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SAVATAGE Members To Perform Together For First Time In Eight Years
For the first time in eight years, bassist Johnny Lee Middleton and drummer Steve "Doc" Wacholz will join vocalist Jon Oliva and guitarist Chris Caffery on stage for the Criss Oliva 10th Anniversary Memorial Concert to remember and celebrate the life and contributions of Jon's brother, late SAVATAGE...July 23, 2003
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IMMORTAL Side Project GRIMFIST To Release Debut In September
GRIMFIST, the Norwegian band featuring IMMORTAL drummer Horgh and ex-IMMORTAL bassist Iscariah, will release their debut album, "Ghouls of Grandeur", in the U.S. on September 23 through Candlelight Records. Together only a short while, GRIMFIST played part to a label bidding match before settling on...July 21, 2003
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SOULSTORM To Release New Material
Before relocating to Los Angeles, SOULSTORM lead singer/bassist Nick Sagias and longtime drummer Patrick Harquail went into Peter Hudson's Hallamusic studios (MONSTER VOODOO MACHINE, INTERZONE) in Toronto and recorded 10 new songs in an all-day jam that were left as rough skeletons to build the new...July 20, 2003
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KISS Announce New York City In-Store
KISS — Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, Tommy Thayer — will be doing a in-store in New York City on Wednesday, July 23 in conjunction with the Grand Opening of Best Buy's new 86th street store. KISS will be appearing in full makeup and will be taking photographs with the fans. Pre-signed CDs...July 19, 2003
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HYPOCRISY To Enter Studio In August
Long-running Swedish metal act HYPOCRISY, led by acclaimed producer/PAIN frontman Peter Tägtgren, will enter the studio on August 1 to begin recording their next album, tentatively titled "The Arrival". "We have no titles yet because we will write while recording, so we have no clue how many songs w...July 19, 2003
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Former GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist To Appear On PETER TOSH Tribute Album
Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash is among the artists slated to appear on a tribute album honoring the late reggae legend Peter Tosh. Tosh, a founding member of THE WAILERS (later BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS),who also won a Grammy for his album "No Nuclear War", was k...July 16, 2003
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QUEENSRŸCHE Touring Guitarist MIKE STONE: 'Hey, Someone's Got To Pay The Bills'
The newest member of QUEENSRŸCHE, touring guitarist Mike Stone (ex-KLOVER, CRAIG GOLDIE'S RITUAL, JONAS HANSSON BAND, CRISS),played around Boston during the '90s (first in a group with former members of GANG GREEN and then fronting his own band) before moving back to the Midwest a few years ago to...July 11, 2003
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Keyboardist TALIE HELENE Leaves HOBBS ANGEL OF DEATH
Talie Helene, former keyboardist with Australia's darkly lush gothic-ethereal EDEN (Projekt Records),has left HOBBS ANGEL OF DEATH to focus completely on her own black-tinged doom band STONE MAIDEN. This leaves HOBBS ANGEL OF DEATH lineup as founder Peter Hobbs, drummer Bruno Canziani, and bass pla...July 11, 2003
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DARKANE To Play Israel In September
Sweden's DARKANE will perform a show in Tel-Aviv, Israel on September 25. The gig has been arranged to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Israeli label-distribution-booking agency Raven Music. More information will be made available soon. DARKANE guitarist Christofer Malmström and drummer Peter...July 8, 2003
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DEEP PURPLE Producer Talks About The 'Bananas' Recording Experience
Producer Michael Bradford, who has worked with such varied artists as KID ROCK, UNCLE KRACKER, TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY and ANITA BAKER, recently spoke to ElectricBasement.com about his collaboration with DEEP PURPLE on their upcoming "Bananas" CD, the group's follow-up to the acclaimed "Abandon" (1998)...July 8, 2003
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PETER CRISS Working On New Solo CD, Book: Photos Available
Peter Criss' official web site, www.petercriss.net, has posted several photos of the KISS drummer working on his upcoming solo CD and book. Check them out here. As previously reported, Criss' solo effort will surface through his own label, Catapult Records, sometime in 2004. Among the songtitles set...July 5, 2003
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EDGE OF SANITY's DAN SWANÖ Checks In With Studio Update
Producer/musician/songwriter Dan Swanö is currently recording a new EDGE OF SANITY album, "Crimson II", tentatively on August 26 through Black Mark Records. The following is Swanö's latest studio update, as posted to his official forum: "The vocals have been recorded now and there's been some change...July 3, 2003
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Former SAVATAGE Singer To Release CIRCLE II CIRCLE Debut In The U.S.
Returning to the realm of majestic heavy music after a three-year hiatus, former SAVATAGE vocalist and Tampa native Zak Stevens is prepared to unleash the debut album, "Watching In Silence", of his new band CIRCLE II CIRCLE through AFM Records (distributed in North America through The End Records) o...July 3, 2003
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CONSTRUCDEAD Complete Work On Sophomore CD
Sweden's CONSTRUCDEAD, the band featuring TERROR 2000 drummer Erik Thyselius, have finished mixing their as-yet-untitled sophomore album at Helsingborg's Queenstreet Recording with producer Richard Larsson. The follow-up to 2002's "Repent" is due in the fall through Sound Pollution Records. The grou...July 1, 2003
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Of Which They Bleed
It doesn't suffice to be a plain old death metal band these days. By their spidery logo alone, it would suggest that New York's WITHERED EARTH are entirely and wholeheartedly clinging to the malevolent horns of MORBID ANGEL et al. But peel back the layers of blood-spattered graphics and mummified gh...June 28, 2003
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