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DAMAGEPLAN: MP3 Clips Posted Online
15 Dec 2003
DAMAGEPLAN's official fan web site, www.damageplan.net, has posted MP3 clips (each approximately 90 seconds long) of three songs from the group's forthcoming debut album, "New Found Power".
The tracks available for download are as follows: 01. New Found Power (mp3) 02. Explode (mp3) 03. Breathing New Life (mp3) ... |
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Death Angel Recording Update
15 Dec 2003
DEATH ANGEL guitarist Ted Aguilar has posted the following message on the band's official web site:
"The recording date got changed. We are now set to start January 3rd. We will do all the basic tracks & mix the record all of January except for 2 days (will tell you at the end of this post). A few reasons why we pushed the date. "1) [Guitarist] Rob [Cavestany] got very sick. He caught a bad flu type sickness while out in Europe. Thank the gods of metal that he's feeling so much better now & we're back in the jam room Monday. "2) We all wanted to write more tunes. We wrote while we were out on the European run (at soundchecks coming up with r ... |
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THY MAJESTIE Announce New Singer
15 Dec 2003
Italy's THY MAJESTIE have announced the addition of vocalist Gabriele Grilli to the group's ranks.
Gabriele, who went by the moniker Nightcomer when he appeared on the debut album from the epic metallers DOOMSWORD, "is a great talent, with a powerful voice, melodic and theatrical that sometime [is reminiscent of] the best performance [from] Bruce Dickinson but with is own incredible personality," the band said in an official statement. Samples of Gabriele's vocals can be downloaded from the group's official web site: Sample#1, |
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Ozzy: Injury Update
12 Dec 2003
World Entertainment News Network is reporting that Ozzy Osbourne may never sing again after the horrific ATV accident this week which almost left him paralyzed.
Osbourne broke six ribs, a collarbone and a vertebra in his neck after losing control of the vehicle in the grounds of his Buckinghamshire, England, estate on Monday. Doctors at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, south England, where Ozzy is being treated in intensive care, say the singer is making slow progress - but they fear he may never regain his voice. Medical director Dr. Dick Jack says, "He is not physically able to come off the ventilator yet. While he has got a tube in his throat he can't talk but, while awake, he has been making progress with people. His progress will be slow." When asked if the 55-year-old former BLACK SABBATH frontman will be able to speak once the tube has been removed, Jack responded, "We don't know."
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CANNIBAL CORPSE, HYPOCRISY, VILE To Tour U.S.
12 Dec 2003
CANNIBAL CORPSE, HYPOCRISY and VILE will be teaming up for a U.S. tour beginning in mid-February.
Tentative cities/dates are as follows: Feb. 13 - Houston, TX - TBA Feb. 14 - Dallas, TX - TBA Feb. 15 - San Antonio, TX - TBA Feb. 17 - Phoenix, AZ - TBA Feb. 18 - Los Angeles, CA - TBA Feb. 19 - San Francisco, CA - TBA Feb. 20 - Portland, OR - TBA Feb. 21 - Seattle, WA - TBA Feb. 23 - Salt Lake City, UT - TBA Feb. 24 - Denver, CO - TBA Feb. 25 - Lawrence, KS - TBA Feb. 26 - St. Louis, MO - TBA Feb. 27 - Milwaukee, WI - TBA Feb. 28 - Minneapolis, MN - TBA Feb. 29 - Chicago, IL - TBA Mar. 02 - Detroit, M ... |
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ARMORED SAINT Finalize Track Listing For New DVD
12 Dec 2003
ARMORED SAINT have completed work on their new DVD, "Armored Saint Magazine: Lessons Not Well Learned", tentatively scheduled for a late spring release.
Directed by bassist Joey Vera, the DVD will include a one-hour feature, which contains 12 live bootleg videos ranging from the "Symbol of Salvation" tours (1991) through the "Nod to the Old School" tours (2002). Done in a fictional eMagazine style, the feature takes you through several chapters of music mixed with off and onstage silly antics. All brought to you by a host simply named "Gahnzo". Also completed and included in "Armored Saint Magazine: Lessons Not Well Learned", is ... |
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AC/DC's Back In Black has sold 42 million copies
12 Dec 2003
AC/DC's 1980 album, "Back in Black", has been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as the world's second-best-selling album. At 42 million copies sold, it lags only behind Michael Jackson's "Thriller", which moved more than 56 million copies.
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It's official: Kotipelto and Michael are out of Stratovarius
08 Dec 2003
Finland's STRATOVARIUS have officially parted ways with vocalist Timo Kotipelto and drummer Jörg Michael. "Due to irrevocable and massive difficulties between the band leader Timo Tolkki and me, it has been agreed that this is the best thing to do to preserve at least some of the integrity the band used to have," Kotipelto said, according to the band's web site. "I will now fully concentrate on my solo album and I am convinced that this is the best way for me." Jörg Michael says that his priorities lie elsewhere at the moment, but that the suddenly escalating trouble in the band is one of the main reasons he doesn't want to play in STRATOVARIUS anymore. ... |
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STRATOVARIUS UPDATE: JENS In, KOTIPELTO Out?
07 Dec 2003
STRATOVARIUS guitarist Timo Tolkki has reportedly told the Finnish daily newspaper Ilta-Sanomat that keyboardist Jens Johansson will definitely continue to be a member of the band once the group have sorted through their current personnel "crisis". The situation with the band's drummer, Jörg Michael, however, is still up in the air. According to Tolkki, Michael's wife is due to give birth to twins in January and it is not presently clear if the drummer has enough interest and motivation to continue playing with the group.
While he has yet to publicly reveal the cause of their disagreement (due to "legal reasons"), Tolkki has indicated that the biggest problem in the band exists with v ... |
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Metallica's Master Of Puppets makes list of top 40 albums of all time
07 Dec 2003
METALLICA's groundbreaking 1986 release "Master of Puppets" has been named one of the Top 40 albums of all time by USA Today music critic Edna Gundersen in the daily newspaper's Dec. 5 edition. Criteria for inclusion was albums that "stand as cohesive bodies of work — not just fine collections of songs." The list was arranged chronologically and contained no rankings. Others albums that made the Top 40 include GUNS N' ROSES' "Appetite For Destruction" (1987), NINE INCH NAILS' "The Downward Spiral" (1994), NIRVANA's "Nevermind" (1991), and THE RAMONES' "The Ramones" (1976). Check out the entire list here.
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