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CRYSTAL BALL Signs With MASSACRE RECORDS

Swiss hard rockers CRYSTAL BALL have inked a deal with Massacre Records. Armed with a brand new lineup featuring a great new vocalist, Steven Mageney, they're working on their seventh album for a late 2013 release. Everything started back in 1995, when CRYSTAL BALL was a cover band named CHERRY PIE....

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NIGHTWISH Singer's REVAMP Announces New Bassist

Former AFTER FOREVER frontwoman and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor Jansen has recruited bassist Henk Vonk for her REVAMP project. He replaces Jaap Melman, who left REVAMP before the group entered the studio to begin recording its second album. The CD was eventually completed with the help of...

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NIGHTWISH Singer's REVAMP To Release New Album In September

Former AFTER FOREVER frontwoman and current NIGHTWISH touring singer Floor Jansen has inked a new deal with Nuclear Blast Records for the release of the second album from her REVAMP project. The CD was recorded at SandLane Studio in Rijen, The Netherlands with Joost van den Broek (ex-AFTER FOREVER)...

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KING KOBRA To Release 'II' Album In July

Frontiers Records will release KING KOBRA's new studio album, "II", on July 5 in Europe and July 9 in North America. KING KOBRA's long-awaited self-titled reunion album, released on Frontiers Records in 2011, left no doubt that this was a band to be reckoned with. Even though nearly 25 years had pas...

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DISTURBED Frontman Posts Sonogram Photo Of Unborn Son

DEVICE and DISTURBED frontman David Draiman has posted a sonogram photo of Samuel Bear Draiman, the the unborn baby boy he and his wife, Japanese-American model, actress and wrestler Lena Yada, are expecting later this year. Draiman revealed the news of the pregnancy last Thursday (May 2) on Twitter...

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MASTODON 'Very Busy Writing And Putting Songs Together' For Next Album

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have issued the following update: "For those of you who are interested, yes, we have been VERY busy writing and putting songs together for the next studio MASTODON album. We are down at our space hammering out riffs that can be friends and working our fingers t...

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DISTURBED Frontman Says There Is No Excuse For Jealousy And Hatred In Hard Rock And Heavy Metal

DISTURBED and DEVICE frontman David Draiman has posted the following message on his Twitter account: "There is no room for/excuse for jealousy/contempt/hatred between those who should be supportive/caring brothers and sisters in the world of hard rock and heavy metal. "In the wake of the news of the...

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SONS OF SEASONS Parts Ways With Singer HENNING BASSE

SONS OF SEASONS — the progressive/symphonic metal band led by keyboardist/guitarist Oliver Palotai (KAMELOT, DORO) — has parted ways with singer Henning Basse. The group states: "The musical and professional plans have been going into different directions since a while so that we finally made this d...

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ANGRA Still Hoping For Reunion With Singer ANDRÉ MATOS

"Lokaos Rock Show" recently spoke with Brazilian melodic metallers ANGRA. The eight-minute interview, which was conducted in Portuguese (with English subtitles),can be seen below. ANGRA tapped acclaimed Italian vocalist Fabio Lione (VISION DIVINE, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, KAMELOT) to front the band for th...

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COAL CHAMBER: 'The Complete Roadrunner Collection 1997-2003' Now Available

"Coal Chamber: The Complete Roadrunner Collection 1997-2003" was made available digitally in the U.S. last month and will be released in Europe both digitally and on CD at the end of May/early June. As the title implies, the collection features COAL CHAMBER's entire Roadrunner Records catalog: * "Co...

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METALLICA's 3D Movie To Be Shown In Every IMAX Theater In North America

IMAX Corporation and Picturehouse have announced that "Metallica Through The Never", filmmaker Nimród Antal's captivating 3D movie featuring one of music's most enduring and iconic bands, will be digitally remastered into the immersive IMAX 3D format and released wide in North America exclusively in...

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COAL CHAMBER: Philadelphia Fan-Filmed Video Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of COAL CHAMBER's April 18 performance at Electric Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania can be seen below. COAL CHAMBER and SEVENDUST are currently taking part in a U.S. co-headlining tour. Also appearing on the bill is LACUNA COIL. In a recent interview with the WGRD 97.9...

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Video: SEBASTIAN BACH And STEVE STEVENS Perform LED ZEPPELIN, VAN HALEN, SKID ROW Classics

Fan-filmed video footage of Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW) and Steve Stevens (BILLY IDOL) performing LED ZEPPELIN, VAN HALEN and SKID ROW classics on April 5 at The Viper Room in West Hollywood, California can be seen below. Bach and Stevens are collaborating on material for Sebastian's next solo album....

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COAL CHAMBER Hits Toronto; Fan-Filmed Video Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of COAL CHAMBER's April 13 performance at Sound Academy in Toronto, Ontario, Canada can be seen below. COAL CHAMBER and SEVENDUST are currently taking part in a U.S. co-headlining tour. Also appearing on the bill is LACUNA COIL. In a recent interview with the WGRD 97.9 FM ra...

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Death by Fire

One of the break-out acts featured on Earache Records' 2009 retro-metal sampler, "Heavy Metal Killers", Sweden's ENFORCER has successfully scurried up the ladder of heavy metal labels since: from Heavy Artillery Records - home to their first LP, 2008's "Into the Night" ? to the selfsame Earache for...