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Ex-KISS Guitarist BRUCE KULICK Offers Fall Update

Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick has posted a lengthy update on his official web site. An excerpt from the message follows: "Fall is here! Busy, of course, and I have so much to tell you all. Just came back from the big Arlington Texas Guitar show the largest vintag...

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SAXON Frontman Apologizes For South American Concert Cancellations

SAXON frontman Biff Byford has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "First of all we have to say a big sorry to our South American fans. Thomas [Jensen, SAXON manager] has had to made some quite brutal decisions. There was some problems with the visas and some other business...

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THRESHOLD Confirms Album Cover Artist

U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD have confirmed that their new CD artwork will be created by Thomas Ewerhard, whose credits include KING'S X, VANDEN PLAS and ASIA. Thomas Ewerhard has been responsible for THRESHOLD's artwork since 1998, including the iconic "Hypothetical" and "Subsurface" covers...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Break Silence On New Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: The SMASHING PUMPKINS have broken the silence surrounding the band's first new album since its break-up in 2000. Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin — or least someone with the initials "JC" writing under the heading "Jimmy's Love Letters" — has posted two messages to the band's...

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BLINDED COLONY: 'Bedtime Prayers' Album Delayed

The release date of the sophomore CD from Sweden's BLINDED COLONY, entitled "Bedtime Prayers", has been pushed to January 9. "The primary reason for this delay can be cited as a technical problem in the manufacturing and duplication process," reads a press release. "Both the Pivotal Rockordings labe...

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PHENOMENA Triple-CD Digipack To Arrive In December

Escape Music has announced the forthcoming release of a triple-CD digipack which combines the first three PHENOMENA albums. These three classic recordings include an all-star cast of musicians that include Glenn Hughes, Brian May, Ray Gillan, Scott Gorham and Don Airey, plus many others. All three a...

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TRASHLIGHT VISION Frontman Assaulted In North Carolina; Band Forced To Pull Off Tour

TRASHLIGHT VISION vocalist/guitarist Acey Slade (ex-MURDERDOLLS) was attacked from behind on Monday, October 16 by an unknown patron and hit several times in the head with a beer bottle inside the bar where the band had performed earlier in the evening. He was treated for a concussion and laceration...

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EXHORDER: Live Clip From 1991 Posted Online

A video clip of long-defunct New Orleans metallers EXHORDER — cited by many as the originators of the riff-heavy power-groove approach popularized by PANTERA — performing the song "Homicide" at the Gibus club in Paris, France on March 13, 1991 has been posted online at YouTube.com. As previously rep...

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NOSTRADAMEUS Announces New Guitarist

NOSTRADAMEUS drummer Esko Salow has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "This is a happy moment for us in NOSTRADAMEUS. Time has come for us too announce the latest addition to the band, a dear friend and excellent guitar player with the name Lennart Specht. After the decis...

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SAXON Manager 'Explains' South American/Mexican Tour Cancellation

SAXON's manager Thomas Jensen has finally released a statement regarding the cancellation of the group's South American/Mexican tour (as BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on October 6). In an Oct. 11 posting on the band's official web site, Jensen writes, "Unfortunately I have to announce that SAXON h...

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TRASHLIGHT VISION: 'Alibis And Ammunition' To Receive U.S. Release In November

TRASHLIGHT VISION, the new band featuring featuring former MURDERDOLLS guitarist Acey Slade, will release its first album, titled "Alibis and Ammunition", in the U.S. on indie label EVO Recordings on November 14. The CD has early pre-release ordering at a discounted price available at www.evorecordi...

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Haunted Mill Gets ALICE Cooper's Scary Seal Of Approval

Stephanie Antonian Rutherford of BattleCreekEnquirer.com reports: Shock-rocker Alice Cooper is famous for tunes like "No More Mr. Nice Guy", but to his fans, Cooper is the nicest guy around. Cooper was in this southeastern Calhoun County village on Wednesday to pose for photos and sign autographs wi...

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IMPIOUS Putting Finishing Touches On New Album

Guitarist Valle Adzic of the Swedish death/thrashers IMPIOUS has issued the following update: "The new album is almost done. This weekend we'll do some last bits of recording. We'll also have Thomas Backelin from mighty LORD BELIAL come over for some guest vocals on a slower and very dark track. Wil...

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PROCESS OF GUILT Signs With MAJOR LABEL INDUSTRIES

Portuguese post-doom act PROCESS OF GUILT has signed a deal with Major Label Industries. The band has been garnering rave reviews with their "Demising Grace" and "Portraits of Regret" demos, and will now unleash its debut album, named "Renounce", on November 6. "Renounce" was recorded in Quinta Dime...

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BALTIMOORE: Swedish Tour Dates Announced

Swedish melodic hard rockers BALTIMOORE have lined up the following dates in Sweden during the coming months: Oct. 29 - Hard Rock Cafe - Stockholm Nov. 03 - Harrys - Eskilstuna Nov. 04 - Mariannes - Falun Nov. 10 - Flottaren - Vansbro Nov. 11 - Club Sisters - Söderhamn Nov. 15 - Nyhetsmorgon TV4 ...