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METALLICA Fans To Rock Until They Drop For Chance To Meet Their Idols

Scott Ray of Chicago's Daily Herald is reporting that a 46-year-old grandmother of four from Silver Lake, Wis. and three other contestants are competing for a chance to meet heavy metal bands METALLICA and GODSMACK. With only a bottle of water by her side, the contestants began the first of what cou...

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STARZ Guitarist Detained At JFK Airport, Misses Live Album Recording

Legendary '70s hard rockers STARZ played in Cleveland Thursday night (Sept. 23) at the Beachland Ballroom minus guitarist Brenden Harkin. Brenden missed the plane to Cleveland after being detained by airport security for unspecified reasons in New York's Kennedy airport for over three hours. He was...

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THE CROWN: More Details About Upcoming Triple-DVD Revealed

Vocalist Johan Lindstrand of the defunct Swedish thrashers THE CROWN has posted a message regarding the group's upcoming posthumous three-disc DVD, slated for release sometime next year. "This will be the final goodbye to our true fans out there that's been supporting us since the very beginning," h...

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FATES WARNING Singer Joins REDEMPTION

Sensory Records recording artists REDEMPTION have announced that Ray Alder, legendary vocalist of progressive metal icons FATES WARNING and of his solo project ENGINE, has become the group's new vocalist. He is currently recording vocal tracks for REDEMPTION's second CD, tentatively titled "The Full...

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Former LED ZEPPELIN Frontman Attends OWAIN GLYNDR Statue Unveiling

ic Wales is reporting that former LED ZEPPELIN frontman Robert Plant has helped fund a statue of his hero, Owain Glyndr. Plant attended the unveiling of the bronze statue at Pennal, near Machynlleth, an area where he owns a farmhouse and where the 1970s band were believed to have written their class...

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BLACK SABBATH: 'The Complete Recording History' Book Due Next Year

Rockdetector.com executive editor Garry Sharpe-Young has been working on a leviathan account of BLACK SABBATH's complete recording history, from the earliest demos through to the "Reunion" album and, possibly, beyond. Already having two highly praised SABBATH-related titles under his belt, "The Stor...

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SLASH To Perform With JAMES BROWN, LENNY KRAVITZ At 'Rock Through Time' Event

VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) will join James Brown and Lenny Kravitz onstage at Miller Brewing Company's "Rock Through Time" event, the grand finale to Miller's celebration of Rolling Stone's 50 Years of Rock and Roll summer. Slash will perform an as-yet-undetermined song with...

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DORO PESCH Says She Would Like To Collaborate With NIGHTWISH Singer

German metal singer Doro Pesch recently spoke to Greece's Metal-Temple.com webzine about her upcoming AFM Records debut, entitled "Classic Diamonds". Due on September 20, the CD contains reworked classics from Doro's 20-year career as well as several new songs which were specially composed for this...

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Former ANVIL/RAZOR Manager Lands At Canada's PAQUIN ENTERTAINMENT

Paquin Entertainment in Toronto has hired former SACRIFICE/ANVIL/RAZOR manager Ray "Black Metal" Wallace as a new booking agent specializing in metal and classic hard rock. Commented Wallace on his new position: "Yes, people, I'm back were I belong, booking metal across Canada. I've been around the...

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DEF LEPPARD: 'Best Of' CD Details Revealed

More information has been released regarding the upcoming DEF LEPPARD compilation album, "Best of Def Leppard", due in October via Island/Def Jam and Universal/Mercury. Described as "an updated 'replacement' version" of the band's previous greatest-hits compilation, "Vault" (1995),the new collectio...

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KAI HANSEN To Perform HELLOWEEN Set With STORMWARRIOR

German power metallers STORMWARRIOR will be joined by former HELLOWEEN and current GAMMA RAY guitarist/vocalist Kai Hansen for a special "Walls of Jericho" set during the "after-party" for the "34 000 Ton Metal Cruise" on September 25 at Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden. Also set to perform at...

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VOX TEMPUS To Release Debut Album This Month

Progressive rock/metal band VOX TEMPUS have inked a deal with Progman Records for the U.S release of their debut album, "In the Eye of Time". The CD will be available exclusively at this month's ProgPower Festival in Atlanta (where the band is also featured on the festival CD sampler),followed by a...

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HAMMERFALL Bassist To Embark On South American Tour

HAMMERFALL bassist Magnus Rosén will be embarking on a solo tour of South America in October. Tentative dates are as follows: Oct. 11-13 - Lima, Peru Oct. 14-16 - Santiago, Chile Oct. 17-18 - Concepción, Chile Oct. 19-22 - São Paulo, Brazil Oct. 23-26 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rosén recently complete...

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HAMMERFALL To Enter Studio Tomorrow

Swedish power metallers HAMMERFALL will enter Lundgaard Studios in Denmark with producer Charlie Bauernfeind (BLIND GUARDIAN, GAMMA RAY, RAGE) on Saturday (Sep. 4) to begin recording their new album, tentatively due on March 7, 2005 through Nuclear Blast Records. A single will precede the album on J...

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FREEDOM CALL Set Working Title For New Album

German power metallers FREEDOM CALL, who feature in their ranks GAMMA RAY drummer Daniel Zimmermann, have set "Circle of Life" as the working title of their new album, tentatively due in January/February 2005 through SPV Records. "Drum recordings took place in Kai Hansen ‘s [GAMMA RAY] studio in Ham...