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Report: Heavy Metal Artists Love Christmas, Too

Heath McCoy of the CanWest News Service reports: When did TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French realize he had mellowed out enough to record a Christmas album? At around the same time the makeup-wearing rocker caught himself playing the worried parent. "Remember that artist UNCLE KRACKER who came...

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NIKKI SIXX: Photos From Houston Book-Signing Appearance Posted Online

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx signed copies of his book, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star", on Sunday, December 9 at Borders Books and Music in Houston, Texas. Check out photos at Houstonist.com. "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star" ...

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PRIMAL FEAR Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 14-16 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: ASP BORN FROM PAIN DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA ENDSTILLE ENSIFERUM EXODUS KATAKLYSM...

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Former ADLER'S APPETITE Singer Opens Recording Studio

Former ADLER'S APPETITE and current TARSHA lead vocalist Sheldon Tarsha has announced the grand opening of his private recording headquarters — The Awe Center. Giving rise to Tarsha's debut album, "Prophecies", and his forthcoming CD, "Divine Universe", The Awe Center is described as "a deluxe recor...

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Heavy Metal Fanatic To Succeed PUTIN As Rusian Leader?

Russia's RIA Novosti reports: The man backed by Vladimir Putin for next year's presidential election is a heavy-metal-loving 42-year-old whose surname comes from the Russian word for 'bear'. First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was nominated by the ruling United Russia party and three other s...

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BORN FROM PAIN, ASP Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

BORN FROM PAIN and ASP have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 14-16 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: ASP BORN FROM PAIN DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA ENDSTILLE ENSIFERUM EXODUS KATAKLYSM PRIMORDIAL S...

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NIKKI SIXX: New TV Interview Posted Online

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx visited with TXA 21's Kenneth Taylor in Texas earlier today (December 7) to talk about his new book, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star", which debuted at No. 7 on The New York Times Book Review non-fiction bestseller list. Watch the four-...

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ELVENKING Pulls Out Of GOTTHARD's Italian Tour

Italian folk metallers ELVENKING have been forced to cancel their support slot on the Italian leg of GOTTHARD's European tour. "We have been told that we were out of the tour for major organizing reasons (that are absolutely not related to our will) tonight and we're very sorry for the people that s...

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DANZIG Guitarist TODD YOUTH Resurrects SON OF SAM, Signs With HORROR HIGH

Horror High, LLC has announced the signing of "one of the most influential bands in the death rock/gothic music genre," SON OF SAM. Formed in 2000, SON OF SAM started as a horror rock "supergroup" side project created by Todd Youth during his tenure as the guitar player for SAMHAIN/DANZIG. The band...

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HIGH ON FIRE: 'Rumors Of war' Video To Debut On 'Headbanger's Ball' This Weekend

HIGH ON FIRE's "Rumors Of War" video, the first from the band's "Death Is This Communion" album, will make its "Headbanger's Ball" debut tomorrow (December 8) on MTV2. The clip was lensed in Los Angeles by director/producer Soren (UNEARTH, CEPHALIC CARNAGE, GREELEY ESTATES). The band is currently in...

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EXODUS Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 14-16 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA ENDSTILLE ENSIFERUM EXODUS KATAKLYSM PRIMOR...

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SCORPIONS Frontman: 'Music Has Been An Integral Part Of Our Communication With The Youth'

According to India's Moneycontrol.com, German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS will perform in Mumbai and Bangalore this month as part of the band's Humanity World Tour 2007-08. SCORPIONS will play in Mumbai on December 14 and in Bangalore on December 16. Humanity World Tour 2007/2008 takes the group ri...

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BULLET FOR VALENTINE To Answer Fans' Questions

Is there anything you would have always wanted to ask BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE? Here's your chance: post your question as a comment on BFMV's MySpace profile and the boys will be more than glad to answer these via video on their upcoming German promo trip. The band itself will pick out the ...

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DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

Sweden's DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 14-16 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA ENDSTILLE ENSIFERUM KATAKLYSM PRIMORDIAL SONIC SYNDICATE THE...

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DROWNING POOL Bassist Rushed To Hospital, Diagnosed With Bell's Palsy

DROWNING POOL bassist Stevie Benton was rushed to the hospital early this morning suffering from paralysis. Benton began to feel ill during last night's performance at Stone's Throw in Eau Claire, WI, and after the show was rushed to the Luther Midelfort Hospital where Christian F. Peterson MD, ED P...