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IMPERANON Guitarist Collaborates With Keyboardist RISTO KUPIAINEN: Audio Available

Guitarist Aleksi Sihvonen of Finnish melodic thrash/death metallers IMPERANON recently recorded a song called "Pentatonic School" with a young and talented keyboardist by the name of Risto Kupiainen. You can download the track here. For more information about Risto, visit www.speedpianosoolo.cjb.net...

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CANDLEMASS: 'Essential' Collection To Include Brand New Song

GMR Music has set a November 22 release date for CANDLEMASS' "Essential Doom" CD, a posthumous collection of the group's best material plus their newly recorded and previously unreleased song "Witches". The album will come with a bonus DVD featuring video footage of the band's performance at the Roc...

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HADES Book Studio Time

HADES have booked time at Crystal Studios to record one new song which will be a bonus track on the Mausoleum Records re-release of the group's first three CDs. "[Vocalist] Alan Tecchio is writing the lyrics to a song (bassist) Jimmy Schulman and I just put together," stated guitarist Dan Lorenzo. "...

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Former EMPEROR Drummer Rejects Reports That He Has Joined HELVETE

Former EMPEROR and current SCUM drummer Bård "Faust" Eithun has issued a statement refuting published reports that he has joined HELVETE, the new band formed by General K (DISIPLIN),Hellcommander Nattefrost (CARPATHIAN FOREST) and Nocturno Culto (DARKTHRONE). "I talked briefly with the guys about i...

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PRETTY BOY FLOYD: New Lineup Promises 'Crazier New Look' And 'Improved Musicianship'

'80s glam band PRETTY BOY FLOYD has reformed with original lead singer Steve Sex Summers on vocals, along with PEPPERMINT CREEPS members Eddie Electra on bass, Macy Malone on guitar, and Traci Michaelz on drums. "The new lineup is sure to please glam fans all over the world with a crazier new look!"...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: Box Set Track Listing Revealed

The complete track listing has been revealed for the upcoming OZZY OSBOURNE box set, which has apparently been re-titled "The Prince of Darkness", according to IGN.com. The 52-song set, due on February 8, chronicles Ozzy's career via his biggest hits and most memorable collaborations, but the clinch...

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ISENGARD Announce New Singer

Swedish power metallers ISENGARD have announced the addition of singer Morgan J. Johansson (ex-CRYSTAL BLUE) to the group's ranks. Morgan is 36 years old and hails from Örebro, Sweden. After his CRYSTAL BLUE stint, he did a few tours with different cover bands around Scandinavia. "Morgan has a ton o...

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ULI JON ROTH Joined By DORO PESCH, RAGE's SMOLSKI At Germany's ROCK MEETS RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth's official web site has been updated with a report from his performance at the Renaissance castle Schloss Beck in Bottrop-Kirchhellen, Germany on October 9. Performing several pieces with SKY ORCHESTRA were Doro Pesch, Victor Smolski (RAGE) and Liz Vandall. The repor...

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SCUM: AMEN, TURBONEGRO, Ex-EMPEROR Members Join Forces In New Band

Two years ago, a meeting took place in Norway. A group of people convened to discuss the possibility of making an album that would impact the world music scene like never before. Some rehearsals took place in 2002 and ideas and plans were thrown back and forth. However, due to prior commitments and...

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SPIRALARMS To Work With Former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Drummer

SPIRALARMS, the new San Francisco Bay Area-based band featuring former members of SYSTEMATIC, MANMADEGOD and FORBIDDEN, are tentatively scheduled to enter former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS drummer Eric Kretz' Bomb Shelter studios in downtown L.A. to complete the three remaining songs from the group's last...

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KOTIPELTO: Touring Lineup Announced

STRATOVARIUS frontman Timo Kotipelto has announced the touring lineup for his KOTIPELTO project. Joining Timo on the road in South America and Finland will be Mirka Rantanen (drums),Lauri Porra (bass),Tuomas Wainola (guitars) and Jens Johansson (keyboards, STRATOVARIUS). The keyboard duties for KO...

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IOMMI/HUGHES: 'DEP Sessions' Audio Samples Posted Online

Sanctuary Records has uploaded an e-card for the previously unreleased Tony Iommi collection of songs featuring ex-DEEP PURPLE/BLACK SABBATH singer Glenn Hughes. Entitled "The 1996 DEP Sessions", the CD's final version — due on September 28 — was previously said to be "quite markedly different" to t...

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CRYSTAL EYES To Enter Studio In October

Sweden's CRYSTAL EYES have set "Confessions of the Maker" as the title of their fourth full-length album, tentatively due in January/February 2005. "All songs are written, arranged, rehearsed and ready to record," reads a posting on the group's web site. "The whole production phase of 'Vengeance Des...

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IMPERANON Part Ways With Guitarist, Announce Replacement

Finland's IMPERANON have parted ways with guitarist Lauri Koskenniemi. Lauri decided to quit IMPERANON to focus on his other band, CRYSTAL BLAZE, according to a posting on the group's web site. A replacement for Koskenniemi has aleady been found in the shape of Teemu Mäntysaari. IMPERANON's debut al...

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CRYSTAL BALL To Enter Studio In Early 2005

Swiss melodic metallers CRYSTAL BALL will enter the studio in January/February 2005 to begin recording their fifth album, tenatively due next summer through Nuclear Blast Records. The upcoming CD will be the follow-up to last year's "Hellvetia", which was recorded and mixed at Roxx studios in Pulhei...