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ROYAL HUNT Split With Bassist, Guitarist

Bassist Steen Mogensen and guitarist Jacob Kjaer have officially left Danish melodic/progressive metallers ROYAL HUNT. No reason was given for their departure. Mogensen is expected to continue his collaboration with ex-RAINBOW/current YNGWIE MALMSTEEN vocalist Doogie White in CORNERSTONE, whose thir...

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SUN CAGED Part Ways With Drummer, Seek Replacement

Dutch progressive metallers SUN CAGED, who feature in their ranks STAR ONE keyboardist Joost van den Broek, have parted ways with drummer Dennis Leeflang. Dennis' official statement on the matter is as follows: "After almost five years, three demo CDs, one album and 61 shows, I am no longer part of...

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UFO Guitarist To Guest On JORDAN RUDESS Solo Album

UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore started recording solos Thursday (Dec. 11) for the new Jordan Rudess (DREAM THEATER) solo record. This will be the first time Jordan and Vinnie have recorded together since Vinnie's "Time Odyssey" record was released in 1988. Moore will be featured on two songs. Joe Satria...

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VELVET REVOLVER's DUFF MCKAGAN Says The Group's Debut Album Is A 'Journey'

VELVET REVOLVER's still-untitled debut album, due in late March/early April through RCA Records, will include twelve of the more than fifty tracks the band co-wrote before and after singer Scott Weiland (STONE TEMPLE PILOTS) joined the group last spring, and is being co-produced by the group and Jos...

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ROB ZOMBIE Says He Is 'Thinking About The Next Album'

Despite a recent web posting from one of his forum moderators which indicated that Rob Zombie had already begun work on a new record, the singer has told Rolling Stone magazine that plans for him to record and release the follow-up to 2001's "The Sinister Urge" are murky at best. "I am thinking ...

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GOD FORBID Prepare To Release New Album

The New Jersey quintet GOD FORBID have just released a new low-priced EP entitled "Better Days". The EP features the new track, "Better Days" from the group's highly anticipated new effort, "Gone Forever", along with an exclusive new song only available on this disc. The set also contains a demo ver...

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NOVEMBERS DOOM: Hard At Work On New Material

Chicago doomsters NOVEMBERS DOOM have set "Ascension" as the title for their forthcoming full-length CD, tentatively due in early 2004 through an as-yet-undetermined label. Among the tracks set to appear on the album are the following: 01. In the Absence of Grace 02. Swallowed by the Moon 03. Dark W...

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USURPER Split With Singer, Vow To Carry On

Chicago death/thrash lords USURPER have officially parted ways with vocalist General Diabolical Slaughter. However, the band, who have no intentions of breaking up, will still go ahead with their previously announced performance at the "Holidays Of Horror Six" Festival (with the help of a "special g...

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IMAGIKA To Enter Studio In January

San Francisco power/thrash metallers IMAGIKA will enter Prairie Sun studios in Cotati, California to finish tracking their fourth album, tentatively due in early 2004 through an as-yet-undisclosed label. "All new vocal tracks and bass will be laid down," reads a post on the band's web site. "There's...

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DARK FUNERAL Sign With REGAIN, Live Album Due In March

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have signed with Regain Records following their split with MNW/No Fashion Records earlier in the year. The group's first release for Regain will be their as-yet-untitled live album recorded on their recent South American tour, due on March 29. The complete track...

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CRYSTAL BALL Added To PINK CREAM 69/AXXIS European Tour

Swiss melodic metallers CRYSTAL BALL have been added to the forthcoming PINK CREAM 69/AXXIS European co-headlining tour. CRYSTAL BALL's fourth full-length album, "Hellvetia", was released earlier this month through Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to last year's "Virtual Empire" was recorded and...

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SKINLAB: 'Expect Nothing Less Than A Sick-Ass Record'

SKINLAB frontman Steev Esquivel has posted the following message on the band's web site: "Yo yo, what up everyone, we're back and coming to you proud and clear!! The SLAYER tour has been an experience that we'll never forget. We had such a killer time hanging with all the bands/crews and of course a...

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SAVATAGE Guitarist Signs Solo Record Deal

SAVATAGE/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery has signed a deal with Greece's Black Lotus Records for the release of his debut solo album. The CD, tentatively titled "Faces", will feature many guest musicians and will be released worldwide in September 2004. The following is Caffery's of...

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MONSTER MAGNET Complete Work On New Album

MONSTER MAGNET have completed work on their new album, tentatively entitled "Monolithic Babies", with producer Scott Humphrey (ROB ZOMBIE, SPINESHANK, ANDREW W.K.). The CD, the group's first with bassist Jim Baglino (LORD STERLING),will feature such cuts as "Master Of Light", "On the Verge", "Slut...

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AEROSMITH's STEVEN TYLER Talks About Daughter's Marriage To PAPA ROACH Drummer

AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler recently spoke to the Grand Forks Herald about the experience of having his daughter Mia marry PAPA ROACH drummer David Bruckner during an Oct. 26 AEROSMITH concert in the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. "[It was] incredible," Tyler said. "She came to the gig with her b...