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QUARTZ: Anthology Details Revealed
Sanctuary Records will release an anthology double-CD set from Birmingham heavy metal band QUARTZ this spring. Disc one comprises the entire 1977 Tony Iommi-produced "Quartz" album, including tracks featuring Iommi on lead guitar and "Sugar Rain", where the SABBATH riffmeister donates a flute solo....February 4, 2004
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Long-Lost QUARTZ Album Featuring TONY IOMMI, OZZY OSBOURNE To Get Reissued
Sanctuary Records will re-issue the debut album from Birmingham heavy metal band QUARTZ in early 2004. Originally issued on Jet Records in 1977, the album was produced by BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and features guest appearances by Ozzy Osbourne and QUEEN guitarist Brian May. Considered one...January 1, 2004
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VIRGIN STEELE To Play Special Benefit Gig
VIRGIN STEELE'S David DeFeis (vocals),Edward Pursino (guitar) and Josh Block (bass) will team up with former EXORCIST drummer Geoff Fontaine to perform a gig of "strange and beautiful" cover tunes on December 13 at The Village Pub South (198 Broadway) in Amityville, New York. This concert is a bene...December 1, 2003
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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer Talks About Revisiting 'Operation: Mindcrime' Album
In an interview with Electricbasement.com, QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Geoff Tate talked about revisiting the acclaimed 1988 album "Operation: Mindcrime", which dealt with political schemes. "I would especially love to work again with that album, but I think we would do it quite a bit differently this time...November 4, 2003
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JUDAS PRIEST Confirmed For Italy's GODS OF METAL Festival?
VICIOUS RUMORS guitarist Geoff Thorpe has revealed during a recent interview with Italian heavy metal web portal Heavy-Metal.it that the newly reunited JUDAS PRIEST and VICIOUS RUMORS have both been confirmed for the 2004 edition of Gods Of Metal festival, set to take place on June 6, 2004 in Milan,...October 23, 2003
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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer To Begin Work On Second Solo Album
QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate has revealed to MySanAntonio.com that he is working on the material for his second solo album, tentatively due before the end of 2004 through Sanctuary Records. "It's not difficult to balance the solo work with QUEENSRŸCHE," Geoff said. "It's more difficult to find th...September 26, 2003
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BLACK SABBATH's 'Never Say Die!': The SABBATH Book That Leaves No Stone Unturned
Rockdetector (www.rockdetector.com),the world's biggest rock & metal database (having just clocked up over 21,000 artists...) has just published the 400-page BLACK SABBATH biography "Never Say Die!" Written by editor Garry Sharpe-Young, the man behind the acclaimed OZZY OSBOURNE band biography...September 11, 2003
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QUEENSRŸCHE Perform On 'The Orlando Jones Show': Video Available
QUEENSRŸCHE performed the song "Open" on the FX Network's "The Orlando Jones Show" on Monday, August 4. Check out a streaming video of the performance (Macromedia Flash 6.0 required): Low-Speed, High-Speed. As previously reported, QUEENSRŸCHE will begin a headlining U.S. tour in September 2003 to co...August 16, 2003
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VICIOUS RUMORS Guitarist Guests On 7TH ORDER Single
VICIOUS RUMORS guitarist Geoff Thorpe and STEAMHAMMER/ARMAGEDDON axeman Martin Pugh are featured on the new CD release by Seattle's 7TH ORDER (www.7thorder.com). The radio debut of their new single, "Lake of Memory", will take place on www.wnti.org on Saturday, August 9 at 6:00 p.m. EST. According t...August 8, 2003
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Review: QUEENSRŸCHE Rocks Hometown Crowd
Gene Stout of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that Seattle progressive-metal heroes QUEENSRŸCHE and like-minded New York band DREAM THEATER, on tour since late June, enjoyed each other's company so much that their tandem encore Saturday (August 2) at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle turned in...August 4, 2003
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THREE INCHES OF BLOOD Announce Canadian Dates
Canadian metallers THREE INCHES OF BLOOD have announced two gigs in British Columbia later this month. They are as follows: Aug. 17 - Vancouver, BC @ Hot August Nights Festival (Waldorf Hotel) Aug. 29 - Chilliwack, BC @ Domestic Disturbance Festival (Stolo First Nations Reserve) As previously report...August 4, 2003
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Enemies Of Reality
Both hail from the state that gave us the space needle, an exceptionally high suicide rate and the origins of a threadbare pullover-sporting, poodle rocker-scorning musical movement (grunge) — but Seattle citizens NEVERMORE and QUEENSRŸCHE would not have been mentioned in the same breath a few years...July 31, 2003
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TIGERTAILZ Reform, Prepare To Record New Album
Acclaimed 1980s U.K. glam rockers TIGERTAILZ have reformed and are planning to record a new album, due in early 2004. The reunited group — featuring original members Steevi Jaimz (vocals) and Ace Finchum (drums) alongside new guitarist Joolz and bassist Greg Wraith — will be opening for ENUFF Z'NUFF...July 30, 2003
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Album Sales Down, But Hard Rock Rebounds
Edna Gundersen of USA Today is reporting that "hard rock took a hard fall in recent years, but the embattled genre may be climbing the comeback trail. "Album sales, down 8.3% from a year ago and certain to register a third year of decline, vary from genre to genre, with jazz and Latin ...July 21, 2003
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THREE INCHES OF BLOOD To Support THE DARKNESS In The U.K.
Canadian metallers THREE INCHES OF BLOOD will be supporting THE DARKNESS on their U.K. tour in October. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 02 - Dublin, IRE @ Vicar street Oct. 04 – Keele, UK @ University Oct. 05 - Cardiff, UK @ Solus Oct. 06 - Bristol, UK @ Carling Academy Oct. 08 - ...July 14, 2003
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