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Widow Of Original SAVATAGE Guitarist CRISS OLIVA Passes Away
Dawn Marae Oliva, widow of original SAVATAGE guitarist Criss Oliva, passed away on Tuesday (Jan. 11). No cause of death has yet been revealed. As most SAVATAGE fans know, in the early morning hours of October 17, 1993 Criss Oliva and Dawn were en route to the Livestock Festival in Zephyrhills, Flori...January 13, 2005
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DOGPOUND Announce New Album Title
Swedish hard rockers DOGPOUND have set "A Night In The Gutter" as the title of their sophomore album. The follow-up to 2003's "The Hellbum" is tentatively due in April/May via Lion Music. With regards to the band's musical direction, the band had previously told Norway's Metal Express, "We want it t...January 12, 2005
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GENE SIMMONS Sued By Ex-Girlfriend
Samuel Maull of The Associated Press is reporting that a woman who says she is a former girlfriend of KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons is suing him for slander, saying the bass guitarist made her sound like a "sex-addicted nymphomaniac" during a "rockumentary" on VH1 television. Georgeann Walsh Wa...January 7, 2005
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Swedish Hard Rock Stars Join Forces On Special DVD To Benefit Tsunami Victims
About 150 of the biggest names in rock and hard rock from Sweden have recorded a song that will be released in a couple of weeks on a special DVD to raise money through the Red Cross for the victims of the horrible earthquake and flood disaster in Asia. The song "Where Is The Fire" ...January 4, 2005
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Producer: COURTNEY LOVE Prevented Early KURT COBAIN Recordings From Appearing On Box Set
According to a posting at The Internet Nirvana Fan Club, legendary NIRVANA producer Jack Endino talks in his latest newsletter about working on the NIRVANA "With the Lights Out" box set and explains why the fabled FECAL MATTER (Kurt Cobain's pre-NIRVANA outfit) demo was not included (you guessed it...January 3, 2005
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ANTHRAX To Play DIMEBAG MEMORIAL FUND Benefit With DISTURBED
ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante has posted the latest installment of his regular online column, dubbed "Blast Beat", on the group's official web site. A couple of excerpts from the column follow: "I've been playing my DimeSlime Gitar that Darrell [Abbott] gave me. The riffs are flying out of it. I'v...January 3, 2005
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ETERNAL OATH To Release New Album In March
Swedish goth/death metallers ETERNAL OATH will release their third full-length album, "Wither", on March 29 via Black Lodge Records. The follow-up to 2001's "Righteous" was recorded at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg and was mastered at Polar studios in Stockholm. Twelve tracks have been finalized, fea...January 2, 2005
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AYREON: 'The Final Experiment' Bonus Disc Guest Vocalists Announced
AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist Arjen Lucassen (ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE),have announced the guest singers who will appear on the semi-acoustic bonus disc that will go with "The Final Experiment" re-issue. The singers and the tracks they will appear on are as follows: Astrid van der Veen (THE...December 28, 2004
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BLOODBATH: U.S. Release Of 'Nightmares Made Flesh' Pushed Back To March
Century Media Records has pushed back the release date of the new BLOODBATH album, "Nightmares Made Flesh" to March 8 from the previously announced February 8. No reason was given for the delay. Due to the long gap between the European and North American release dates, the American version will be e...December 25, 2004
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THE HAUNTED Frontman Doesn't Rule Out AT THE GATES Reunion
THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving recently spoke to the Fourteen G E-zine about the group's new album, "rEVOLVEr", the music business and the possibility of an AT THE GATES reunion (the much-missed pre-THE HAUNTED outfit that is considered to be among Sweden's most influential extreme metal acts)....December 22, 2004
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ACCEPT: Second Part Of Interview With Longtime Manager Posted Online
ACCEPT fan site Joe Schlared's Accept Home Page With U.D.O. has published the first part of an interview with longtime ACCEPT manager Gaby Hoffmann (also known throughout the '80s by the mysterious alias "Deaffy"). In addition to being ACCEPT's manager, Hoffmann was also the group's primary lyrics w...December 22, 2004
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THE HAUNTED To Honor DIMEBAG's Memory By 'Fucking Shit Up'
After their extraordinarily successful U.S. tour with DAMAGEPLAN and labelmates SHADOWS FALL, the Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED will now start to devastate Europe. On January 26, 2005, THE HAUNTED will head out for the "Close Up Made Us Do It Tour" as headlining act all over Scandinavia together wit...December 20, 2004
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Police: No Special Treatment For OZZY In House Burglary Case
This Is Local London is reporting that police have refuted claims they are giving Ozzy Osbourne special treatment by featuring a burglary at his house on BBC's "Crimewatch". Detective Inspector Paul Miller defended the decision to go on "Crimewatch" about the crime in Chalfont St Peter after a viewe...December 20, 2004
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COMMUNIC Film Video For 'Conspiracy In Mind'
Norwegian progressive/power metallers COMMUNIC, featuring ex-SCARIOT members Oddleif Stensland (vocals) and Tor Atle Andersen (drums),have posted the following message on their official web site: "It has been a really amazing year for COMMUNIC. One year ago we made our first demo and was unknown of...December 19, 2004
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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Pays Tribute To DIMEBAG DARRELL
METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has issued the following statement regarding the death of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist Dimebag Darrell: "This is unbelievable. To sit here and talk about Darrell in the past tense seems so wrong, so unfair, so unjust, I don't even know what to say. My heart goes out...December 9, 2004
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