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RAINBOW: 'The Polydor Years 1975-1986' Compilation Released In Japan

According to a posting on The Rainbow Fanclan Legacy web site, another RAINBOW compilation, entitled "The Polydor Years 1975-1986", is being released in Japan, featuring a limited-edition box set comprised of eight CD albums and one two-CD set. It includes the following LPS: "Ritchie Blackmore's Rai...

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ICED EARTH: New Audio Interview With TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Available

Baconmusic's James Allman recently talked to former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens. To listen to the interview, click here. ICED EARTH's new EP, "Overture of the Wicked", was released last week via SPV. The group's eighth full-length studio release, "Framing Armagedd...

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ATHEIST Frontman Preparing For Final European Trip

Vocalist Kelly Shaefer of the reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST has issued the following update: "Well, we are about to embark on our final trip to the other side of the earth for three shows that promise to be amazing. We start in Bucharest, Romania, and then we do Graspop in Bel...

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OZZFEST 2007: More Than 428,000 Tickets Given Away So Far

When Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne and the world's largest live music company, Live Nation, announced in February their plans to stage the 2007 Ozzfest as a free show, some industry people said it would never work. Today Ozzfest yet again has made history, as the fans clearly have spoken. Over the past f...

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ICED EARTH: JON SCHAFFER Audio Interview Posted Online

The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features and interview host Mark Strigl and special guest Rich Catino of MetalAsylum.net conducted with Jon Schaffer of ICED EARTH. Topics include the "Framing Armageddon" album, the current ICED EARTH lineup, touring, a possible live DVD, Larry Grohmann's ampli...

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VILE Guitarist: 'The End Of America Is Here'

Colin Davis of the Californian brutal death metallers VILE has posted the following message on the band's MySpace page: "It's time to gear up people, its time to gear up... "I do a lot of personal research about what is going on in this country and in the world right now. Thank God, ...

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Ziltoid the Omniscient

"Ziltoid the Omniscient", Devin Towsend's first "pure solo album" is supposed to be it for a while for the enigmatic and creatively brilliant main man for STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND. And what a fantastic way to end this chapter of a career marked by sheer genius. "Solo" is to be...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Members Join Forces With BOOTSY COLLINS In SCIENCE FACTION

Greg Prato of Billboard.com reports that former GUNS N' ROSES members Buckethead (guitar) and Brain (drums) have joined forces with bassist Bootsy Collins in a new project dubbed SCIENCE FACTION. SCIENCE FACTION's yet-to-be-titled debut (which is being co-produced by Collins and guitarist Greg Hampt...

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BLIND GUARDIAN's Early Albums Remastered; Details Revealed

EMI will re-release BLIND GUARDIAN's early albums in remastered form on June 15. The remasters will include bonus tracks, new booklets, liner notes, rare band photos and videos. In addition, the first two LPs, "Battalions Of Fear" (1988) and "Follow The Blind" (1989),have been remixed. The details...

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DOWN THE DRAIN To Guest On Buffalo's 103.3 FM THE EDGE

DOWN THE DRAIN — the Buffalo, New York-based quintet featuring MALEVOLENT CREATION singer Brett Hoffmann — will be the featured guests on the "Edge Underground" show on Buffalo's 103.3 FM The Edge on Sunday, June 24 between 12:00 midnight and 2:00 a.m. EST. Hoffmann, bassist Scott O'Dell and guitari...

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FINAL PRAYER, BACKFIRE, CRUSHING CASPARS Confirmed For Germany's WITH FULL FORCE

ONE FINE DAY and BAD MANNERS have canceled their participation in the 2007 edition of With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. Newly added to the bill are FINAL PRAYER, BACKFIRE and CRUSHING CASPARS. The festival billing is now shapi...

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CHAINSAW ABORTION, MISANTHROPIC To Release Split Album In August

St. Louis-based death metal projects CHAINSAW ABORTION and MISANTHROPIC will issue a split album, "Industrial Strength Metal", on August 28 via Asylum Recordings. The release date was pushed back due to a change of recording studios. To give everyone an idea of what's to come, the projects have post...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Play Secret Berlin Show, Take Questions From Fans

Launch Radio Networks reports: The SMASHING PUMPKINS played a secret acoustic show in Berlin for 200 fans on Tuesday night (June 5),which was followed by a question-and-answer session. According to NME.com, the PUMPKINS played a two-hour unplugged set, after which original members Billy Corgan and...

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LINKIN PARK: ROCK AM RING Concert Footage Available

Professionally filmed video footage of LINKIN PARK's June 1, 2007 performance at the Rock am Ring festival in Nürburgring, Germany on is available for viewing at YouTube. LINKIN PARK is also headlining the Tokyo installment of the global Live Earth concerts, scheduled for July 7. In the U.S., LINKIN...

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BOBBY JARZOMBEK To Perform With FATES WARNING AT Italy's EVOLUTION FEST

Drummer Bobby Jarzombek (SEBASTIAN BACH, HALFORD, ex-ICED EARTH) has issued the following update: "Finally! My cast came off my wrist last Wednesday, May 30th, and although I'm still feeling a little pain I'm feeling like a normal human being once again. I played a couple gigs over the weekend using...