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REALITY ENTERTAINMENT Opens Online Network

Reality Entertainment has announced the opening of its own worldwide online network. Reality Entertainment Online will serve as a distributor for select companies and catalog owners to release or re-release their products through the Reality Online network. "The online market is just beginning to co...

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KROKUS Singer Offers Songwriting Update

KROKUS frontman Marc Storace has posted a lengthy update on his web site on the songwriting sessions for the group's new studio album, tentatively due in early 2005. The message reads as follows: "For the first time since the 'Rock the Block' writing period for KROKUS (2002) and the 'Wars Of Gods An...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD Festival

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach is the latest act confirmed to appear at the 2005 installment of the Bang Your Head!!! feastival, set to take place June 24-25 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. Bang Your Head!!! 2005 will be marks the festival's 10th anniversary and the theme of next year...

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Former BLACK SABBATH, KROKUS Singers To Tour With WHOLE LOTTA METAL

Former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin, PHENOMENA frontman Matt Moreton and ex-KROKUS vocalist Carl Sentance will be touring with the U.K. rock show known as WHOLE LOTTA METAL beginning in early February 2005. The show, which toured early 2004 to "brilliant" reviews, reportedly features music from...

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Heavy Metal Musicians Speak Out On Rising Anti-American Sentiment Around The World

Norway's Imhotep 'zine recently asked more than 60 heavy metal and hard rock musicians to answer the following question regarding the current political situation in the world: What's your opinion on the rising tide of the anti-American sentiment around the world and to what would you attribute this?...

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KROKUS In Pre-Production For New Album

Veteran Swiss hard rockers KROKUS have entered the studio (photo) to begin pre-production for their follow-up to 2003's "Rock the Block", tentatively due in early 2005. "Today they made a first selection of ... 30 songs!" reads a posting on the band's web site. "Some great material! We will keep you...

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KROKUS' STORACE Says He Passed On AC/DC Singer Job

KROKUS frontman Marc Storace recently talked with ClassicRockRevisited.com about the early comparisons between the veteran Swiss hard rock outfit and AC/DC. "When the question came through the grapevine after Bon [Scott's] death to join AC/DC I didn't know whether to believe it or not but I turned i...

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SYBREED: Debut Album Due In September

Reality Entertainment will release the debut album from Swiss band SYBREED on September 7, 2004. Reality CEO, Warren Croyle, explains, "The current Eurometal scene is paving the way for the rest of the world in that genre. When I heard SYBREED, I was completely taken with these four very young music...

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DESTRUCTION Replace MARDUK At Germany's ROCK HARD Festival

German thrashers DESTRUCTION have replaced MARDUK on the bill of the Rock Hard festival, set to take place on May 28-30 at Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. As previously reported, MARDUK were forced to drop off the bill following the departure of bassist B.War. Other groups scheduled to perfo...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION, DOOMSWORD Drop Off Germany's ROCK HARD Festival

MALEVOLENT CREATION and DOOMSWORD have cancelled their participation in the upcoming the Rock Hard Festival on May 28-30 at Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. MALEVOLENT CREATION are citing their booking agent's failure to book additional dates around the festival as the reason for their cancel...

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KROKUS To Tour The U.S. In The Fall

Veteran Swiss hard rockers KROKUS will tour the United States throughout this fall for the first time in nearly 15 years with vocalist Marc Storace and guitarist Fernando von Arb reunited. Over the past 25 years, KROKUS have sold more than 10 million albums worldwide, the bulk of those recordings be...

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KROKUS Singer MARC STORACE: TV Interview Posted Online

A six-minute interview with KROKUS singer Marc Storace that aired on the Swiss TV show "Telebar" on Friday, May 7 has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). As previously reported, KROKUS will celebrate their 25-year anniversary this summer with the U.S. release of two new albums. The...

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KROKUS Perform Unplugged Version Of 'Screaming In The Night': Video Available

An "unplugged" version of the KROKUS classic "Screaming In the Night", filmed during a TV appearance earlier this year, has been posted online in Quicktime format at this location. The original video for the song, which appeared on the group's breakthrough 1983 release "Headhunter", can be seen here...

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KROKUS: New Studio, Live Albums To See U.S. Release This Summer

Veteran Swiss hard rockers KROKUS will celebrate their 25-year anniversary this summer with the U.S. release of two new albums. The first CD, "Fire and Gasoline", is a collection of the band's greatest hits recorded live on their last European tour. Classic KROKUS songs like "Screaming In the Night"...

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KROKUS Take Time Off To Write New Material

After successful concerts in Germany, Switzerland and Austria this winter, veteran Swiss hard rockers KROKUS will take a few weeks off to write new material for their next studio production. This summer the band will play some summer festivals, including the Rock Hard Festival on May 29-30 at Amphit...