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MANNHAI To Begin Recording Third Album

Finnish "stoner rockers" MANNHAI, who feature in their ranks former AMORPHIS bassist Oppu Laine and ex-XYSMA frontman Joanitor Muurinen, will enter Petrax studios in Hollola on October 22 to begin recording their third album, tentatively due in early March 2004 through Ranch Records. The follow-up t...
August 26, 2003
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SUFFOCATION Sign With RELAPSE RECORDS, Plan Early 2004 Release

Reunited New York death metallers SUFFOCATION have inked a deal with Relapse Records and will be heading into the studio shortly to record a new album, tentatively due in early 2004. A self-produced affair, the as-yet-untitled follow-up to the 1998 "Despise The Sun" EP will mark the group's first fu...
August 21, 2003
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AMORPHIS Video Nominated For Finnish Award

AMORPHIS' video for the track "Evil Inside" has been nominated in the "Best Finnish Music Video" category on the Finnish MTV3. To vote for the clip, click here. Other nominees in the "Best Finnish Music Video" category are EGOTRIPPI ("Älä Koskaan Ikinä"),DARUDE ("Next To You"),TUURE KILPELÄINEN ("...
August 19, 2003
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Boston Globe: MARILYN MANSON Is Just Another Face In The Crowd

It's not often Marilyn Manson goes to a club and gets ignored. But that's more or less what happened Friday (August 15) when the ghoulish goth rocker showed up at ManRay in Boston after his Ozzfest performance at the Tweeter Center, according to the Boston Globe. Manson and his band arrived at the C...
August 19, 2003
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Woman Raped Outside IRON MAIDEN Concert In Chicago

Cathleen Falsani of the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Tinley Park police are searching for a man they say raped a woman outside the Tweeter Center on the evening of Aug. 10. The woman told police the man assaulted her between 10 and 10:30 p.m. in the Tweeter Center parking lot, just as a rock...
August 18, 2003
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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singer Not Part Of The G3 '03 Tour

When legendary Swedish guitarist YNGWIE MALMSTEEN hits the road this fall as part of the G3 '03 tour (also featuring JOE SATRIANI and STEVE VAI),he will be doing so without his current singer, Doogie White (ex-RAINBOW). "If any singing is to be done [during Malmsteen's set] then I think [Yngwie] wi...
August 18, 2003
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MOTÖRHEAD To Issue Career-Spanning Collection In October

MOTÖRHEAD will issue a five-CD, 99-song career-spanning overview, titled "Stone Deaf Forever!", on October 7 through Metal-Is/Sanctuary Records. It's the first fully comprehensive box set containing recordings made for multiple record companies during the period 1975-2002. And it's also the first on...
August 16, 2003
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AMORPHIS: Finnish Tour Dates Announced

AMORPHIS have announced the following Finnish dates in September: Sep. 11 - Bar Kino – Pori, FIN Sep. 12 – Pakkahuone - Tampere, FIN Sep. 16 - Hotelli Lappee - Lappeenranta, FIN Sep. 17 – Foxia - Oulu, FIN Sep. 18 – Puijonsarvi - Kuopio, FIN Sep. 19 – Lutakko - Jyväskylä, FIN Sep. 20 ...
August 14, 2003
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Freddy Vs. Jason

The soundtrack album is such a tired marketing ploy these days that it takes a lot for one to be truly interesting or exciting. Of course, even the term "soundtrack" is usually a misnomer: most of the songs you hear on these albums have little or nothing to do with the movie, and are frequently ...
August 14, 2003
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GENE SIMMONS' 'My Dad The Rock Star' Cartoon To Bow In September

Bill Brioux of the Toronto Sun reports that KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons is "the dude behind 'My Dad The Rock Star', one of several fall gems unveiled yesterday (August 12) in Toronto at a press conference for various Alliance Atlantis networks. " 'My Dad The Rock Star', featuring a platform-w...
August 13, 2003
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MARTY FRIEDMAN's Early Works To Be Re-Released

VIXEN, the early '80s Hawaiian heavy metal group that featured in its ranks former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman (not to be confused with the all-girl Los Angeles-based band of the same name),will have their "Made In Hawaii" EP (1983) re-released, along with several previously unavailable demo...
August 12, 2003
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DON DOKKEN: New Material Sounds Like 'Tooth And Nail'

Don Dokken has posted the following message to DOKKEN's official web site: "Hi everybody, it's been a long time since I've posted a note. As you know we've been on tour almost a year and a half, and a lot has happened during that time. Member changes tough tours and law suits to boot! After ...
August 11, 2003
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IGGY POP Live At Jones Beach: Photos Available

IGGY POP performed live at Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York on Friday (August 8). Check out pictures from Film Magic. POP will release his new solo album, "Skull Ring", on September 30 through Virgin Records. The follow-up to 2001 "Beat 'Em Up" features collaborations with...
August 11, 2003
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GENE SIMMONS Explains KISS' Longevity

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently told The Toronto Sun that the secret to the band's longevity lies in defining themselves as a flashy band that plays non-flashy music, rather than the other way around. "When you think about it, we make no sense, because we're completely against fashion,"...
August 7, 2003
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SWALLOW THE SUN Commence Work On Full-Length Debut

Finnish melodic death/doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN, who feature several members of FUNERIS NOCTURNUM, have entered Sam's Workshop with producer Sami Kokko to begin recording their debut album, due in November through Firebox Records. The as-yet-untitled effort will contain the following tracks: 01...
August 6, 2003