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Legendary THE GERMS/NIRVANA Guitarist PAT SMEAR Schedules NAMM Appearance

Hagstrom has announced that the legendary THE GERMS/NIRVANA guitarist Pat Smear will be appearing at the Hagstrom booth #4818 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 20 at the NAMM Show, Anaheim Convention Center. Pat Smear, currently with the reincarnation of THE GERMS and formerly of the FO...

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MEGADETH Guitarist To Finish Mixing New EIDOLON Album This Week

MEGADETH/EIDOLON guitarist Glen Drover has posted the following message on the EIDOLON web site: "A little update to let you know where we now stand with the completion of [the new EIDOLON album] 'The Parallel Otherworld'... "We started mixing on the 4th of this month with all things looking very go...

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THE GATHERING Sign European Licensing Deal With SANCTUARY RECORDS

Sanctuary Records has signed a European licensing deal with the world-renowned Dutch act THE GATHERING. THE GATHERING recently entered the studio to commence work on their ninth studio album, entitled "Home". For this recording the band has set up a professional studio in a quaint old church in the...

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KINGDOM COME To Re-Record 'Get It On' For New CD

KINGDOM COME's webmaster Marko (brother of KINGDOM COME mainman Lenny Wolf) has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "After several breaks, due to a tendinitis in Lenny's arm, he is back rocking the studio, but the end is in sight. As I mentioned before, especially after he...

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Wake Pig

Not (thank the gods) the '80s delete-bin staple featuring ELP alumni Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer, this 3 is in fact a weird, proggy upstate New York band that pals around with COHEED AND CAMBRIA and gets compared to THE MARS VOLTA. Fans of either of these groups, PORCUPINE TREE, or the late and la...

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DEEP PURPLE To Be Saluted At MONTREUX

TheRockRadio.com is reporting that DEEP PURPLE will return to the scene of the crime, as it were, this summer. The group is being honored by the Montreux Jazz Festival, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Details are still being worked out, but DEEP PURPLE will be celebrated at a nu...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Looks Back On 2005, Talks About Upcoming Solo CD

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman recently gave an interview to his official web site regarding his recent and upcoming activities. The question-and-answer session follows: Q: 2005 was a big year for you with 6 months on a hit TV series, three live DVDs, lots of new music of your own as well...

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Former FATES WARNING Guitarist To Guest On New EIDOLON Album

MEGADETH/EIDOLON guitarist Glen Drover has posted the following message on EIDOLON's official web site: "Just a little update to let you know that Frank Aresti (FATES WARNING) has now added a solo for a song on the new album called 'Parable'. The solo is placed in a solo section where me and Frank w...

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OBITUARY Frontman Talks About Split With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Zach Palmer of DoomsdayMusic.com recently conducted an interview with OBITUARY frontman John Tardy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Doomsday Music: Now, this album ["Frozen In Time"], if I'm not mistaken, this was the final album on the Roadrunner contract, is that correct? John Tardy: "Y...

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LOCH VOSTOK Part Ways With Keyboardist, Announce Replacement

LOCH VOSTOK, who call themselves "Sweden's most extreme progressive metal act," have parted ways with keyboardist Andreas Lindahl. "[Andreas] quit LOCH VOSTOK," the group write in a statement. "Too bad but he lives so far away from where we reside, at least a six-hour drive, even if I'm driving :) H...

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CODE OF PERFECTION Sign With LIMB MUSIC PRODUCTS

Limb Music Products has announced the signing of the German-Japanese powerhouse high-tech trio CODE OF PERFECTION. The band consists of guitar virtuoso Thorsten Koehne (ex-DEMON DRIVE),bass wizard Keisuke Nishimoto (KELLY SIMONZ, HIDEOUS SUN DEMONS) and drum genius Frank Kraus (ex-DEMON DRIVE, LETT...

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BEYOND FEAR Featuring TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: New Studio Photos Posted Online

Several photos of ICED EARTH/ex-JUDAS PRIEST singer Tim "Ripper" Owens and his band BEYOND FEAR recording their debut album at Morrisound Studios in Tampa, Florida with producer Jim Morris have been posted online at Owens' official web site. As previously reported, BEYOND FEAR recently signed on wit...

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PYAEMIA Call It Quits

Long-running Dutch brutal death metal band PYAEMIA have officially split up. The group's statement on the matter reads as follows: "As you probably all know, PYAEMIA has been out of the running for over a year now because of Robbert's [Vrijenhoek, drums] wrist injury. Some of you may have guessed we...

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GUNS N' ROSES Bassist To Perform More Shows With SOUL ASYLUM

GUNS N' ROSES bassist Tommy Stinson (ex-REPLACEMENTS) will be joining SOUL ASYLUM for two more shows as a tribute to b>SOUL ASYLUM's late bass player Karl Mueller, who died in June 2005 following a year-long battle with throat cancer. The dates are as follows: Dec. 23 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Av...

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More Musicians Pick Best Albums Of 2005

Roadrunner Records has posted a list of some of their artists' picks for the best albums of 2005. Check it out below: Acey Slade (MURDERDOLLS): 01. CHELSEA SMILES - Easy Ride EP 02. LARS FREDERICKSON AND THE BASTARDS - Viking 03. TURBONEGRO - Party Animals 04. SOCIAL DISTORTION - Sex, Love and Rock...