Launch Radio Networks is reporting that RUSH have posted their performance from last month's Canada For Asia tsunami benefit online. The official Rush.com web site has a link to the new version of their 1977 hit "Closer To The Heart", which features fellow Canadians Ed Robertson of BARENAKED LADIES and actor Mike Smith, who's best ...
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Bassist extraordinaire Tony Franklin (WHITESNAKE, THE FIRM, BLUE MURDER) has recorded seven tracks for the upcoming, as-yet-untitled album from guitarist Pat Travers and drummer Carmine Appice. "Everything was recorded live in the same room (rare these days!)," Franklin writes on his web site. "We recorded a number of favorites from the live set, including 'Boom ...
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CRYPTOPSY guitarist Jon Levasseur has officially left the band. His statement on the matter is as follows: "Jon Levasseur here writing to officially announce my departure from CRYPTOPSY. It is something I strangely felt coming on since a year prior to my departure (August 2004) as my inspiration for such extreme music was growing thin. ...
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Savannah GA's crust-metal-punk hybrid KYLESA have completed work on "To Walk A Middle Course" with producer Alex Newport (MELVINS, AT THE DRIVE-IN, NAILBOMB, THE LOCUST). The album is set for release on March 22 through Prosthetic Records. You can sample the track "In Memory" here. The band will embark on a nationwide tour ...
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There is death metal and then there is IMMOLATION. By that I mean the 17-year veterans are New York-style death metal to the bone, but create quality songs that sound like no one else. The menacing sound, those layered riffs, textured rhythms, and evil-ass Ross Dolan (decipherable) growl came together to form the best album ...
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DISILLUSION, the prog-death band from Leipzig, Germany who recently performed several dates with an expanded line-up (accompanied by five guest musicians), have issued the following update via their official web site: "DISILLUSION have decided to play no more concerts in large line-up including the announced final show in our hometown Leipzig which was to take ...
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SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser, former TESTAMENT axeman Alex Skolnick, ex-SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach and former WARRANT frontman Jani Lane are among the musicians appearing on the upcoming RUSH tribute album, "Subdivisions", due on March 15 via Magna Carta Records. The CD, which features pre-mix editing by longtime RUSH producer Terry Brown, contains
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Norway's Imhotep Zine recently asked more than 60 heavy metal and hard rock musicians to answer the following two questions related to last month's shooting death of PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: 1) Can aggressive music led people to kill others? 2) Is there any connection between heavy music and violence / killings ...
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According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, Hughes & Kettner has announced plans for a Alex Lifeson Signature TriAmp, to be released in April. A press release from the company follows: "For decades, the powerhouse trio RUSH has been the standard bearer of progressive rock. And the legendary threesome's ...
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Legendary bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) unveiled his new signature bass at the Manne Guitars booth on Saturday (Jan. 22) at the NAMM 2005 convention in Anaheim, California. Joining Glenn to celebrate the occasion were some of his close friends such as Alex Ligertwood, Hans Zermuehlen, Bobby Kimball, Pat Travers, Ed Roth and ...
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French webzine VS-Webzine.com has uploaded an MP3 containing SAMAEL's live performance of "Inch'Allah" and "I Feel You" (DEPECHE MODE cover), recorded during their appearance on the "Arthur et les Pirates" show on the French national radio Europe 2 earlier today (Jan 20). SAMAEL's performance on the program marked the band's first-ever appearance on ...
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Switzerland's SAMAEL will perform two songs, "Inch'Allah" and "On Earth", live on French national radio (Europe 2) on January 20 beginning at 5:15 p.m. CET. This will mark the band's first appearance on a mainstream radio program. In other news, SAMAEL have added photos from their 2004 European tour to the gallery section of their ...
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HAMMERFALL's video for their new single, "Blood Bound", has been posted online at Aftonbladet.se. With regards to the video, guitarist Oscar Dronjak recently said, "We are frozen in ice in the beginning of the clip, standing on top of the hammer from the cover. "As you can see, the environmental atmosphere is comparable ...
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German prog-metallers SCENES, now featuring Alex Koch (ex-SPIRAL TOWER, POWERGOD) on vocals, will support CORNERSTONE (the project featuring ROYAL HUNT bassist Steen Mogensen and ex-RAINBOW/current YNGWIE MALMSTEEN vocalist Doogie White) on several Belgian and German shows beginning in late January. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 28 – Vosselar, BEL @ Biebob Jan. 29 – ...
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HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "[The new HAMMERFALL single] 'Blood Bound' will be released in just two weeks, so it's time to unveil some still pictures from the video. We are frozen in ice in the beginning of the clip, standing on top ...
