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FALCON Completes Work On Second Album
FALCON, the raw heavy rock power trio featuring guitarist/vocalist Perry Grayson (ex-DESTINY'S END, ex-ARTISAN, ISEN TORR and Metal Maniacs scribe),bassist/keyboardist Greg Lindstrom (CIRITH UNGOL) and drummer Darin McCloskey (PALE DIVINE),have completed recording and mixing their second full-leng...November 2, 2006
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DICTATORS A&R Exec Passes Away
HITS magazine reports that former Warner Bros. and Elektra/Asylum A&R and publicity exec Karin Berg, who signed acts like the DICTATORS, TELEVISION, DIRE STRAITS and R.E.M. to the label as a champion of many of the early new wave bands, passed away on Wednesday (Oct. 25). Berg was one of the fir...October 31, 2006
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MNEMIC Guitarist Checks In From The Road
MNEMIC guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie has issued the following update: "We are really sorry for not keeping you up to date with the progress of our North American tour, but here we finally are, still alive and in the hot swamps of Florida at Disney World. (We will definitely kick the shit out of M...October 30, 2006
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ANTHRAX Guitarist SCOTT IAN Comments On His NYC Rock Bar
ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has issued the following update: "I've been back and forth to [New York City] four times in the last 2 weeks. My head is spinning from all the flights and I'm heading back tomorrow. "The grand opening of the club that I am a partner in is Tuesday night. It's called ...October 30, 2006
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ANTHRAX Members To Jam With CYPRESS HILL On Halloween
Pearl Aday — MOTHER PEARL frontwoman, ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian's fiancée and daughter of legendary crooner Meat Loaf — has posted the following message on her official MySpace page: "There was another trip to New York for the soft opening of the killer new rock club in town called Retox (511 West...October 29, 2006
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Former RAMONES Drummer Lands New Gig
Beginning mid-2007, former RAMONES drummer Richie Ramone (a.k.a. Richard Reinhardt) will start a new career as a drum soloist, touring with symphonies and symphonic pops orchestras around the world in celebration of the 50th anniversary of "West Side Story". One of the most notable performances will...October 28, 2006
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GREAT WHITE: Judge Considers Request In Nightclub Fire Case
Eric Tucker of The Associated Press reports: A judge on Friday ordered a closed hearing for December to consider the state attorney general's request to make public secret grand jury testimony in The Station nightclub fire case. Attorney General Patrick Lynch filed a petition this week asking for pe...October 28, 2006
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THRESHOLD Confirms Album Cover Artist
U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD have confirmed that their new CD artwork will be created by Thomas Ewerhard, whose credits include KING'S X, VANDEN PLAS and ASIA. Thomas Ewerhard has been responsible for THRESHOLD's artwork since 1998, including the iconic "Hypothetical" and "Subsurface" covers...October 28, 2006
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Acclaimed Tattoo Artist PAUL BOOTH To Host This Weekend's 'Headbanger's Ball'
Internationally acclaimed artist Paul Booth will host MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" Saturday, October 28, 2006, followed by a unique half-hour preview special of Paul Booth's "Last Rites" DVD. With the grand opening of Paul Booth's mind-blowing shop on Manhattan's West Side housing ample artist booths,...October 25, 2006
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WITCHCRAFT: U.S. Tour Kick-Off Delayed
Sweden's WITCHCRAFT, who were to start their first U.S. tour in Seattle on October 23, have been forced to return to Sweden for additional processing at the U.S. embassy in Stockholm. The tour, also featuring Portland-based DANAVA, is now being reworked for a later start date with West Coast perform...October 25, 2006
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GUNS N' ROSES: Review Of U.S. Tour Opener Available
Leslie Gray Streeter of PalmBeachPost.com reviewed the opening show of GUNS N' ROSES U.S. tour, which kicked off last night at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. An excerpt from her review follows: "Before we commence to embarrasingly gushing over last night's GUNS N' ROSES 'Chinese Democr...October 25, 2006
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BELPHEGOR: 'Bluhtsturm Erotika' Video Posted Online
BELPHEGOR's video for the song "Bluhtsturm Erotika" — produced and directed by Florian Werner — has been posted online at Belphegor.at. As previously reported, a brand new BELPHEGOR track, entitled "Belphegor – Hell's Ambassador", has been posted online at this location. Both songs come off the Aust...October 25, 2006
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AXL ROSE Was 'Putting Finishing Touches' On 'Chinese Democracy' Before Tour Kick-Off
Charles Runnells of News-Press.com reports that GUNS N' ROSES was supposed to kick off the Southern leg of its "Chinese Democracy" tour Oct. 20 in Jacksonville, but that show got rescheduled for Oct. 31. Then its Nashville stop Sunday was canceled. But those changes weren't because of poor ticket sa...October 25, 2006
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BRAND NEW SIN Tour Report
BRAND NEW SIN is currently in the midst of the massive Jagermeister tour with MUSHROOMHEAD, SOIL and THE AUTUMN OFFERING, which runs through the end of next month. The group has been going over extremely well each night, developing a whole new legion of BNS fanatics. Their highly acclaimed new album...October 24, 2006
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TRIBE OF GYPSIES: Rare Video Posted, New Album Released Domestically
A rare, never-before-released promotional video of the TRIBE OF GYPSIES' epic "We All Bleed Red" has been posted at YouTube.com. It was filmed in London, England in the fall of 1993 as the band were in town to record the "Balls to Picasso" album with BRUCE DICKINSON and features the same lineup asse...October 24, 2006
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