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In Blood We Rock

This is the kind of review that makes a writer feel like a real asshole. Texas retro-rockers BLOOD OF THE SUN have an amazingly good thing going on here — instrumentally, they can't be touched. Big warm analog riffs, a keyboard player that throws in just the right amount of piano and Hammond B-3 org...

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KITTIE: 'Funeral For Yesterday' Video Available For Streaming

KITTIE's video for the track "Funeral for Yesterday" is available for streaming at UVTV.info. The clip was shot on February 5 on Long Island, New York. "Besides it being probably one of the coldest days [we] can remember in years and the location not really having heat at all, it was a lot ...

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MEGADETH's New Version Of 'A Tout Le Monde' To Feature LACUNA COIL's SCABBIA

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has revealed that the first single off the group's upcoming "United Abominations" album will be a re-recorded version of the band's "Youthanasia" classic "A Tout Le Monde". The 2007 version is a duet with LACUNA COIL's Cristina Scabbia and is said to be more uptempo th...

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DIMENSION ZERO: Photos From CLOSE-UP BÅTEN Posted Online

Several photos from DIMENSION ZERO's appearance at the Close-Up Båten festival/day-long cruise (which took off from Stockholm, Sweden on February 15) have been posted online at this location. The Swedish band's performance at the festival marked the first time ever that IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper St...

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More Than 10,000 Gather For Tribute To Late AC/DC Frontman BON SCOTT

Simon Collins of The West Australian reports that fists pumped in time to hard rock music under the searing sun at Claremont Showground Sunday (February 25) as THE ANGELS, ROSE TATTOO, SCREAMING JETS and others paid tribute to the late, great AC/DC frontman Bon Scott. More than 10,000 black T-shirt-...

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DEATH ANGEL Hard At Work On New Album

DEATH ANGEL guitarist Rob Cavestany has issued the following update: "We've been jamming out at our studio in Oakland, creating a new album which we plan to release later this year. Good vibes are flowing! Can't wait for you to feel it… "We're pretty much going to lay low on the live shows until we...

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BLACK 'N BLUE To Release 'Rarities' Album

Crash Music Classics has announced the release of BLACK 'N BLUE's "Rarities" album, due in stores April 24, 2007. The CD will feature rare and live tracks from the band's back catalogue. "These tracks are classic demos and live rockers that I have salvaged and re-mastered from my original cassette r...

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Former VAN HALEN Bassist Announces Addition To MAD ANTHONY Family Of Hot Sauces

Former VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony's official web site has been updated with the following message: "There's a new addition to the Mad Anthony family of hot sauces coming soon for those of you who just can't get enough heat. You wanted hotter taste with the same great flavor and Mad Anthony's...

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Bedtime Prayers

What if a melodic Swedish death metal band came along, pretty much out of nowhere, and vaulted themselves into the same echelon as the genre's elite with one album on a virtually unknown label (one whose youthful CEO enjoys taking the occasional anonymous potshot at me in the comments field… but I d...

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FU MANCHU: New Album Available For Streaming

"We Must Obey", the new album from Southern California fuzz-rockers FU MANCHU, is now available for streaming at the band’s official MySpace page. It will remain posted until the album's Feb. 20 street date. Vocalist, guitarist and founding member Scott Hill describes the record as his "favorite FU...

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Drummer ERIC SINGER Back Home For 'Some Family, Friends, Basketball And KISS'

Drummer Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER) has issued the following update: "This past weekend I made it back to my hometown of Cleveland for some family, friends, basketball and KISS! I started the weekend off by watching the Cavs [Cleveland Cavaliers] destroy the Miami Heat! Saturday I arrived at th...

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KITTIE Films 'Funeral For Yesterday' Video In New York

Canadian all-girl metal band KITTIE has issued the following update: "This past Monday (February 5) we shot the video for our first single 'Funeral for Yesterday' in Long Island [New York] and I must say, I think it's going to turn out great. Besides it being probably one of the coldest days I can r...

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SHARON OSBOURNE Says She Still Gets Hit On By Musicians

World Entertainment News Network reports that Ozzy Osbourne's wife/manager Sharon was once approached by an aging rocker who wanted to wind up her husband Ozzy by sleeping with her. The 54-year-old wasn't flattered to be propositioned by the veteran musician, because she knew he was only attracted t...

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DIMENSION ZERO: Band Lineup For CLOSE-UP BÅTEN Announced

According to a posting on DIMENSION ZERO's official web site, the Swedish band's appearance at the Close-Up Båten festival/day-long cruise (set to take off from Stockholm, Sweden on February 15) will mark the first time ever that IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Strömblad (who normally takes care of the b...

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METAL CHURCH Drummer Explains Concert Cancellations

METAL CHURCH has issued the following update: "Yesterday we put up an announcement stating that drummer Jeff Plate had incurred an injury at the Nashville show and due to that some shows would be cancelled. The announcement was put together very quickly because we wanted to get the word out to the t...