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ALLHELLUJA Parts Ways With Guitarist

ALLHELLUJA, the Danish/Italian project featuring HATESPHERE frontman Jacob Bredahl and Stefano Longhi from Scarlet Records, has parted ways with guitarist Massimo Gajer due to "personal reasons." "What we can say is that ALLHELLUJA now is stronger than before, with more energy and a fuckin' heavy vi...

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W.A.S.P. Schedules Australian Tour Dates

W.A.S.P. has lined up the following Australian tour dates in April of next year: Apr. 07 - Sydney, AUS @ Enmore Theatre Apr. 08 - Sydney, AUS @ Enmore Theatre Apr. 10 - Fortitude Valley, AUS @ The Arena Apr. 13 - Adelaide, AUS @ The Barton Theatre Apr. 15 - Melbourne, AUS @ Forum ...

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World's First Self-Tuning Guitar To Go On Sale This Week

AFP reports that the world's first self-tuning guitar — which is already being used by Billy Corgan from the SMASHING PUMPKINS, among other musicians — was unveiled to the public in London Monday (Dec. 3) — an instrument that automatically detects when a string has fallen out of pitch and corrects i...

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ALL WILL FALL: New Music Posted Online

ALL WILL FALL, the band featuring drummer Adam Jarvis of MISERY INDEX, has posted two new songs on its MySpace page: "Defiler of Virtue" and "Under the Idol", the latter of which will appear on SickDrummer.com's compilation "Volume One - Brutal Beatings", due in 2008. ALL WILL FALL is currently nego...

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Latvia's SUPERHUMAN To Support ALICE COOPER In Riga

Latvian rock band SUPERHUMAN will support ALICE COOPER and FOREIGNER at Arena Riga in Latvia on Saturday, December 1. SUPERHUMAN previously opened for BILLY IDOL and REAMONN on the Latvian stops of their European tours. SUPERHUMAN's debut album "As Human As We Are" — which was released in August via...

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A PERFECT CIRCLE Guitarist To Release ASHES DIVIDE Debut In March

Lead guitarist, singer and songwriter Billy Howerdel — founder and producer of multi-platinum group A PERFECT CIRCLE — has stepped out as lead vocalist and guitarist for new band, ASHES DIVIDE, and has signed to Island Records, it was announced today by Antonio "L.A." Reid, Chairman, Island Def Jam...

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TESTAMENT Confirmed For Serbia's LEGACY FESTIVAL

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT have been confirmed for the Legacy Festival, set to take place May 30-31, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: May 30, 2008: DESTRUCTION VADER OBITUARY DARK FUNERAL THRESHOLD May 31, 2008: JORN LANDE BELPHEGOR...

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AIRBOURNE Frontman Says JET And WOLFMOTHER Are 'Carbon Copies' And 'Not For Real'

Joel O'Keefe, lead singer and guitarist for Australian "pub rockers" AIRBOURNE, recently explained to ChartAttack.com exactly what separates his band from the rest of the Aussie pack. "JET and WOLFMOTHER are not for real. We are," he said. "That's the difference. They're not for real. They're doing...

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Ex-WARRANT Guitarist On KEVIN DUBROW Death: 'The Rock Scene Has Lost An Icon'

Former WARRANT guitarist Billy Morris, who played guitar with QUIET RIOT off and on during the band's later years, has released the following statement to D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene regarding the passing of QUIET RIOT singer Kevin DuBrow: "Wow. Today I learned that my friend Kevin DuBrow pas...

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Legendary Bassist BOB DAISLEY Discusses His Work With BLACK SABBATH

An excerpt from an extensive interview with legendary bassist Bob Daisley (RAINBOW, OZZY OSBOURNE),taken from the new second edition of Joel Gausten's book "The Sabbath Interviews", is now available at this location. In the excerpt, Daisley discusses his time as the recording bassist/chief lyricist...

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JETBOY Guitarist Says SLASH 'Contradicts Himself' In His New Book

BringBackGlam.com recently conducted an interview with JETBOY lead guitarist Billy Rowe. An excerpt from the chat follows: BringBackGlam.com: Do you know that JETBOY is mentioned several times in the new Slash autobiography? Billy: Yeah. That's a very interesting question. We played L.A. Friday and...

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CELESTY: Helsinki Concert Highlights Posted Online

Finnish power metal band CELESTY has posted a 10-minute video clip featuring highlights from the band's October 24, 2007 concert at Rocktown in Helsinki. Watch it below. CELESTY's third full-length effort, "Mortal Mind Creation", was released on October 30, 2006 via Dockyard 1. Two songs from "Morta...

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MARILYN MANSON: 'I've Built A Robot Replica Of My Girlfriend'

Billy Sloan of the Glasgow Sunday Mail reports that Marilyn Manson's girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood joins the singer on stage every night during his current tour. Well, almost. Manson told the Glasgow Sunday Mail: "I've built a robot replica of my girlfriend. She brings me absinthe on stage — like any...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' ARI KOIVUNEN: 'Angels Are Calling' Video Posted Online

The winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", 23-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, has released the video for his new single, "Angels Are Calling" (acoustic version). The song was composed by STRATOVARIUS mainman Timo Tolkki and appears on Ari Koivunen's debut solo album,...

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TESTAMENT: New Photos From Recording Studio Posted Online

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have posted several new photos from the recording sessions for the group's new album, "The Formation of Damnation". Check them out at this location. "The Formation of Damnation" is scheduled for release in early 2008 via Nuclear Blast Records. The b...