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METAL CHURCH Frontman Announces Solo Dates

METAL CHURCH frontman Ronny Munroe has lined up the following dates with his solo project: Sep. 19 - Fat City - San Francisco, CA Sep. 20 - Club Vegas - Salt Lake City, UT Sep. 22 - Paladino's – Tarzana, CA Sep. 29 - Studio Seven – Seattle, WA (w/ LILLAIN AXE) Due to so ...

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EPICA: Video Interview With MARK JANSEN Available

A 10-minute video interview with EPICA guitarist Mark Jansen conducted by France's Spirit of Metal webzine can be viewed below. EPICA's new video, "Never Enough", can be viewed on YouTube. The song comes off the Dutch symphonic metal band's new album, "The Divine Conspiracy", due in North America on...

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Former THE GATHERING Singer To Guest On New AYREON CD; Audio Available

AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen, has posted an audio sample of the next guest singer who will appear on the the band's upcoming album, tentatively due late 2007/early 2008: former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen, who now fronts her newly formed band AGUA...

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BIOMECHANICAL Announces New Guitarist

U.K. epic progressive metallers BIOMECHANICAL have announced the addition of guitarist Chris Van Hayden to the group's ranks. "His awesome solid rhythm playing and solos convinced us that he is the man for the job!" the band writes in a statement. "Chris is also the main collobarator of the band CHA...

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New TONY IOMMI Audio Interview Posted Online

The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with legendary guitarist Tony Iommi. Topics include HEAVEN AND HELL, BLACK SABBATH, Ronnie James Dio, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Martin, Glenn Hughes, Ian Gillan, LED ZEPPELIN, Eddie Van Halen, LUNARM...

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Legendary Long Island Record Store LOONEY TUNES Destroyed In Fire

Looney Tunes, the long-standing independent record store in West Babylon, New York which has hosted in-store appearances by such artists as OZZY OSBOURNE, QUEENSRŸCHE, DREAM THEATER, TYPE O NEGATIVE and STAIND (whose 2001 rooftop in-store performance attracted 7,500 fans to the store) experienced a...

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TERROR SYNDROME: 'When God Was Sober' Goes To Radio

TERROR SYNDROME, the Vancouver, B.C.-based band led by THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen, has released the track "When God Was Sober" to radio (mostly underground shows specializing in extreme metal, apparently) . According to Ryan, the track "was recently mixed by my brother Jay...

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Ex-THE GATHERING Singer's AGUA DE ANNIQUE Schedules Dutch Tour Dates

AGUA DE ANNIQUE, the new Dutch band fronted by former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen, has scheduled the following dates: Nov. 02 - Doornroosje – Nijmegen, NETH Nov. 03 – [to be announced] - Amsterdam, NETH Nov. 09 - Mezz - Breda, NETH Nov. 10 - W2 - Den Bosch, NETH Nov. 16 - ...

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DEATH ANGEL Members Perform At 'Robb's MetalWorks' Anniversary Party

On August 26, 2007, DEATH ANGEL guitarists Rob Cavestany and Ted Aguilar visited San Antonio for an appearance at the 10-year anniversary party for legendary TV show "Robb's MetalWorks", where they performed songs from Rob's solo CD, "Lines on the Road". Earlier that afternoon, the guys gave a priva...

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Former IRON MAIDEN Keyboardist's Charity Tour Is A 'Fantastic Success'

According to the Bucks Free Press, former IRON MAIDEN keyboardist Tony Moore — who played in an early incarnation of the British heavy metal band in 1977 — has been flying solo around the UK doing a series of acoustic gigs at airfields to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust. During the ...

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NEIL PEART Of RUSH: The Beat Of A Different Drummer

Brian McCollum of the Detroit Free Press reports: RUSH's Neil Peart is a drummer's drummer, a player whose high-end work has made him a legend among fellow musicians. He dominated Modern Drummer magazine's annual best-of polls so comprehensively during the 1980s that the publication eventually took...

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AS I LAY DYING, ALL THAT REMAINS, HASTE THE DAY: More U.S. Dates Announced

AS I LAY DYING will embark on a U.S. headlining tour beginning late October. Support on the trek will come from ALL THAT REMAINS, HASTE THE DAY, and THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 27 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater Oct. 28 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater ...

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THE PROPHECY: Tour Blog Of Doom

Yorkshire doom-death metallers THE PROPHECY have issued the following update: "THE PROPHECY and HONEY FOR CHRIST finally made it to Belgium to play their shows in Arlon and Virton-Ethe without further incident. The bands then set off to the Portuguese Festival at Vargos. "The bands made it to Salama...

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VAN HALEN: 'Everybody Wants Some' Book Released Today; Chapter Excerpt Available

August 24 marks the official release date for "Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga" by Ian Christe. Published in hardcover by John Wiley & Sons and years in the making, this is the first definitive biography of the ultimate American rock band. Download an excerpt containing chapter one of t...

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VAN HALEN: More Tour Dates Announced

More dates have been announced for the first VAN HALEN tour in more than 22 years with David Lee Roth as lead vocalist. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Sep. 27 - Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Bobcats Arena Sep. 29 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum Oct. 01 - Philadelphia, PA - ...