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AUDIOSLAVE Guitarist Plays Solo Show In Kenya

Launch Radio Networks reports: AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello's solo alter ego, THE NIGHTWATCHMAN, was back on duty earlier this month for a show in Nairobi, Kenya, according to his publicist. Morello was visiting relatives in the African nation and hanging out at a local club called the Cork one...

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KISS Laying Low In Wake Of New DVD

Launch Radio Networks reports: The KISS Army might have to be satisfied with the group's new concert DVD for a while. Singer-guitarist Paul Stanley told Launch that the group is currently on hiatus, with the individual members focusing on their own endeavors. "Right now we're sitting back and taking...

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INFERNAL MAJESTY Begin Recording New Album

Long-running Canadian metallers INFERNAL MAJESTY entered a Vancouver studio on December 9 to begin recording their new album, entitled "Systematical Extermination". The sessions are scheduled to last through December 20 and then pick up again in the New Year. The follow-up to 2004's "One Who Points...

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KISS' PAUL STANLEY: 'The Band Has Never Been Better'

KISS frontman Paul Stanley recently spoke to The Plain Dealer about the group's just-released "Kiss Rock the Nation Live!" (Image Entertainment),a two-DVD set shot in Washington, D.C., on the group's 2004 tour. "It really, for me, resoundingly validates why this band exists," says singer-guitarist...

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KISS Frontman Needs More Hip Surgery

Launch Radio Networks reports: KISS frontman Paul Stanley has gone through two hip replacement surgeries and says there's more on the way. Stanley told Launch that his degenerative hip condition has not been properly repaired, and he's in the process of deciding what to do next. "I think I'm not don...

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IMPALED NAZARENE Finish Recording New Album

Finnish extreme metallers IMPALED NAZARENE have finished recording their ninth studio album, "Pro Patria Finlandia", at Sonic Pump studio with producer Tapio Pennanen and will mix the CD in January. The album will be mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox studios for a tentative March 28, 2006 release...

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Malaysian Police Bust Black Metal Concert

Audrey Edwards of Malaysia's The Star has issued the following report: Cops busted an alleged black metal concert held at a hall [in Seremban, Malaysia] and rounded up 105 youths [photo]. The group had used the name of Persatuan Cekak Silat to apply for a permit to hold a show at ...

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Official KISS 'Rock The Nation Live!' DVD Preview/Release Party To Be Held In Amsterdam

On December 13, the forthcoming KISS double-DVD "Rock the Nation Live!" will get an exclusive preview at the Hard Rock Cafe in Amsterdam, Holland. About a week before the DVD's official release in Europe, KISS fans can already get a taste of the DVD as the band's European label, SonyBMG, in cooperat...

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TRIVIUM Are Looking For A Girl 'To Die For'

Raging Nation Films is looking for girl to star as the lead in TRIVIUM's video for the single "Dying in your Arms", which is to be helmed by Dale "Rage" Resteghini (SHADOWS FALL, FEAR FACTORY, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN). Rage also directed the band in their videos for "Like Light to Flies" and their...

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Former DYOXEN Guitarist Resurfaces In ONE TRIBE NATION

Guitarist Michael Sanders, formerly of the London, Ontario-based metal band DYOXEN (who had some international success and airplay in the '90s but only released one album, 1990's "First Among Equals"),has relocated to Los Angeles and formed ONE TRIBE NATION, which is being decribed in a press relea...

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WEDNESDAY 13 Dons KISS Mask During Headlining Performance

According to a posting at Kiss Kollector, Wednesday 13 (of MURDERDOLLS fame) surprised the crowd at his band's headlining set at De Lantaarn in Hellendoorn last Sunday (Nov. 13) by performing the encore while wearing a latex KISS mask. Wednesday's band — who recently opened for ALICE COOPER at a han...

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Satire: Metal Council Convenes To Discuss 'Metal Hand Sign' Abuse

The Onion, the satirical publication that bills itself as "America's Finest News Source," has published an article on the "metal hand sign" abuse. An excerpt from the report follows: VATNAJÖKULL GLACIER, ICELAND—In an emergency session Tuesday, members of the Supreme Metal Council strongly condemned...

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PAUL STANLEY: There Is 'Definitely Talk' Of KISS Touring Again

Greg Prato of Billboard.com recently spoke to KISS frontman Paul Stanley and guitarist Tommy Thayer about the group's double-disc concert DVD, "Rock the Nation Live!, due on Dec. 13 via Image Entertainment. Taped this summer in Washington, D.C., and Virginia Beach, the DVD features core members Stan...

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JUDAS PRIEST, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, DANZIG, H.I.M. Concert Attendance Figures Revealed

The following are a few select recent heavy metal/hard rock concert attendance figures, as reported by Billboard magazine: Artist/Event: JUDAS PRIEST, WHITESNAKE, ANGRA Venue: Arena Skol City/State: Sao Paulo, Brazil Date: Sept. 9, 2005 Attendance: 22,654 Capacity: 35,000 Artist/Event: JUDAS PRIEST,...

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NIGHTWISH Composer Is Sole Proprietor Of Band Name

In the wake of the sacking of the group's lead singer, Tarja Turunen, in the form of an "open letter" posted on the band's web site, NIGHTWISH mainman/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen told the Finnish news agency STT on Monday (Oct. 24) that he and he alone owns the rights to the group's name. The four...