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ALICE COOPER Contributes New Song To 'BloodRayne' Soundtrack: Audio Available

ALICE COOPER has contributed a new song, "Mankind", to the soundtrack of the upcoming movie "BloodRayne", which is the cinematic prequel to Majesco's popular videogame. Check out Cooper's song at this location. The movie hits theaters on January 6, 2006 and stars the likes of Michael Madsen, Kristan...

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BLIND GUARDIAN: New Album Update

BLIND GUARDIAN frontman Hansi Kürsch has posted the following message at the band's web site: "A sign of life message just to let you know that Christmas is getting closer and we are still not done with recordings, yet. But that is the good news for the album: we are still on schedule. The descripti...

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HELLOWEEN: Polish Concert Cancelled Due To Poor Ticket Sales

German power metallers HELLOWEEN have been forced to cancel their Polish concert, which was scheduled for January 12, 2006 at Poznan's Arena due to "poor ticket sales," according to the promoter, Metalfest. Only 150 tickets (for an over-4,000-capacity venue) had reportedly been sold at the time of t...

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HELLOWEEN Cancel Belgrade Gig

German power metallers HELLOWEEN have been forced to cancel their previously announced January 27, 2006 concert in Belgrade, Serbia due to "organizational problems." The concert will be rescheduled during the summer festival season 2006. As previously reported, HELLOWEEN's entire pre-Nuclear Blast c...

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BLIND SIGHT Sign With GSR MUSIC

Dutch metal band BLIND SIGHT have inked a deal with GSR Music. The group's full-length debut, "The Tenderstrike Salvation", is scheduled for release late March 2006. The album's title cut can currently be previewed on the band's MySpace.com page. BLIND SIGHT had previously released a six-song EP, en...

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Killadelphia (Audio)

LAMB OF GOD is an important band to the world of heavy metal, arguably as important as stalwarts PANTERA and SLAYER. And by important I mean LAMB OF GOD has proven the genre's staying power by moving units AND playing an uncompromising style of pure American metal. As such, the popularity of LAMB OF...

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World of Lies

My last memory of Australia's THE BERZERKER is seeing them perform with ORIGIN, VADER, and IMMOLATION a couple of years ago. I recall being intrigued by the masked madmen, but not all that moved with the music itself, though I did find some redeeming value in the forceful, samples-laden approach. Ad...

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PERSUADER Hard At Work On Third Album: Studio Diary Available

PERSUADER, the Swedish winners of the 2003 "Young Metal Gods" award, are recording their third full-length effort at Powerhouse studio in Hamburg, Germany with producer (and SAVAGE CIRCUS bandmate) Piet Sielck (IRON SAVIOR). The follow-up to 2004's "Evolution Purgatory" (Sanctuary/Noise),entitled "...

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Report: Club Where DIMEBAG Was Murdered Continues To Be Blacklisted By Bands, Booking Agents

Aaron Beck and John Futty of The Columbus Dispatch have issued the following report: Shortly after 10 p.m. on Dec. 8, 2004, Nathan Gale of Marysville climbed a security fence outside the Alrosa Villa nightclub. The Texas heavy-metal band DAMAGEPLAN had just begun playing its first song, Breathing Ne...

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SAVAGE CIRCUS Confirmed For Germany's DONG OPEN AIR Festival

SAVAGE CIRCUS, the new band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch and PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson (vocals, guitar) and Emil Norberg (lead guitar),are the first confirmed band for next year's edition of the Dong Open Air festival, set to take place July 14-15 in Germany. "As one...

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OZZY OSBOURNE On Wife SHARON: 'I Still Love And Adore Her So Much'

Sun Online recently conducted an exclusive interview with Ozzy Osbourne. Several excerpts from the chat follow: On being married to Sharon for more than two decades: "All couples have their arguments, fights and break-ups, but when I was drinking heavily everything was a problem, because I was so me...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Issues Post-Tour Update

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "That's it, we are now back home in Sweden and there are no more shows scheduled. We had a fantastic five weeks on the road with STRATOVARIUS! Thank you Timo, Timo, Jörg, Lauri and especially Jens, I...

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KORN Perform On Airplane For Contest Winners And U.S. Soldiers: Photos Available

KORN took the art of live performance to the next level today when they became the first multi-platinum rock band to perform a set while at 37,000 feet on board a transatlantic private aircraft en route to New York from London. The audience was made up of European MTV contest winners and eight U.S....

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DEEP PURPLE Frontman: 'RITCHIE BLACKMORE Is Wasting His Time'

Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan. A coulple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metalshrine: Have you heard any of the BLACKMORE'S NIGHT stuff? Ian Gillan: "I have! I had to do an anomynous review. I heard his records and I listened to it very c...

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HELLOWEEN: Early Albums To Be Reissued

HELLOWEEN's entire pre-Nuclear Blast catalog will reportedy be reissued via Sanctuary during 2006. The albums will apparently be remastered and will contain bonus tracks, including b-sides and other rarities, the details of which have yet to be revealed. The following albums will be re-released on J...