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PANTERA Publicist Lashes Out At E! Network

Launch Radio Networks reports that a publicist for PANTERA has gone public with a blistering e-mail she sent to the E! cable network after it requested permission to re-enact the December 2004 onstage murder of PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. The entertainment and gossip n...

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RUFFIANS: New Album Details Revealed

RUFFIANS, the reunited power metal band that at one time featured in its ranks late VICIOUS RUMORS frontman Carl Albert, will release its new album, "Desert of Tears", on October 20 via Metal Heaven Records. The CD was recorded at Trident/Imperial Studios in Northern California. "Desert of Tears" tr...

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GENE SIMMONS To Guest On CNN EUROPE's 'The Quest'

According to a posting at KissNews.de, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons will be the featured guest on CNN Europe on September 26 at 9:00 p.m. CET on "The Quest" program. Simmons and his family — Shannon Tweed (the woman he's been "happily unmarried" to for 23 years),and their children, Nick, 18,...

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Former AC/DC Drummer To Perform With All-Female AC/DC Tribute THUNDHERSTRUCK

Former AC/DC drummer Chris Slade — who performed on 1990's quintuple platinum "The Razor's Edge", as well as the group's landmark live album recorded during the corresponding tour — will make a guest appearance at the "Girls Got Rhythm" record release party tonight, when he takes the stage to join t...

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IRON MAIDEN Vocalist: 'SHARON OSBOURNE Is Obviously Completely Mad'

In his only interview for Swedish media in support of IRON MAIDEN's new album, "A Matter of Life and Death", vocalist Bruce Dickinson talked candidly to Close-Up magazine about last year's Ozzfest and the infamous egg incident. Immediately after IRON MAIDEN's triumphant show at Ullevi stadium in Got...

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Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part I

In the present day, when HELLOWEEN fans argue about the band's continued relevance or lack thereof, and debate which album or era holds the most merit, it's easy to forget the time when this band could absolutely do no wrong. They pretty much wrote the rule book in 1987 with "Keeper of the Seven Key...

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'Gigantour' CD Audio Samples Available

Audio samples from the upcoming Gigantour deluxe 2-CD set have been made available at Amazon.com. The 2-CD and 2-DVD sets, due on August 22 and September 5, respectively, via Image Entertainment, capture 2005's heavy metal onslaught that was hailed as the best metal bill of the year, with Revolver m...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Bassist Travels The World For His New Clothing Line

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message in his online diary: "I'm sitting in Muscat, Saudi Arabia at the airport as I write this. I woke up today in Jaipur, India, took a private plane to New Delhi (to get around the problems with heightened security from the recent terrorist...

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DIONYSUS To Release 'Fairytales And Reality' In September

DIONYSUS, the Swedish/German melodic power metal act featuring the voice behind guitarist Luca Turilli's (RHAPSODY) solo work, Olaf Hayer, and ex-SINERGY drummer Ronny Milianowicz, alongside NATION members Johnny Öhlin (guitar) and Nobby Noberg (bass),will release its third album, "Fairytales and R...

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DARK FUNERAL Looking Forward To South American Tour

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have issued the following update: After the enormously successful tour in 2003, which resulted in the highly acclaimed live album "De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine", DARK FUNERAL is once again ready to embark on tour throughout Latin America. This time the band...

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GENE SIMMONS: New Audio Interview Posted Online

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently spoke to WashingtonPost.com about his long career in music and his new A&E hit series "Gene Simmons Family Jewels". One of the things Gene reveals is that Paul Stanley will do a solo tour first before KISS goes out on tour next year. On when the long-a...

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THREAT SIGNAL: 'Counterbalance' Video Launched

Just days before the release of their debut album, "Under Reprisal", on Nuclear Blast Records, Canadian metal hopefuls THREAT SIGNAL have launched a self-produced video for the song "Counterbalance". The clip features footage of the band on the road, in the studio with producer Christian Olde Wolber...

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GENE SIMMONS Says 'Family Jewels' Is A Ratings Success

The premiere episode of KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' new reality show for the A&E network, called "Gene Simmons Family Jewels", was the most-watched series premiere of any A&E show since the launch of "Dog the Bounty Hunter" in August of 2004. There have been 12 new prime-time series...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Signs On For BOB DYLAN Tribute?

According to TheRockRadio.com, MOUNTAIN has been working on their new album, which is a tribute to Bob Dylan. Singer-guitarist Leslie West and drummer Corky Laing have recorded a number of Dylan songs for the project, including "Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Gotta Serve Somebody" and "Blowing In Th...

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TOMMY BOLIN: 'Whips And Roses II' Collection Due In September

According to Deep-Purple.net, the second of the planned series of Tommy Bolin (late DEEP PURPLE/JAMES GANG guitarist) CDs and DVD has been compiled by Johnnie Bolin (Tommy Bolin's brother/drummer) and producer Greg Hampton. Due late September, "Whips and Roses II" features four alternate tracks from...