WARMEN, the brainchild of CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman, will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with a concert during the Helsinki Metal Meeting weekend on February 18, 2010 at Dante's Highlight in Helsinki Finland. As if WARMEN's third live performance ever wouldn't be enough to make this a very special event, the band vows to ...
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Grammy Award-winning R&B artist Rihanna performed two songs — "Hard" and "Russian Roulette" — on "Saturday Night Live" this past Saturday (December 5) backed by a powerhouse eight-piece rock band, featuring EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. The added oomph behind Rihanna led to an extra heavy metal version of "Hard", which featured Young Jeezy. Rihanna's army ...
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NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon will perform on January 19, 2010 during the "P3 Guld" (Swedish radio's annual music awards) live awards ceremony broadcast from the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg, Sweden. The event will be aired live on both Swedish national TV and radio. Commented Olzon: "The gala is an award gala where our biggest public ...
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As lead guitarist for MEGADETH in the '80s and Brazil's Badi Assad in the '90s, Jeff Young toured the world and immersed himself in the observation and study of diverse musical cultures. On his first-ever solo release, which will go on sale at CDBaby.com next week, he serves up a global enchilada of gypsy flamenco, ...
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Duff McKagan of GUNS N' ROSES/VELVET REVOLVER fame and James Lomenzo from MEGADETH lead a star-studded lineup of artists appearing at the Rotosound booth (5596, Hall B) at the upcoming NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show on January 16, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. They will be joined by Warren ...
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Guitar virtuoso Nuno Bettencourt has joined forces with Rihanna and will be her 2010 world tour lead guitarist. The unexpected combination of Grammy Award-winning R&B artist Rihanna and rock guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has in fact become what Nuno says "a great opportunity to blend our talents to create a high-energy experience." Nuno is best known ...
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WARMEN's cover version of the ROXETTE song "Fading Like A Flower" is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track, which features a guest appearance by the Finnish pop/rock queen Jonna Kosonen, was included as the bonus cut on the Japanese version of the Finnish group's fourth album, "Japanese Hospitality". WARMEN ...
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ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with FLYLEAF frontwoman Lacey Mosley. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: "Memento Mori" sees each member of FLYLEAF personally delving deeper than ever before. How does it feel to listen to the album now? Lacey: I think that's exactly it! It's ...
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Cindy Adams of Examiner.com reports: Dave Gardner, a University of Virginia graduate told WDBJ that he spoke to missing Morgan Harrington, 20, prior to her disappearance. "It was definitely her, I'm 100 percent certain of that," said Gardner. Gardner travelled from New Jersey to see the METALLICA concert in Charlottesville. He said Morgan ...
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NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon is currently in Stockholm, Sweden creating songs for her upcoming solo album with Swedish producers Stefan Örn and Johan Glössner. She writes on her official blog, "Today we just did some first recordings on two more songs and its just so we can go home and listen and make changes in ...
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NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon has posted the following message on her official blog: "I am at my hotel room in Stockholm [Sweden] after a day full of creating songs [for my upcoming solo album] in the studio together with [Swedish producers] Stefan [Örn] and Johan [Glössner]. It's been really nice and also fun to sit ...
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"Ex You", the new video from the Canadian metal outfit STARRING JANET LEIGH, can be viewed below. The shoot went down during the band's performance as part of the Montreal Assault Tour which also featured DESPISED ICON, BENEATH THE MASSACRE, CARNIFEX, BLIND WITNESS and THE LAST FELONY. The live footage captured at the show was ...
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Shawn Loeffler of AskMen.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. AskMen.com: Where does the title [to the new MEGADETH album, "Endgame"] come from? Mustaine: There was a bill that was signed into law by our ex-president, George Bush, and basically it ...
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"Japanese Hospitality", the fourth album from CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman's WARMEN project, has entered the Finnish chart at position No. 36. "Japanese Hospitality" was released via Spinefarm Records. The 10-song effort includes two cover versions — "Separate Ways", originally recorded by JOURNEY, and "Black Cat" by JANET JACKSON, featuring a guest ...
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NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon has tapped Swedish producer/songwriter Anders Bagge to write material for her upcoming solo album, which she plans to record during the band's downtime in early 2010. Commented Olzon: [Bagge] is a very famous and incredibly talented songwriter. He has done so many hit songs and has been working with MADONNA, CELINE ...
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CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman will release the fourth album from his WARMEN project, "Japanese Hospitality", on August 24 via Spinefarm Records. The 10-song effort includes two cover versions — "Separate Ways", originally recorded by JOURNEY, and "Black Cat" by JANET JACKSON, featuring a guest appearance by the Finnish pop/rock queen Jonna Kosonen. In ...
