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H.I.M. Frontman's Duet With NATALIA AVELON: Video Available

A video clip for H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo's duet with German soap opera star Natalia Avelon, "Summer Wine", has been posted online at YouTube.com. The track is included on the soundtrack to the movie "Das Wilde Leben" about the life of Uschi Obermaier (played by Natalia). H.I.M.'s latest album, "D...

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QUIET RIOT Drummer Discusses His Early Musical Role Models

The MySpace Interview recently conducted an interview with QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali. An excerpt from the chat follows: Q: As a child, what did you aspire to be and when did you discover your musical talent? Frankie: After seeing THE BEATLES and later THE ROLLING STONES on TV back in New Yor...

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DEADLY BLESSING: Demo Track Featuring New Singer Posted Online

New Jersey-based metallers DEADLY BLESSING have announced the addition of singer Stephen Childs to the group's ranks. "Having meetings, and jamming with Stephen over the past month, the members of DEADLY BLESSING and Stephen have bonded with a new chemistry that seems to be a perfect fit with the ne...

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TIGERTAILZ Announces Winner Of School Band Competition

Young local Cardiff high-school rockers THE HARROWING have been selected as the winners of the TIGERTAILZ "School Band Competition." The group is said to be a five-piece thrash/hardcore metal band with students from Welsh secondary school Glantaf in Cardiff. Check out their MySpace page at this loca...

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INCANTATION Issues End-Of-Year Update

Pennsylvania-based death metallers INCANTATION have issued the following update: "We are home from tour now and busy working on plans for 2007. "First off, we want to thank INTERNAL SUFFERING and YEAR OF DESOLATION for being excellent bands to tour with. We got along great with them and are looking...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Different World' Single Enters U.K. Chart At No. 3

IRON MAIDEN's "Different World" single has entered the U.K. chart at position No. 3. Three traditional collectable formats were made available from local record stores on Tuesday, December 26: * Two-track CD — special souvenir price of £1.99 with previously unreleased live version of "Iron Maiden" *...

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AEROSMITH Donates Autographed Guitar For Charity

One of Boston's best loved bands, AEROSMITH, has donated an autographed guitar to raise money for The Angel Fund, an independent non-profit organization benefiting ALS research at the Cecil B. Day Neuromuscular Research Center run by Dr. Robert H. Brown, Jr. at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Th...

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ICED EARTH To Enter Studio In February

ICED EARTH guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Again I have to apologize for the delay in updates. I've been extremely busy with writing and preproduction for the new ICED EARTH CDs. "I also lost the one person that was my true mentor and...

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Guitarist JASON TRUBY Confirms He Is No Longer A Member Of P.O.D.

P.O.D.'s manager, Tim M. Cook of Cook Management, LLC, has released the following letter to the group's fans: "I'm getting ready to get on a plane to New York for New Year's. "As most of you know by now, P.O.D. and MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE are playing on top of the 'Pontiac Garage' in Times Square. ...

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GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire: Station Plaintiffs Set To Hire Negotiator

Stephen Kurkjian of The Boston Globe reports: Lawyers representing more than 300 people who lost loved ones or who were injured in the devastating fire that swept a Rhode Island nightclub nearly four years ago have agreed to hire a nationally recognized specialist in conflict resolution as a first s...

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H.I.M. Bassist's 'Arse-Crack' Examination By Finnish Customs Was 'Traumatizing'

H.I.M.'s new remixes-and-rarities album, "Uneasy Listening Vol. 1", was recently unleashed by Republic/Universal. To celebrate, Robyn Doreian of Rock Sound magazine caught up with frontman Ville Valo and bassist Mige for an exclusive chat about life on the road. A couple of excerpts follow: On H.I.M...

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Handicapped QUEENSRŸCHE Fan's Concert Ticket Ordeal Leads To Lawsuit

The Hampton Union reports that a nonprofit corporation that fights for the rights of the disabled is suing the Hampton Beach Casino in Hampton Beach, NH after one of its members couldn't purchase tickets to a QUEENSRŸCHE concert there because it was not "fully accessible." Access with Success, a Mas...

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Family Of Late SPEAKERS FOR THE DEAD Guitarist Looking For Peace Of Mind

Mike Osegueda of The Fresno Bee reports: Rosanne Garcia sat in her son's bedroom on Wednesday morning, rocking back and forth in his chair, looking at his pictures, his bed and eventually stopping at his Bible. "Why, mom? Why me?" she remembered her son Jason asking a few weeks back. "I don't know,"...

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ENTOMBED, KORPIKLAANI Confirmed For Poland's METALMANIA Festival

Sweden's ENTOMBED, Finland's KORPIKLAANI and Poland's 2TM2,3 are the latest confirmed bands for the 21st edition of the Metalmania festival — the biggest metal fest in Central-Eastern Europe — set to take place on March 24, 2007 at Spodek Hall in Katowice, Poland. The festival billing is shaping up...

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SEVERED HAND To Headline This Weekend's NEW YEAR'S METALUTION

SEVERED HAND, the New Jersey-based power/thrash metal band featuring Paris Bierk (son of former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach),will headline the 2006 New Year's Metalution, set to take place December 30 at Chaser's in Keansburg, NJ. The festival will feature performances a number of bands, startin...