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JON OLIVA Nominated For Lifetime Achievement Award

According to a posting at JonOliva.net, SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva has been nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award at the first annual Hard Music Awards, set to be held on Thursday, August 4 at the Tampa Theatre in Tampa, Florida. The Hard Music Awards are being established to offer hard musi...

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THOR To Tour In Support Of New Album, DVD

Smog Veil Records has announced U.S. and Canadian tour dates for THOR. The band will tour in support of the new album, entitled "Thor against the World", and retrospective DVD, entitled "An-THOR-logy", both set for release on July 12, 2005. Jon Mikl Thor — a rock music, film and bodybuilding legend...

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ICED EARTH: 'Gettysburg (1863)' DVD Off To A Flying Start

ICED EARTH's "Gettysburg (1863)" DVD has sold nearly 3,000 copies since its initial release earlier this month — a very strong showing for a music DVD. The main program, a CGI-rendered video presentation of the epic "Gettysburg" trilogy from last year's hit album "The Glorious Burden", has been draw...

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Report: Massachusetts-Bred Heavy Metal Bands Have Music Industry Buzzing

Dave Wedge of BostonHerald.com has issued the following report: Think of Massachusetts music and you probably think of AEROSMITH, NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, NEW EDITION, THE CARS and the J. GEILS BAND. But bursting forth from the Bay State is an ear-splitting wave of harder, brasher bands that have meta...

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BOLT THROWER, SOILWORK, BRAINSTORM Confirmed For Next Year's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

BOLT THROWER, SOILWORK and BRAINSTORM are the first bands confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock Hard Festival, set to take place June 2-4, 2006 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. More acts will be announced during the coming months. The 2005 edition of the Rock Hard Festival took place May 13-15 at...

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DEVILDRIVER: 'Hold Back The Day' Video Posted Online

DEVILDRIVER's video for the track "Hold Back the Day" has been posted online at Roadrun.com. "Hold Back the Day" comes off the group's upcoming sophomore album, "The Fury of Our Maker's Hand" album, due on June 28 via Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to DEVILDRIVER's 2002 critically-acclaimed self-...

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Bassist BRICE LECLERCQ Quits DISSECTION

Bassist Brice Leclercq (NIGHTRAGE) has left reactivated Swedish death metallers DISSECTION. "This event, although unforeseen, will however NOT have any effect on DISSECTION's ongoing victorious onslaught!" the band write on their web site. "Last Friday [June 10] DISSECTION performed a successful con...

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DOHENY Guitarist On Search For Record Deal: 'It's A Nightmare Out There'

DOHENY guitarist Billy Morrison (ex-THE CULT bassist) has posted the following update on the group's current activities: "DOHENY are taking a break from the rehearsal room to write some new tracks and to give our management some time to get this fucking [record] deal in place. It's a nightmare out t...

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TRADATE IRON FEST: Photos Of CANDLEMASS, DIO, SAXON Posted Online

A number of high-quality photos of CANDLEMASS, DIO, GOTTHARD, AXEL RUDI PELL, SAXON, and JON OLIVA'S PAIN, among others, taken at the the Tradate Iron Fest on June 1-5 at Campo Sportivo in Tradate (VA),Italy, have been posted online at HeavyMetalPhotos.altervista.org. ...

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DEVILDRIVER Complete Work On 'Hold Back The Day' Video

DEVILDRIVER, the Santa Barbara, California-based band featuring former COAL CHAMBER singer Dez Fafara, have completed work on the video for the track "Hold Back the Day". The clip is expected to be made available online next week. "Hold Back the Day" comes off the group's upcoming sophomore album, "...

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BIOMECHANICAL: 'The Empires Of The Worlds' Video Posted Online

U.K. progressive epic thrash metallers BIOMECHANICAL' video for the track "The Empires of the Worlds" has been posted online at this location. The clip was shot on April 28 with director Adam Mason. Commented singer John K: "Shooting this video was hard work to say the least but we thoroughly enjoye...

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Replicas Of Burnt Norwegian Churches On Display At New York Museum

Elisabeth Kley of the New York Press has issued the following report: Like a room-size Parthenon floating on a midnight pond, Banks Violette's untitled salt replica of a ruined church skeleton is poised atop a shiny black epoxy stage that almost fills the Whitney Museum's small lobby gallery. In a w...

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ICED EARTH: 'Declaration Day' Video Posted Online

ICED EARTH's third video from their highly acclaimed "Glorious Burden" album, "Declaration Day", has been posted online at this location. The clip was directed by the Machine design/motion graphics studio and was previously slated to appear on the group's "Gettysburg (1863)" DVD (it was eventually o...

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ULI JON ROTH Guests On IAN GILLAN's Anniversary CD

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) will be featured as a guest performer on DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan's upcoming album "Gillan's Inn". The album celebrates Ian's 40 years in the world of rock, and Ian invited a dazzling number of friends and fellow musicians to contribute performa...

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MARTYR: New Music Posted Online

Canadian technical death metallers MARTYR have posted a pre-production sample of the material that will show up on the band's third album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Galy Records. Check it out at Martyr-Canada.com. MARTYR guitarist Daniel Mongrain recently left CRYPTOPSY due to "...