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SILENT FORCE: New Studio Photos Posted Online
SILENT FORCE, the power metal band featuring ex-ROYAL HUNT singer D.C. Cooper, have entered House of Music studio in Winterbach, Germany with producer Dennis Ward to begin recording the drums for their new album, tentatively due in early 2006 via AFM Records. Check out pictures from the studio at th...November 13, 2005
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LED ZEPPELIN: Polar Music Prize Announcement Video Posted Online
LED ZEPPELIN were named the recipients of the annual Polar Music Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in Stockholm on Monday (Nov. 7). Watch the announcement video at this location. The citation issued by the Academy called LED ZEPPELIN "one of the great pioneers of rock" and commented that t...November 8, 2005
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OZZY Talks About MAIDEN Vs. SHARON Fiasco, 'Under Cover' CD: Audio Available
Ozzy Osbourne spoke to Doug Podell of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM earlier this month about his recently released "Under Cover" album, the Ozzfest fiasco involving IRON MAIDEN, and his surprise appearance at the ABC's "NFL Kickoff" show in September, among other topics. Listen to the seven-minute intervi...November 8, 2005
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OZZY OSBOURNE To Perform For QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Ozzy Osbourne has been forced to pull out of his upcoming appearance at the Spike TV "Video Game Awards" later this month due to a personal request from Buckingham Palace to perform for Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Family's annual "Royal Variety Performance". Regrettably, the rehearsal and perfor...November 7, 2005
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LED ZEPPELIN Win Polar Music Prize
CBC Arts is reporting that LED ZEPPELIN and Russian conductor Valery Gergiev have been named the 2006 winners of the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm. Founded in 1989 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and Stig Anderson, manager of Swedish pop group ABBA, the annual prize honors one pop and one cla...November 7, 2005
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NEW YORK DOLLS To Enter Studio In January
According to Roadrunner Records, seminal punk rock artists the NEW YORK DOLLS will enter the studio in January 2006 to begin recording their much-anticipated comeback effort, tentatively due next spring. Featuring founding members David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain, with Steve Conte (guitar),Sami Y...November 4, 2005
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STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Drummer Checks In From The Road
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD drummer Gene Hoglan has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "As you all know, STRAPPING is hittin' the road. Actually, we've hit it. We're in Lawrence, Kansas tonight, as the 'Category 5-Fifteen Years of Fear' shitstorm blows into town. I am gonna do my...October 29, 2005
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Australian Guitarists Attempt To Break World Record With DEEP PURPLE's 'Smoke On The Water'
According to Australia's The Age, Melbourne guitarists will attempt to break an 11-year Guinness World Record on Sunday (Oct. 29) by playing the classic riff to DEEP PURPLE's "Smoke on the Water". To celebrate the Hard Rock Cafe's 10th birthday and raise funds for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,...October 27, 2005
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BLOODSIMPLE To Open For DISTURBED On JÄGERMEISTER MUSIC TOUR's Second Leg
The ever-growing, ever-raging Jägermeister Music Tour is set to charge this fall. This time out, DISTURBED leads the assault. CORROSION OF CONFORMITY serves as direct support on the first leg of the tour and BLOODSIMPLE will do the honors on the second leg. Each night a Jägermeister-sponsored band w...October 26, 2005
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SILENT FORCE Sign With AFM RECORDS
SILENT FORCE, the power metal band featuring ex-ROYAL HUNT singer D.C. Cooper, have inked new deals with Germany's AFM Records and Japan's King Records. The band will enter House of Music studio in Winterbach, Germany in the next couple of weeks with producer Dennis Ward to begin recording the drums...October 24, 2005
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ROYAL HUNT Announce One-Off Russian Concert
Danish/American hard rockers ROYAL HUNT will be playing one-off show at Music hall in St. Petersburg, Russia on November 2, 2005. More information is available at www.musichall.spb.ru. ROYAL HUNT are touring in support of their latest album, "Paper Blood". The follow-up to 2003's "Eyewitness" was re...October 23, 2005
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DEFLESHED: 'Grind And Rewind' Video Posted Online
DEFLESHED's video for the track "Grind and Rewind" has been posted online at this location. "Grind and Rewind" comes off the Swedish death/thrash metallers' latest album, "Reclaim the Beat", available now on Sweden's Regain Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Royal Straight Flesh" was recorded at Dug-...October 23, 2005
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EXHUMED: Fall/Winter Tour Dates Announced
EXHUMED have announced fall/winter tour dates in support of their upcoming release, "Garage Daze Re-Regurgitated", to be issued on Parasitic Twin Records, distributed via Relapse Records. These West Coast gore fiends will kick off their five week tour on October 27 in Aptos, CA. Throughout the cours...October 20, 2005
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RAMONES: Norwegian Tribute Album, Special Concert Performance Planned For Next Week
To celebrate the release of the tribute album "Leaving Home - A Norwegian Tribute to the Ramones", 15 Norwegian bands will hit the stage at Rockefeller in Oslo on October 25 to play their favorite RAMONES tunes. The lineup includes acts like BACKSTREET GIRLS w/ CASINO STEEL, SILVER, THE MORMONES, GR...October 19, 2005
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ROYAL HUNT: 'We're Not The Ones To Blame' For European Tour Cancellation
Danish/American hard rockers ROYAL HUNT have issued the following statement regarding the cancellation/postponement (see previous BLABBERMOUTH.NET story) of their European tour: "Just got home and saw that there´s a lot of different 'statements' and other general opinions (mostly negative) on our re...October 16, 2005