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RUSH Drummer's Big-Screen Debut Set For March

According to Variety, Adult Swim's feature version of surreal animated series "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" — featuring the voice of RUSH drummer Neil Peart — has been set for a March release by First Look Pictures with an opening of more than 800 playdates. The 86-minute pic, written, produced and direc...

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RUSH Drummer Featured On 'Burning For Buddy' DVD

Previously only available on VHS, the complete "Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concerts" and "The Making of Burning for Buddy" videos are now available on DVD. "The Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concerts" contains RUSH drummer Neil Peart performing three songs with the BUDDY RICH BAND at the Ritz...

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MORGANA LEFAY: New Album Details Revealed; Audio Samples Available

Swedish "heavy doom progressive" metallers MORGANA LEFAY have completed work on their new album, "Primal Chaos", at Soundcreation studio in Bollnäs, Sweden for a March 2007 release via Black Mark Records. The follow-up to 2005's "Grand Materia" will feature the following track listing: 01. Delusions...

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ALICE COOPER Saves Christmas For 12-Year-Old Fan

Shamus Toomey of the Chicago Sun-Times reports: Alice Cooper saved Christmas for 12-year-old Carlos "CJ" Cardenas. Well, Alice Cooper and a team of surgeons at Rush University Medical Center. CJ, a sixth-grader from Lake Villa, was feeling pretty down last week as he lay in a hospital bed, recoverin...

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RUSH: 'The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974 – 1987' Certified Gold

RUSH's "The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974 – 1987" compilation, which was originally released in February 2003, was certified gold on November 8, 2006 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies. A collection of some of the band's popular so...

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POISONBLACK: Illness Forces Finnish Gig Cancellations

POISONBLACK, the Finnish band featuring Ville Laihiala (vocals, guitar; formerly of SENTENCED),has been forced to cancel gigs between December 19 and December 21 due to an illness in the group. The group's next gig will take place on December 31 at Teatria in Oulu, Finland. The affected dates are a...

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DREAM THEATER: Audio Interview With JORDAN RUDESS Posted Online

An audio interview with DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess, conducted last month by Rockland World Radio, has been posted online at this location. DREAM THEATER's "Score" two-DVD set was recently certified platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). The set, which sold mor...

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ONESIDEZERO Signs With CORPORATE PUNISHMENT RECORDS

Corporate Punishment has announced the signing of Los Angeles-based ONESIDEZERO. The band is currently in the studio working with producer Ulrich Wild (STATIC-X, STABBING WESTWARD, TAPROOT) on their as-yet-untitled sophomore album, due on April 3, 2007. "We are all very eagerly awaiting the release...

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BLACK SABBATH In The U.K.'s SUN Tabloid

In an almost unprecedented move for a tabloid newspaper, the Sun — the world's biggest-selling English-language newspaper, with over eight million readers a day — has acknowledged the world of heavy metal by reviewing a BLACK SABBATH biography in glowing terms. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", the new SABB...

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Former MARDUK Vocalist LEGION: 'I Don't Give A Sh*t About Those Douchey Christians'

Former MARDUK vocalist Legion (a.k.a. Erik Hagsted) has issued the following update on his ELIZIUM project (formerly REBELANGELS): "Here are two new songs, 'Instigator' and 'Jackal', as made for the merry holiday season, something to crank up your stereo with when your neighbours start singing those...

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RUSH Drummer: New Album Recordings 'Far Ahead Of Schedule'

RUSH drummer Neil Peart has posted a lengthy new update on his official web site. An excerpt follows: "Exactly one year ago (to recap a story begun in earlier reports),my bandmates and I started talking about working on some new songs. Alex and Geddy got together in Geddy's home studio in Toronto a...

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SHADOWS FALL Drummer To Guest On Albany's WZMR THE EDGE This Sunday

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner will be a guest on "Capital Underground" on Albany's 104.9 FM WZMR The Edge this Sunday, December 17 between 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. EST. To listen to the show online, sign up at www.albanyedge.com. Bittner will publish his first-ever drum book, "Out of the Shado...

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VOIVOD Drummer Discusses His Art

Susan Frances of Indie In-Tune has issued the following report: French-Canadian mathematician, painter, and musician Michel Langevin is a conceptual artist whose creations depict the negative forces of technology's nature, often representations of the surreal, the macabre, and the destructive. His f...

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SHADOWS FALL's BITTNER To Release Drum Book In January

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner has issued the following update: "The SHAD have been very busy finishing up our latest album which we are all very, very proud of. At this point we are mastering, looking into shooting the first video, and trying to set a street date. Right now all we can say is .....

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SHADOWS FALL Frontman: New Album Is 'As Complete A Metal Record As Possible'

SHADOWS FALL frontman Brian Fair has issued the following update: "We are back in [Massachusetts]. Just in time for the snow and cold weather! Perfect timing. "After six weeks on the West Coast recording the new album 'Threads of Life' with Nick Raskulinecz [FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR, RUSH] at Studio...