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MASTERPLAN: European Tour Announced

MASTERPLAN, the German/Norwegian band featuring ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow, ex-HELLOWEEN drummer Uli Kusch and former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ARK singer Jorn Lande, will be embarking on a headlining tour in late March. Support at all shows will come from AFM Records labelmates CIRCLE II CIRCLE, R...

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MEGADETH To Film 'Of Mice And Men' Video

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message on the group's web site: "While 2005 brought much suffering and sadness to many people at its end, I hope for most of us here that were separated from such tragedy, that you had a terrific 2004. "My heart still goes out to the Abbott fa...

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FOR MY PAIN…: Live Videos Posted Online

FOR MY PAIN…, the Finnish "gothic metal" band featuring Tuomas Holopainen (NIGHTWISH) on keyboards, Altti Veteläinen (ex-ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW) on bass, Lauri Tuohimaa (EMBRAZE) on guitar, Olli-Pekka Törrö (ex-ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW) on guitar, Juha Kylmänen (REFLEXION) on vocals, and Petri Sanka...

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ULI JON ROTH: 'War Is The Way Of Man Unenlightened'

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth has posted the following message on his official web site: "I don't know about you, but for me, personally, 2004 was a good and productive year in all and I really hope that you have also had a good year. Among the many personal highlights for me this ...

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EXCALION Part Ways With Guitarist, Seek Replacement

Finnish melodic power metallers EXCALION have parted ways with guitarist Kimmo Hänninen. "Kimmo's music taste is a bit different so it was slowly killing the motivation," the band write on their web site. "Now he has more time for his own projects and study. "Kimmo will join us for the gigs we play...

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SPIRITUAL BEGGARS: New Studio Album, DVD Update

Sweden's SPIRITUAL BEGGARS have set "Demons" as the title of their new album, due in Japan on February 23, 2005 via Toy's Factory Records. The first Japanese pressing will come with a bonus disc of live material recorded last year in Tokyo. No release date has yet been announced for the U.S. and Eur...

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MARILYN MANSON DVD Used As Evidence In Murder Trial

Launch Radio Networks is reporting that excerpts from the bonus DVD included in MARILYN MANSON's 2003 album, "The Golden Age Of Grotesque", were played at a Scottish murder trial on Thursday (Dec. 23). Prosecutor Alan Turnbull asked for the first ten minutes of the disc to be played in the trial of...

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MASTERPLAN Film Video For 'Back For My Life'; Diary Posted Online

MASTERPLAN, the German/Norwegian band featuring ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow, ex-HELLOWEEN drummer Uli Kusch and former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/ARK singer Jorn Lande, filmed a video for their new single, "Back For My Life", last week in Nuremberg and Dessau, Germany. A diary of the four-day shoot,...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'Bach To Europe' Tour Diary

Daniel Stanton of Anger Management/Coallier Entertainment has submitted the following tour diary documenting Sebastian Bach's (ex-SKID ROW) most recent "Bach To Europe" European trek: "With many tours under my belt, nothing will come close to the psychotic world of working with the hyper madman name...

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Norwegian Stage Sex Couple To Star In Reality TV Show

A couple who sparked outrage by having sex on stage in front of thousands of stunned rock concert goers in Norway (see previous BLABBERMOUTH.NET stories: Story#1, Story#2, Story#3, Story#4, Story#5) is now wanted for a reality show, according to Nettavisen. Tommy Hol Ellingsen and Petra ...

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DIMEBAG Murderer's Mother Speaks Again: My Son's Killer Is A Hero

Chad Williamson of Marysville Journal-Tribune has issued the following report: On the wall of Mary Clark's apartment in Marysville is a wooden picture frame containing odd-shaped pictures of her three boys' typical pictures of smiling children that a mother would cherish. Carved above the pictures i...

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ACCEPT: First-Ever Interview With Longtime Manager Posted Online

ACCEPT fan site Joe Schlared's Accept Home Page With U.D.O. has published the first part of an interview with longtime ACCEPT manager Gaby Hoffmann (also known throughout the '80s by the mysterious alias "Deaffy"). In addition to being ACCEPT's manager, Hoffmann was also the group's primary lyrics w...

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Roadies Offer Detailed Account Of DIMEBAG Shooting Incident

Karl Kuenning RFL of Roadie.net has issued the following report: "Today I was contacted by two local Columbus roadies that were both eyewitnesses to the DAMAGEPLAN shootings exactly one week ago tonight in Columbus Ohio at the Alrosa Villa club. They are members of the local stage crew in Columbus,...

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DIMEBAG DARRELL: Last-Ever Photo Posted Online?

Jennifer Wray of Columbus, Ohio's Suburban News Publications reports: Guitarist Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott told Kevin McMeans that a photograph of the two of them taken last Wednesday afternoon (Dec. 8) "would be a classic." McMeans said Abbott, who normally dressed casually, was referring to his outf...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: I Never Got A Chance To Say Goodbye...And It Kills Me

Keith Spera of The Times-Picayune has issued the following report: The onstage killing of former bandmate "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott has left ex-PANTERA vocalist and north shore resident Phil Anselmo distraught and questioning his own future. In a transcript of a videotaped statement released to the m...