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STUCK MOJO To Enter Studio With Producer ANDY SNEAP In February

FOZZY/STUCK MOJO guitarist Rich Ward has posted a lengthy message on his official web site reflecting on the events of 2005 and offering an update on the STUCK MOJO "comeback" album, which the band are scheduled to begin recording in February 2006. An excerpt from the posting follows: "As 2005 has p...

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WINDS To Begin Recording Their 'Most Progressive And Technically Challenging' Album

Norway’s progressive metal act WINDS — comprised of singer Lars Eric Si (KHOLD),guitarist Carl August Tidemann (ARCTURUS),keyboardist Andy Winter (AGE OF SILENCE) and Jan Axel Von Blomberg (ARCTURUS, MAYHEM) — will be entering the studio this week for continued work on their as-yet-untitled follow...

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Fear in a Handful of Dust

One moment while I Q-Tip the blood out of my ears. There we go. So why does it take a label in Austria to sign a fearsome thrash-beast from Chicago when said band has been in our midst since 2000? For shame U.S. labels, you've missed a golden opportunity to sign a band called HURTLOCKER, ...

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LED ZEPPELIN's ROBERT PLANT Signs Chair For Charity

According to Canada's London Free Press, LED ZEPPELIN legend Robert Plant didn't hesitate when he was asked to autograph a chair for a good cause while in London, Ontario for a September concert. "I used to smash these things, not sign them," he quipped. Other well-known figures who've appeared at t...

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LIV KRISTINE To Release New Solo Album In March

Norwegian singer Liv Kristine (LEAVES' EYES, ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY) will release her new solo album, "Enter My Religion", on March 6, 2006 via Roadrunner Records. A digipack EP, entitled "Fake a Smile", will precede the full-length CD on January 27, containing the title cut plus four non-album track...

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LIV KRISTINE: Photos From 'Fake A Smile' Video Shoot Posted Online

Several photos from Norwegian singer Liv Kristine's (LEAVES' EYES, ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY) first solo video shoot (which took place on Nov. 19) have been posted online at this location. The song in question, "Fake a Smile", will appear on Kristine's forthcoming solo album, "Enter My Religion", tentat...

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DEEP PURPLE Drummer To Perform At U.K. Charity Concert

DEEP PUPLE drummer Ian Paice will be accompanied by several other "top musicians" for an appearance at a charity show in Reading, U.K. on Friday, January 13, 2006. All profits from the event will be donated to organizer DrumWright's adopted charity, Tong-Len, which supports primary education for hig...

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ANGRA Drummer, MCBRAIN DAMAGE Vocalist To Appear On STYGIA Album

Drummer Aquiles Priester (ANGRA),virtuoso keyboardist Richard Andersson (TIME REQUIEM, MAJESTIC, SPACE ODYSSEY) and vocalist Jonathan Murphy (MCBRAIN DAMAGE) are among the musicians contributing to the new demo recording from STYGIA, the project of Todd Seitz, an up-and-coming "shred" guitarist fro...

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THE HELLACOPTERS: 'Rock & Roll Is Dead' To Receive U.S. Release In January

"Rock & Roll Is Dead", the acclaimed new album from Swedish rockers THE HELLACOPTERS — whose multiple Grammy awards and gold records in their home country have helped the quintet build a rabid fan base not only in their native Europe, but around the entire world — will be released in America on...

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AEROSMITH's TYLER, PERRY Receive $2 Million To Perform At Bat Mitzvah

According to The Boston Globe, AEROSMITH singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry made some easy money playing a big-bucks bat mitzvah in New York the other night. The Daily News reports that the dynamic duo were paid $2 million by Long Island defense contractor David H. Brooks to gig at his daug...

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KORN Fan Sues City Of Tacoma Over Concert Injury

MTV.com is reporting that a KORN fan is suing the city of Tacoma, Washington, because he got knocked over at a concert and was forced to leave, despite being injured. The fan claims in a suit filed in Pierce County Court last week that he was jumped on and knocked down a level in the ...

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LEAVES' EYES Frontwoman Shoots First Solo Video Clip

Norwegian singer Liv Kristine (LEAVES' EYES, ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY) shot her first solo video clip on November 19. The song in question, "Fake a Smile", will appear on Kristine's forthcoming solo album, "Enter My Religion", tentatively due in early 2006 on Roadrunner Records. "The visual realization...

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Fallen VADER Drummer's Family Launches Tribute Site

The family of Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski — the legendary VADER/DIES IRAE drummer who passed away last summer — has launched a tribute site for Doc on MySpace. "This site is a tribute to our beloved husband and father," reads a posting on the site. "One of the greatest and most wonderful people. One...

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Opinion: Former Girlfriend's 'Slander' Lawsuit Against GENE SIMMONS Should Have Been Dismissed

Julie Hilden, a FindLaw columnist who graduated from Yale Law School in 1992 and practiced First Amendment law at the D.C. law firm of Williams & Connolly from 1996-99, believes that a former girlfriend's slander suit against KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons ought to have been dismissed. Plain...

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AS I LAY DYING, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, MADBALL Featured On 'Metal=Life' Compilation

AS I LAY DYING, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, MADBALL and MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD are among the acts featured on the "Metal=Life" compilation CD/DVD, which is being released by Sub City Records, along with Hot Topic. 100 percent of Hot Topic's profits from the release will go to The Hot Topic Foundation, a charity...