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OPETH Guitarist Ties The Knot

OPETH guitarist Peter Lindgren married longtime girlfriend Jessica Svensson on August 21 at Gålögården outside Stockholm, Sweden. In other news, Peaceville Records reportedly have plans to release a 5.1 surround sound mix re-release of OPETH's fourth album, "Still Life". More information will be mad...

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It's Official: TYPE O NEGATIVE's U.S. Tour 'Postponed'

TYPE O NEGATIVE's management has issued a statement regarding the postponement of the band's fall 2004 U.S. tour. It reads as follows: "During a recent medical exam, undisclosed anomalies were discovered and it was suggested that Peter Steele, lead singer, bassist and songwriter, undergo further tes...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE: U.S. Tour Cancelled?

TYPE O NEGATIVE appear to have cancelled their previously announced U.S. tour with AMORPHIS. Although the group have yet to issue an official statement on the matter, a posting at the Northern Lights (Clifton Park, NY venue) web site had attributed the cancellation "to an illness in the band." It sh...

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NEGATIVE Top Finnish Album Chart

Finland's hard/glam rockers NEGATIVE have topped the Finnish album chart with their sophomore release, "Sweet & Deceitful". View the whole chart here. The follow-up to 2003's gold-certified (in Finland) "War of Love" features a guest appearance by SENTENCED/POISONBLACK frontman Ville Laihiala. S...

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AMORPHIS Guitarist Says Fill-In Vocalist Is Sounding 'Great'

AMORPHIS guitarist Esa Holopainen has posted the following update on the group's official web site: "A good time to inform [everyone] that the rehearsings with JP Leppäluoto [CHARON singer and fill-in vocalist for AMORPHIS' upcoming U.S. tour] goes further exellent. We have been now two days in rehe...

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PANTERA's 'Best Of' CD Certified Gold

PANTERA's career overview CD, "The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!" (Elektra/Rhino),has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of more than 500,000 copies in the U.S. The 16-song "Vulgar Hits!" CD, originally is...

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DORO PESCH Says She Would Like To Collaborate With NIGHTWISH Singer

German metal singer Doro Pesch recently spoke to Greece's Metal-Temple.com webzine about her upcoming AFM Records debut, entitled "Classic Diamonds". Due on September 20, the CD contains reworked classics from Doro's 20-year career as well as several new songs which were specially composed for this...

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HATEBREED Singer To Commence Work On ICEPICK Album

HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta will shortly begin laying down vocal tracks for the debut album from ICEPICK, Jasta's much-anticipated collaboration with SKARHEAD singer Lord Ezec. "I will also be traveling back and forth to Planet Z where I will be working on the long-awaited ICEPICK album," Jamey w...

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STRYPER Part Ways With Bassist TIMOTHY GAINES

Reunited Christian hard rockers STRYPER have officially parted ways with bassist Timothy Gaines. The group's statement on the matter is as follows: "After much prayer, deep consideration, conversations, and deliberation, it has been decided, by all four of the original members of STRYPER that bassis...

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The January Tree

"A tree in winter – naked, the leaves have fallen, it stretches its thin branches in desperation to the cloudy sky." This is the conceptual basis of "The January Tree", according to DEAD SOUL TRIBE mainman Devon Graves — a man perhaps better known as Buddy Lackey from his days in Californian progger...

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ULI JON ROTH: Special Guests Confirmed For 'Rock Meets Renaissance' Concert

Legendary guitarist ULI JON ROTH (ex-SCORPIONS) and his SKY ORCHESTRA will be joined by several very special guests during their performance at the Renaissance castle Schloss Beck in Bottrop-Kirchhellen, Germany on October 9. Performing several pieces with SKY ORCHESTRA will be Doro Pesch, Victor Sm...

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Revolution

Gothic metal has undoubtedly experienced an upsurge in popularity over the last few years, but on the fringes it retains a discernible love-hate status. Given the likes of MY DYING BRIDE and, to a slightly less gloomy extent, DARK TRANQUILLITY, many listeners either revel casually in the moroseness...

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PENTACLE Prepare To Record New Album

Long-running Dutch death metallers PENTACLE will enter the Harrow Productions studio in Losser, the Netherlands in October to begin recording their new album, tentatively due in early 2005 through Iron Pegasus Records. "Eight tracks are going to be featured on the album, while two others are schedul...

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LED ZEPPELIN, QUEEN Guitar Legends On Hand For VELVET REVOLVER's London Debut

Legendary rock guitarists Jimmy Page (LED ZEPPELIN) and Brian May (QUEEN) were on hand for VELVET REVOLVER's London debut on Thursday (Sept. 2) at the Carling Apollo Hammersmith. Photos from the show can be viewed at this location. VELVET REVOLVER's set list for last night's performance was as follo...

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VELVET REVOLVER: 'Fall To Pieces' Single Cover Posted Online

The cover artwork for VELVET REVOLVER's new single, "Fall to Pieces", has been posted online at the German VELVET REVOLVER fan site VelvetRevolverOnline.de. There is no information on the exact contents of the DVD single, but according to BMG, the b-sides of the maxi single will consist of a studio...