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BLIND GUARDIAN Sign With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

Nuclear Blast has announced the addition of a new member to the family — BLIND GUARDIAN. One of the most significant and successful international power metal bands who "reinvented classic metal for a younger audience" according to Metal Edge, the trademarked BLIND GUARDIAN experience is described as...

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DEEP PURPLE Singer Putting Finishing Touches On Anniversary CD

DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan has finished recording several songs for his new album, "Gillan's Inn", which will document and celebrate his 40 years in the rock world. Tracks completed thus far include "Hang Me Out To Dry", "Sugar Plum", "Day Late And A Dollar Short", "Unchain Your Brain", "Speed...

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BRAZEN ABBOT: New Album Audio Samples Posted Online

Frontiers Records has uploaded several audio samples from the new BRAZEN ABBOT album, "My Resurrection", due in Europe on June 6. The CD features guest appearances by the folliowing singers: Joe Lynn Turner (ex-RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),Göran Edman (ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, GLORY),Tony H...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Singer Says There Will Be 'No Delay' In Production Of New Album

BLIND GUARDIAN singer Hansi Kürsch has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "First of all I would like to say how much we all appreciate the way you are dealing with the split [with drummer Thomen Stauch]. It is, as some of you have pointed out, not the end of the ...

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MOTÖRHEAD, LYNCH MOB Members Added To List Of Guests For LIBERTY N' JUSTICE CD

Oni Logan (LYNCH MOB),Phil Naro (TALAS, PETER CRISS BAND),Ez Gomer (JET CIRCUS) and Josh Kramer (SAINT) are the latest guest vocalists scheduled to appear on the new album from Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE. The group's "all-star" CD, "Soundtrack of a Soul", will feature sixteen well-known...

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U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK Festival Backed By Mighty WACKEN

The mighty German heavy metal festival, Wacken, has leant its European marketing muscle to the U.K. in a global demonstration of support for the launch of Bloodstock Open Air (B-O-A) — the leading independent U.K. festival that is dedicated to heavy metal music. With Wacken's support, B-O-A will be...

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IRON SAVIOR Mainman Comments On New Label, Collaboration With Ex-BLIND GUARDIAN Drummer

IRON SAVIOR mainman mainman/producer Piet Sielck has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "You haven't been hearing from me in a while since I was and still am loaded with work. Nevertheless I think it's about time to give you an update of what has happened or is about to ha...

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SAVAGE CIRCUS: Former BLIND GUARDIAN Drummer Joins Forces With PERSUADER Members

Former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch has teamed up with PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson (vocals, guitar) and Emil Norberg (lead guitar) in a new project called SAVAGE CIRCUS. This collaboration is not to be confused with Stauch's as-yet-unnamed band with SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid,...

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UNCUT Magazine Celebrates Rock Legends LED ZEPPELIN With Double Cover Special

According to BrandRepublic,com, Uncut, IPC's music and movie magazine, is producing a special May edition devoted to the 40-year-long career of iconic hard rock group LED ZEPPELIN. This celebratory issue will be released with a choice of two covers, with one featuring lead singer Robert Plant and th...

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MOONSKIN Bassist Releases New Solo Album

Maor Appelbaum, bassist of the Israeli "dark metal" band MOONSKIN, has released another solo album of his "dark avant-garde musical trip to the abyss of one's mind and soul." Released under the VECTORSCOPE banner, the CD, entitled "Monitoring the Blind", is said to be "an unlimited and groundbreakin...

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DEMONS & WIZARDS: New Album Details Revealed

DEMONS & WIZARDS, the project featuring Jon Schaffer of ICED EARTH and Hansi Kürsch of BLIND GUARDIAN, have set "Touched by the Crimson King" as the title of their sophomore album, due June 27 via SPV Records. The follow-up to the group's 2001 self-titled CD, "Touched by the Crimson King" will f...

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Former BLIND GUARDIAN Drummer Explains His Departure

Former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch has issued another statement explaining in greater detail the circumstances that led to his departure from the group. Stauch's statement reads as follows: "Hi friends, "I hope this news doesn’t shock you too much, but from this point on I am no longer BLIN...

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Behind that ugly-even-for-Metal-Blade artwork lies one snarling evil genius of a record! INTO THE MOAT is more of a science experiment gone awry than a band (see: SPIRAL ARCHITECT, DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, Canada's MARTYR, and throw in tangential influence everywhere from ATHEIST to GORGUTS to MESHUGG...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Part Ways With Drummer

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have parted ways with longtime drummer Thomen Stauch. Frontman Hansi Kürsch's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "No news is good news. This obviously is bad news. After walking along the same musical paths for about 20 years and after several lo...

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FATES WARNING: 'Awaken The Guardian' Reissue To Include Demos, Live Recordings

Metal Blade Records has set a June 13 European release date for an expanded edition of FATES WARNING's 1986 classic "Awaken the Guardian" album. The three-disc set consisting of two CDs and one DVD will include remastered versions of the album's original eight tracks, a complete CD of live and demo...