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ACE FREHLEY To Take Part In KISS SYMPHONY Concert

Guitarist Ace Frehley is expected to complete the original KISS lineup at the Kiss Symphony concert, which will feature KISS hits performed with the 60-piece Melbourne Symphony. Frehley, who had touring commitments in America, was nowhere to be seen at a media conference to announce the event, which...

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It's Official: KISS To Perform With Australian Symphony

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: One of the world's greatest bands, KISS, today announced one of the most spectacular concert events Australia will ever see, Kiss Symphony. At a press conference in Melbourne, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss announced details of a one-off concert with the 60-piece M...

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DARKANE Go Orchestral!

DARKANE drummer Peter Wildoer and guitarist Christofer Malmström participated in a concert last Sunday called Seven Deadly Sins, written by Swedish composer Lale Larson. The piece was written for chamber orchestra and a thrash metal band. Swedish radio P2 played a clip from the concert last Tuesday...

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MARDUK To Issue 'World Funeral' In February

MARDUK have set World Funeral as the title of their forthcoming studio album, which is tentatively due to surface in mid-February. The full track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. With Satan And Victorious Weapons 02. Bleached Bones 03. Cloven Hoof 04. Hearse 05. To The Death's Head True 06....

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SLIPKNOT Frontman Reveals Inspiration For Son's Name

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor recently explained to Australia's Undercover why he decided to name his son Griffin Parker Taylor. "Griffin we thought was a really good name and Parker is three different people," Corey said. "Peter Parker, obviously Spider-man. Dorothy Parker, an amazing writer and C...

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STAR ONE: First Live Photos Posted Online

Lots of photos taken at STAR ONE's concert at 013 in Tilburg, the Netherlands on Sunday, September 29th, have been posted online at this location. Also included is a review of the show in Dutch. STAR ONE, the project led by AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen (ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE),are in the middle o...

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DEFTONES Courted By Management Companies Prior To Release Of New CD

Nearly every major artist management company has made the flight to Sacramento to meet with the DEFTONES about representing the group following their split with longtime manager Warren Entner last month, according to Hits Daily Double. That is, everyone with the exception of a "very busy" Cliff Burn...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Skip Halloween Show, Prepare To Enter Studio

TYPE O NEGATIVE will enter Systems II Studios in Brooklyn, New York at the end of the month to commence recording the long-awaited follow-up to 1999's World Coming Down CD. As a result, the band will not be doing their traditional shows to celebrate Halloween and will instead focus all their attenti...

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KISS To Play One-Off Show In Australia?

KISS are rumored to be planning a return to Australia for a one-off concert at Melbourne's Colonial Stadium in late February/early March 2003. If the unconfirmed reports are to be believed, this unique show will feature the band playing with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra who will all be wearing K...

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COSMOSQUAD To Issue Live Album In November

L.A.-based instrumental all-star outfit, COSMOSQUAD, are currently readying their first ever live album, titled Live at the Baked Potato, due out in November via guitarist Jeff Kollman's Marmaduke label. Recorded and mixed by Kollman and David Knauer (ERIC GALES, etc.),the disc features 14 songs fr...

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Kindless

If we were to label ETERNAL GRAY's Kindless the Master Of Puppets of modern-day death metal, you'd suspect we were talking from the wrong orifice. And whilst on the surface it may appear to be wildly off-the-mark comparing one of the most epic and invigorating thrash albums of the eighties with a de...

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HOBBS ANGEL OF DEATH Reform, Plan New CD

HOBBS ANGEL OF DEATH, once described as Australia's answer to SLAYER, have reformed under the leadership of guitarist/vocalist Peter Hobbs and are said to be writing material for the follow-up to the group's 1996 Inheritance CD, due sometime in 2003. The band, who recently supported MAYHEM on their...

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MARDUK Bassist Welcomes Addition To Family

On September 21st, MARDUK bassist B.War became the proud father of a son named Damien. As previously reported, MARDUK have finished the recordings for their eighth full-length album at Abyss studio with producer Peter Tägtgren and are planning on returning to the studio in early November to mix the...

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MARDUK Finish Recording New Studio Album

MARDUK have finished the recordings for their eighth full-length album at Abyss studio with producer Peter Tägtgren and are planning on returning to the studio in early November to mix the effort for a February 2003 release. A single/7" may precede the album in mid-January. ...

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CONSTRUCDEAD Part Ways With Vocalist

Sweden's CONSTRUCDEAD, featuring TERROR 2000 drummer Erik Thyselius, have amicably parted ways with vocalist Jonas Sandberg and are currently seeking a replacement. "There's no bad blood between us," reads a statement on the band's official web site. "We wish Jonas all the best and good luck in the...