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OZZY OSBOURNE: 'Prince Of Darkness' Box Set Changes Detailed
According to Black-Sabbath.com, several changes have been made to the track listing for OZZY OSBOURNE's forthcoming "Prince of Darkness" four-CD box set, due on March 22. Here's a summary of the changes: * Originally, Disc 1 was to include the Randy Rhoads instrumental, but it was deleted. * Origina...February 12, 2005
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UNION To Tour Europe In The Spring?
UNION, the late '90s group formed by Bruce Kulick (GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, ex-KISS) and John Corabi (CARDBOARD VAMPYRES, ex-MÖTLEY CRÜE) along with Brent Fitz and Jamie Hunting, are in discussions with promoters about a possible two-week tour of Europe beginning in late April/early May. One date is lik...February 8, 2005
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TESTAMENT's New Recording Studio Is Haunted
TESTAMENT manager Phil Arnold of Thrill Entertainment has issued the following update on the band's current and upcoming activities: "In prepping for the next studio album, TESTAMENT re-opened its Driftwood Studios at a new location. They had shut down the Oakland industrial-area site when Chuck Bil...February 8, 2005
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KISS Webmaster Confirmed For KISS EXPO In Indianapolis
KISS' official webmaster, Mike Brandvold (of KissOnline.com) has been added as a special guest for both Indy KISS Expos on March 5 and March 6. Bill Starkey, founder of the Kiss Army, will also make an appearance during the weekend event. In addition, Jill Cataldo will be hosting KISS karaoke on one...February 7, 2005
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SOUL SIRKUS, FIREHOUSE, PINK CREAM 69 Confirmed For THE GODS Festival
According to MelodicRock.com, SOUL SIRKUS, FIREHOUSE and PINK CREAM 69 are among the bands confirmed for the Gods 2005 Festival, set to take place May 6-7 at The Town & Country Club in Bradford (formerly known as Penningtons),U.K. This year's event is presented as a co-production between Firewo...February 7, 2005
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PROJECT: FAILING FLESH: Debut Album To Receive U.S. Release In March
Candlelight Records USA has set a March 22 release date for PROJECT: FAILING FLESH's debut album, "A Beautiful Sickness". "A Beautiful Sickness" was previously released in Europe last September through Holland's Karmageddon Media (formerly Hammerheart Records). PROJECT: FAILING FLESH have almost com...February 7, 2005
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ANTHRAX: BELLADONNA, SPITZ And BELLO To Join Band At Holland's DYNAMO
Contrary to an earlier announcement indicating that former ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna would share vocal duties with his replacement, John Bush, for the band's special 25-year anniversary concert at Holland's Dynamo Open Air festival on May 7 in Hellendoorn, it now appears that only Belladonna wi...February 5, 2005
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VELVET REVOLVER's MCKAGAN Talks GRAMMIES, 'Dirty Little Thing' Video And ELTON JOHN
VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan recently spoke to Dave Hilson of Japan's Daily Yomiuri about nominated for a Grammy and the group's contribution to tsunami-relief cover of ERIC CLAPTON's "Tears in Heaven" (organized by Sharon Osbourne),among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview fo...February 4, 2005
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KISS Turn Down Offer To Play Germany's ROCK AM RING Festival
According to a posting on the German KISS fans site KissNews.de, KISS have turned down an offer to perform at this summer's Rock am Ring festival because the band are not sure that guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley will be fully recovered in time to play the concert after his recent hip-replacement op...February 4, 2005
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AEROSMITH Guitarist JOE PERRY's Solo Album Release Pushed Back To May
Launch Radio Networks is reporting that AEROSMITH lead guitarist Joe Perry has announced more details for his upcoming solo album, on which he sings and plays all the guitar, bass, and keyboard parts. The self-titled project will be out May 3 — not March 28, as he'd previously said — and the first s...February 4, 2005
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MESHUGGAH: 'Catch 33' Release Pushed Back To May
Nuclear Blast Records has pushed back the projected release date of the new MESHUGGAH album, "Catch 33", to May 16 in Europe and May 31 in the U.S. As previously reported ,the follow-up to 2002's "Nothing" is being described as one continuous 47-minute song divided into 13 parts and is said to be "m...February 3, 2005
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GOD FORBID Embark On First Headlining U.S. Tour; Begin Writing New Album
New Jersey thrash titans GOD FORBID will enter the studio in May to begin recording their highly anticipated new album, "IV: Constitution Of Treason". The recording and mixing sessions will be overseen by Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM) at Audiohammer Studios in Florida and Eric Rachel (ATREYU, THE DILLINGER...February 2, 2005
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Guitarist JON LEVASSEUR Quits CRYPTOPSY
CRYPTOPSY guitarist Jon Levasseur has officially left the band. His statement on the matter is as follows: "Jon Levasseur here writing to officially announce my departure from CRYPTOPSY. It is something I strangely felt coming on since a year prior to my departure (August 2004) as my inspiration for...February 1, 2005
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MESHUGGAH Complete Work On 'Catch 33'
Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH have finished mixing and mastering their new album, "Catch 33", for an April 11 release via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Nothing" is being described as one continuous 47-minute song divided into 13 parts and is said to be "musically...January 31, 2005
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RAZER: Former WARDOG Members Make New Song Available For Download
RAZER, the Phoenix, Arizona-based group featuring ex-WARDOG and current MARTY FRIEDMAN bassist/vocalist Chris Catero, ex-WARDOG members Paul Sullivan (guitar) and Eric Bongiorno (drums),and ex-LTO guitarist Jeromy Graves, have made the song "Superpaun" from their soon-to-be-completed EP available f...January 30, 2005