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CELTIC FROST's Rejected 'Disgrace'

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "Disctrade, the Swiss distribution company and label whose owners told us to 'forget it and go back to your rehearsal room to practice' when we began sending out HELLHAMMER's 'Triumph of Death' demo tape...

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Report: GUNS N' ROSES Makes A Comeback — Fans May Not

Sandy Cohen of The Associated Press has issued the following report: With concerts scheduled throughout Europe this summer and its 10-years-in-the-making album slated for release this fall, GUNS N' ROSES appears ready to make its rock 'n' roll comeback. Does anyone care? Some clearly do: Tickets for...

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JIMI HENDRIX Sidemen Return With New BAND OF GYPSYS Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: Jimi Hendrix's BAND OF GYPSYS is back, more than 35 years after his death. Drummer Buddy Miles and bassist Billy Cox have released a new CD/DVD combo titled "The Band Of Gypsys Return", which features nine live and studio recordings. Included on the album are Hendrix c...

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JAMES LOMENZO: MEGADETH Fans 'Show Up In Most Unexpected Places'

MEGADETH bassist James Lomenzo has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I want to thank the hundreds of you that I met last weekend at the London Guitar Show for stopping by the Ashdown booth and saying hi to brother JLo. It was quite an eye-opener t...

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'Heavy Metal Thunder' Archive Of Metal-Album Art To Arrive In June

MTV.com reports: A few years back, metal journalists James Sherry (Metal Hammer, Kerrang!) and Neil Aldis (Rock World, Terrorizer) decided to sift through their record collections and put the best of the bunch into coffee-table-book form. That spawned "Heavy Metal Thunder", an extensive archive of t...

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SODOM Frontman Says He Was Disappointed By New VENOM, CELTIC FROST Albums

Christine Carney of MP3.com recently conducted an interview with SODOM frontman Thomas "Tom Angelripper" Such. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MP3.com: I see that one of the tracks [on the new SODOM album], "Axis of Evil", is kind of a commentary on our American president here, George Bus...

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KISS Frontman: 'If Someone Wants To Take A Potshot At The Band, You Don't Do It In My House'

KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has been updated with part one of a brand new interview with KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley. It is reproduced here in its entirety: KissOnline.com: Recently we've seen some changes on KissOnline.com. What's your involvement in those changes? Paul: "Over...

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ORPHANED LAND To Perform Entire 'El Norra Alila' CD At Tel-Aviv Concert

Israeli metal band ORPHANED LAND have announced plans to play a special 10-year anniversary show for their second album, "El Norra Alila". The concert, which will take place this summer in Tel-Aviv, will see the band perform the entire "El Norra Alila" CD, along with selections from the band's other...

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JOE LYNN TURNER With NEW JAPAN PHILHARMONIC: Partial Setlist Revealed

More information has been revealed regarding legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner's (ex-RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE) upcoming appearance with the New Japan Philharmonic for a concert dubbed "Tribute to Rainbow: Over the Rainbow. The show will take place on August 4 at Tokyo-Geijyutsu-Gekijyo (Tokyo...

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EMPEROR Frontman Rejects 'Sellout' Accusations

Sauli Vuoti of Imhotep webzine recently conducted an interview with EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On EMPEROR's decision to split up: "It is not like pressure, but we have felt people's wishes. I don't think that people really realize what they are wishing for. If they...

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SEPULTURA Frontman DERRICK GREEN Is Happy To Leave ROADRUNNER Behind

Blastwave webzine (web site) recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA frontman Derrick Green. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Blastwave: I've heard "Dante XXI" referred to as a comeback album. As far as I can see, this line up has produced three quality albums anyway, so why does this one...

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AXL ROSE Comments On GUNS N' ROSES Concert Sellouts

GUNS N' ROSES' four warm-up concerts at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom sold out in less than three minutes. The four shows on the 12, 14, 15 and 17 of May are warm-ups for the European leg of the band's forthcoming tour which starts on May 25 in Madrid at Juan Carlos Arena. The band's frontman ...

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GODSMACK Frontman Gets Defensive Over Band's Alleged 'Pro-Military' Stance

Jay Babcock of Arthur magazine conducted an interview with GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna on Monday, May 1. What follows is a transcript of the conversation, as posted on the Arthur web site: Arthur: Alright, let me get the tape rolling here. How are you doing? Sully: "I'm good! Arthur: How was ...

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UFO's PAUL CHAPMAN Teams Up With MSG's ROBIN MCAULEY On New Project: Audio Available

Legendary guitarist Paul Chapman (UFO) has uploaded a demo sample of a song ("No Place to Run") from his new project at his official web site. According to Chapman, the project — which has been in the making for the past 14 months — consists of reworkings of UFO tracks that were originally ...

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TOOL, PEARL JAM To Top Next Week's BILLBOARD Album Chart

Hits Daily Double is reporting that TOOL's "10,000 Days" looks poised to sell in the 600,000 range after a tremendous first-day start, according to retailers around the country. This is roughly in line with the first-week performance of the band's last album, "Lateralus", which shifted 555,000 copie...