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POWERMAN 5000 To Release Collection Of Rarities

POWERMAN 5000 are tentatively scheduled to release a collection of rarities later in the year. "With all of this recent down time I have been going through the PM5K archives and have discovered a multitude of rare and many unreleased tracks, POWERMAN 5000 frontman Spider One wrote in a recent online...

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THE IRON MAIDENS Part Ways With BRUCE CHICKINSON, Vow To Carry On

THE IRON MAIDENS, one of the best-known IRON MAIDEN tribute bands in existence (featuring members of the long-running Los Angeles hard rock band PHANTOM BLUE),have parted ways with vocalist Jenny Warren (a.k.a. Bruce Chickinson). "Up until this time we have tried to keep things under tight lip to a...

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SPEEDY GONZALES Sign With AOR HEAVEN RECORDS

SPEEDY GONZALES, the Swedish melodic hard rock outfit featuring former CANDLEMASS/TALK OF THE TOWN vocalist Thomas Vikström and TALISMAN/ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN bassist Marcel Jacob, will release a new album in July on the AOR Heaven label. Founded in early 1990 by Vikström, Tommy Denander (guitars, RAD...

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JEFF PILSON Is Really, Really Excited About The New WAR AND PEACE CD

Former DOKKEN/DIO bassist Jeff Pilson has posted the following message on his official web site: "The WAR AND PEACE CD is being mastered today, so should have some sound clips up soon. There will probably be clips up on the Z Records website as well, I'll try and make our clips different — for varie...

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OBITUARY Officially Confirmed For New Jersey's MARCH METAL MELTDOWN VI Festival

Reunited death metal legends OBITUARY have officially confirmed their appearance at next month's March Metal Meltdown VI festival in Irvington, New Jersey. "I read on Blabbermouth (Feb 16th) that [singer] John [Tardy] said he wasn't sure if OBITUARY confirmed the March Metal Meltdown, but I had conf...

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1349 Set U.S. Release Date For 'Beyond the Apocalypse'

1349, the Norwegian black metal band featuring SATYRICON drummer Frost, have set a May 4 U.S. release date through Candlelight Records for their second full-length album, "Beyond the Apocalypse". Recorded, mixed and produced at Studio Nyhagen in Norway, the follow-up to last year's "Liberation" was...

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SADUS To Record New Album In The Summer

TESTAMENT/SADUS bassist Steve DiGiorgio has posted the following message on his official web site: "Since the last update things have seemed really grim. But the past few months have had a definite turn for the better. Life was really turned upside down last October when [SADUS drummer] Jon [Allen]'...

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MURDERDOLLS Singer Checks In With Solo Tour Update

MURDERDOLLS frontman Wednesday 13 has posted the following update on his official web site: "The week started off bad because we had an ice/snow storm here in [North Carolina]. This made it a difficult task to travel to rehearsals as well as the show on Thursday. However, we made it through mother n...

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DAMAGEPLAN Singer: Promo Tour Report

DAMAGEPLAN frontman Patrick Lachman (ex-HALFORD) has posted the following message to the official DAMAGEPLAN fan site www.damageplan.net: "GODDAMN! We did it… we made it back alive… The DAMAGEPLAN promo tour was a huge success! We thank everyone at Elektra Records that was involved for their time an...

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BLOWSIGHT: Former DRAIN STH Guitarist's New Music Posted Online

BLOWSIGHT, the Swedish band featuring former DRAIN STH guitarist Flavia Canel on bass, have posted several recent demo tracks via their official web site. The songs available for download are as follows: 01. Colder (mp3) 02. When You're Drunk (mp3) 03. Your Bedroom (mp3) 04. What If I (

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Former THIN LIZZY/MOTÖRHEAD Guitarist To Tour With FIVE FIFTEEN

Former THIN LIZZY/MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Brian "Robbo" Robertson will play a couple of dates as a special guest with FIVE FIFTEEN in Scandinavia at the end of February. FIVE FIFTEEN are out promoting their new album, "The Sensational Five Fifteen", with the line-up of Mika Jarvinen (guitar & vocals...

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FEAR FACTORY Make 'Surprise' Appearance At Sydney BIG DAY OUT Festival

FEAR FACTORY tour manager Chris Raughley has posted a "review" of the band's "surprise" appearance at the Sydney, Australia Big Day Out festival Friday afternoon (January 23). It reads as follows: "Hi all, today's show was truly spectacular. The band was on, and so was the crowd. Our show was in a b...

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TIM OWENS: 'I Would Never Rejoin JUDAS PRIEST'

Former JUDAS PRIEST/current ICED EARTH singer Tim Owens spoke to FoundryMusic.com Friday (January 16) about his departure from PRIEST, the "drinking incident" with ICED EARTH guitarist Jon Schaffer that was spotlighted in the current issue of Revolver magazine, and his plans for a solo project. Aske...

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The Glorious Burden

ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer hit the heavy metal jackpot when he managed to convince former JUDAS PRIEST screamer Tim Owens to join the group's ranks following the departure of longtime singer Matt Barlow earlier in the year. Arguably the finest metal vocalist of the last decade, Owens' prowess w...

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INCANTATION Cancel Chilean Tour Dates, Slam Session Guitarist

INCANTATION have been forced to cancel their previously announced Chilean tour dates due to the alleged incompetence of their Chilean tour promoter. The following is the band's official statement on the matter: "INCANTATION and Tumba Records would like to apologize to the Chilean metal fans because...