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BLACK SABBATH Bassist GEEZER BUTLER Has '50 Ideas' For Next GZR Album

BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler has posted the following message on his official web site: "It's been a year since I updated my 'journal'; maybe I should call it an annual. Well the greatest tournament on Earth has finished, and I can now get back to normal life. I watched every match of ...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN Subject Of New Japanese Compilation CD

According to a posting on former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's official web site, Sony Music Japan will release "Marty Friedman's Kick Ass Rock" on September 20. This is a collection of rock tracks handpicked by Marty himself, with liner notes by Marty in English and Japanese explaining each s...

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WHITESNAKE Frontman Offers Live CD Update

WHITESNAKE will release a new double live album, "Live ... In The Shadow Of The Blues", in November via Steamhammer/SPV. The set includes almost all the remarkable hits from WHITESNAKE's career, as well as two timeless DEEP PURPLE classics in "Burn" and "Stormbringer". WHITESNAKE's David Coverdale w...

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GRAVE Frontman Comments On DVD Shoot, Upcoming Tour

Swedish death metal pioneers GRAVE shot their first-ever live DVD on August 24 at the Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland. The set, which is tentatively due in November via Metal Mind Productions, will also feature rare live footage, video clips and more. Vocalist Ola comments: "The 'Enraptured' DVD reco...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman : 'The Band Has Come Full Circle By Finally Playing In Norway'

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "Flying in, coming from Bergen, Norway, on Monday evening [August 28], the weather awaiting us in Zurich could not have been more appropriate. The ravaged clouds were dark grey, almost black, and layered...

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ILL NIÑO: New EP Title, Track Listing Revealed

On October 24, ILL NIÑO, the world re-known bi-lingual Latino metal sextet, will release a new five-song EP, "The Undercover Sessions", comprised of three of their favorite cover songs from bands they loved growing up as fans, and two brand new songs — all overseen by legendary producer Andy Johns (...

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SOILWORK, DARKEST HOUR, MNEMIC: More U.S. Tour Dates Announced

Sweden's SOILWORK will embark on a five-week North American tour this fall, with DARKEST HOUR, MNEMIC and THREAT SIGNAL as support. The group's updated itinerary is as follows: Oct. 05 - Jaxx - West Springfield, VA Oct. 06 - The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY Oct. 07 - Webster Theatre - Hartford, CT Oct....

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PAIN OF SALVATION: Studio Update

Sweden's PAIN OF SALVATION has entered the studio to begin recording the follow-up to 2004's "BE", entitled "Scarsick", for a tentative late 2006/early 2007 release. The group has checked in with the following update: "A lot of fans are wondering about the coming album, 'Scarsick', so what could be...

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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist TONY IOMMI: New 'Black Sunday' Radio Show To Air This Weekend

According to a posting on BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi's official web site, Tony will be on air on Planet Rock this coming Sunday night (September 3) at 7:00 p.m. for two hours of his "Black Sunday" radio show. The show will also be repeated every Monday night between 6 and 8:00 p.m. U.K. time...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: European Tour Dates Announced

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH have lined up the following European tour dates: Nov. 12 - 013 - Tilburg, NETH Nov. 13 - Bataclan - Paris, FRA Nov. 15 - ABBox - Brussels, BEL Nov. 16 - La Laiterie - Strasbourg, FRA Nov. 17 - La Cooperative de Mai Clermont - Ferrand, FRA Nov. ...

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THE BERZERKER Mainman: 'The New Material Is F*cking Insane'

Australia's THE BERZERKER is currently working on its fourth studio album for Earache Records. With 10 tracks currently in demo form, the band is waiting with baited breath to take this material into the studio and record yet another "earth-shattering" album of industrial grindcore. Working on the n...

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GUNS N' ROSES, VAN HALEN, LED ZEPPELIN Tracks Have Best Guitar Solos Of All Time

News.com.au reports that GUNS N' ROSES' "Sweet Child O' Mine" and VAN HALEN's "Eruption" were selected as two of the tracks with the best guitar solos of all time. PINK FLOYD's "Comfortably Numb" topped the list, with "Sweet Child O' Mine" following in second place. Third was "Freebird" by LYNYRD SK...

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MASTERPLAN, ROSE TATTOO To Support SAXON In Europe

MASTERPLAN and ROSE TATTOO have been confirmed as the special guests on the upcoming SAXON European tour, which is scheduled to kick off late February. The dates are as follows: Feb. 28 - UK Glasgow Garage (2) Mar. 02 - UK Belfast Spring & Airbrake (2) Mar. 03 - IRL Dublin Temple Bar Music Centr...

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DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist To Guest On PLANET ROCK Today

DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey will appear on the U.K. digital radio station Planet Rock later today (August 26) on the show "My Planet Rocks" with Nicky Horne. The show airs at 7:00 p.m. U.K. time (6:00 p.m. GMT). DEEP PURPLE is currently on a break from a planned two-year-long world tour behind...

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OBITUARY: Setlist For DVD Shoot Revealed

Florida-based death metallers OBITUARY shot their first-ever live DVD last night (Thursday, August 24) at the Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Intro: Rain 02. Redneck Stomp 03. On The Floor 04. Insane 05. Chopped In Half 06. Turned Inside Out 07. Dying 08. Intr...