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SODOM, MORGANA LEFAY, MERCENARY Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL
SODOM, MORGANA LEFAY, MERCENARY, CUSTARD and ENGEL have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place June 2-4 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival running order is shaping up as follows: Friday, June 2: 19.00 - 19.45: ENGEL 20.10 - 20.55: CUSTARD 21.20 - 22....April 21, 2006
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MANITOU: 'Deadlock' To Receive Wider European Release In July
Finland's MANITOU, who feature in their ranks members of OMNIUM GATHERUM, MALPRACTICE and KAIHORO, will release their second full-length album, "Deadlock", in Sweden, Spain, Benelux and GAS on July 7 through Metal Heaven Records. The material on the CD is being described as a mixture of IRON MAIDEN,...April 19, 2006
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IAN GILLAN Releases Party-Style Career Retrospective
Launch Radio Networks reports: Ian Gillan steps away from DEEP PURPLE this week with the release of his solo album called "Gillan's Inn". It started out as a 40th anniversary retrospective, since Gillan signed his first recording contract in 1965. He started compiling tracks from different albums, b...April 19, 2006
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GEORGE LYNCH Schedules Tour Dates
Legendary DOKKEN/LYNCH MOB guitarist George Lynch has lined up the following dates: Apr. 21 - Empire Ball Room - Las Vegas, NV Apr. 23 - Dallas Guitar show - Dallas, TX The GEORGE LYNCH GROUP recently performed a marathon 26 shows in 30 days, including taking part in a much-talked-about skit on "The...April 17, 2006
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DEEP PURPLE Frontman To Guest On ALICE COOPER's Radio Show
DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan will be Alice Cooper's special guest on Cooper's radio show "Nights with Alice Cooper" airing on Wednesday, April 19. The program is a classic-rock format and is nationally syndicated on the United Stations Radio Networks. Air times differ, so make sure to check out N...April 17, 2006
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Holy Diver Live
I take absolutely no pleasure in doing this, because Ronnie James Dio is one of my personal heroes, a man who's lived it all, done it all and exuded nothing but class all the way. He's the reason some of my all-time albums are my favorites. I won't even dignify an idiot's "Ozzy or Dio?" ...April 17, 2006
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Beyond Fear
Whether or not you liked his two albums with JUDAS PRIEST, or got your metal panties in a bunch over his replacement of Matthew Barlow in ICED EARTH, it can't be denied that Tim "Ripper" Owens is one of the best vocalists we have in our midst today. Christ, he could make the bad songs ...April 17, 2006
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METALLICA, ANTHRAX, ALICE IN CHAINS Members To Comment On 'Greatest Metal Songs Of All Time'
METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich, ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian, ALICE IN CHAINS' Jerry Cantrell and Ronnie James Dio are among the musicians making up the panel of hard rock scholars who will rate some of the "very best hotel-trashing hard rock anthems" as part of VH1's "40 Greatest Metal Songs" two-hou...April 16, 2006
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DEEP PURPLE Frontman Guests On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show: Audio Available
DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan was interviewed by IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson for this Saturday's (April 15) edition of Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "Rock Show". Listen to a replay of the program at BBC.co.uk. Gillan's upcoming all-star retrospective disc, "Gillan's I...April 15, 2006
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RONNIE JAMES DIO Has No Plans To Rejoin BLACK SABBATH
Legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio's (BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) official web site has been updated with the following message: "Just to put the BLACK SABBATH reunion rumors to rest, here is the inside scoop from Wendy Dio [Ronnie's wife/manager]: Ronnie was in the U.K. to do promo for the...April 14, 2006
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BLACK SABBATH Book Details 18-Year Period Before Reunion With OZZY
Zonda Books has just published Garry Sharpe-Young's "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: The Battle for Black Sabbath", a 442-page "definitive account" of BLACK SABBATH's 1979-1997 period before the band's reunion with singer Ozzy Osbourne. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: The Battle for Black Sabbath" reforges the aut...April 13, 2006
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RONNIE JAMES DIO Collaborating With TONY IOMMI On New BLACK SABBATH Material
Legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio has flown to the U.K. to write a couple of tracks with BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi for a forthcoming box set, tentatively titled "Black Sabbath – The Dio Years". The box set will reportedly contain all the BLACK SABBATH albums with Ronnie in ful...April 12, 2006
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TWISTED SISTER: Photos From EDDIE OJEDA's CD-Release Party Posted Online
TWISTED SISTER members Eddie Ojeda, Jay Jay French and Mark "The Animal" Mendoza were among the attendees at the record-release party for Ojeda's new solo CD, "Axes 2 Axes", held Sunday night (April 9) at The Cutting Room in New York City. Check out pictures at this location. As previously reported,...April 11, 2006
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DEEP PURPLE Frontman Eyeing Solo Shows This Summer
Launch Radio Networks reports: DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan is getting ready for the release of his solo album "Gillan's Inn", and he's also looking at the possibility of a tour to support it. Gillan is usually booked pretty solidly with DEEP PURPLE shows, but he told Launch that a change in the...April 10, 2006
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DEEP PURPLE Frontman To Guest On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show
DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan will join IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson in the studio on Saturday, April 15 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "Rock Show". Listen to the program live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time (between 3:00 p....April 10, 2006
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