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Top 20 'Greatest Guitar Solos Ever': Videos Available

Video links to the top 20 of the Guitar World magazine "100 Greatest Guitar Solos Ever" have been posted online at CityRag. Listen and watch the musical genius and mastery that made these classics famous! Top 20 "Greatest Guitar Solos Ever": 01. Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy Page 02. Eruption - Edward...

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The Fall of an Empire

Do not let it be said that French symphonic metallers FAIRYLAND tricked you into buying "The Fall of an Empire". If you buy an album from a band called FAIRYLAND and you expect anything other than the utterly over-the-top bard-metal you get, you're either illiterate or retarded. Anyone not into Midd...

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SIEGES EVEN: New Album Update

Reformed cult German progressive metal band SIEGES EVEN has issued the following update: "It has been quite quiet from our side for some time now. Here a brief update concerning our 'steps' towards the new album. "Writing is going really well. So far we have finished or almost finished about six, se...

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DARK MOOR To Film New Video This Month

Madrid, Spain-based power metallers DARK MOOR will film a video for the first single off their new album, "Tarot", at the end of December with producer Dividi2. The clip will be available in January/February 2007. DARK MOOR recently signed a deal with Italy's Scarlet Records. The group's new album,...

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SIEGES EVEN Confirmed For PROGPOWER EUROPE Festival

Reformed cult German progressive metal band SIEGES EVEN has been confirmed as one of the headliners of the ProgPower Europe 2007 festival, set to take place October 5-7, 2007 in Baarlo, Netherlands. The band will play at ProgPower on Oct. 7. Also scheduled to appear are JON OLIVA'S PAIN (co-headline...

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Guitarist BERNIE TORME Discusses GMT Project

DioMessageBoard.com recently conducted an interview with Irish guitarist Bernie Torme (GILLAN, OZZY OSBOURNE) about his new band GUY-MCCOY-TORME (GMT),also featuring his old compadre from GILLAN, bassist John McCoy — who has worked with Joey Belladonna, SAMSON, and the UK SUB, among others — and dr...

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DARK MOOR Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Madrid, Spain-based power metallers DARK MOOR have parted ways with drummer Andy C. due to "scheduling conflicts" with his other musical projects. His replacement, Roberto Cappa, is "an experienced live and studio performer" who previously played in the Spanish metal band ANIMA SOLA. DARK MOOR recen...

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Drummer RICARDO CONFESSORI Seeks New Members For Revamped SHAAMAN

Drummer Ricardo Confessori has announced plans to carry on with the band SHAAMAN (formerly SHAMAN) despite the recent departures of André Matos (vocals),Luis Mariutti (bass) and Hugo Mariutti (guitar). Confessori is currently seeking "young, promising players" to join him in the revamped group, who...

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FREDDIE MERCURY's Life Story Is Being Turned Into A Hollywood Film

PR-inside.com reports that Freddie Mercury's life story is being turned into a Hollywood film. The legendary QUEEN frontman — famous for such hits as "We Are The Champions" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" — tragically died of AIDS in 1991 and now his former bandmate Brian May has revealed a biopic about his...

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Ex-ANGRA Frontman ANDRÉ MATOS Embarks On Solo Career: Demo Available

Former ANGRA/SHAAMAN frontman André Matos has posted a demo version of a new solo track, entitled "Rio", at this location (Quicktime required). The song is expected to appear on the singer's debut solo album, tentatively due in 2007. A previously reported, SHAAMAN (formerly SHAMAN) — the Brazilian b...

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DARK MOOR Signs With SCARLET RECORDS

Spanish metal band DARK MOOR has signed a deal with Italy's Scarlet Records. With its previous five albums, the group established itself as one of today's leading classic/power metal acts, combining the European metal sound with a high-class symphonic approach, made possible by each member's astonis...

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RHAPSODY OF FIRE Guitarist Working On New Solo Album

RHAPSODY OF FIRE guitarist Luca Turilli has issued the following update: "I just came back from Wolfsburg where I ended the first part of the production for the second DREAMQUEST album (please check www.dreamquest.eu for more details). During that time I had also the possibility to plan the producti...

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MANOWAR: More Rescheduled European Tour Dates Announced

MANOWAR has announced more dates for its rescheduled European leg of the Demons, Dragons And Warriors World Tour 2007, also featuring RHAPSODY OF FIRE and HOLYHELL. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Mar. 14 - Sportovní Hala Novesta - Zlín, CZR Mar. 15 - CEZ Aréna – Pardubice, CZR Mar. 16 - Hala...

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QUEEN Guitarist BRIAN MAY Co-Authors Book About Origins of Universe

The Associated Press reports that Brian May, who abandoned doctoral studies in astronomy to play guitar with '70s rock legends QUEEN, has returned to his first love as a co-author of the book "Bang! The Complete History of the Universe", which was launched Monday (Oct. 23). Co-written with Patrick M...

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Triumph or Agony

If you were among those disappointed by BLIND GUARDIAN's streamlining of their sound this year, your luxury liner has come in. RHAPSODY OF FIRE have, if anything, gone even further off the deep end into operatic, cinematic, utterly bombastic and gaudy symphonic metal. Choirs swell, drums thunder, st...