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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist Launches 'K.K.'s Steel Mill'

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing has announced the launch of his long-awaited personal web site, www.kkdowning.net. K.K.'s Steel Mill, as the site is known, gives a distinct flavor of the Black Country, a name given to the massive area of industry where K.K. was born. The site has interpretations...

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JUDAS PRIEST On New CD: 'Everything Is Coming Together And Sounding Really Fantastic'

JUDAS PRIEST is currently recording a concept album about the 16th Century French prophet Nostradamus. The band's management representative, Jayne Andrews, has issued the following update: "The band are well under way in the studio. Everything is coming together and sounding really fantastic!! Glenn...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman Says 'Nostradamus' May Turn Into Double Album

JUDAS PRIEST is currently recording a concept album about the 16th Century French prophet Nostradamus. In a recent interview with Rockdetector's Garry Sharpe-Young, Rob Halford admitted the band's often perceived secrecy was sometimes intentional. "Look, I love the Internet as a tool for knowledge g...

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JUDAS PRIEST: Upcoming Book Is 'Not True Story' Of Band

JUDAS PRIEST management representative Jayne Andrews has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "We would like to make it clear to everyone that a book which is due out soon, entitled 'Defenders Of The Faith - The True Story Of Judas Priest' by Neil Daniels, is not an officia...

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ROB HALFORD On New JUDAS PRIEST CD: 'We're A Long Way From The Finishing Line'

Sweden's Metalshrine conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford on January 30, 2007. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metalshrine: I was watching the video for [the new HALFORD song] "Forgotten Generation" on YouTube and there's a lot of disturbing images with police violence...

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VIOLENT STORM Confirmed For Finland's SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival

VIOLENT STORM, the new band formed by ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/BLACKMORE'S NIGHT bassist Mick Cervino, has been confirmed for the Sauna Open Air festival, set to take place June 9 in Tampere, Finland. Headlining the event will be HEAVEN AND HELL, with SONATA ARCTICA, LEVERAGE, ENTWINE, THUNDERSTONE and K...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist DOWNING Talks Up A VIOLENT STORM; Audio Available

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing was recently interviewed by "Pandora's Rock Box" for U.K.'s Radio Caroline station about about his involvement with the latest album from VIOLENT STORM, "Storm Warning". Download an MP3 of the interview at this location. VIOLENT STORM is the new band formed by ex-...

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HALFORD: 'Forgotten Generation' Video Available On YouTube

HALFORD's video for the song "Forgotten Generation" has been posted online at YouTube.com. The track, which was officially released on November 21, 2006 via iTunes, is the first new HALFORD song in more than four years. Rob Halford wrote the tune and another new cut, "Drop Out", with the HALFORD ban...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Guitarist Hopes To Keep Band Going For Another '10 Or 15 Years'

Aaron Yoxheimer of The Morning Call recently conducted an interview with CRADLE OF FILTH guitarist Paul Allender. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On being criticized by journalists in their homeland (England): "I don't know how it is everywhere else, but in England the media love to build...

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HALFORD: 'Forgotten Generation' Video To Premiere Tonight On YAHOO! MUSIC

HALFORD's video for the song "Forgotten Generation" (listen to the track at MP3.com) will receive its online premiere tonight (Monday, January 15) at midnight via Yahoo! Music. The track, which was officially released on November 21, 2006 via iTunes, is the first new HALFORD song in more than four y...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman: 'Words Make War And Peace, Love And Hate'

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford has posted the following message on his MySpace blog: "Below is a fun interactive blog for us all. The use of words is vital to myself when creating lyrics. "Words make war and peace, love and hate. Everything surrounding us is connected with the written word. "Belo...

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JUDAS PRIEST Looking At Mid-Year Release For 'Nostradamus' Concept Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: Things are going well with the recording of the new JUDAS PRIEST album. It's a concept album about the 16th Century French prophet Nostradamus, and the band has started thinking about release dates. Frontman Rob Halford told Launch that everyone's excited about the pro...

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Former MANOWAR Guitarist ROSS THE BOSS To Headline ROB ORIANI BENEFIT MEMORIAL SHOW

Legendary MANOWAR guitarist Ross The Boss will headline the Rob Oriani Benefit Memorial Show (for late VYNDYKATOR guitarist Robert "Rob" Oriani) on Saturday, March 24 at Dingbatz in Clifton, New Jersey. Ross will perform a set of MANOWAR classics from the first six albums. Joining Ross will be vocal...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman: 'It's Inevitable That CDs Will Become Obsolete'

Metal-Temple.com editor Orpheus Spiliotopoulos (also a writer for Rock Hard magazine) recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Metal-Temple.com: Why did you decide to release new HALFORD tracks exclusively on iTunes and n...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist Discusses VIOLENT STORM: Audio Available

A 17-minute audio interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing about his involvement with the latest album from VIOLENT STORM, "Storm Warning", has been made available for download at this location (the interview originally aired on the U.K.'s Total Rock). VIOLENT STORM is the new band formed...