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HELION Parts Ways With Singer, Seeks Replacement

Finnish melodic metallers HELION have issued the following update: We are sorry to announce the following: A little while ago, Jukka [Salo, vocals] told us that he no longer has neither the time nor the required interest to stick with HELION. These are what we call personal reasons, which we underst...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Records 'Latin' Version Of 'Practice What You Preach'; Audio Available

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the band led by TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick, will release its new album, "Last Day In Paradise", on March 15 via Magnatude Records. The CD consists of seven original compositions along with three arrangements of hard rock "standards" (a concept upon which the trio has built...

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SHARON OSBOURNE Says Last Year's OZZFEST 'Nearly Destroyed Us'

Brad Kava of The Mercury News spoke to Ozzfest promoter Sharon Osbourne by phone on Tuesday (February 6) about the organizers' announcement that admission to the 25-city heavy metal tour will be free this summer. Sponsors will pick up the tab for the tickets, bands will not be paid to perform and ex...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION Guitarist Slams BLABBERMOUTH.NET 'Sh*t-Talkers'

Guitarist Phil Fasciana of the veteran Florida-based extreme metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION has slammed the BLABBERMOUTH.NET detractors who have bashed the group for inviting SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thomson to make a guest appearance on the upcoming MALEVOLENT CREATION album, "Doomsday X". In a state...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION: New Album To Include Guest Appearance By SLIPKNOT Guitarist

Veteran Florida-based extreme metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION have completed work on their tenth full-length album, "Doomsday X", at Mercury Recording Studios in Pompano Beach, Florida for an early summer release via Nuclear Blast Records. "Recording sessions went very well and the band is very satisf...

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METALLICA: Audio Sample Of 'The Ecstasy Of Gold' Posted Online

A one-minute audio clip of METALLICA's version of "The Ecstasy of Gold", the song from the classic film "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" which has been opening METALLICA live shows since 1983, has been posted online at this location. METALLICA's cover will be released on February 20 via Sony Classic...

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METALLICA Featured On 'We All Love Ennio Morricone' CD; Details Revealed

More information has been revealed about the upcoming tribute album to Italian composer Ennio Morricone, best known to METALLICA fans for writing "The Ecstasy of Gold", the song from the classic film "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" which METALLICA has used at its live shows since 1983. Titled "We A...

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METALLICA's 'Master Of Puppets' Tops List Of Most Influential Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time

METALLICA's classic 1986 album "Master of Puppets" has been selected by Spence D. and Ed Thompson of IGN Music as the "most influential" heavy metal album of all time. In the accompanying blurb explaining their choice, Spence writes, "Heavy metal fans no doubt have argued till blue in the balls abou...

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GARY MOORE To Present 'Blues Power' On PLANET ROCK

Legendary guitarist Gary Moore has joined the lineup of U.K.-based national digital radio station Planet Rock to present a new series, "Blues Power with Gary Moore", a weekly show starting on Sunday, January 21. There are few musical genres that Gary Moore has not turned his hand to but seeing the B...

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HASTE Calls It Quits

Birmingham, Alabama's HASTE, which was previously signed to Century Media Records, has issued the following update: "After an extended hiatus (of about a year and a half) we have decided to call it quits as HASTE. This has been one of the most amazing experiences of our lives but we have all come to...

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WYKKED WYTCH: Cover Version Of 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)' Posted Online

Florida's WYKKED WYTCH has posted its cover version of THE EURYTHMICS' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" on its MySpace page. The song comes off the group's upcoming fourth album, "Memories of a Dying Whore", tentatively due this spring. The CD was recorded at Redroom Recorders in Tampa with enginee...

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WYKKED WYTCH: Debut Live Appearance Of 2007 Announced

Florida's WYKKED WYTCH will make its debut live appearance of 2007 at Churchill's Pub in Miami, FL on Saturday, January 13. As previously reported, WYKKED WYTCH has dropped off the upcoming No Mercy Festivals 2007 tour, which is set to feature MOONSPELL, NAPALM DEATH, BEHEMOTH, DEW-SCENTED and ROOT....

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DEF LEPPARD Frontman Prefers ELTON JOHN To BLACK SABBATH

Steve Baltin of AOL Music reports that DEF LEPPARD is preparing to enter the studio to begin work on a new album. "We're hoping to get started around January and get it finished by the end of the summer," frontman Joe Elliott tells AOL Music. As for what has influenced Elliott of late, ...

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Report: JOHNNY DEPP Tipped For FREDDIE MERCURY Film Role

Louise Jury of the U.K.'s The Independent reports that "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp is being lined up to play a rock star for real in a biopic of the late QUEEN frontman Freddie Mercury. Robert de Niro's company, Tribeca Productions, is said to be behind the project, which Brian May,...

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WYKKED WYTCH Pulls Out Of NO MERCY FESTIVALS European Tour

Florida's WYKKED WYTCH has dropped off the upcoming No Mercy Festivals 2007 tour, which is set to feature MOONSPELL, NAPALM DEATH, BEHEMOTH, DEW-SCENTED and ROOT. WYKKED WYTCH entered Redroom Recorders studio in Tampa, FL in May with engineer Mark Prator to begin recording its fourth album, "Memorie...