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MYSTIC PROPHECY Sign With NUCLEAR BLAST
MYSTIC PROPHECY, the band consisting of VALLEY'S EVE vocalist R. D. Liapakis, ex-STORMWITCH bassist Martin Albrecht, RAISE HELL drummer Dennis Ekdahl, and DREAM EVIL/FIREWIND guitarist Gus G., have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records and will issue their second album, "Regressus" ('The Return'),...February 2, 2003
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PAGANIZER Hard At Work On 'Murder.Death.Kill'
Swedish death metallers PAGANIZER are currently completing work on their fourth full-length album, "Murder.Death.Kill", for a tentative late April release through Xtreem Music. The follow-up to last year's "Dead Unburied" is being recorded in two separate sessions, with the first half of the CD havi...January 31, 2003
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MONSTER MAGNET Frontman To Write Score For ICE CUBE's New Movie
MONSTER MAGNET frontman Dave Wyndorf has been hired to write the score for Ice Cube's next movie, "Torque". Wyndorf is currently working on the music with producer Scott Humphrey (ROB ZOMBIE, SPINESHANK, ANDREW W.K.) and former MÖTLEY CRÜE skin-basher Tommy Lee, who will play drums on some of the ma...January 27, 2003
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ILL NINO Hard At Work On Sophomore CD
ILL NINO have penned roughly 15 "complete or partially complete" songs for their follow-up to 2001's "Revolution...Revolucion" and are beginning to talk to prospective producers and mixers about a possible collaboration on their as-yet-untitled second album, due before the end of the year. "We've be...January 15, 2003
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SINISTER Prepare To Record 'Savage Or Grace'
Dutch female-fronted death metallers SINISTER will enter Excess studio in Rotterdam, Holland on Jan. 21 to begin recording their new album, "Savage or Grace", for a May 12 release through Nuclear Blast Records. "We will be working together with our friend and former SINISTER guitarist Ron v/d Polder...January 3, 2003
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SOLEMNITY Confirmed For Germany's KEEP IT TRUE Festival
Germany's SOLEMNITY are the latest act to have been confirmed for Keep It True festival, set to be held on Jul. 19 in Gerlachsheim, Germany. SOLEMNITY will close the festival with a big "horror show" in the vein of HALLOWEEN or Italian lunatics DEATH SS. Organized by Oliver Weinsheimer from German m...January 1, 2003
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Former NEUROTICA Guitarist Resurfaces In BUTTONHOOK
Former NEUROTICA guitarist Mike Gaudreau has teamed up with ex-DEN OF THIEVES singer Roman Carson in an Atlanta-based act named BUTTONHOOK. The group, whose sound is being described as a cross between SOUNDGARDEN and GUNS N' ROSES, recently issued a self-titled debut CD, available online via the gro...December 30, 2002
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IN FLAMES, GARDENIAN Members Team Up In PASSENGER
Sweden's PASSENGER, the new project featuring IN FLAMES vocalist Anders Friden, ex-TRANSPORT LEAGUE drummer Patrik J. Sten, GARDENIAN guitarist Niclas Engelin (ex-IN FLAMES),and HEADPLATE bassist Håkan Skoger, have completed work on their as-yet-untitled debut album at Gothenburg's Studio Fredman....December 11, 2002
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HELLOWEEN's MARK CROSS: 'My Heart Is Bleeding'
HELLOWEEN drummer Mark Cross (ex-METALIUM),whose bout with mononucleosis has prevented him from appearing on the band's forthcoming studio album (the drum tracks on the CD are being recorded by MOTÖRHEAD's Mikkey Dee),has posted the following message via his official web site: "How tricky life can...December 6, 2002
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DAMIEN THORNE, IRON CROSS Confirmed For Germany's KEEP IT TRUE Festival
DAMIEN THORNE and IRON CROSS are the latest acts to have been confirmed for Keep It True festival, set to be held on Jul. 19, 2003 in Gerlachsheim, Germany. Organized by Oliver Weinsheimer from German magazine Heavy Oder Was and MAJESTY singer Tarek Maghary, the self-dubbed "underground metal" festi...December 5, 2002
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MOTÖRHEAD Drummer To Guest On New HELLOWEEN CD
Veteran German power metallers HELLOWEEN are utilizing the services of MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee during the recording sessions for their as-yet-untitled new album after regular skinsman Mark Cross (ex-METALIUM) was struck "by the malicious (EBV) Epstein-Barr virus also known as Mononucleosis" thi...December 2, 2002
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KISS Murder Trial Update: Victim Carried VINNIE VINCENT's Credit Card
The man accused of killing the ex-wife of former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent and part-time escort AnnMarie Cusano told police he had a fatal struggle with her, The Hartford Courant reported Saturday. A tape of a police interview conducted two years after the woman was reported missing was played f...November 25, 2002
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FIREBIRD To Issue New Album In February
Britain's FIREBIRD, led by former CARCASS/NAPALM DEATH guitarist Bill Steer, will release their as-yet-untitled new album in late February 2003 via JVC Records in Japan. A European release should follow a short time later. Recorded at Berno Studios in Malmö, Sweden, the CD will include most of the f...November 23, 2002
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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX Pays Tribute To WARWICK Bass
MÖTLEY CRÜE/BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message in the "Rock'n'Roll Diary" section of CRÜE's official web site: "I have been playing Gibson Thunderbirds forever. I love them, always have, always will. When I worked with Specter in the 80's, we designed the body...November 22, 2002
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ABORYM Singer Arrested For Possession Of Ecstasy Pills
Former MAYHEM and current ABORYM singer Attila Csihar is currently being held in jail in Treviso, northern Italy, where he was recently arrested for possession of 158 ecstasy pills and a small amount of hash. "We don't know yet about how much he will get, but a trial should be set around December,"...November 20, 2002