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SOULFLY Guitarist In April Issue Of GUITAR WORLD Magazine

SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo is showing off his skills in the "Bet You Can't Play This" section of the April 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine (Joe Satriani on the cover),in stores now. Click here to take the audio lesson. SOULFLY are currently touring Europe until the end of March in support ...

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DRAGONFORCE Announce New Bassist

London-based "extreme power metal" band DRAGONFORCE have found themselves a new bassist. Stepping up to fill the slot vacated last year by Adrian Lambert, who left the band to spend more time with his family, is DRAGONFORCE's current "touring bassist" Frederic Leclercq. Formerly guitarist with Frenc...

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SEVEN WITCHES: DVD Delayed

SEVEN WITCHES, the East Coast-based band featuring former SAVATAGE guitarist Jack Frost and ex-HADES frontman Alan Tecchio, have posted the following message on their official web site: "The new album, 'Amped', which was released in the USA is doing incredible! It's in the top 20 best-selling CDs on...

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LOUDNESS: 'Live In Seoul' DVD Now Available

Legendary Japanese metallers LOUDNESS have just released a new live DVD, entitled "Live In Seoul 2005 12 03 - Official Bootleg DVD Series Two" (view cover here). As the title suggests, the DVD was filmed in Seoul, Korea on December 3, 2005. The complete track listing for the set is as follows: 01. ....

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WEDNESDAY 13 Secures New Management, Continues Writing New Material

Horror High has announced that they will be handling management duties for MURDERDOLLS frontman Wednesday 13. Commented Horror High president Jon Nelson: "Well, people already hate us, because they think I'm an ass. They hate Horror High because we work with Michale Graves [former MISFITS frontman]....

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U.K.'s HAMMERHEAD Land Record Deal — 20 Years After They Split Up

U.K.'s Times & Star is reporting that West Cumbrian heavy metal band HAMMERHEAD has landed a record contract — more than 20 years after they split up. HAMMERHEAD, reformed for a friend's 40th birthday, found bootleg copies of their old songs were circulating on the internet. Members Buzz Elliott...

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SOULFLY To Embark On West Coast Tour With MANNTIS, A PERFECT MURDER

According to a posting on SOULFLY's official web site, the band will be undertaking a short West Coast tour beginning in early April, immediately following the band's current European headlining trek. Support on the West Coast dates will come from INCITE (featuring SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera's ste...

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CALIBAN To Tour U.S. With SWORN ENEMY, ION DISSONANCE, EMBRACE THE END

Lifeforce Records America/Abacus recording artist CALIBAN will be touring the U.S. in May in support of their new release, "The Undying Darkness". CALIBAN will be heading out with the likes of SWORN ENEMY, ION DISSONANCE and EMBRACE THE END. Confirmed dates are as follows: Apr. 28 - Long Island, NY...

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LED ZEPPELIN: Vintage Live Footage To Be Aired On WOLFGANG'S VAULT

According to Led-Zeppelin.com, a wealth of vintage performances from some of rock's biggest names will hit the Internet "airwaves" Feb. 8 via Wolfgang's Vault. The rock memorabilia site's Vault Radio will go live with about 75 songs culled from thousands of hours of tapes from the archives of legend...

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Former GREAT WHITE Tour Manager Pleads Guilty In Nightclub Fire Deaths

The Associated Press has issued the following report: The former tour manager for the heavy metal rock group GREAT WHITE pleaded guilty to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday for setting off the pyrotechnics that caused one of the deadliest nightclub fires in U.S. history. Under a plea ba...

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GAMMA RAY Add Minnesota Date To North American Tour

Hamburg, Germany-based GAMMA RAY, featuring Kai Hansen (formerly of HELLOWEEN) on lead vocals, will make their only Midwest/mid-country appearance at the Rock Nightclub in Maplewood, Minnesota, on Friday, May 12. This performance will be the closing date of their first-ever U.S. tour and the only pe...

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Ex-L.A. GUNS Frontman Says He Never Wanted To Rejoin Band

Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with original L.A. GUNS frontman Paul Black. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: What led to your departure from the group? Paul: "When we first put the band together, we got off to really good strong start. This was around the same...

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STRYPER To Perform At Finland's SAUNA OPEN AIR Festival

Reunited Christian hard rockers STRYPER will perform at the Sauna Open Air festival on June 9 in Tampere, Finland. They are also scheduled to play at Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden on June 10. As previously reported, STRYPER will be undertaking an acoustic tour of churches across the U.S...

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STILL REMAINS Announce Headlining Tour Dates

STILL REMAINS have announced nearly 60 North American tour dates including a headlining tour that will take them into May. The massive run starts with a stint as direct support to THROWDOWN, then a batch of dates with SHADOWS FALL and finally the headlining tour. "We love touring," stated singer TJ...

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LINKIN PARK To Perform At GRAMMY AWARDS

LINKIN PARK will be teaming up with rapper Jay-Z to perform "Numb/ Encore" at Wednesday's 48th annual Grammy awards in Los Angeles, acording to MTV.com. The track is up for the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration award, contending with Ciara and Missy Elliott's "1, 2 Step", Common, Kanye West and John Legen...