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"At The Bottom", the new video from Walkerton, Ontario, Canada-based metallers ODIUM, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Chad Archibald of Black Fawn Films at and old abandoned farmhouse in Guelph, Ontario. The track is taken from the group's recently released Year of the Sun debut album of the same name, which ...
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The first single from former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young's debut solo album, "Equilibrium", is a powerful-yet-tender remake of a song from AEROSMITH's 1974 "Get Your Wings" LP, entitled "Seasons of Wither". According to a posting on Young's MySpace page, "Jeff is joined on this stripped-down rendition by one of America's true organic voices, Twinkle Schascle. ...
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Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has released his "haunting tribute" to the late Jeff Buckley via MySpace. The song, entitled "Always Remember Me", is available for streaming at this location. Young wil release his debut solo album, "Equilibrium", this summer. The CD was mixed by Michael Wagener (OZZY OSBOURNE, JANET JACKSON, METALLICA, QUEEN, ...
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As the next step in a career that has already seen stints in some of the most legendary acts in alternative music (including NINE INCH NAILS, MINISTRY, KILLING JOKE, PIL and PIGFACE), drummer and music industry educator Martin Atkins has launched Revolution Number Three, a new music business school based in Chicago. Atkins' goal for ...
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BaltimoreSun.com reports that the husband of a Baltimore County woman who has been missing since March 2005 when she failed to meet friends for a MÖTLEY CRÜE concert in Washington was arrested Thursday (June 18) by Baltimore County police and charged with her murder, the department announced. Dennis Joseph Tetso, 44, was picked ...
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Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has collaborated with ex-FEMME FATALE vocalist Lorraine Lewis and ex-VIXEN drummer Roxy Petrucci on "a little BAD COMPANY-esque/countryfied rocker" entitled "Desperate". The track is currently available for streaming at Jeff's MySpace page. Jeff Young wil release his debut solo album, "Equilibrium", this summer. The CD was mixed by ...
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Walkerton, Ontario-based metallers ODIUM have posted a teaser for their video for the song "At The Bottom". The track is taken from the group's recently released Year of the Sun debut album of the same name, which was produced by Greg Dawson (THE END, MONEEN, STARRING JANET LEIGH). According to a press release, ODIUM's brand ...
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada's STARRING JANET LEIGH has posted a new song, "Mistress", on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's debut full-length album, "Spectrum", which is scheduled for release on May 12 via Ironclad Recordings (Trevor Phipps of UNEARTH's label). The CD was recorded in June and September 2007 with ...
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Peterborough, U.K.-based six-piece KHALO has inked a deal with Glasstone Records. The band's new mini-album will be released later in the year. Formed in 2006, KHALO's music comes across as aggressive, progressive, epic and positive, with a desire for their audience to take something away from a show, so the lyrics are just as important ...
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CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman will release the fourth album from his WARMEN project, "Japanese Hospitality", on August 24 via Spinefarm Records. The 10-song effort includes two cover versions — "Separate Ways", originally recorded by JOURNEY, and "Black Cat" by JANET JACKSON, featuring a guest appearance by the Finnish pop/rock queen Jonna Kosonen. In ...
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Vocalist Alissa White-Gluz of Montreal's THE AGONIST and guitarist Matt Zadkovich of Toronto's STARRING JANET LEIGH were interviewed for this week's edition of "The Governor's Ball". You can download the program at this location. THE AGONIST has just completed a short run of dates alongside Swedish metallers THE HAUNTED, with plans to continue ...
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CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman has set "Japanese Hospitality" as the title of the fourth album from his WARMEN project, due on August 24 via Spinefarm Records. The 10-song effort includes two cover versions — "Separate Ways", originally recorded by JOURNEY, and "Black Cat" by JANET JACKSON, featuring a guest appearance by the Finnish ...
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CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman has finished mixing the fourth album from his WARMEN project, due later in the year. One of the new cover songs the band recorded is JANET JACKSON's "Black Cat", featuring a guest appearance by the Finnish pop/rock queen Jonna Kosonen. Other guest singers scheduled to appear on the CD ...
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Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young is scheduled to release his debut solo album, "Equilibrium", this summer. The CD was mixed by Michael Wagener (OZZY OSBOURNE, JANET JACKSON, METALLICA, QUEEN, KING'S X, SKID ROW, EXTREME) and features performances by Los Angeles vocal phenom Debby Holiday (JOHN WAITE, ROD STEWART), Brazilian singer/guitarists Badi Assad and Lenine, Australian ...
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