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The Udo Dirkschneider (ACCEPT, U.D.O.) fan site Accept-Udo.de has posted three songs from German guitarist Alex Parche featuring Dirkschneider on lead vocals. The tracks available for download are "The Longer You Can Wait" (which originally appeared on Parche's 1992 album, "The Alex Parche Project"), "Gate Patrol" (off Parche's 1993 release, "Son of a ...
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More information has surfaced regarding the upcoming DVD release of TESTAMENT's classic "Seen Between the Lines" band documentary. A fan favorite for over a decade, "Seen Between the Lines" was originally released on VHS in 1991 and has been re-recorded in DVD format to enhance picture clarity and sound quality for today's TESTAMENT followers. "Seen ...
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RHAPSODY keyboardist Alex Staropoli has launched his official web site at this location. Staropoli, who is currently working on the compositions for his solo CD, commented: "Thanks to all of you who have supported me through the years and to everyone wanting to know more about me and my solo band album, this ...
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Italian power metallers RHAPSODY spoke to Metal Temple magazine as part of their promotional press tour a couple of months ago, for their latest release, "Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II - The Dark Secret". During the interview, Alex Staropoli (keyboards) and Fabio Lione (vocals) put an end to the rumor that had existed ...
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According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, CBC News reported Wednesday night (Jan. 5) that Tom Cochrane, formerly of RED RYDER, is putting together a charity telethon to benefit the tsunami disaster fund. The event will be broadcast live on Canadian TV as early as next Thursday, January 13. ...
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John Henderson of the Naples Daily News is reporting that a criminal case involving RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson is expected to be resolved next month. It has been more than a year since Lifeson, whose real name is Alex Zivojinovich, was arrested for scuffling with Collier County sheriff's deputies at the Ritz-Carlton, Naples ...
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HEADRUSH, the Italian hard rock band featuring ex-DOKKEN guitar wizard Alex De Rosso and LABYRINTH singer Roberto Tiranti, will release their debut album in Europe on March 21 via Frontiers Records (in Japan via King Records). The band's inception came about last summer when Alex started to write the material in collaboration with Pat Scalabrino, ...
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Former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS members Dean (guitar) and Robert DeLeo (bass) have confirmed a January 14 show with a new band at B.B. King's nightclub in Los Angeles, according to Launch Radio Networks. The DeLeo brothers are part of the new band known as FARM FUR, which is rounded out by Steve Ferrone, who drums ...
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SILENT FORCE guitarist Alex Beyrodt will be embarking on a Japanese workshop tour in February. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 2-3 - Fukuoka, Kyushu Import Pro Audio Fair, Bayside Place, Hakata 2nd Floor Feb. 04 - Fukuoka-Fukuoka, Fukuoka Musicland Key Feb. 06 - Okinawa-Naha, Okinawa Takara Records Feb. 08 - Kagawa-Takamatsu, Kagawa Hits Feb. ...
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According to News-Press.com, a hearing to schedule a trial date for RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson (a.k.a. Alex Zivojinovich) — who is charged with two counts of battery during a Jan. 31, 2003, New Year's Eve party at the posh Ritz-Carlton hotel in Naples — and his son, Justin Shawn Zivojinovich — who is charged with ...
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The editing of SAMAEL's video for the song "Telepath" is done, according to a press release. Shot in Gothenburg, Sweden before the start of the European tour with directors Roger Johansson and Alex Hansson, the video shows two sides of a personality trying to get in touch with each other. The clip is going to ...
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British aggro-metallers RAZORWIRE have a live video of the track "Dipole" available for free download at this location. The video was recorded at the fourth Godless festival on October 23, 2004 at the Talbot Hotel in Stoke on Trent, U.K. The clip was recorded, edited and produced by Cavan McLaughlin for Walrus & ...
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Former TESTAMENT/SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick has sent the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding the death of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist Dimebag Darrell: "I was watching CNN early this morning when they cut to the scene of a conert shooting in Columbus. I was sure it was some local band, then they showed the pictures of Darrell. I ...
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ATROCITY and LEAVES' EYES have issued the following statement regarding a recent incident on the two group's joint European tour: "After their grand finale show of the Atlantis Lovelorn Tour in La Locomotive, Paris, November 28, 2004, the bands experienced an arbitrary infringement by the French police. "Right after crew and band had finished the ...
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THE MIGHTY NIMBUS, the Minnesota-based group featuring former SIXTY WATT SHAMAN and ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY members, have parted with singer Dan Soren due to family issues. For their upcoming February tour with CROWBAR and ENTOMBED, ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY guitarist Erik Larson will sing for the band. Larson played guitar on THE MIGHTY NIMBUS' debut record and was ...
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