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Cancer Fears For STATUS QUO Guitarist

Beth Hardie of icNorthLondonOnline has issued the following report: STATUS QUO's Rick Parfitt needs urgent surgery on his throat amid fears he has cancer. The 57-year-old rocker had been struggling with his voice while on tour with the band. During a check-up doctors found a tumour on his right voca...

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SPAWN OF POSSESSION: Songwriting Is Going 'Surprisingly Well'

Swedish technical death metal outfit SPAWN OF POSSESSION have signed a multi-album deal with Neurotic Records. The band will enter Pama Studios in Kristianopel, Sweden in January/February with producer Magnus Sedenberg to record their as-yet-untitled new album, tentatively due next spting/summer. Th...

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DAMAGE CONTROL Featuring PETE WAY, ROBIN GEORGE: New Audio Samples Available

DAMAGE CONTROL, the new band featuring UFO/WAYSTED bassist Pete Way and Robin George, have posted three new mixes from their forthcoming CD. Check out the songs "Damage Control", "RAW" and "Freedom" at this location. As previously reported, UFO bassist Pete Way's official web site has been updated w...

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PETE WAY, ROBIN GEORGE Talk About DAMAGE CONTROL Project: Audio Available

UFO bassist Pete Way's official web site has been updated with audio interviews with Pete and Robin George about their brand new project DAMAGE CONTROL. Way also talks about the current status of UFO and WAYSTED, bringing drummer Andy Parker back into UFO, the new UFO CD/DVD release "Showtime" and t...

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Former PANTERA Manager: PHILIP ANSELMO 'Was Beyond Anybody's Control'

In the February 2006 issue of Revolver magazine (web site),several of PANTERA's former business associates recount the band's amazing rise to the status of the biggest extreme metal act in the world and the circumstances that led to their eventual break-up. Though it would be unfair to blame PANTER...

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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist To Present Weekly Radio Show On U.K .Classic Rock Station

According to Iommi.com, BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi will be presenting a weekly radio show on the U.K.'s classic rock radio station Planet Rock. Beginning on December 18 at 7:00 p.m., the two-hour program's launch coincides with Tony's induction into the UK Music Hall of Fame, confirming his...

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GLENN HUGHES Says He Is 'Totally Up' For Touring With TONY IOMMI

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) was asked by Greg Prato of Billboard.com about the status of the rumored Hughes/Tony Iommi tour, to support Iommi's recently released solo album, "Fused" (to which Hughes contributed vocal melodies and lyrics). "We really want to d...

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ACCEPT Guitarist Says American Metal Scene Is 'Dead', Sees No Hope Of Revival

MetalEater.com recently conducted an interview with ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann. A few excerpts from the chat follow: MetalEater.com: Unfortunately, the U.S./Canadian Metal scene is not as good as the European scene — not even close. Wolf Hoffmann: "No, man. It's just dead." MetalEater.com: I thi...

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Black Wings of Destiny

With TESTAMENT plagued by periods of frustrating dormancy, founding guitarist Eric Peterson resurrects his DRAGONLORD black metal side project, last seen on record racks with a respectable debut ("Rapture") in 2001. It's surprising that "Black Wings of Destiny" has been such a relatively low-profile...

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Unraveled

Wholly outside of any trend in metal, yet influential to many more famous musicians, CONFESSOR make good on their recent reformation with this weighty slab of downtrodden, progressive, cathartic doom bleakness. Serpentine rhythms, hair-raising vocals full of dissonant melody and soul-sobbing misery,...

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QUO VADIS: 'Defiant Indoctrination' Triple-DVD Details Revealed

Canadian technical metallers QUO VADIS will issue a triple-DVD, entitled "Defiant Indoctrination", on December 6 via Skyscraper. The set's cover artwork can be viewed at this location. "Defiant Indoctrination" track listing: DVD1: 01. Quo Vadis Homine 02. Silence Calls The Storm 03. In Contempt 04....

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UFO Singer Says PAUL RAYMOND Is 'Banned' From Japan For Three Years

In an interview with Rockdetector.com's Garry Sharpe-Young, UFO singer Phil Mogg revealed that the band, despite having a number of hit albums and songs, only paid back monies owed to Chrysalis Records in 2002. The last UFO product released by Chrysalis was 1985's "Misdemeanour". UFO are currently p...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman Ties The Knot; Band Continue Work On New Album

CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth has offered the following studio update via the band's official web site: "Dear loyal readership, friends and would-be English metal journalists, The time has come once again to update your good selves on the activities and nocturnal emissions of the band as we ap...

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RUSH's NEIL PEART: 'Our Music Has Always Been A Mirror Of Ourselves'

RUSH's Neil Peart, one of the most proficient drummers and articulate lyricists in rock history, generally prefers to let his bandmates — and more significantly, his music — do all the talking. For the release of the historic, double DVD/CD "R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour" which is already slated...

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Original ALICE COOPER Guitarist MICHAEL BRUCE Discusses Possible Reunion

In a brand new exclusive interview conducted by Rock N Roll Universe, original ALICE COOPER GROUP guitarist Michael Bruce discusses his new limited edition "Second Coming Of Michael Bruce: Live & Recooperated" live CD, the recently released "Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper" DVD, his days in...