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HATE GALLERY To Release 'Dead Celebrities' EP

HATE GALLERY, the Finnish/British/Swedish rock band featuring Janne Jarvis and Rille Lundell from WARRIOR SOUL, has issued the following update: "We will soon be releasing a new EP entitled 'Dead Celebrities'. This will feature a collection of brand new tracks plus what we consider to be the definit...

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CHTHONIC Mainman Discusses New Album

Speed Beaver Music recently conducted an interview with vocalist Freddy Lim of the Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Speed Beaver Music: OK, tell us about the new album, what is it called and what the idea of the album is, what's the concept? Freddy: The...

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MACHINES OF GRACE/CIRCLE II CIRCLE Frontman Interviewed On 'Metal Express Radio'

Metal Express Radio recently conducted an interview with vocalist Zak Stevens (CIRCLE II CIRCLE, SAVATAGE, MACHINES OF GRACE). The 15-minute chat is now available for streaming at this location. MACHINES OF GRACE — the new band featuring Stevens, drummer Jeff Plate (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SAVATAG...

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ULI JON ROTH Bringing 'Sky Academy' To Germany

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) will bring his Sky Academy seminar to Germany. The first full-scale Sky Academy seminar is to be held September 4-6 at the Rock & Pop Museum in Gronau. The seminar will also include a Sky Academy concert billed as ULI JON ROTH & FRIENDS on Sept...

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HANOI ROCKS Guitarist Gets Wooden Statue

A wooden statue of HANOI ROCKS guitarist/co-founder Andy McCoy will be unveiled this Saturday (July 25) in his birthplace of Pelkosenniemi, a municipality of Finland. Commented McCoy: "First real statue is a great honor. Normally statues are being built only after the artist has died." The wooden st...

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Former SOUNDGARDEN Guitarist Discusses Possible Reunion

Greg Prato (MySpace page) of RollingStone.com recently conducted an interview with former SOUNDGARDEN guitarist Kim Thayil. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RollingStone.com: What have you been up to since SOUNDGARDEN's split? Thayil: Mostly I've done session stuff with friends now a...

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SYBREED's U.S. Visa Issues Resolved

Swiss metallers SYBREED have resolved their visa issues and will travel to the U.S. tomorrow (Wednesday, July 22) to join the in-progress U.S. tour featuring THREAT SIGNAL, THE AUTUMN OFFERING and THE AGONIST. The band says in a statement, "We would like also to present our excuses to the American f...

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DEAD BY APRIL To Support SKINDRED In U.K.

Swedish "pop/metal" band DEAD BY APRIL will support SKINDRED on a U.K. tour in September/October. Prior to these dates, the band will join LACUNA COIL and SLIPKNOT side-project DIRTY LITTLE RABBITS for a one-off Kerrang! show on July 31 at the London HMV Forum in Kentish Town; then, two days later,...

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PAUL DI'ANNO Taps Swedish Guitarist For Eastern European Tour

Swedish guitarist Rasmus Ehrnborn (pictured below) will once again join former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno and the rest of his solo band on Paul's upcoming Eastern European tour in November 2009. For a list of dates, go to this location. Based in the south of Sweden, Rasmus has worked as a sessi...

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LORD's New Album To Feature Members Of DIO, MEGADETH, ANGRA

Australian metallers LORD have revealed a list of guest musicians who appear on their forthcoming album, "Set In Stone", due in the band's home country in late August via Riot! Entertainment and in Japan in October through Soundholic Records. Release dates for the rest of the world will be announced...

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Report: U.K. Heavy Metal Fans Defying Credit Crunch

U.K.'s Daily Star reports: Heavy metal fans are defying the credit crunch by cranking up spending on their heroes’ CDs, T-shirts and show tickets. Latest figures from music industry body the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) show rock is now the best-selling type of music in single and album forma...

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NIGHTWISH Singer On Narrow-Mindedness In Music

NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon has posted the following message on her official blog: "When I sang in ALYSON AVENUE, which is a female-fronted band just like NIGHTWISH, but even more so, since it's only my voice there, we got so many 'real' hard rockers and metalheads who said female-fronted was shit...

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SLASH, STEVEN ADLER, FLEA In The Studio; Photos Available

Photos of RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS bassist Flea and ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler in the studio laying down tracks for Slash's new solo album have been posted on Adler's MySpace page. The VELVET REVOLVER and one-time GUNS N' ROSES axeman wrote in an online post, "Steven Adler played on the firs...

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SPINAL TAP Schedules 'Rockline' Appearance

England's "loudest heavy metal band" SPINAL TAP will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn on Wednesday, August 5 at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET. Fans are encouraged to speak with SPINAL TAP by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For more information, visit Rockli...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer: 'Our Sound And Style Has Endured The Test Of Time'

DREAM THEATER's publicity firm, MSO, has released the following question-and-answer session with the band's drummer, Mike Portnoy: Q: Congrats on the massive global success that has greeted "Black Clouds & Silver Linings": a #1 debut on the Billboard European chart and 12 Top Ten album chart deb...