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STEEL ATTACK: 'Diabolic Symphony' Due In April

Massacre Records has set an April 21 release date for the fifth full-length album from Swedish metallers STEEL ATTACK, entitled "Diabolic Symphony". The follow-up to 2004's "Enslaved" was recorded at Black Lounge Studio in Sweden with engineer Jonas Kjellgren and will feature "hard riffs combined wi...

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SUPREME MAJESTY Announce New Keyboardist

Swedish melodic metallers SUPREME MAJESTY have announced the addition of 27-year-old keyboardist Mattias Holmgren to the group's ranks. Currently studying creative design in Skellefteå, Sweden while running his own audio production company Morningdew Media, Holmgren has produced material by EMBRACIN...

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BOB DAISLEY Joins Forces With HAMMERFALL, NARNIA Members For PLANET ALLIANCE Project

Former OZZY OSBOURNE bassist Bob Daisley, HAMMERFALL members Magnus Rosén (bass) and Anders Johansson (drums),and NARNIA guitarist Carl-Johan Grimmark are among the musicians featured on PLANET ALLIANCE, a project band where several respected, high-class musicians were carefully selected in order t...

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Rock and Roll Is Dead

Mondo rock stars everywhere else, club-touring indie hopefuls here in the land that birthed rock and roll and then let it crawl out of its cradle like an unwanted bastard and immigrate. What's wrong with this country? At least we've finally got "Rock and Roll Is Dead" coming out domestically, albeit...

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AMARAN Call It Quits

Swedish progressive metallers AMARAN have called it quits. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "This year comes to an end and we are sad to say that AMARAN does the same. Since Johanna [DePierre, vocals] left us in July we have really been struggling looking for a replacem...

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TAD MOROSE Guitarist Comments On Singer's Departure

TAD MOROSE guitarist Christer "Krunt" Andersson has issued the following statement regarding the recent departure of singer Urban Breed: "As many of you already know, Urban Breed is no longer in the band. He has posted his thoughts about this on the TAD MOROSE forum. I can't see how he could have co...

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CLOUDSCAPE Announce New Album Title

Swedish metallers CLOUDSCAPE have set "Crimson Skies" as the title of their sophomore album, tentatively due in Europe in June 2006 via Metal Heaven. A spring 2006 Asian release via Marquee/Avalon is expected. Artwork will be handled by Mattias Norén. CLOUDSCAPE will enter RoastingHouse studio in Ma...

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STEEL ATTACK Sign With MASSACRE RECORDS

Swedish metallers STEEL ATTACK have inked a deal with Germany's Massacre Records. Commented guitarist John Allan: "Our long search for the perfect record company has ended. We finally were lucky to find the ultimate home and I have to say that it feels really good and it is a great relief." STEEL AT...

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THE LEGION Announce New Singer, Part Ways With Bassist

Swedish black/death metallers THE LEGION, featuring current MARDUK drummer Emil Dragutinovic, have issued the following update: "After a long search we have finally found a new vocalist for the LEGION. He's name is Kjetil Hektoen and he’s also known for his participation in CREST OF DARKNESS and ENT...

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GEORGE LYNCH Lead Singer In Screaming Match With PAT TRAVERS

GEORGE LYNCH band lead singer Andrew Freeman got into a shouting match with opening act, legendary '70s guitarist PAT TRAVERS on Dec. 3 prior to their show together at Jaxx, located in West Springfield, VA. Sources say the altercation began when Travers was asked to move his RV, which was blocking L...

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GEORGE LYNCH's Tour Bus Sideswiped In Accident With Diesel Truck

The tour bus for legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) and his backing band got sideswiped in an accident with a diesel truck on Sunday morning (Dec. 11) after Lynch's performance in Detroit, Michigan. The group have resumed traveling and are headed for Denver, Colorado (where they ar...

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GEORGE LYNCH Featured On 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'

Bassist Marten Andersson (GEORGE LYNCH, STARWOOD, LIZZY BORDEN) has issued the following update: "I don't know if you caught the George Lynch rehearsal skit with announcer 'Stuttering John' (Melendez) that aired last night [Dec. 8] on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on NBC. I think they mainly feat...

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ANGRA Drummer, MCBRAIN DAMAGE Vocalist To Appear On STYGIA Album

Drummer Aquiles Priester (ANGRA),virtuoso keyboardist Richard Andersson (TIME REQUIEM, MAJESTIC, SPACE ODYSSEY) and vocalist Jonathan Murphy (MCBRAIN DAMAGE) are among the musicians contributing to the new demo recording from STYGIA, the project of Todd Seitz, an up-and-coming "shred" guitarist fro...

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THE HELLACOPTERS: 'Rock & Roll Is Dead' To Receive U.S. Release In January

"Rock & Roll Is Dead", the acclaimed new album from Swedish rockers THE HELLACOPTERS — whose multiple Grammy awards and gold records in their home country have helped the quintet build a rabid fan base not only in their native Europe, but around the entire world — will be released in America on...

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GEORGE LYNCH: Notes From The Road

Legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB) has posted a short update on the first two shows of his band's current tour, including the Nov. 26 concert in Poughkeepsie, New York which also featured YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TWISTED SISTER and SEBASTIAN BACH. Read it at this location. Lynch is joined...