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STRYPER Frontman To Judge 'Gifted', The Christian Reality Show

STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet will serve as one of the judges on "Gifted", the two-hour primetime TBN television special that culminates months of nationwide searching to find and present the brightest new talent in Christian music. The show will air on January 26 at 7:00 p.m. The official program...

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BACKYARD BABIES To Support BUCKCHERRY In U.K.

Sweden's BACKYARD BABIES will support BUCKCHERRY on three U.K. dates in March: Mar. 20 - Mean Fiddler - London, England Mar. 21 - Garage - Glasgow, Scotland Mar. 22 - Rock City - Nottingham, England BACKYARD BABIES' 1994 full-length debut, "Diesel and Power", was recently reissued with a bonus track...

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SAXON Frontman Interviewed On British TV: Video Available

SAXON frontman Biff Byford was interviewed by a British TV station about the group's world record attempt in a new category — the largest-ever air guitar ensemble — at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough ground in the United Kingdom on Saturday (Jan. 20). Watch the interview online at YouTube.com. Fo...

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CRIMSON MOON Announces New Lineup; New Music Posted Online

Long-running San Diego-based black/death metallers CRIMSON MOON have announced their new lineup for the group's next — and probably final — album, to be recorded and released sometime this year via Kthulu Productions. It is as follows: * Overlord (NIBIRU, TEMPLE OF THE DREAMING SERPENT) - Electric &...

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FATAL SMILE Signs With LOCOMOTIVE MUSIC

Swedish "traditional" hard rock/heavy metal band FATAL SMILE has inked a deal with Locomotive Music. The group's sophomore album, "Neo Natural Freaks", will be released in the U.S. on February 20. The follow-up to 2002's "Beyond Reality", "Neo Natural Freaks" received a European release in February...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Guitarist Hopes To Keep Band Going For Another '10 Or 15 Years'

Aaron Yoxheimer of The Morning Call recently conducted an interview with CRADLE OF FILTH guitarist Paul Allender. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On being criticized by journalists in their homeland (England): "I don't know how it is everywhere else, but in England the media love to build...

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DOWN: U.S. East Coast Headlining Shows Announced

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — h...

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Ex-MISFITS Singer MICHALE GRAVES: New 'Acoustic Spoken-Word' Dates Announced

Former MISFITS frontman Michale Graves has posted the following message on his official web site: "Bob Lancaster wrote an article that appeared in the Arkansas Times that describes his personal experience and perspective after sitting through the trials of Jason Baldwin, Jessie Misskeley Jr. and Dam...

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SLAYER Frontman On Writing Songs About 'Humanity's Demons And Humanity's Devils'

Paul Gargano of Maximum Ink recently conducted an interview with SLAYER frontman Tom Araya. An excerpt from the chat follows: Maximum Ink: Is it fair to say that SLAYER have become a lot more political in recent years? Tom Araya: It comes across that way, but it's not. There are more social ...

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Passenger

Denmark's MNEMIC turned quite a few heads with its futuristic thrash, MESHUGGAH-like rhythms and shades of FEAR FACTORY/STRAPPING YOUNG LAD songwriting on 2003's "Mechanical Spin Phenomena" and 2004's "The Audio Injected Soul". While the soon-to-be-released "Passenger" may not reach the heights achi...

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SAXON Manager Checks In

SAXON's manager Thomas Jensen has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "After a hectic week I would like to keep you posted on the latest activities of the band. It might be too much information but I'll try to keep it short. "Thursday: Biff [Byford, vocals] and Charlie [Ba...

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TRIVIUM Drummer Says Luck Didn't Play Part In His Band's Success

TRIVIUM drummer Travis Smith tells Australia's Beat magazine he grew up on thrash metal, and now METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich is one of TRIVIUM's biggest fans. Asked how it felt to share stages with his heroes, Smith responded, "It's an honor to play with bands like [IRON] MAIDEN and METALLICA, but...

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DIO On HEAVEN AND HELL: People Deserve To Hear Those Songs Performed Again

On Wednesday, January 17, Artisan News conducted a short interview with legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio about HEAVEN AND HELL — the new band featuring Dio alongside original BLACK SABBATH members Iommi and Geezer Butler, plus drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH). On the name HEAVE...

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SAXON Drummer Says New CD Was 'The Best Of Any Recording Session I've Ever Been Involved With'

SAXON drummer Nigel Glockler has posted the following message on his official web site: "We actually started writing [material for the new SAXON album] back in January, getting ideas together in between the 'Night Out with the Boys' tour. After that ended, there was a long run of festivals during th...

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DEATHRASH: Rare Video Footage Unearthed

Bassist/founding member Pat Burns of the reunited New Jersey thrashers DEATHRASH has issued the following update: "We got word last weekend that a video from our Sept. 27, 1986 show at The Grunge Club has surfaced! This is excellent news as we have been looking for a copy since we got back together....