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FREEVIL: Another Song Posted Online

FREEVIL, the new Swedish band featuring former DENATA members Tomas Andersson (guitar) and Roger Blomberg (bass) alongside vocalist/drummer Mique Flesh (WITCHERY, SEANCE),has posted another song, entitled "Hate", on its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's debut album, "Freevil Burning", w...

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JUDAS PRIEST: 'All Is Going Really Well' With New Album

JUDAS PRIEST's official web site has been updated with the following message: "We're taking a short break from recording for the Christmas and New Year holidays then we'll be back in the studio finishing off the new album! All is going really well and we are also in the process of setting up the wor...

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DEEP PURPLE Bassist Issues Year-End Update

DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover has posted a lengthy year-end message on his web site. A couple of excerpts follow: "This has been a busy year, to say the least. It’s also been a fantastic year. The 'Rapture Tour' threaded its way around this blue planet and everywhere we visited we received the mo...

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QUEEN And PAUL RODGERS To Rush Commercial Release Of 'Say It's Not True'

Having originally issued the track as a free download for World Aids Day (December 1) to support Nelson Mandela's 46664 HIV AIDS campaign, rock group QUEEN and Paul Rodgers are responding to public demand to make their newly recorded song "Say It's Not True" available as a commercial CD single relea...

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GORGOROTH's GAAHL, KING Retain Ownership Of Band's Name And Logo

King Ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) and Gaahl (real name: Kristian Eivind Espedal) from the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH have issued the following statement: "Norwegian authorities at Patentstyret (Norwegian patent office) have made the verdict on the dispute over the further use of th...

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ROB HALFORD On San Francisco's THE BONE; Video Available

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford was the in-studio guest on San Francisco's 107.7 The Bone with host Nikki Blakk on November 28, 2007. Watch the interview in two parts below. JUDAS PRIEST's upcoming tour will include shows where the group's entire upcoming "Nostradamus" album (based on the legendar...

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Report: 70,000-Capacity Stadium In Wales Desperate To Attract LED ZEPPELIN

icWales.co.uk reports that the bosses of Millennium Stadium in Cardiff — the national stadium of Wales, used primarily for rugby union and football home internationals — are desperate to lure reformed rockers LED ZEPPELIN to the venue if they announce a tour next year. The band received rave reviews...

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DOWN Bassist Says ANSELMO's 'Vision, Focus And Patience' Made 'Over The Under' What It Is

Roger Lotring of Metal Edge magazine recently conducted a lengthy interview with DOWN/ex-PANTERA bassist Rex Brown. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Edge: Was there a conscious point in the process of getting back together and putting this record together that you can remember as a t...

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AGNOSTIC FRONT Frontman Comments On Upcoming STILLBORN FEST Tour

AGNOSTIC FRONT is about to embark on their recently announced direct-support slot to HATEBREED on Stillborn Records' annual Stillborn Fest 2007. The 10-day tour will kick off on December 20 at Jaxx in Springfield, VA and will also include GOD FORBID, NECRO, AT ALL COST and Stillborn's newest signing...

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THE WILDHEARTS Frontman GINGER: New Solo Album Details Revealed

THE WILDHEARTS frontman Ginger will release his new solo album, "Market Harbour", in late January/early February. The CD contains 21 songs/segues and has a running time of sixty minutes and twenty four seconds. With no break in the music throughout the album, and packed with a weird and wonderful ar...

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SEX PISTOLS To Return To The Road And Release DVD

According to Reuters, the SEX PISTOLS will follow up their recent brief reunion tour of Britain by returning to the road next summer, guitarist Steve Jones said on Wednesday. Speaking on his Los Angeles radio show, Jones did not give any specifics, other than to say that the punk rock icons might pl...

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DEEP PURPLE Bassist: 'I Love Being In A Band'

Jambase.com recently conducted an interview with DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Jambase.com: There's a rather complicated family tree as one tries to follow DEEP PURPLE over the years. How do you think that's affected the music? There's a core to your ca...

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It takes balls the size of church bells to refer to your own band as the "evil BEATLES." To actually back that statement up, and then some, requires the kind of talent that comes down the pike once, maybe twice a decade, if we're lucky. BIGELF backs it up, and then some, on an album ...

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Former MARDUK Bassist Performs With ENSLAVED In Texas; Video Available

Former MARDUK bassist B.War (a.k.a. Roger "Bogge" Svensson) joined Norwegian black metallers ENSLAVED on stage for one song during their November 30, 2007 concert at The White Rabbit in San Antonio, TX. Watch fan-filmed video footage of the performance below. In other B.War-related news, the bassist...

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GAAHL: We Kicked INFERNUS Out Of The Band, So We Therefore Are GORGOROTH

René Ackermann of Contraband Candy conducted an interview with King Ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) and Gaahl (real name: Kristian Eivind Espedal) from the mighty Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH during the UK leg of the group's just-completed European tour. Topics include new drummers, the...