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GEORGE LYNCH Featured On 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'

Bassist Marten Andersson (GEORGE LYNCH, STARWOOD, LIZZY BORDEN) has issued the following update: "I don't know if you caught the George Lynch rehearsal skit with announcer 'Stuttering John' (Melendez) that aired last night [Dec. 8] on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on NBC. I think they mainly feat...

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ANGRA Drummer, MCBRAIN DAMAGE Vocalist To Appear On STYGIA Album

Drummer Aquiles Priester (ANGRA),virtuoso keyboardist Richard Andersson (TIME REQUIEM, MAJESTIC, SPACE ODYSSEY) and vocalist Jonathan Murphy (MCBRAIN DAMAGE) are among the musicians contributing to the new demo recording from STYGIA, the project of Todd Seitz, an up-and-coming "shred" guitarist fro...

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THE HELLACOPTERS: 'Rock & Roll Is Dead' To Receive U.S. Release In January

"Rock & Roll Is Dead", the acclaimed new album from Swedish rockers THE HELLACOPTERS — whose multiple Grammy awards and gold records in their home country have helped the quintet build a rabid fan base not only in their native Europe, but around the entire world — will be released in America on...

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GEORGE LYNCH: Notes From The Road

Legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) has posted a short update on the first two shows of his band's current tour, including the Nov. 26 concert in Poughkeepsie, New York which also featured YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TWISTED SISTER and SEBASTIAN BACH. Read it at this location. Lynch is joined...

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BACKYARD BABIES: New Album To Be Produced By HELLACOPTERS' ANDERSSON

Sweden's BACKYARD BABIES have tapped THE HELLACOPTERS frontman/ex-ENTOMBED drummer Nicke Andersson to produce their upcoming CD, tentatively due late spring 2006 via BMG. The upcoming collaboration will mark the first time that BACKYARD BABIES guitarist Dregen and Andersson have worked together sinc...

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CLOUDSCAPE To Enter Studio In December

Swedish metallers CLOUDSCAPE will enter RoastingHouse studio in Malmö, Sweden on December 26 with producers Anders "Theo" Theander and Pontus Lindmark to begin recording their sophomore album, tentatively due in Europe in June 2006 via Metal Heaven. A spring 2006 Asian release is expected. Artwork w...

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THY PRIMORDIAL Call It A Day

Swedish mythological black metallers THY PRIMORDIAL have officially split up. A posting at the group's web site reads as follows: "THY PRIMORDIAL is no more ...the glorious days are over... to ruin and decay. Greatest of hails to all & everyone that has, during the years, crossed our path. Thank...

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ANGTORIA To Begin Recording Debut Album This Weekend

ANGTORIA, the new Swedish/British orchestral/metal band formed by female singer Sarah Jezebel Deva (CRADLE OF FILTH, THERION, MORTIIS),composer Chris Rehn (ABYSSOS) and Tommy Rehn (MOAHNI MOAHNA),will enter Sidelake Studios in Sundsvall, Sweden on Saturday, November 19 to begin recording their deb...

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AMON AMARTH Check In From The Road

Swedish metallers AMON AMARTH have posted the following message on their official web site: "Just got off stage from the Quebec show, it was the first time for us in this city and you made us feel really welcome, thank you!! It was the perfect start for this tour, despite the problems that we had. ....

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ENTOMBED Announce New Album Title

Swedish metallers ENTOMBED have set "Serpent Saints" as the title of their new album, due on June 6, 2006 via Threeman Recordings. The upcoming CD will be the group's first without the contributions of guitarist Uffe Cederlund, who left the band in September. Speaking to Sweden's Close-Up magazine,...

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STARWOOD Bassist Checks In From Japan

Los Angeles-based rock outfit STARWOOD, featuring members of the Eighties heavy metal band LIZZY BORDEN, have scheduled several shows in Japan, including a November 1 party in Tokyo for the hair product Manic Panic. The group's bassist, Marten Andersson, has posted the following update on his offici...

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GEORGE LYNCH: Tour Dates Announced

Legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) will be embarking on a solo tour in late November. Joining Lynch in his touring band will be vocalist Andrew Freeman, drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) and bassist Marten Andersson (LIZZY BORDEN, STARWOOD). The dates are as follows: Nov. 2...

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Former ENTOMBED Guitarist Explains Departure

On September 8, Sweden's ENTOMBED announced the departure of original guitarist and songwriter Uffe Cederlund. "The last couple of years weren't much fun," says Cederlund in an exclusive interview in the November issue of the Swedish magazine Close-Up. "It feels like we wanted different things in th...

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Former ENTOMBED Drummer NICKE ANDERSSON Returns To Death Metal Roots

In 1998, ENTOMBED drummer and main songwriter Nicke Andersson left the legendary death metal outfit to focus on his rock ’n’ roll band THE HELLACOPTERS. Since then he's stayed clear of anything brutal and downtuned. In an exclusive interview in the November issue of the Swedish magazine Close-Up, An...

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GEORGE LYNCH To Perform At ESP Guitars' 30th Anniversary Party At GIT

Guitar legend George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) will be performing and conducting a guitar clinic at the day-long celebration in honor of ESP Guitars on Thursday, October 20 at the GIT (Guitar Institute of Technology) in Hollywood, California. From its humble origin in 1975 as a Japanese custom guita...