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JEFF KOLLMAN To Debut New Lineup Tonight

Los Angeles-based guitarist Jeff Kollman (COSMOSQUAD, GLENN HUGHES, MOGG/WAY) is debuting a new live lineup under the JEFF KOLLMAN EXPLOSION banner at tonight's Baked Potato (3787 W. Cahuenga Blvd., Universal City, CA) show. Kollman will be joined by bassist Christopher Maloney (Z, COSMOSQUAD, VIRGI...

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DAVID COVERDALE Comments On Passing Of Former DEEP PURPLE Art Director

WHITESNAKE frontman has issued a statement regarding the passing of Ed Thrasher, who worked on hundreds of major record albums as an art director. Thrasher received 12 Grammy Award nominations as an art director between 1962 and 1974, the year he and fellow art director Christopher Whorf won Grammys...

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ARCH ENEMY: Australian Headlining Dates Announced

ARCH ENEMY's official web site has been updated with the following message: "As the fans of ARCH ENEMY 'Down Under' already know, ARCH ENEMY are returning to Australia on their 'Doomsday Machine' campaign to be a part of the Gigantour alongside MEGADETH and SOULFLY etc.! ARCH ENEMY has also booked t...

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VIRGIL DONATI: 'Live In Stockholm' DVD Due In December; Teaser Available

Legendary drummer Virgil Donati (STEVE VAI, RING OF FIRE, SOUL SIRKUS) will release a new DVD, entitled "Live in Stockholm", in December. Captured at the Drum and Bass festival in November of 2005, the set was shot with five cameras featuring Stereo and 5.1 mix. Bonus features include a great select...

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KING DIAMOND Voices Character On 'Death Clock Metalocalypse'

KING DIAMOND is the latest metal musician to lend his voice to the cartoon series "Death Clock Metalocalypse". King Diamond recorded his part on Monday, August 21 and reportedly "kicked ass." Other musicians who have contributed to the series include Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY),Warrel Dane (NEVERMOR...

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Live Apocalypse

Bands could learn a thing or two from ARCH ENEMY about releasing a debut DVD. The Swedish metal giants do pretty much everything right on the double-DVD "Live Apocalypse". Diving right in, Disc 1 contains the DVD's main feature, an outstanding live set recorded at the London Forum on December 17th,...

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AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE's CHAD HANKS to Guest On 'All Knowing Force'

AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE founder/guitarist Chad Hanks will be the featured guest on the "All Knowing Force" web-based interview show tonight (Sunday, August 20) at 6:00 p.m. EST / 3:00 p.m. PST. For more information, visit www.allknowingforce.com. AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE recently spent time compiling foota...

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BLIND MELON: 'Live At The Palace' Reissue Due In October

BLIND MELON's "Live at the Palace" CD will be reissued on October 17 with expanded packaging on Capitol/EMI. Recorded in Los Angeles on October 11, 1995, BLIND MELON's "Live at the Palace" CD captured the band at their creative and dynamic peak: the group was touring in support of their second album...

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ARCH ENEMY: 'Live Apocalypse' DVD Chart Positions Revealed

ARCH ENEMY's double disc DVD set, "Live Apocalypse", is now available worldwide just in time for the group's triumphant return to the U.S. on Gigantour this September. A new e-card is available that features two videos taken from the DVD for the tracks "Ravenous" and "My Apocalypse", along with a ne...

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POISON Drummer: NIKKI SIXX Is Too Old To Care About 'Dumb Little Rivalries'

Michael Christopher of DelcoTimes.com's "Rock Music Menu" recently conducted an interview with POISON drummer Rikki Rockett. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the recently released "The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock" compilation: "Capitol was going to put (the best of) out whether we...

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Filthy Notes for Frozen Hearts

How many times do you think you'll have to read "Rock 'n' Sad" in a review of "Filthy Notes for Frozen Hearts" by Germany's LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE? Hey, at least it's fairly descriptive of the music. There is a whole lot of rockin' going on here and the melancholia flows like a river. The peppering of...

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The Cartoon Network Goes Heavy Metal

Larissa Glasser of The Phoenix recently conducted an interview with Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, creators of the upcoming cartoon series "Dethklok Metalocalypse" about a half-Norwegian/half-American black metal band called DEATHKLOK. Premiering this Sunday (August 6) at 11:45 p.m. on Adult Swim (...

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ARCH ENEMY Guitarist: 'It's An Honor For Us To Be A Part Of GIGANTOUR'

ARCH ENEMY will be making their triumphant return to the U.S. this September as part of the mighty Gigantour, which features the legendary MEGADETH, genre titans such as LAMB OF GOD, OPETH and Century Media labelmates INTO ETERNITY, among others. The month-long trek will be the group's fourth and fi...

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ARCH ENEMY Cancel METALCAMP Festival Appearance, Announce 'Kerrang! Day Of Rock' Participation

Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY have posted the following message on their official web site: "We very much regret that due to a personal family crisis for one of the band members, ARCH ENEMY will not be able to play at the Metalcamp festival n Slovenia as advertised on Friday, July 21st...

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FIREHOUSE's BILL LEVERTY To Be Interviewed On KNAC.COM

FIREHOUSE guitarist Bill Leverty will be interviewed by KNAC.COM DJ Diana DeVille on Wednesday, July 26 at 8:30 a.m. PST. Leverty will likely be discussing his contribution to a side project called DEACON STREET — who recently released their debut album, "II", via MTM Music & Publishing — also f...