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DEEP PURPLE Singer IAN GILLAN: 'A Journey In Rock' DVD Details Revealed

According to a posting at the DEEP PURPLE fan site TheHighwayStar.com, DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan's new six-hour autobiographical DVD, "Highway Star – A Journey in Rock", offers a thorough, compelling and infectious look at Ian's professional career — which in 2006 reached its 40th anniversary. T...

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ONCE DEAD Signs With OPEN GRAVE RECORDS

ONCE DEAD, the Christian metal band featuring former members of VENGEANCE RISING, has inked a deal with Open Grave Records. The group is currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on its debut album, "Visions of Hell", tentatively due this summer. According to a press release, "ONCE DEAD...

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GORGOROTH Guitarist Launches FORCES OF SATAN RECORDS

Guitarist Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) of the Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH has started his own record label, Forces of Satan Records. According to a posting on the band's web site, the goal of the label is "to be an independent media company/record label with a clear-cut Satanic profile...

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GORGOROTH To Film New Video Next Week

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH will film a video next week for an as-yet-undisclosed track from their latest album, "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam". "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam" was released last year via Sweden's Regain Records. The band was previously signed to Nuclear Blast Records, who relea...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Guitarist To Guest On 'Sex To 9'

DARK TRANQUILLITY guitarist Martin Henriksson will be the special guest on the "Sex to 9" show on the London-based radio station TotalRock (web site) on Friday, April 13. The program goes out live Fridays between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. CET. For more information, visit www.sexto9.com. As previously...

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NAGLFAR Cancels GATES OF METALBÅTEN Appearance

Swedish black metallers NAGLFAR have canceled their previously announced appearance at the Gates of Metalbåten festivail "due to unforeseen events." "Our apologies goes out to anyone who might be affected by this," the band writes on its web site. Gates of Metalbåten festival is scheduled to take pl...

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GORGOROTH Confirmed For Norway's HAMMERSLAG FESTIVAL

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have been confirmed for the Hammerslag Festival, set to take place July 20 at Støperiet in Tønsberg, Norway. For more information, visit www.hammerslagfestival.net. As previously reported, GORGOROTH guitarist Infernus was recently released on parole after serving...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Bassist Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes

Bassist Michael Nicklassonn from Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY has posted the following message on the band's web site: "I've gotten some mails and questions concerning my health during this tour from fans that are worried about my weight loss and my numbness. The thing is that I...

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GREEN CARNATION Focusing On Songwriting

The latest release from Norwegian prog metal masters GREEN CARNATION, the "A Night Under the Dam" DVD is now available in Europe, Russia and the USA. The DVD is available in the USA through The End Records mailorder, on license in Russia and through regular distribution channels (a.k.a. shops, mailo...

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DEEP PURPLE Bassist Finishes Mixing DREAM THEATER's 'Made In Japan'

DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover has posted the following message on his official web site: "Limoges, early hours. We have just finished the first French tour of 2007. The sold out venue, the Zenith, was superb; a new multi-function building with great acoustics and facilities and a fitting end to t...

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QUEEN Helps Create Majestic Score To 'The Alps'

Rock climbing and classic rock royalty QUEEN come together seamlessly in "The Alps", a compelling giant screen film for IMAX Theaters that captures a spiritual, life-changing journey by one of America's most acclaimed mountaineers, atop one of the world's most celebrated, yet treacherous peaks. The...

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GORGOROTH Guitarist Released From Norwegian Prison

According to a posting on GORGOROTH's web site, the group's guitarist Infernus has been released on parole after serving time for aggravated sexual assault in connection with an alleged rape of a 29-year-old woman in Bergen, Norway in 2004. Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) and a friend (whose ident...

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WINDS OF PLAGUE Signs With CENTURY MEDIA

WINDS OF PLAGUE has inked a worldwide deal with Century Media Records. Hailing from Los Angeles, WINDS OF PLAGUE has its share of Southern California hardcore roots running in their backyard, though the atmospheric sounds of Scandinavian black metal and classic American metal reign supreme in the ba...

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PAUL RODGERS To Release Debut Solo DVD In April

Eagle Rock EntertaiDment will release Paul Rodgers' debut solo DVD ($14.98) "Live In Glasgow" on May 29 and CD ($13.98) on April 17. The prebook date for the CD is March 23, while the date for the DVD is May 4. "Live In Glasgow", recorded in October of 2006 on the last date of his ...

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Here Come the Waterworks

I am amazed at what bassist/vocalist Jared Warren (KARP) and drummer Coady Willis (THE MURDER CITY DEVILS) have done with such a minimal set-up. BIG BUSINESS' "Here Come the Waterworks" is catchy, full of life, and undeniably rocking. And we are not talking about the sludgy assault of a bass/drums a...