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RUSH: NEIL PEART Photography Book Due In May, Anniversary Tour Set For The Summer

The newly launched Rounder Books will in May release "Rhythm & Light", a photography volume focusing on RUSH drummer Neil Peart, according to Billboard.com. The drummer's own "Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road" was published in 2002 by ECW Press. In other news, RUSH have revealed plans to...

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Former DREAM THEATER Keyboardist Scores Turkish Movie

Keyboardist Kevin Moore (ex-DREAM THEATER, CHROMA KEY) has recorded the soundtrack to a Turkish horror-comedy movie, "Okul" ("The School"). The film was produced by the famous Turkish producer Sinan Cetin and was directed by popular Turkish directors the Taylan Brothers. "Okul" was written by a DREA...

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Mechanical Spin Phenomena

Described liberally as "hybrid metal", or a disparate meshing of styles if you will, MNEMIC's debut effort reeks of stylistic, gritty appeal. This is a record that fully embraces every angle of aggressive music and, in an overpoweringly meticulous fashion, slots them all together seamlessly. There a...

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RISE Seek Full-Time Rhythm Guitarist

Los Angeles-based blackened death metal band RISE are currently looking for a full-time rhythm guitar player. The, who recently inked a deal with Dragon Ship Records (the metal division of S.O.S. Records),will be re-releasing their 2001 album, "Divine Aeternum", as well as issuing a new full-length...

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Vocalist PETER NAGY Quits MÖRK GRYNING

Vocalist Peter Nagy (a.k.a. Kimera) has left Swedish black metallers MÖRK GRYNING. Nagy's official statement on the matter is as follows: "This decision doesn't have anything to do with any kind of personal conflicts or whatsoever between me and any other member of the band. I've been having these t...

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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Go Gold In The Czech Republic

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, the band featuring former DEEP PURPLE/RAINBOW guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and his wife Candice Night, were awarded gold albums in the Czech Republic for the "Fires At Midnight" and "Ghost of A Rose" CDs at a special ceremony held at Cartouche in Prague on October 17. Sir Robert of...

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DARK FUNERAL: Live Album Details Revealed

DARK FUNERAL guitarist Lord Ahriman has posted the following update on the band's official web site: "It has been quite some time since DARK FUNERAL has released any official news. We might have been quiet but we sure haven't been inactive! After a successful gig at the Wacken Open Air Festival in G...

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ICED EARTH's Forthcoming CD To Honor The 'Valor And Sacrifices' Of Hundreds Of Thousands Of Men

ICED EARTH's forthcoming album, "The Glorious Burden", represents a ten-song musical enterprise honoring the valor and sacrifices that made the world what it is today. The band's ninth full-length album will be released through SPV Records on January 13, 2004. Having only hinted at their infatuation...

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LIMP BIZKIT's FRED DURST: 'WES BORLAND Took The Money And Ran'

LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst recently spoke to Radio 1 about the departure of guitarist Wes Borland. "I don't know what we are [but] I know we're a band that's gonna prove to you very soon that Wes Borland didn't keep the ship afloat," he said. "Anything like that, when you think you have a ...

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THE CENTURY FAMILY Completes Worldwide Purchase of OLYMPIC RECORDINGS

The Los Angeles-based Century Family Inc., home to Century Media Records, has completed the worldwide purchase of Olympic Recordings, one of the world's leading underground metal labels. Established in Chicago in 1992, Olympic has built a solid catalog of releases and created brand loyalty within th...

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DARK MOOR Finalize Track Listing For New Album

Madrid, Spain-based power metallers DARK MOOR have finalized the track listing for their fourth, self-titled album, due on November 24 through Arise Records. The CD was recorded at New Sin Studios in Italy with producer Luigi Stefanini and was mastered at Finnvox studios in Helsinki, Finland with Mi...

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UNHOLY GHOST To Record Debut Album In November

UNHOLY GHOST, the new band featuring DIABOLIC founding members Aantar Lee Coates (drums),Paul Ouellette (vocals/bass),and Jerry Mortellaro (guitar),will enter D.O.W. (Diet Of Worms) studios in Seffner, Florida in November with producer Juan "Punchy" Gonzalez (MORBID ANGEL),to record their debut...

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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Announce European Tour

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, the band featuring former DEEP PURPLE/RAINBOW guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and his wife Candice Night, have announced the details of their European tour, set to take place in October/November. These will be the only shows for "2003 Ghost of A Rose Acoustic/Electric Tour", according...

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TWISTED SISTER Vocalist Creates VAN HELSING'S CURSE: A Soundtrack For Halloween

Dee Snider, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band TWISTED SISTER, is the creative force behind a new Halloween-themed musical project called VAN HELSING'S CURSE set to debut October 7, 2003 with the musical ghost story concept album "Oculus Infernum" on KOCH Records. Snider, a life...

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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT: North American CD To Include Bonus Video

The North American edition of BLACKMORE'S NIGHT's "Ghost Of A Rose" CD, scheduled for release on August 26 through SPV Records, will include as a special bonus the video for the track "Way To Mandalay", filmed in the salt mines at Krakow, Poland. "Ghost Of A Rose" features former DEEP PURPLE/RAINBOW...