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WINDS To Begin Recording Their 'Most Progressive And Technically Challenging' Album

Norway’s progressive metal act WINDS — comprised of singer Lars Eric Si (KHOLD),guitarist Carl August Tidemann (ARCTURUS),keyboardist Andy Winter (AGE OF SILENCE) and Jan Axel Von Blomberg (ARCTURUS, MAYHEM) — will be entering the studio this week for continued work on their as-yet-untitled follow...

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Holy Hell

Thanks to labels like SPV and Candlelight, albums like "Holy Hell" that would have once been consigned to import purgatory are seeing the light of day in the USA (albeit months after their release elsewhere). And thank the metal gods for it! Former IMPELLITTERI and AXEL RUDI PELL vocal powerhouse Ro...

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NERVE: Demo Songs Available For Download

Swedish metalcore band NERVE, featuring former members of STABWOUND and ROTTEN SOUND alongside vocalist Axel Widén from MINDFALL, have uploaded two tracks from their recently completed promotional/demo disc, "Gasoline Therapy", at their official web site. Check out the songs "Gasoline Therapy" and "...

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AXEL RUDI PELL Fan Site Compiling Tribute CD

AXEL RUDI PELL fan site Rudipell.tripod.com will celebrate its four-year anniversary by collecting MP3s from bands that have covered AXEL RUDI PELL tunes and making them available via the web site as part of a "Tribute to Axel Rudi Pell" CD. Bands interested in participating should send their music...

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WORMFOOD To Release 'France' In November

French decadent metallers WORMFOOD have set "France" as the title of their debut album for Code666 Records, due on November 18. Produced by CARNIVAL IN COAL mainman Axel Wursthorn and featuring stunning digipack artwork by Sect Metastazis, "France" is described in a press release as "a bizarre and g...

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WINDS Mastermind Offers Update On New Album

WINDS keyboardist/mastermind Andy Winter has issued an update on the direction of the group's new record, which is currently in the making. The next WINDS album is due for completion and release sometime in 2006. Andy's entire message reads as follows: "Considering that we have not really spoken muc...

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SOUL DOCTOR Sign With FRONTIERS RECORDS

Frontiers Records have announced the signing of SOUL DOCTOR, featuring singer Tommy Heart (FAIR WARNING). The group's third studio opus, "For a Fistful of Dollars", is scheduled for release on December 5. Born in 2001 as a hard-rockin' union featuring Heart together with Chris Lyne on guitar, ex-BON...

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MASTERPLAN's ROLAND GRAPOW Auctioning Guitars

MASTERPLAN/ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow has placed several guitars for auction on the German eBay web site. The items he is selling are as follows: Gibson Flying V Medallion from 1971 (auction page),Chrome Veleno from (around) 1973 (auction page),and a Messenger guitar from 1969 (made in S...

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ALTARIA Bassist To Appear On DAVID LEE ROTH Tribute Album, Release Solo CD

ALTARIA bassist Marko Pukkila has launched his web site last week at www.markopukkila.com. Pukkila will be featured on two songs on the upcoming David Lee Roth tribute album being released in November through Versailles Records. "And The Cradle Will Rock" will include additional appearances by Vinny...

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RIOT Singer: Rap Is Not Music

In a recent interview conducted by Rock N Roll Universe, vocalist Mike DiMeo (RIOT, THE LIZARDS) discussed RIOT's upcoming album, THE LIZARDS' recent tour with hard rock legends UFO, the rumors that he'd quit RIOT, as well as the differences between European and American audiences. DiMeo also offere...

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AXEL RUDI PELL To Enter Studio In January

German guitar hero AXEL RUDI PELL and his band have just completed their final performances for this year. The shows in Osnabrück, Wacken and Kavarna (Bulgaria) all went "really well," according to a posting on Pell's web site. Commented Axel: "Especially the show in Kavarna, where we played togethe...

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MASTERPLAN To Open Bulgaria's BLACK SEA FESTIVITIES

According to BNN (Bulgarian News Network),MASTERPLAN will open the Black Sea Festivities – Kavarna 2005 Saturday at the Kaliakra stadium in the Black Sea town of Kavarna. The world-renowned German guitar player AXEL RUDI PELL will play immediately after the German/Norwegian band. The world professi...

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ROUGH SILK Frontman To Guest On New DESTRUCTION Album

Singer Ferdy Doernberg of the German epic/melodic metallers ROUGH SILK has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "I'll appear on the new CD by the German thrash legends DESTRUCTION playing a slide-guitar solo on an all-star-song ('The Alliance of the Hellhoundz') featuring b...

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ROUGH SILK: In Songwriting Mode

Singer Ferdy Doernberg of the German epic/melodic metallers ROUGH SILK has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Not so much new in the ROUGH SILK headquarters. We're writing songs and also rehearsing more songs for the live set. "I'm busy producing the new album of the ska...

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AXEL RUDI PELL Explains Abbreviated BANG YOUR HEAD, GRASPOP Performances

German guitarist AXEL RUDI PELL has posted the following message on his official web site: "Thank you very much for all of the fans support during our two festival shows in Balingen in Germany (Bang Your Head) and Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium. There was a big hailstorm the night before we played...