have a very special four-hour broadcast on July 4 from noon to 4:00 p.m. EST exclusively at www.theclassicmetalshow.com. The "sexually explicit" version of the program will feature four hours of songs...

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LED ZEPPELIN's JIMMY PAGE Pulls Out Of MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL Tribute Concert

LED ZEPPELIN legend Jimmy Page has been forced to cancel his participation in the June 30 concert in honor of Atlantic Records at this year's Montreux Jazz Festival due to medical reasons (a "surgery", according to a press release). On June 30 — the opening night of the festival — the Montreux Jazz...

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PEARL JAM Pay Homage To WHO Concert Victims

MTV.com reports: Wearing a vintage WHO T-shirt, PEARL JAM singer Eddie Vedder took time out from his band's show Saturday night (June 24) at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati to pay homage to the 11 fans who were trampled to death at the venue (then named Riverfront Coliseum) before a WHO concert in ...

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STRYPER: Long-Awaited 'Live In Puerto Rico' DVD Available For Pre-Order

STRYPER's "Greatest Hits Live in Puerto Rico" DVD is finally available for pre-order at this location. DVDs will begin shipping on August 21. The first 500 orders receive a free "Live in Puerto Rico" T-shirt. Filmed in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2004, "Greatest Hits Live in Puerto Rico" captures the b...

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In Triumph

Though the term "stoner rock" has pretty much been a non-starter as far as anyone actually, like, selling records, it remains the most convenient catch-all for those trying to market heavy rock bands of any stripe these days. Thus, Sweden's THE QUILL are stoner rock, despite the fact that to anyone...

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ROBERT PLANT To Guest On WNYC's 'Soundcheck'

According to a posting at Led-Zeppelin.com, LED ZEPPELIN legend Robert Plant is scheduled to appear on WNYC public radio's "Soundcheck" program on June 22, interviewed by host John Schaefer. The station web site features a live broadcast on the web and will be available for archived listening. As pr...

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MACHINE HEAD To Enter Studio In August

MACHINE HEAD drummer Dave McClain has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We're finally on the home stretch!! A few more songs to go until the writing process is completed. Let me say a few things about the progress and way the songs are coming along. "First off, the freed...

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THE COTTON SOETERBOEK BAND Part Ways With Bassist, Drummer; Announce Replacements

U.S.-based hard rock act THE COTTON SOETERBOEK BAND have parted ways with bassist Mike Davis (HALFORD) and drummer Butch Carlson (ROB ROCK). Replacing them in the group are Wim den Boer (ABYSS, JEFF & CO) and Wilfried Broekman (SUGARFISH, MY BROTHER JAKE),respctively. "We have just finished two...

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ROBERT PLANT To Headline U.K.'s CONBURY FESTIVAL

According to the Sun Online, LED ZEPPELIN's legendary frontman Robert Plant has been confirmed as the headliner for this year's Cornbury festival. The two-day event — held on the weekend of July 8-9 in the spectacular grounds of Cornbury Park near Oxford — is a one-of-a-kind, eclectic musical carniv...

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HAMMERFALL Film Another Video With Swedish Athletes

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following update on his official blog: "So, you probably wonder what the mysterious thing was, huh? By now, people in Sweden know, at least. And now the rest of the world. The 19th European Athletics Championships are being held in Gothenburg in Augu...

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SOLITUDE AETURNUS Begin Recording New Album

Long-running Arlington, Texas-based doom metallers SOLITUDE AETURNUS entered Nomad Recording studio (MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND, ABSU, USURPER) in Carrolton, TX on June 1 to begin recording their new album for Massacre Records. Entitled "Alone", the CD will be the first to feature the band's new li...

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Hell Bent For Letters

I like a good joke as much as I like a good musty-smelling sci-fi novel from a flea market or a used bookstall (anyone with the Ace paperback editions of the Edgar Rice Burroughs books, I want 'em). This should make me a prime candidate for assimilation by "edu-core" nerds BLOODHAG — four aging dwee...

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ROB ZOMBIE To Make 'Halloween' Movie After All

Bloody-Disgusting.com has published the following press release from Dimension Films: Dimension Films is proud to announce that they will make a new "Halloween" movie with Rob Zombie ("The Devil's Rejects", "House of 1000 Corpses" writing, directing and serving as a producer. Malek Akkad of Trancas...

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DEATH BREATH Featuring Ex-ENTOMBED Drummer: Record Deal Signed, Debut CD Completed

DEATH BREATH, the new Swedish old-school death metal project featuring former ENTOMBED drummer and main songwriter Nicke Andersson (currently the frontman of his rock 'n' roll band THE HELLACOPTERS),have issued the following update: "The [debut] album's done and we've just inked a deal for Europe w...