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ULI JON ROTH Guests On IAN GILLAN's Anniversary CD

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) will be featured as a guest performer on DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan's upcoming album "Gillan's Inn". The album celebrates Ian's 40 years in the world of rock, and Ian invited a dazzling number of friends and fellow musicians to contribute performa...

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CITY OF GOD: Video And Audio Tracks Posted Online

CITY OF GOD, the band featuring Mark Mynett (ex-KILL II THIS),Jeff Singer (PARADISE LOST, ex-BLAZE),Simon Gordon (ex-XENTRIX) and Tim Preston (ex-DEARLY BEHEADED),have posted video clips of two songs on their web site, www.cityofgod.co.uk. The tracks "When Broken Glass Floats" and "God Kills Amer...

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Former SNOT/AMEN Bassist Launches Label Imprint

Former SNOT/AMEN and curent LO-PRO bassist John "Tumor" Fahnestock has launched his own label imprint, 313 Recordings, in association with Corporate Punishment Records. The first release from 313/CPR will be the debut record from Tumor's pet punk-rock project/sideshow KCUF, featuring European freak-...

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PARADISE LOST Sign With CENTURY MEDIA

PARADISE LOST have signed a licensing deal with Century Media Records to release the group's new self-titled album in all territories except for continental Europe and Japan, where the CD is still licensed to G.U.N./Sony BMG. The tentative U.K. release date is still set to be August. More informatio...

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Former STATUS QUO Drummer's Rockin' School

Ben Clover of the Wimbledon Post has issued the following report: Kids don't normally need any help making a racket. But when the former drummer with rock giants STATUS QUO dropped into Poplar Primary School, Morden, to give some expert tuition, it could have been a scene from the film, "School of R...

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THIS IS MENACE Record Radio Sessions For XFM, BBC RADIO 1

THIS IS MENACE, the U.K.-based collaborative project spearheaded by PITCHSHIFTER bassist Mark Clayden and drummer Jason Bowld, have just performed live radio sessions for Xfm and BBC Radio 1's "Rock Show". Jason Bowld says: "The session was awesome and a real buzz because it's the first live taste o...

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BIG MACHINE Sign Representation Deal, Record New Material

BIG MACHINE have signed an exclusive representation deal with the New York law firm Selvern, Mandelbaum, and Mintz. The firm has represented a diverse roster of many of the entertainment industy's biggest artists, including rockers VAN HALEN, GUNS N' ROSES, rappers LUDACRIS, and THE WU-TANG CLAN and...

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VOIVOD: Songwriting For New Album Complete; First DVD Release Coming Soon

VOIVOD drummer Away (a.k.a. Michel Langevin) has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We are finally done with the writing of the album. "The songs have a bit of an eerie vibe, with experimental vocals by Snake, spiralling solos by Piggy and heaviness courtesy of Jasonic!...

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HELL-BORN Complete Work On New Album; Audio Samples Available

Polish black metallers HELL-BORN, featuring former members of BEHEMOTH and DAMNATION, have finished recording their fourth full-length album, entitled "Cursed Infernal Steel". The CD, which features 10 brand-new songs, was recorded at Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland and is currently being shopped...

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GEEZER BUTLER Discusses New Solo Album, Touring With BLACK SABBATH

Jeff Kerby of KNAC.COM recently conducted an in-depth interview with BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler. Several excerpts from the interview follow: KNAC.COM: It seems that the new GZR record contains lyrics that typically deal with alienation and darkness. Do these lyrics reflect more about the ba...

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FORCE OF EVIL And POWERGOD Confirmed For Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST

FORCE OF EVIL, POWERGOD and HAEMOTOM have been confirmed for this year's Earthshaker Fest, a three-day event (including the opening-night party) set to take place July 21-23 in Geiselwind, Germany. Meanwhile, FEINSTEIN (the new band featuring former THE RODS frontman/ELF guitarist David "Rock" Feins...

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Bassist GARY SCHUTT Quits JEFF SCOTT SOTO BAND

According to MelodicRock.com, bassist Gary Schutt has officially left Jeff Scott Soto's (TALISMAN, SOUL SIRKUS, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) solo band. Soto commented in a statement: "It is with regret I announce the departure of Gary Schutt from my solo band who has decided to pass on continuing with me on...

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JEFF KOLLMAN Joins UFO On U.S. Tour, Lands Role In HANK GARLAND Biopic 'Crazy'

Guitarist/producer Jeff Kollman (COSMOSQUAD, JKB, GLENN HUGHES) has been tapped by U.K. hard rock legends UFO to fill in for bassist Pete Way for the duration of the band's upcoming coast-to-coast U.S. tour. Kollman, who has previously played bass with the MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP on the 1998 European...

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PARADISE LOST: New Album To Receive U.K. Release In August

PARADISE LOST's new self-titled album — named in celebration of the group's 10th studio album since their full-length debut, "Lost Paradise", was released in 1990 — will receive its long-awaited U.K. release in August. "This is due to contract problems and because of the festival season interfering...

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HYDROGYN To Work With Legendary Producer MICHAEL WAGENER

West Virginia's HYDROGYN have announced that they will be entering the studio with legendary record producer Michael Wagener this summer to record their major debut, tentatively entitled "Bombshell". Wagener, who mixed METALLICA's "Master of Puppets" and produced OZZY OSBOURNE's "No More Tears" and...