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INTO ETERNITY Begins Work On Concept Album

Extreme progressive metal leaders INTO ETERNITY have completed the touring cycle for their highly acclaimed album, "The Scattering of Ashes", and are currently hard at work on material for their much-anticipated new recording, which guitarist/vocalist Tim Roth says will be the group's first conceptu...

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TARJA TURUNEN: 'My Winter Storm' To Be Released On Limited Double Vinyl

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's new solo album, "My Winter Storm", will be released as an extremely limited double-LP version (only 300 copies available worldwide) on December 17 via Britain's What Records. To order a copy, click here. A 30-second audio sample of Tarja Turunen's cover versio...

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DARKANE Guitarist Says He Is 'Fascinated' By MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX

Guitarist Christofer Malmström of the Swedish thrashers DARKANE has issued the following update: "I'm sitting with my laptop in my couch with the wife. She's watching a Swedish version of 'Top Model', so I thought I just might write whatever comes out (everything is better than watching that show)....

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KORN, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, DISTURBED Singers Talk Halloween Plans

The Pulse of Radio reports: Wednesday (October 31) is Halloween, one of the biggest and most increasingly popular holidays on the calendar. The day is normally filled with costumes, parties, haunted houses, horror movies, trick-or-treating and all kinds of spooky and entertaining events and activiti...

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VAN HALEN Tour Likely To Extend Well Into 2008

The Pulse of Radio reports: VAN HALEN is likely to extend its reunion tour with singer David Lee Roth well into 2008, according to LiveDaily.com. The band announced that a planned stop in St. Louis, which was scheduled for October 28 but postponed earlier this month, has now been rescheduled for Mar...

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MURDER BY DEATH Signs With VAGRANT

Vagrant has announced the signing of Bloomington, Indiana's MURDER BY DEATH. The quartet's fourth full-length, "Red of Tooth and Claw", was produced by Trina Shoemaker (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, EMMYLOU HARRIS, IGGY POP) at Dark Horse Studios in Tennessee and will be released in the early spring of 2...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Drummer Says 'Dead Again' Will Be Reissued With New Artwork, Accompanying DVD

Jesse Capps of RockConfidential.com recently conducted an interview with TYPE O NEGATIVE drummer Johnny Kelly. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: RockConfidential.com: You guys have been out on the road for your Halloween tour. How was it this year? Johnny: It's always been something of a tr...

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PRIMAL FEAR Vocalist Signs Solo Deal With FRONTIERS RECORDS

Frontiers Records has announced the signing of Ralf Scheepers for the release of his first solo album. Best known as the singer of German power metal legends PRIMAL FEAR, Ralf cut his teeth with TYRAN PACE and GAMMA RAY, the latter of which he formed alongside former HELLOWEEN guitar player Kai Hans...

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SEBASTIAN BACH On 'Elliot In The Morning'; New Interview, Music Posted Online

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach was recently a guest on "Elliot in the Morning", a morning radio talk show hosted by DJ Elliot Segal. Listen to the interview — which includes music from Bach's upcoming CD, "Angel Down" — in three parts: Part#1, Part#2, Part#3. Sebastian Bach's version ...

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Ex-NIGHTWISH Singer TARJA TURUNEN: More Tour Dates Announced

Former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen has scheduled the following dates: Nov. 25 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Club Nov. 27 - Budapest, Hungary @ Petöfi Hall Dec. 02 - Moscow, Russia @ Club B1 Dec. 08 - Kuusankoski, Finland @ Sami Hyypiä Areena Dec. 10 - Köln, Germany @ Live Music Hall Dec. 11 -...

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WOE OF TYRANTS Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announce the signing of Chillicothe, Ohio's WOE OF TYRANTS. According to a press release, WOE OF TYRANTS is "comprised of five guys dead-set on playing metal the way they want to, never listening or caring what scene they belong to or what sells the most records; who mix the...

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SEBASTIAN BACH And AXL ROSE's 'Back In The Saddle' Leaks To Huge Response

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach's version of AEROSMITH's "Back in the Saddle", one of three tracks on Bach's forthcoming CD "Angel Down" that features GUNS N' ROSES' Axl Rose on vocals, has leaked and was played a few times late last week on an Active Rock station in Texas. According to the...

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ONSLAUGHT To Tour Europe With EKTOMORF

Guitarist Nige Rockett of of the reactivated British thrashers ONSLAUGHT has issued the following update: "Due to circumstances beyond our control, we sadly announce that the 'X-mass Festival Tour' scheduled for December has been postponed. However, the tour will now go ahead in January 2008 under t...

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Report: Hair-Metal Nostalgia Fuels Yuletide Alternatives

MSNBC.com reports: When producer/composer Paul O'Neill founded TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA and launched the yuletide franchise with the album "Christmas Eve & Other Stories" in 1996, he helped lay the foundation of an unexpected niche genre: hard rock Christmas carols. Eleven years later, TSO is a...

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TARJA TURUNEN's Cover Of ALICE COOPER's 'Poison'; Audio Sample Available

A 30-second audio sample of former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's cover version of the ALICE COOPER smash "Poison" is available for streaming at this location. The song, which will appear on Turunen's upcoming solo album, "My Winter Storm", was laid down at the same studio where the original track...