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VICKI GENFAN Named 'Guitar Superstar' By Celebrity Judges JOE SATRIANI, STEVE VAI
Vicki Genfan of Fairview, New Jersey, captivated both a sold-out audience and judges with a dazzling acoustic guitar performance at San Francisco's historic Great American Music Hall to beat out nine other guitarists and win Guitar Player magazine's "Guitar Superstar" competition last Saturday. Cele...September 22, 2008
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METALLICA's 'Death Magnetic' Tops Italian Chart
METALLICA's new album, "Death Magnetic", has entered the official Italian chart at position No. 1 for the week ending September 19. The band beat out Italy's latest pop idol Giusy Ferreri, who had topped the Italian chart for twelve weeks after coming in second on the Italian version of the TV talen...September 22, 2008
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A Conversation With CANNIBAL CORPSE's ALEX WEBSTER
By: Scott Alisoglu CANNIBAL CORPSE is a band of the people; well, the death metal people anyway. Since forming in 1987, the unit has always given the fans what they've wanted — consistently good albums, gore-drenched lyrics, and staggering levels of brutality. The quintet's dedication, work ethic, a...September 17, 2008
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Swiss Pop Singer Covers METALLICA's 'The Unforgiven'; Video Available
Bespectacled 19-year-old Swiss pop singer Stefanie Heinzmann has recorded a cover version of the METALLICA classic "The Unforgiven". The official video for the track, which will be released as a single at the end of October, can be viewed below. According to Wikipedia, Heinzmann started her career a...September 16, 2008
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BLACK CHERRY Reunion Show Announced
BLACK CHERRY, one of Hollywood's top bands of the late '80s and early '90s, will reunite for a one-time show at the Viper Room in Hollywood as a tribute to their rhythm guitarist Curtis Grant, who tragically passed away after losing his battle with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 a...September 16, 2008
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AVANTASIA: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Available
Vocalist Amanda Somerville has issued the latest video blog (see below) from the AVANTASIA world tour, which kicked off on June 5 at the Rocksound festival in Huttwil, Switzerland and concluded last month at the Sziget festival in Budapest, Hungary. The latest clip features footage from the band's a...September 15, 2008
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THE FREEZING FOG Signs With EYESOFSOUND RECORDS
Retro rockers THE FREEZING FOG have inked a deal with Eyesofsound Records. Formed in Manchester, United Kingdom during the early part of 2006, THE FREEZING FOG features members of the sorely missed BEECHER. While BEECHER was all about the cutting edge, THE FREEZING FOG is a retro heavy rock/metal ba...September 10, 2008
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'Home Of Metal' Celebrating Midlands' Heavy Metal Heritage
BirminghamPost.net reports: For too long Birmingham and the West Midlands have failed to celebrate what is rightfully theirs, to claim the city and the region as home of "heavy metal." "Home of Metal" is a brand new project aimed at creating the first digital archive of metal music, memorabilia and...September 9, 2008
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CHRIS CORNELL To Perform On Tonight's 'Fashion Rocks'
Former SOUNDGARDEN and AUDIOSLAVE frontman Chris Cornell will perform his new song "Scream" as part of the TV special "Fashion Rocks 2008" on CBS tonight (Tuesday, September 9). Check your local listings for air times. The charity event was staged at Radio City Music Hall in New York on September 5...September 9, 2008
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It's almost as interesting to dissect what TORCHE isn't, and why, as it is frustrating to try explain what the band is. They're not "post rock", because they write short and hooky songs, but they're not quite punk or metal either, because they manage to infuse two-and-a-half minute tracks with that...September 8, 2008
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SEPULTURA's 'Inner Self' Gets The Dance Treatment Courtesy Of SPIRITWO
Video footage of SPIRITWO — the London, England-based pop project fronted by a female singer of Israeli descent — performing a dance cover of SEPULTURA's classic track "Inner Self" can be viewed below. The studio version of SPIRITWO's "Inner Self" appears on the project's limited-edition "Foundling"...September 7, 2008
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Massachusetts Man Fired Up Over JIMI HENDRIX Guitar Purchase
Jessica Fargen of BostonHerald.com conducted a short interview with Danny Boucher, the guitar enthusiast from Massachusetts who outbid fellow high-rolling rock collectors for a Fender Stratocaster scorched by guitar god Jimi Hendrix. "It was owned and played by Jimi Hendrix. Enough said," Boucher to...September 6, 2008
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Report: AC/DC Plans Big Comeback
AC/DC's last two albums, 2000's "Stiff Upper Lip" and 1995's "Ballbreaker", leaned toward the bluesier side of the band, but producer Brendan O'Brien was determined to focus on another aspect of their sound on the band's new CD, "Black Ice". "I was hoping the songs would lend themselves to more of a...September 5, 2008
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SHADRANE To Release 'Temporal' In October
Lion Music has set an October 10 release date for SHADRANE's long-awaited debut album, "Temporal". Led by Vivien Lalu (LALU, HUBI MEISEL),this project features the legendary rhythm section of Matt and Gregg Bissonette (JOE SATRIANI, STEVE VAI) and Dutch guitar hero Joop Wolters (who co-produced the...September 5, 2008
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POISONBLACK Lands In Finnish Top 10
"A Dead Heavy Day", the new album from POISONBLACK — the Finnish band featuring former SENTENCED frontman Ville Laihiala — has entered the chart in the group's home country at position No. 6. View the entire chart at this location. The album was made available as standard CD, LP plus bonus CD as ...September 4, 2008
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