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TIMO TOLKKI's REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE Signs With SCARLET RECORDS

REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE, the new band led by former STRATOVARIUS mastermind Timo Tolkki, has inked a worldwide deal with Scarlet Records. Tolkki and his bandmates have spent the last few weeks putting the finishing touches to their new album entitled "Age Of Aquarius". Recorded over three months in F...

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COMMON GRAVE Completes Work On 'Embedded Coding'

German death metallers COMMON GRAVE have finished recording their second album, "Embedded Coding". Once again produced by Stefan Fimmers, the CD "is the next significant step in the band's development," according to a press release. "It offers matured and refined songwriting that is more complex and...

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AXL ROSE Takes Part In Another Online Chat, Says There Are 'No Plans' For GN'R Tour Right Now

Reclusive GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose took part in yet another online chat Friday night (December 12),this time via the GUNS N' ROSES fan community ChineseDemocracy.com. BLABBERMOUTH.NET has compiled the most interesting bits from the question-and-answer session and is re-posting them here for yo...

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EUROPE: Working Title Of New Album Revealed

Swedish hard rockers EUROPE have set "More Is More" as the working title of their eighth studio album, tentatively due in early 2009. The CD, which was described by the band as a "a modern retro rock album," is being helmed by the Swedish Grammis award-winning producer Tobias Lindell (MUSTASCH, HEED...

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REVENGIA Signs With France's MANITOU MUSIC

Swedish metallers REVENGIA have inked a deal with France's Manitou Music. The band comments, "After been dealing back and forth with labels for almost two (!) years now, 'Eraser' [REVENGIA's latest album] will be looking for an European release this coming spring. We are looking forward to promote t...

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NEAERA To Enter Studio In January

German extreme metal outfit NEAERA is continuing to write material for its next album, tentatively due in May 2009 via Metal Blade Records. Commented guitarist Tobias Buck: "We are about to finish the songwriting for our upcoming album. By now we have finished nine songs and we wanna write one or tw...

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EDGUY Frontman Thanks 'Real' Fans For Their Support

Vocalist Tobias Sammet of the German melodic metal/hard rock bands EDGUY and AVANTASIA has issued the following update: "Hey folks, this message is dedicated to our fans all over the world, the real fans. The people that I really care about! The people who are really taken by the music that we write...

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BRUCE KULICK Schedules Phoenix In-Store

Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick will make an in-store appearance at Raptor Guitars in Phoenix, Arizona on December 26. The store, which is located at 7227 S. Central Avenue, Suite 1005, will host Bruce from 6 to 8 p.m. More information can be obtained directly from...

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REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE: South American Tour Postponed

REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE, the new band led by former STRATOVARIUS mastermind Timo Tolkki, has issued the following statement: "We are forced to postpone our [South American] tour due to lack of professionalism and responsibility of the promoter. They approached us with an offer for the tour in June, w...

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EDGUY: UK Dates Announced

German melodic metallers EDGUY have announced two UK shows in January: Jan. 09 - Dudley, UK - JBs Jan. 10 - London, UK - Carling Academy Islington Frontman Tobias Sammet commented: "It's always a great feeling to tour England. England is not known for its appreciation of ridiculous Eunuch-fronted Eu...

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EDGUY Frontman: 'I Never Said That I Hate The USA'

Vocalist Tobias Sammet of German metallers EDGUY has clarified a statement that he made in a recent interview regarding his opinion of the U.S. and whether he would ever want to live there. Asked if the band would ever be really big outside mainland Europe, Sammet told Rushonrock.com, "It's getting...

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NOVEMBRE Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

Italian metallers NOVEMBRE have issued the following update: "The tormented role of bass player is passed on to Valerio Di Lella, already the band's live sound engineer for years, and singer of death metal band GRIMNESS. NOVEMBRE, who recently parted company with Luca Giovagnoli, are glad to officia...

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JOHN CORABI To Guest On New BRUCE KULICK Solo Album

John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, UNION, RATT, ESP) is scheduled to make a guest appearance on the new solo album from former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick, tentatively titled "BK3". In a posting on his official web site, Kulick writes, "As you all know, I have been recording [...

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EDGUY Singer: 'I Wouldn't Want To Live In The USA In A Million Years!'

Rushonrock.com recently conducted an interview with EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Rushonrock.com: EDGUY are still far from household names over here [in the UK]. What are you going to do about it!?! Sammet: Raising our profile is not only a problem in...

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DISMEMBER's 20th-Anniversary Concert: Video Footage, Photos Available

Long-running Swedish death metallers DISMEMBER played a 20th-anniversary show on November 22, 2008 at Debaser Medis in Stockholm, Sweden. The concert featured all the past and present members of DISMEMBER on stage performing songs from all of the band's albums in chronological order, starting off as...