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RAVAGE Cancels Remaining Shows On U.S. Tour

Boston, Massachusetts metallers RAVAGE have been forced to cancel the five remaining dates of their U.S. tour. Singer Al Ravage states, "We planned a self-financed, self-planned, three-month full USA tour a few months ago that we knew would be extremely difficult, and possibly suicidal, but we wante...

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HELLOWEEN To Release 'Unarmed - Best Of 25th Anniversary' In December

Long-running German power metallers HELLOWEEN have teamed up with Sony Music in co-operation with SPV Records, to release the band's upcoming albums. The group's long awaited "Unarmed - Best Of 25th Anniversary" album will be made available on the following dates: Dec. 16 – Japan, Southeast Asia (JV...

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'SPV- 25 & Alive' Compilation Due This Month

SPV Records has set an October 30 German reelase date (November 2 in the rest of Europe) for "SPV- 25 & Alive", a special sampler for a special year. In 1984, SPV and Steamhammer were founded. Steamhammer immediately signed two influential bands — SODOM and DESTRUCTION — and SPV finalized distri...

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AVANTASIA's Next Chapter Will Be Spread Over Two Albums

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has decided that the forthcoming chapter from his AVANTASIA project will be spread over two albums. He explained: "I have always given my very best, but this new chapter in AVANTASIA's history is too much and too ambitious to be just a regular album. I have worked on it...

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KINGDOM COME, SANDALINAS Members To Guest At MANZANO Comeback Gig In Madrid

Former KINGDOM COME guitarist Angi Schiliro and SANDALINAS guitarist Jordi Sandalinas will perform live as guest musicians during the comeback concert from MANZANO in Madrid on October 31. MANZANO — featuring singer José Antonio Manzano (EMERGENCY) — was one of the leading bands in Spain in the late...

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HALCYON WAY Completes Drum Tracking For New Album

Atlanta, Georgia's HALCYON WAY has completed tracking the drums for its new album, due out in the spring via Nightmare Records. The drums were recorded at Open Sky Studios in Atlanta with Mike Froedge (DOUBLEDRIVE, BLOODSIMPLE, DIXIE INCORPORATED) at the helm. The follow-up to 2008's "A Manifesto Fo...

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MAT SINNER Continuing Work On KISKE/SOMERVILLE Project

Former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske is collaborating with American singer Amanda Somerville on a brand new melodic hard rock/metal project for Frontiers Records. Mat Sinner (PRIMAL FEAR, SINNER) and Magnus Karlsson (PLACE VENDOME, PRIMAL FEAR) are handling most of the songwriting for the CD, whi...

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REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE Parts Ways With Bassist, Keyboardist

REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE — the new band led by former STRATOVARIUS mastermind Timo Tolkki — has parted ways with bassist Justin Biggs and keyboardist Michael Khalilov. "During the recordings of [the second REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE album], 'Age of Aquarius', it became evident to everybody that REVOLUTION...

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RAGE Guitarist On New CD: 'This Album Is The Greatest One I've Ever Produced!'

German metal veterans RAGE entered Twilight Hall Studios (where the band's "Unity" CD was previously tracked) in Grefrath, Germany on August 20 to begin recording thier new album for a tentative February 2010 release via Nuclear Blast Records. Charlie Bauerfeind (HAMMERFALL, HELLOWEEN) once again pr...

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TOMORROW'S OUTLOOK Track Featuring MICHAEL KISKE: Audio Sample Available

Norwegian metallers TOMORROW'S OUTLOOK have recorded a song with former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske. Entitled "The Ethereal Dream", it is said to be "not a heavy track, but there are some rocking parts with high vocals." Two different versions of this song will appear on the band's debut, "34613"...

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THANATOSCHIZO: More Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Portuguese avant-garde maniacs THANATOSCHIZO have uploaded the second in a series of video reports from the recording sessions for the band's new, semi-acoustic album. The band chose "RAWoid" (a theme that merges "RAW" from the group's first album, "Schizo Level", and "Void" from their third effort,...

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POISON, DROWNING POOL Members To Judge New Reality-TV Show 'Rock Race'

Kevin Goocher (of VH1's "I Know My Kid's A Star" and singer for PHANTOM-X) will host a new reality-TV show called "Rock Race". Confirmed judges for the series are Rikki Rockett of POISON and Stevie Benton of DROWNING POOL. The casting producers of "Rock Race" are looking for the top 10 bands to comp...

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CRYSTALLION: New Song Posted Online

"A Cry In The Night", a brand new song from German "noble power metal" hopefuls CRYSTALLION, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's third album, "Hundred Days", which is scheduled for release on October 23 via Dockyard 1. The CD is said to be "a ...

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MANTICORA: Debut Mini-CD Available For Free Download

Danish power/thrash/prog metallers MANTICORA have made their self-financed debut mini-CD, "Dead End Solution", from 1997 available for free download on their web site. Commented the band: "A looooong time ago, we decided to record a mini-CD to promote ourselves and to shop the result to a record lab...

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BLACK MAJESTY Begins Recording New Album

Pavel Konvalinka of Australian melodic power metallers BLACK MAJESTY has finished recording drum parts for the band's upcoming album at Grapow Studios in Slovakia. Roland Grapow (MASTERPLAN, ex-HELLOWEEN) will also mix the new CD, which is expected to be released in early 2010 through Germany's Limb...