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QUIET RIOT Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

Hard rock veterans QUIET RIOT are the latest addition to this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24, 2006 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: ARMORED SAINT COUNT RAVEN DEATH ANGEL EXODUS FLOTSAM AND JETSAM FOREIGNER HE...

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COUNT RAVEN Part Ways With Bassist, Drummer; Announce Replacements

Acclaimed Swedish doomsters COUNT RAVEN have parted ways with bassist Tommy "Wilbur" Eriksson and drummer Christer "Renfield" Petersson. Guitarist Dan Fondelius's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "COUNT RAVEN has after two and a half years decided to go through some changes. There...

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DEATH ANGEL Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

Reunited San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL are the latest addition to this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24 in Balingen, Germany. DEATH ANGEL's performance at the festival will mark their only live apperance on German soil this year and th...

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UNLEASHED Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED are the latest addition to this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24, 2006 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows so far (6 more acts to be confirmed): FOREIGNER HELLOWEEN Y&T RIK EMMETT...

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KILLING JOKE: New Song Available For Download

A brand-new KILLING JOKE track, entitled "Implosion", has been made available for download at this location (free registration required). The song comes off the group's upcoming album, "Hosannas from the Basements of Hell", due on March 6 via Edel. Commented bassist Paul Raven: "We recorded the albu...

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WHITESNAKE Confirmed To Headline Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

WHITESNAKE have been confirmed as the headliners of this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24 in Balingen, Germany. The band's appearance at the event will be the only German open-air show David Coverdale and his band will play this summer. The festival...

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HELLOWEEN Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

German power metallers HELLOWEEN are the latest addition to this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): COUNT RAVEN EXODUS FLOTSAM AND JETSAM FOREIGNER HELLOWEEN J...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer Comments On Release Of Early Recordings

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has commented on the upcoming release of S.A. ADAMS' "Unearthed: The Mike Portnoy Sessions, Volume 2", a collection of recordings made by S.A. Adams and then-18-year-old Portnoy between December 28, 1985 and January 11, 1986 at Mike's Long Beach apartment. The CD w...

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DREAM THEATER's MIKE PORTNOY: Early Recordings Unearthed!

It's no secret that before DREAM THEATER there was MAJESTY. But before MAJESTY, drummer Mike Portnoy (mis)spent some time of his youth recording with S.A. ADAMS. The then-18-year-old Portnoy did quite a few day and evening sessions with ADAMS working on what became the foundation of Adams' body of w...

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GUNS N' ROSES, DOKKEN, TYPE O NEGATIVE, QUIET RIOT Members To Perform At Benefit Concert

The second annual Raven's Heart benefit concert will take place this Thursday, January 19 at the Fais Do-Do in Los Angeles. All proceeds from the event will go to the Raven's Heart Foundation. The benefit will feature a full night of performances, including a surprise band, and will be capped off by...

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EMPIRE Featuring Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN: New Album Preview Available

EMPIRE, the brainchild of German guitarist Rolf Munkes (MAJESTY, EMPIRE, RAZORBACK, ex-VANIZE),have set "Raven Ride" as the title of their third album, due in May via AOR Heaven Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Trading Souls" (Lion Music) will feature guest appearances by singer Tony Martin (ex-BL...

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RAVEN Frontman Remembers Late METALLICA Bassist CLIFF BURTON

RAVEN frontman John Gallagher was recently asked by a fan on the official RAVEN message board what METALLICA was like to tour with back in 1983 when they had Cliff Burton as their bassist (METALLICA supported RAVEN on the "Kill 'Em All For One" tour). "Cliff was a one-off — a real hippy!!!" Gallaghe...

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VENGEANCE Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

Dutch hard rock veterans VENGEANCE are the latest addition to this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24 in Balingen, Germany. The band will introduce a very special surprise guest who will join them on stage for a few songs. The festival billing is shapi...

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KILLING JOKE Bassist Praises New Album, Slams MÖTLEY CRÜE

KILLING JOKE will release their new album, "Hosannas from the Basements of Hell", on March 3, 2006 via Edel. Commented bassist Paul Raven: "We recorded the album in Prague at Faust Studios and it sounds amazing, Jerry Kandiah engineered the record and we are producing ourselves these days... (no cha...

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AL JOURGENSEN: New MINISTRY Album Is 'Fastest, Hardest, Most Maniacal Record I've Ever Done'

REVOLTING COCKS, the side project of MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen, have pushed back the release date of their new album, "Cocked and Loaded", to March 7, 2006 from the previously announced February 14. Produced by Al Jourgensen, the CD features the contributions of guest artists Jello Biafra (DEAD...