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CELTIC FROST To Team Up with KREATOR For European Tour

CELTIC FROST will team up with KREATOR for a European tour beginning in March 2007. So far the following dates have been released: Mar. 11 - Tilburg, NETH @ 013 Mar. 13 - Glasgow, UK @ Garage Mar. 15 - Wolverhampton, UK @ Wulfrun Hall Mar. 19 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City Mar. 26 ...

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ROB HALFORD, ROBERT PLANT, BON SCOTT, OZZY Are Among 'Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists'

Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST),Robert Plant (LED ZEPPELIN) and Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) are among the singers who appear on Hit Parader magazine's (cover) list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" (published in the November 2006 issue). Commented the editors of the magazi...

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TWISTED SISTER Frontman: 'Christmas' Album 'Might Have Actually Revived Us'

Trevor Fisher of IllinoisEntertainer.com recently conducted an interview with TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider. A few excerpts from the chat follow: IllinoisEntertainer.com: So "A Twisted Christmas", this is it? The final chapter of TWISTED SISTER? Dee Snider: Not so fast [laughing]. I was saying...

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AEROSMITH Joined By TOM HAMILTON In Connecticut: Photos Available

Bassist Tom Hamilton joined AEROSMITH on stage during their appearance last night (Wednesday night, November 29) at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. Uncasville isn't far from the band's home base in Boston, and that's where Hamilton has been recovering from throat cancer and the tr...

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CLOVEN HOOF: Early Albums To Be Reissued

Escape Records will reissue CLOVEN HOOF's classic power metal albums "Dominator" (1988) and "A Sultan's Ransom" (1989) as part of a boxed double album deluxe set. Two bonus tracks are included, along with a glossy booklet containing rare archive pictures. CLOVEN HOOF were recently rejoined by vocali...

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SON OF SCIENCE Recruits TO-MERA's MACLEAN As Stand-In Guitarist

SON OF SCIENCE, the tech-metal band formed by former DRAGONFORCE bassist Adrian Lambert, has recruited Tom Maclean of dark-prog metallers TO-MERA as a stand-in guitarist for their upcoming shows. Adrian says, "TO-MERA remains Tom's main project but the fact he's helping us out means we have more tim...

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Black Elk

The self-titled debut from Portland, Oregon's BLACK ELK is one of those albums that seeps into the pores and wreaks havoc with the nervous system. The disc recalls the Amphetamine Reptile sound with a generous helping of bands like THE MELVINS and the JESUS LIZARD, not to mention the raggedy punkish...

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AEROSMITH Bassist Expected At Connecticut Show

Launch Radio Networks reports: AEROSMITH's got a show practically in their own backyard tonight (Wednesday, November 29),and they're expecting a special guest — bass player Tom Hamilton. The band is playing the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut, which isn't far from their home base in B...

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SHOT INJECTION To Release New CD In January

Sweden's SHOT INJECTION will release its new CD, "World of Coma", mid-January 2007. The EP was recorded at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg and is expected to include the following cuts: "Convinced", "From A Bleeding Heart" and "In A Circle Between Fear And Loss". According to a posting on the group's w...

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MARSHALL LAW Parts Ways With Drummer, Seeks Replacement

Long-running U.K. metallers MARSHALL LAW have issued the following update: "MARSHALL LAW regret to announce that drummer Pete Hunt has left the band by mutual consent. Pete has made a valuable contribution and leaves MARSHALL LAW on excellent personal terms and with the band's best wishes. The band...

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CELTIC FROST To Return To North America In 2007

Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST have issued the following update: "On the occasion of the conclusion of the 2006 North American leg of CELTIC FROST's 'Monotheist' tour, we would like to pause for a moment to thank the many who made this massive undertaking possible. "We wish to pay t...

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AEROSMITH Guitarist Still Wondering About The End

Launch Radio Networks reports: AEROSMITH has gone through a lot this year, and guitarist Joe Perry understands that the ride could be coming to an end. It was hard enough dealing with frontman Steven Tyler's throat surgery back in the spring, but bassist Tom Hamilton's fight with throat cancer reall...

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CRUMBSUCKERS Recruit PRO-PAIN Drummer For European Tour

Legendary New York hardcore/metal act CRUMBSUCKERS has reportedly recruited PRO-PAIN drummer J.C. Dwyer to sit behind the kit for its upcoming European tour, which is scheduled to kick off in early February. Dwyer will be filling in for regular CRUMBSUCKERS drummer Dan Richardson, who is unable to m...

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CRUMBSUCKERS: More European Tour Details Revealed

Legendary New York hardcore/metal act CRUMBSUCKERS will tour Europe in February along with guests THE ACCUSED, EXTREME NOISE TERROR and DRILLER KILLER. The first confirmed dates for the trek are as follows (remaining cities and venues will be announced later): CRUMBSUCKERS and THE ACCUSED: Feb. 05 -...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman: 'We Started From Nothing And All We Had Was What Was Inside Us'

The Associated Press recently conducted an interview with CELTIC FROST bassist Martin Eric Ain and frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's comeback album, "Monotheist", which took four years to make: Ain: "It wasn't only four years of writing the songs and re...