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MALEVOLENT CREATION: Vocalist BRETT HOFFMAN To Rejoin Band For European Tour

MALEVOLENT CREATION mainman Phil Fasciana has issued the following update: "I wanted to tell you that Kyle [Symons, vocals] has just announced that he can't do the tour in Europe with us due to personal reasons and instead of canceling another tour because of Kyle and his personal problems, we have...

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CRIMSON GLORY Announce Title For Reunion Album

CRIMSON GLORY guitarist Jon Drenning has told the Bradenton Herald that the reunited band have set "Divine Chaos" as the title of their upcoming album of new material, tentatively due in 2007. Drenning has reassembled original members Midnight (lead vocals),Ben Jackson (guitar) and Jeff Lords (bass...

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Drummer TONY LAUREANO Says Band Politics Are To Blame For His Departure From NILE

In a recent interview with Sweden's Global Domination, drummer Tony Laureano was asked to explain the reasons for his departure from NILE and his opinion on his replacement in the group (George Kollias). "Well, it boils down to the fact that I was not happy with the politics within the band," Tony b...

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TESTAMENT: 1990 'Bootleg' DVD Featuring SAVATAGE's OLIVA Brothers Now Available

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT are currently offering a new "bootleg" in DVD format for sale in the "Merch" section of the group's official web site. "Testament - Live at the Warfield - San Francisco, CA (Practice What You Preach Tour 1990)" was filmed by Walter Morgan of Deadly Embrace...

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DISSECTION Mainman Rejects Split Rumors

Mainman Jon Nödtveidt of the reactivated Swedish death metallers DISSECTION has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "A few words to all you out there, whom this might concern… As you all heard, the Rebirth is now over… Has the band split up? No. We are now heading into a ne...

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ULI JON ROTH To Perform With Ex-SCORPIONS Drummer For First Time Since 1974

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) was recently interviewed by Metal Temple magazine's chief editor, Orpheus Spiliotopoulos. In his interview, Roth revealed that not only are he and his band going to play a surprise set for the Greek audience during their two shows in Greece (Dec. 10-11...

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THOR: West Coast Dates Announced

Smog Veil Records has announced select West Coast tour dates for THOR. The band will support their current album, titled "Thor Against The World", and retrospective DVD, titled "An-THOR-logy". Both are available in stores now. Jon Mikl Thor, the rock music, film and body-building legend (Mr. America...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN And RICHIE SAMBORA Were Asked To Audition For KISS In 1981

According to Kiss Kollector Online, both Richie Sambora and Yngwie Malmsteen recently stated in interviews that they were asked to audition for KISS. The two guitarists are believed to have been contacted by KISS around 1981 when Ace Frehley was too incapacitated by drugs to play with KISS any longe...

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IAN GILLAN: Sample Of 'Smoke On The Water' From Upcoming Solo Album Available

An MP3 sample of "Smoke on the Water", taken from DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan's upcoming album "Gillan's Inn" — a celebration of Ian's 40th year on the road, featuring remakes of tracks spanning Ian's entire career — has been made available for download at this location. As previously reported,...

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ACCEPT Guitarist Talks About Upcoming Tour With ULI JON ROTH, MICHAEL SCHENKER

ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann recently spoke to www.metalzone.gr about his upcoming shows in Europe (and possibly America) as part of a G3-style tour with Uli Roth and Michael Schenker, his new solo project (classical music with metal guitars) and his memories of the recent ACCEPT reunion trek. A c...

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DEATHSTARS: New Album Sample Available

Nuclear Blast Records has set a January 27, 2006 European release date for the new album from Sweden's DEATHSTARS, entitled "Termination Bliss". A sample track, "Cyanide", has been posted online at this location (Real Media). DEATHSTARS recently parted ways with guitarist Erik "Beast X Electric" Hal...

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CRIMSON GLORY Reunion Plans Detailed

Rod Harmon of HeraldTribune.com has issued the following report: Among prog-metal lovers, the Sarasota-Bradenton band CRIMSON GLORY is semi-legendary, a rival to QUEENSRŸCHE and TOOL — especially in Europe, where its out-of-print albums are highly sought collectors' items. It's been six years since...

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GLENN HUGHES Says DEEP PURPLE MKIII Reunion Is A Possibility

Rockdetector.com recently conducted an interview with legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Rockdetector.com: Before "Soul Mover" I think it's fair to say a lot of your fans were frustrated by the sheer amount of sessions you...

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ARMORED SAINT Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

Reunited California-based metallers ARMORED SAINT, who feature in their ranks (former?) ANTHRAX singer John Bush and current FATES WARNING bassist Joey Vera, have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24, 2006 in Balingen, Germany. Th...

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Black Wings of Destiny

With TESTAMENT plagued by periods of frustrating dormancy, founding guitarist Eric Peterson resurrects his DRAGONLORD black metal side project, last seen on record racks with a respectable debut ("Rapture") in 2001. It's surprising that "Black Wings of Destiny" has been such a relatively low-profile...