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SILENT CIVILIAN Frontman To Guest On 'Headbanger's Ball'

SILENT CIVILIAN frontman Jonny Santos (ex-SPINESHANK) will be co-hosting this weekend's episode of "Headbanger's Ball", airing Saturday, June 10 at 10:00 p.m. EST on MTV2. Also appearing on the program will be EIGHTEEN VISIONS. The show will include an airing of SILENT CIVILIAN's video for the track...

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AXEL RUDI PELL: New Album Sample Posted Online

German guitarist AXEL RUDI PELL's web site has been updated with the following message: "The work on [the new AXEL RUDI PELL album] 'Mystica' now is completely finished, including the mix and the mastering! From now on you will have the chance to listen to some short song samples every week with ano...

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AEROSMITH, MÖTLEY CRÜE: First U.S. Date Announced

Live Nation, the concert promotion company recently spun-off by radio giant Clear Channel, has confirmed via its web site that AEROSMITH and MÖTLEY CRÜE will be teaming up for a U.S. tour this fall. So far, only one date has been released: Saturday, September 23 at the Tweeter Center at the Waterfro...

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LORDI Frontman: 'People Are Stupid'

World Entertainment News Network is reportign that LORDI frontman Mr. Lordi is stunned he has become a hero in his native Finland since winning the Eurovision Song Contest last month — because his new "fans" previously slammed the rockers as Satanists. LORDI, famed for their outrageous monster costu...

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ALL THAT REMAINS To Guest On WAAF's 'Harder Faster' Tomorrow

ALL THAT REMAINS, the Massachusetts-based act featuring former SHADOWS FALL vocalist Philip Labonte, will be the featured guests on tomorrow night's (Thursday, June 8) edition of the "Harder Faster" show on 107.3 WAAF (Boston's Rock Radio). The band will talk about their upcoming album, "The Fall of...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist COLLEN On European Tour Kick-Off: 'We Were Smoking'

DEF LEPPARD's official web site, DefLeppard.com, has been updated with the following article: It's one down for DEF LEPPARD — and a lot more rock to go. The summer tour in support of the band's new hit album, "Yeah!", officially kicked off on Saturday night in Milan, Italy, when the band hit the ...

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Former GREAT WHITE Tour Manager Can Work From Prison

The Associated Press has issued the following report: Former GREAT WHITE tour manager who was sentenced to prison for igniting a deadly nightclub fire should be allowed to work for a nonprofit agency while serving his time, a judge ruled Tuesday. Daniel Biechele pleaded guilty to 100 counts of invol...

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RAVAGE Begin Recording Second Album 'Damn Nation'

Boston, MA-based metallers RAVAGE have begun recording their second album, tentatively entitled "Damn Nation". The follow-up to "Spectral Rider" (2005, Karthago Records) will be produced by Peter Rutcho (VOMITRON, GRAVEHEART, BLISTERED EARTH, RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE) and will feature "at least 10 tr...

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LORDI's EUROVISION Victory 'Party' Attended By 80,000 People: Video Available

Matti Huuhtanen of The Associated Press has issued the following report: Thousands of Finns swarmed into Helsinki's central market square to greet their new national heroes, monster hard-rockers LORDI, as they performed for the first time in public since a stunning victory at the Eurovision Song Con...

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ALL THAT REMAINS To Film 'This Calling' Video Next Week

ALL THAT REMAINS, the Massachusetts-based act featuring former SHADOWS FALL vocalist Philip Labonte, will hit the Jersey shore (the now-abandoned Hancock Naval Base in Sandy Hook) on Tuesday, May 30 to film the video for "This Calling", from their forthcoming album "The Fall of Ideals", with directo...

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EYES OF FIRE Part Ways With Keyboardist, Seek Replacement

Orange County ambient-metal quintet EYES OF FIRE have parted ways with keyboardist Pete Truax. "He was released of all his duties within the band and will no longer be representing the band in any way, shape, or form," the group write on their web site. "Unfortunately, Pete's disrespect for fellow b...

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OBITUARY's JOHN TARDY, ILL NINO To Guest On INDIE 103.1's 'Chaos' Metal Show Wednesday

Vocalist John Tardy of OBITUARY and the members of ILL NINO are slated to be the guests of Indie 103.1's metal show "Chaos" with Jackie Kay on Wednesday, May 24 at 10:00 p.m. PST. Jackie will also be on hand to give away tickets to several events coming to the Los Angeles area in the ...

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DARKEST HOUR Guitarist KRIS NORRIS: Sample Clips From Instructional DVDs Available

DARKEST HOUR guitarist Kris Norris has uploaded clips from his two instructional DVDs at YouTube.com. Norris' second instructional DVD, which teaches guitar techniques using songs from the band's latest CD, "Undoing Ruin", as examples. "is full of tons of new material, so if you already have the fir...

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LORDI Frontman On EUROVISION Win: 'This Is A Victory For Rock Music And Open-Mindedness'

A high-quality video of LORDI's winning performance at the Eurovision Song Contest final on Saturday (May 20) in Athens, Greece can be downloaded at this location (75 MB). At the end of LORDI's performance, right before the file is cut, you can hear one of the hosts (this is taken from French televi...

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EYES OF FIRE: 'It All Dies Today' Video To Receive 'Headbanger's Ball' Premiere

Orange County-based quintet EYES OF FIRE are currently annihilating crowds on the "One Nation Undivided" tour with ILL NINO, GOD FORBID, SILENT CIVILIAN and BLEED THE SKY. The Jagermeister-sponsored, 28-city major market assault, which kicked off on May 10 and runs through early June, is the group's...