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MESSIAH'S KISS: New Audio Samples Available

MESSIAH'S KISS, the German/American/British metal act featuring current RIOT touring singer Mike Tirelli (HOLY MOTHER, BURNING STARR),has uploaded three songs ("The Ancient Cries", "Babylon" and "City of Angels") from its forthcoming third album, "Dragonheart", at the group's official web site. "Dr...

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DRAGONFORCE To Play Acoustic Set On INDIE 103.1's 'Chaos' Tomorrow

U.K. extreme power metallers DRAGONFORCE will be the special guests tomorrow night (Wednesday, September 13) on Indie 103.1 FM's "Chaos" metal show with host Full Metal Jackie. The band will be performing an acoustic set during the program as well as discussing their latest album "Inhuman Rampage" a...

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DRAGONFORCE Doesn't Want To Be Pigeonholed As "Power Metal' Band

Stuart Derdeyn of Canada's The Province reports that U.K. quintet DRAGONFORCE's "Valley Of the Damned" is another tour de force of super-tight, melodic hard rock with its tongue firmly planted in its cheek. Imagine BON JOVI fronting IRON MAIDEN played almost twice as fast and you've got what the gro...

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Former SCORPIONS Drummer Working On New Solo CD, Autobiography

After a decade, legendary SCORPIONS drummer/songwriter Herman Rarebell has returned to the touring scene. Rarebell, who recently reunited with the SCORPIONS at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany, is currently completing a new album under the moniker HERMAN RAREBELL AND BAND. The album, which is...

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DRAGONFORCE Guitarist Says His Band Does Not Like To Hide Behind The Monitors

Tom Lanham of InsideBayArea.com reports: If you thought professional boxers had a hard time of it in the ring, try joining the ranks of U.K. hyper-metal sensation DRAGONFORCE, invites battered bandleader Herman Li. When the longhaired warhorse of a guitarist steps onstage, he often becomes so pumped...

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DRAGONFORCE Schedules Vancouver Signing Session

U.K. extreme power metallers DRAGONFORCE will be holding an after-show autograph session in Vancouver, B.C. on September 12 at the Scrape Records booth (around 11:00 p.m.) at the Croatian Cultural Centre. The band's latest album, "Inhuman Rampage", will be specially priced at the venue along with th...

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LED ZEPPELIN Tunes To Fill Ontario's Grand Theatre

Herman Goodden of The London Free Press reports that the sounds of the first LED ZEPPELIN album will close out London, Ontario's Hot August Nights concerts series at the Grand Theatre tonight. It would be interesting to see what resident ghost Ambrose Small makes of all the racket. "So, are you play...

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DRAGONFORCE: New Video Posted Online

DRAGONFORCE's new video for the song "Operation Ground and Pound" has been posted online at this location. The track comes off the U.K. extreme power metallers' third album, "Inhuman Rampage", which has sold 48,000 copies in the United States since its June release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. T...

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SCORPIONS: WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance Available For Download

The "Wacken Radio" broadcast of German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS' headlining appearance August 3 at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany — where they were joined by special guests and former bandmates Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker and Herman Rarebell — has been made available for down...

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SCORPIONS Perform With ULI JON ROTH, MICHAEL SCHENKER, HERMAN RAREBELL At WACKEN

German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS were rejoined by special guests and former bandmates Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker and Herman Rarebell during their headlining appearance Thursday night (August 3) at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. The group's setlist for the show — dubbed "A Ni...

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SCORPIONS To Release New Album Next May

Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS have posted the following message on their official web site: "We are looking forward to the Wacken [Open Air] show where we are going to play with our old friends, Michael [Schenker], Uli [Jon Roth] and Hermann [Rarebell]. This is going to be a very special eve...

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ACCEPT Bassist Posts New Music Online, Prepares To Launch RockFactory

ACCEPT bassist Peter Baltes has uploaded a couple of tracks for a "Christian metal" album he is currently working on. Check out the songs "Furious" and "Speedrazor" at Baltes' newly launched MySpace page. Also available at the same location are are two demo tracks ("Coming Home" and "In Awe") Peter...

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DRAGONFORCE To Guest On WRUW-FM's 'The Metal Meltdown Show' This Afternoon

Members of DRAGONFORCE will appear on "The Metal Meltdown Show" on Cleveland's WRUW-FM 91.1 with Dr. Metal this afternoon at approximately 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The show can be heard live and archived on the net at www.wruw.org. Questions for the band can be sent through www.metalmeltdown.com. DRA...

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DRAGONFORCE Guitarist: 'Our Musical Influences Actually Come From Video Game Music!'

Brian O'Neill of UWeekly.com recently conducted an interview with DRAGONFORCE guitarist Herman Li. A few excerpts from the chat follow: U Weekly: Herman, enquiring minds want to know... Dude, how do you shred so hard? Herman: "(Laughter) I don't know! That's one of those hard to answer questions. We...

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Inhuman Rampage

Should one believe the hype about DRAGONFORCE's extreme power metal prowess? Has the PR engine blown out of proportion the band's lightning quick shred fests and soaring melodic vocal passages? Probably, but that doesn't mean that the boys aren't a well-oiled machine. The members of DRAGONFORCE are...