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EUROPE Singer Checks In

Singer Joey Tempest of the reactivated Swedish hard rockers EUROPE has issued the following update: "Just got of the phone with John [Norum, EUROPE guitarist]. We don't speak that often but when we manage to get a hold of each other we can stay on the phone for hours. Just like we used to do ...

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ALICE COOPER and 'American Idol' Winner Dedicate Teen Music Center at Grand Canyon University

Alice Cooper and 2007 "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks today dedicate the site of a real-life "school of rock" complete with a multi-use concert hall, recording studio and sound rooms. The dedication ceremony begins with Cooper making a flamboyant entry to the site riding a backhoe to music perf...

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WHY SHE KILLS Parts Ways With Singers, Seeks Replacements

Dutch metallers WHY SHE KILLS have parted ways with their female singers Janneke de Rooy and Imke Kuipers due to "musical and personal differences." According to a press release, WHY SHE KILLS "will continue to be a unique brutal metal force and is looking for suitable replacements" prior to enterin...

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ROYAL HUNT: New Album Title, Release Date Announced

Denmark-based hard rock band ROYAL HUNT has set "Collision Course - Paradox II" as the title of its new album, due in Europe on March 14, 2008 via Frontiers Records. The CD, which is said to be the conceptual follow-up to the 1997 release "Paradox", marks the recorded debut with the band of new voca...

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Ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singer MARK BOALS Joins ROYAL HUNT

Danish hard rock band ROYAL HUNT has announced the addition of singer Mark Boals (ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN'S RISING FORCE, BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB, RING OF FIRE) to their ranks. The band has just completed mixing its new album, which is said to be the conceptual follow-up to the 1997 release "Paradox". Gue...

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BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART: European Dates Announced

After playing a sold-out UK-only tour with ENTER SHIKARI in 2006, Montreal, Canada's BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART will invade Europe in January and early February for its first full European tour with Century Media labelmates MAROON as well as UK darlings BRING ME THE HORIZON and ARCHITECTS. The band h...

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PARADOX: 'Electrify' Pushed Back A Week

Long-running German metallers PARADOX have pushed back the German release date of their fourth album, "Electrify", to January 18 from the previously announced January 11. The CD was produced by guitarist/vocalist Charly Steinhauer and was mixed and mastered at the Hansen Studios in Denmark by Jacob...

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JOE LYNN TURNER: More Dates Announced

Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner has scheduled the following dates: Dec. 15 - Wild Horse Saloon - Nashville, TN (performing with SCRAP METAL) Jan. 26 - Dexter's Entertainment Complex - Riverdale, NJ Apr. 12 - Ahoy - Rotterdam, Netherlands During stints with DEEP PURPLE, Ritchie Blackmore...

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FLESHMOULD Announces New Drummer

Belgian death metallers FLESHMOULD have issued the following update: "It has been extremely silent, but we are working hard, seriously! We already welcomed the new guys Stefaan Deblauwe on guitar and Didier Vancampo on bass, now we add Frederik Van Mieghem (ex-AXAMENTA, GRACEFALLEN) on drums. No dou...

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SPINESHANK: 'The Best Of' Collection Due In January

Roadrunner Records has set a January 29, 2008 North American release date for a "best-of" collection from California's SPINESHANK, appropriately titled "The Best of Spineshank". The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Violent Mood Swings 02. Smothered 03. Stillborn 04. Dead To Me 05. Ast...

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DREAM THEATER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY Members Reveal Favorite Albums Of 2007

Members of DREAM THEATER, OPETH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD are among the Roadrunner Records artists whose favorite albums of 2007 have been posted on the Roadrunner web site at this location. A few musicians' selections can be found below. Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER...

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ONESIDEZERO Parts Ways With Guitarist

Los Angeles-based band ONESIDEZERO has parted ways with guitarist Levon Sultanian due to "creative and personal differences." Commented frontman Jasan Radford: "The past 11 years that Levon and I played together were some of the best times and some of the hardest, but as time goes on sometimes thing...

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TRISTANIA Confirmed For Czech Republic's MASTERS OF ROCK Festival

Norwegian symphonic metal band TRISTANIA has scheduled the following dates: Jul. 10-12 - Masters of Rock - Vizovice, Czech Republic Mar. 08 - March Metal Day - Athens, Greece TRISTANIA recently announced the addition of Italian singer Mariangela "Mary' Demurtas to the group's ranks. Commented TRISTA...

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SHAKRA Parts Ways With Bassist

Swiss hard rockers SHAKRA have parted ways with bassist Oliver Linder due to "private reasons." According to the group, Oliver will stay in the band until his bandmates find a new bass player. In a statement announcing his departure from the group, Oliver wrote: "We split on amicable terms. There we...

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COLDWORKER Confirmed For Germany's ESSEN DEATH FEAST VI

COLDWORKER, the Örebro, Sweden-based "blasting" death metal band consisting of current and former/current members of such acts as NASUM, RELENTLESS, CARNAL GRIEF, RUIN and PHOBOS, has been confirmed for the Essen Death Feast VI, set to take place January 26, 2008 in Essen, Germany. The festival bill...