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TRISTANIA Confirmed For Czech Republic's MASTERS OF ROCK Festival

Norwegian symphonic metal band TRISTANIA has scheduled the following dates: Jul. 10-12 - Masters of Rock - Vizovice, Czech Republic Mar. 08 - March Metal Day - Athens, Greece TRISTANIA recently announced the addition of Italian singer Mariangela "Mary' Demurtas to the group's ranks. Commented TRISTA...

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TARJA TURUNEN To Perform At Finnish Independence Anniversary Concert

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen will perform at a special event to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Finland's independence. The concert will take place on December 6, 2007 at Tapiola LänsiAuto Areena with Tapiola Sinfonietta, conducted by Tuomas Hannikainen. Tarja will perform a program consi...

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JOURNEY Announces New Singer

JOURNEY — Neal Schon (guitar),Jonathan Cain (keyboards),Ross Valory (bass),Deen Castronovo (drums) — has announced its new lead singer, Arnel Pineda ("pin-eh-da"). He replaces Jeff Scott Soto, who parted ways with the band earlier this year after stepping in for Steve Augeri, who had to leave the...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Backing Singer PAMELA MOORE Releases 'Cross My Heart' Video

Singer Pamela Moore — best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE's 1988 epic concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" and last year's epic sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II" — has released the video for her song "Cross My Heart". The track comes off her latest CD, "Stories from a Blue Ro...

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METAL CHURCH Singer To Perform With KATAGORY V In Las Vegas

Utah-based progressive/power metallers KATAGORY V will perform as METAL CHURCH vocalist Ronny Munroe's backing band in Las Vegas, Nevada on New Year's Eve. Commented KATAGORY V bassist Dustin Mitchell: "When we got the call from our friend Jeff (promoter, Loud Productions) about possibly putting tog...

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Reunited CARCASS Confirmed For Italy's GODS OF METAL Festival

According to a posting on the Italian rock/metal webzine Groovebox.it, reunited British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS have been confirmed for the Gods of Metal festival, set to take place June 27-29, 2008 in Bologna, Italy. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: IRON MAIDEN (June 27 hea...

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SHAWN DROVER On Joining MEGADETH: 'I Wanted Acceptance From The Fans'

Jeff Perlah of ModernDrummer.com reports: When Shawn Drover joined MEGADETH in October 2004, his biggest concern wasn't learning the group's head-spinning drum parts, but rather being accepted by long-time fans. "Fans of MEGADETH are so proud of this band that I think if you weren't doing a good job...

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Former TESTAMENT, DEATH, POSSESSED Members To Guest On OBLITERHATE Debut

Guitarist Calvin Chiang of the Singaporean death thrash metal band RASPATUL has announced the formation of a new group called OBLITERHATE. The project, which is said to follow a "more brutal and intricate direction" than RASPATUL, features contributions from some of metal's legendary and highly reno...

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JOE SATRIANI Completes Album, Plots Tour

Greg Prato of Billboard.com reports: Guitarist Joe Satriani is near completion on his 12th studio album. While an album title and release date are still pending, tickets for an album-supporting U.K. tour are moving briskly. "Yesterday was a great day — we officially finished recording," Satriani tel...

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LITTLE CAESAR To Release New Music, DVD

Longtime rockers LITTLE CAESAR have signed a worldwide management agreement with Jeff Keller Management LLC (management home for RATT's Stephen Pearcy and WHITE LION). The band — which features Ron Young (vocals),Loren Molinare (guitar),Tom Morris (drums),and Fidel Paniagua (bass) — is prepared t...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO: Dudley Concert Photos, Footage Available

Photos of legendary hard rock singer Jeff Scott Soto's (TALISMAN, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JOURNEY) November 26, 2007 concert at JB's in Dudley, UK have been posted online at this location (ZIP file; 6.7 MB; photos by Alex Philippi). Video footage of Soto performing the song "Hey" at the same concert ca...

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TARJA TURUNEN Checks In From Moscow

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen performed her new single (see below),"I Walk Alone", last night (Friday, November 30) at the farewell fight of the German female boxing champion (and Doro Pesch's close friend) Regina Halmich. The event took place at the DM Arena in Karlsruhe, Germany. Turunen...

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TARJA TURUNEN Performs New Single On German TV; Video Available

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen performed her new single, "I Walk Alone", last night (Friday, November 30) at the farewell fight of the German female boxing champion (and Doro Pesch's close friend) Regina Halmich. The event took place at the DM Arena in Karlsruhe, Germany. Tarja's performance...

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BRAIN DRILL: Final 'Apocalyptic Feasting' Track Listing Revealed

Santa Cruz, California-based death metallers BRAIN DRILL have finalized the track listing for their Metal Blade debut, "Apocalyptic Feasting", due on February 5, 2008. It is as follows: 01. Gorification 02. The Parasites 03. Apocalyptic Feasting 04. Swine Slaughter 05. Forcefed Human Shit 06. Consum...

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TARJA TURUNEN: 'My Winter Storm' Lands On German Chart

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's new solo album, "My Winter Storm", has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 3. The CD, which reportedly was certified gold in Finland for sales in excess of 15,000 copies on the day of the LP's release (November 14),landed on the Finnish cha...