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BEYOND FEAR, JON OLIVA'S PAIN: New Live Photos Posted Online

A number of photos of BEYOND FEAR (featuring former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens) and JON OLIVA'S PAIN (the solo project of SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva) performing at the State Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on September 23 can be found at Strainx.com. For bi...

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DEEP PURPLE Singer's 'Gillan's Inn' Album To Receive DualDisc Release

According to Deep-Purple.net, 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 — will be made available on the new DualDisc format; regular stereo CD on one side, DVD on the other....

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ULI JON ROTH To Be Joined By Former SCORPIONS Bassist For European Tour

The lineup for legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth's (ex-SCORPIONS) band for the upcoming European dates will be as follows: Uli Jon Roth - Guitar, vocals Francis Buchholz (ex-SCORPIONS) - Bass Olaf Senkbeil - Vocals Ferdy Doernberg - Keyboards, Guitar Stefan Schwarzmann (ACCEPT, ex-HELLOWEEN) - Drums...

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GREEN CARNATION Prepare For North American Live Debut

Norway's GREEN CARNATION are gearing up for their North American live debut with their exclusive headlining show at Day of The Equinox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on October 14. GREEN CARNATION — who released their well-received fourth album, "The Quiet Offspring", on The End Records this year — pla...

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NAPALM DEATH Bassist Joins INSIDIOUS DISEASE

INSIDIOUS DISEASE, the death metal band featuring guitarists Silenoz (real name: Sven Atle Kopperud; DIMMU BORGIR) and Jardar (real name: Jon Øyvind Andersen; OLD MAN'S CHILD),along with drummer Tony Laureano (DIMMU BORGIR, NILE, ANGELCORPSE),have announced the addition of bassist Shane Embury (NA...

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Guitarist CHRIS CAFFERY Hopes To Release New SAVATAGE Album In 2007

Vampire-Magazine.com recently conducted an interview with SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Vampire-Magazine.com: There were a couple of shows booked last month in Europe, but somehow these were all cancelled. What is the story here...

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DEVILDRIVER To Tour With GWAR

DEVILDRIVER will be direct support to GWAR on their upcoming North American tour that will also feature A DOZEN FURIES and MENSREA. Beginning on October 7 in Sayreville, NJ and running through November 11 in Seattle, WA, the tour will traverse the United States playing storied venues, including the...

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GREEN CARNATION To Release Exclusive All-Acoustic EP

In accordance with Norwegian atmospheric rock/metal wonder GREEN CARNATION and Sublife Productions, Profound Lore Records will release an exclusive edition EP in accordance with the band’s appearance at this year’s Day of the Equinox festival on October 14. Entitled "The Burden Is Mine… Alone", this...

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ARCH ENEMY Announce New Guitarist

ARCH ENEMY have now settled on Fredrik Åkesson as a replacement for Chris Amott (guitar) for the continued "Doomsday Machine" touring campaign. Commented ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott: "This guy, he just simply kills on the axe! Rhythms and leads — he's really got a shredding and musical style....

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DEMONS & WIZARDS: Japanese Version Of 'Touched By The Crimson King' To Include Bonus Tracks

According to Victor Entertainment Japan, DEMONS & WIZARDS's sophomore album, "Touched by the Crimson King", will be released in Japan on September 22 with the following bonus tracks: "Lunar Lament", "Wicked Witch" (slow version) and "Spatial Architects". The CD will also include the video for th...

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KAMELOT: Session Musicians Announced For Upcoming Tour

German keyboardist Oliver Palotai (DORO, ULI JON ROTH) will join KAMELOT on their U.S./Canadian dates in November. Also planning to make the tour is soprano vocalist Mari. Mari appeared on both the "Epica" and "The Black Halo" albums and will be singing live with KAMELOT. In other news, Fear Dark re...

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Review: ULI JON ROTH Performs With The SCORPIONS For First Time In 27 Years

On September 10, SCORPIONS and Uli Jon Roth performed their first concert together in Colmar, France, since they had been on stage together in Tokyo in 1978. For many of Uli Jon Roth and SCORPIONS fans, this was a very emotional and truly historic event which they had long been waiting for. The Parc...

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METAL INSURGENCE TOUR Schedules Hurricane Relief Concert

The Metal Insurgence Tour, featuring JON OLIVA'S PAIN (led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva),CHRIS CAFFERY'S FACES (solo project of SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery),and BEYOND FEAR (fronted by former JUDAS PRIEST and current ICED EARTH vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens),will p...

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DEMONS & WIZARDS: New HANSI KÜRSCH Audio Interview Posted Online

A new audio interview with DEMONS & WIZARDS frontman Hansi Kürsch (BLIND GUARDIAN),conducted recently by Denmark's Revolution Music, has been posted online at www.revolution-music.dk (go to "Interviews" and right-click on "Download", and "Save As"). As previously reported, DEMONS & WIZARDS'...

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ULI JON ROTH On Stage With SCORPIONS: High-Quality Photos Available

Italian photographer Daniele Purrone has uploaded a number of high-quality photos of the September 10 show in Colmar, France featuring headliners the SCORPIONS, with legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) in the support slot. As previously reported, Roth joined the SCORPIONS for live rendit...