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DESTINY Announce New Guitarist

Long-running Swedish metallers DESTINY have found a replacement for the departed Janne Ekberg in former member Floyd Constantin, who played on the band's second album, "Atomic Winter", and was a member of DESTINY between 1986 and 1988. Before joining DESTINY the first time, Floyd was an original KIN...

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Original JUDAS PRIEST Frontman To be Joined By Guitarist MIKE DE JAGER On Upcoming Tour

Original JUDAS PRIEST frontman Al Atkins has announced that he will be joined by South African guitarist Mike De Jager (DANTE FOX) on his upcoming tour. Mike is a "very old friend" of Al's who will appear alongside Chris Johnson (guitar) and Pete "MZ" Emms (bass). Check out a band photo at this ...

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Producer: New IRON MAIDEN Album Is 'Progressing At An Amazing Pace'

IRON MAIDEN producer Kevin Shirley has issued another update as part of his ongoing studio diary covering the making of the group's new album, tentatively due this fall. An excerpt from the latest entry follows: "Another week has slipped by, and the album is progressing at an amazing pace — we have...

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Adultery

Traveling from Spitfire to Artemis and finally finding a home on Rotten Records, Baltimore's DOG FASHION DISCO hits pay dirt on "Adultery", a concept album that continues to showcase the band's lunatic genre blend of strangely accessible hard rock, metal, punk, jazz, ska (you name it) and all-around...

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Former CANCER Members Complete Work On HAIL OF FIRE Demo

HAIL OF FIRE, the new band featuring former CANCER members Carl Stokes (drums),Dave Leitch (lead guitars),Barry Savage (lead guitars),and Ian Buchanan (bass),along with newcomer Rob Lucas on vocals, have launched their official web site at www.hailoffire.co.uk. The group, whose musical direction...

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India's KRYPTOS Sign With OSM RECORDS

Bangalore, India-based thrashers KRYPTOS have inked a deal with OSM Records. Formed in the winter of 1998 by founding members Ganesh K (bass, vocals) and Nolan Lewis (guitar) with the sole purpose of paying homage to the glorious '80s metal/thrash scene, KRYPTOS' debut album, "Spiral Ascent", came o...

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NECROPHOBIC To Release 'Hrimthursum' In May

Swedish death metallers NECROPHOBIC will release their fifth album, "Hrimthursum", on May 22 via Regain Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Bloodhymns" was recorded at the House of Voodoo Studio with engineers Anders Bentell and Fredrik Folkare (guitarist and producer of UNLEASHED) and was mastered at...

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UNLEASHED Working On 'One Of Most Memorable Records In History Of Death Metal'

Frontman Johnny Hedlund of the legendary Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED has issued the following update via the group's official web site: "UNLEASHED are currently in the studio, completing the pre-production of our eighth full-length album. We have more qualified songs to choose from than ever b...

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CINDERELLA: 'Gold' Retrospective Collection Track Listing Revealed

MelodicRock.com is reporting that Island/Universal has set an April 25 release date for the CINDERELLA retrospective collection, entitled "Gold". The track listing for the two-disc release is as follows: CD1: 01. Bad Attitude Shuffle 02. The More Things Change 03. Don't Know What You Got ('Til It's...

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FROM BEHIND: Debut Album Audio Samples Available

FROM BEHIND, the new project featuring Manny Charlton (NAZARETH) and Nicky Moore (SAMSON, MAMMOTH) have uploaded two tracks — "Play Dirty" and "What You're Doing" — from their upcoming debut album, "Game Over", to their MySpace.com page at this location. The CD was recorded at 9 Volt studios in Malm...

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CBS: DAVID LEE ROTH Will Return Friday

Kevin Carter of Radio and Records, Inc. is reporting that CBS Radio has denied that they have removed the low-rated David Lee Roth (ex-VAN HALEN) from his post-Howard Stern morning slot at the company's stations in New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and Pittsburgh. CBS spokesperson Karen Mateo sai...

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THE ETERNAL To Support OPETH In Australia

Hot on the heels of their highly successful curtain-raising for the H.I.M. Australian tour, it has been announced that Melbourne's dark melodic metal masters THE ETERNAL will be opening for all dates on the Australian OPETH tour. The details are as follows: Apr. 20 - Perth, AUS @ Capitol Apr. 21 - A...

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MENTORS: U.S. Tour Dates Announced

One of the most controversial of metal bands of all time — the MENTORS — will be embarking on a U.S. tour beginning in early May. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: May 11 – Rockafellas - Bradenton, FL May 12 - The Brass Mugg - Tampa, FL May 13 - The Island Oasis ...

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DAVID LEE ROTH: More Ratings Woes

According to the New York Post's "The Starr Report", there are more ratings woes for former VAN HALEN frontman David Lee Roth, who replaced Howard Stern on the "train-wreck" now known as Free FM (92.3). According to preliminary winter ratings, Roth's February Arbitron numbers were only half of what...

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Producer: New IRON MAIDEN Album Is 'Terrific'

IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenNorway.com has posted the second entry in MAIDEN producer Kevin Shirley's studio diary, which he is providing to the group's fans via the official Iron Maiden Online Club. An excerpt from the entry follows: "Tuesday, all the lads [from the band] came in and I played them r...