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ZAO Announces Lineup Changes, Plans To Cut Down On Touring

ZAO's official MySpace page has been updated with a brand new interview conducted by the group's manager and longtime friend Downey. It follows here in its entirety: Q: What's going on with ZAO? Scott Mellinger (guitar): ZAO has definitely made a lot of big changes. The most immediate thing to menti...

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STRATOVARIUS Mainman Signs With FRONTIERS For 'Rock Opera' Project

STRATOVARIUS guitarist Timo Tolkki has inked a deal with Frontiers Records for his classic rock-opera project, "Saana - Warrior of Light". According to a press release, "Saana - Warrior of Light" will feature "seven characters and numerous musicians (including Tolkki himself) who will collaborate in...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY, THE HAUNTED, INTO ETERNITY: More Tour Dates Announced

More dates have been released for the upcoming North American tour featuring DARK TRANQUILLITY, THE HAUNTED, and INTO ETERNITY (plus one more, as-yet-unannounced act). The schedule is shaping up as follows: Mar. 19 - Orlando, FL @ The Social Mar. 20 - St Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre Mar. 21 - Atla...

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LORDI To Perform On German TV

Finnish "monster metal" band LORDI will perform on the "Ultimate Chart Show" on German TV next month. According to the group's German record company, Drakkar Entertainment, the performance will air on February 23 at 21.15h on RTL. A repeat broadcast is scheduled for February 24 at 15.55h. Since winn...

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Passenger

Denmark's MNEMIC turned quite a few heads with its futuristic thrash, MESHUGGAH-like rhythms and shades of FEAR FACTORY/STRAPPING YOUNG LAD songwriting on 2003's "Mechanical Spin Phenomena" and 2004's "The Audio Injected Soul". While the soon-to-be-released "Passenger" may not reach the heights achi...

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LIGHT THIS CITY To Shoot Video In Los Angeles

Bay Area thrashers LIGHT THIS CITY will film their first video Feb. 1-2 in Los Angeles, Calif. with acclaimed video director Darren Doane (UNEARTH, ALL THAT REMAINS, DARKEST HOUR). The clip will be for the track "The Unwelcome Savior" off the band's latest CD, "Facing the Thousand", which came out i...

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MORGANA LEFAY: New Album Title Changed

Sweden's "thrashy dark metallers" MORGANA LEFAY have changed the projected title of their new album to "Aberrations of the Mind" from the previously announced "Primal Chaos". According to the band, the new title "better suits the feel of the record as a whole." Set to be released on March 19 on Blac...

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LORDI Frontman Discusses Band-Themed Restaurant

Mr. Lordi, frontman for Finnish monster hard rock act LORDI, has been keeping busy with the new LORDI-themed restaurant, Lordi's Rocktaurant (web site),which opened December 15, 2006 in Rovaniemi, Finland. "Everything on the menu that is related to LORDI is our own ideas," he explained. "Like every...

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ARMY OF ANYONE Extends Headlining Winter SNOCORE TOUR

ARMY OF ANYONE has announced additional dates to their upcoming headline spot on the 2007 SnoCore Tour, which also features HURT, DROPPING DAYLIGHT and NEUROSONIC in support. The six-week trek — which launches January 18 in Houston — includes a February 1 performance at New York's Bowery Ballroom an...

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SHADOWS FALL Members Schedule EMG PICKUPS Signing Session

SHADOWS FALL members Jonathan Donais, Paul Romanko and Matthew Bachand will take part in a signing session at the EMG Pickups booth (# 4850) at the NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants),which is being held January 18-21 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. They will be app...

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ELDRITCH: New Album Update

Italian progressive-aggressive metal band ELDRITCH entered Bigwave studios on December 1 to begin recording its seventh album, entitled "Blackenday". According to a posting on the group's web site, "some solos, backing vocals and arrangements still to be done and then the Music Factory studios (Germ...

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SHADOWS FALL Drummer's BURNING HUMAN Project Resurrected; Debut CD On The Way

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner has resurrected his previous band BURNING HUMAN and is currently rehearsing and writing for a studio session in late February. The group's debut album is not expected to surface until late summer at the earliest. In the latter half of the 1990s, BURNING HUMAN was a...

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LORDI Named First Runner-Up For EUROVISION's 'Best Dressed Act' Award

Finnish masked monsters LORDI were named the first runner-up in ESCToday.com's Best Dressed Act of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest awards. LORDI collected 26 percent of the Best Dressed vote; ironically LORDI was also the first runner-up for the Barbara Dex Award — a long-standing, yearly fan award...

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SHADOWS FALL: Video Guitar Lesson Available

Matthew Bachand and Jonathan Donais from SHADOWS FALL recently demonstrated warm-up exercises, sweep picking, pinch harmonics, down-picking and more in this three-and-a-half-minute video clip from FPE-TV. According to MTV.com, the upcoming SHADOWS FALL album, "Threads of Life", will include the song...

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MORGANA LEFAY: New Album Details Revealed; Audio Samples Available

Swedish "heavy doom progressive" metallers MORGANA LEFAY have completed work on their new album, "Primal Chaos", at Soundcreation studio in Bollnäs, Sweden for a March 2007 release via Black Mark Records. The follow-up to 2005's "Grand Materia" will feature the following track listing: 01. Delusions...