A video of EDGUY performing the track "The Headless Game" at last year's ProgPower USA III festival is now available for download at this location.

EDGUY will release their first-ever double live album, "Burning Down The Opera", on June 2 through AFM Records. The band, whose last CD, "Mandrake", was released in 2001, have begun the pre-production process for their new studio album, tentatively due in early 2004.

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Moonspell and their long time bass player Sérgio C. have parted ways and put a term on their collaboration. The departure was amicable. Moonspell is working on finding a substitute for the recording sessions and will enlist someone to assure their live compromises.

In the meanwhile the recordings will be assured by Niclas Etelavouri the current bass player of long time friends Amorphis.

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Recording began last Friday, March 21st, in the rehearsal space at HQ with the band performing six songs....the first with Rob for the cameras... unless of course, you count amateur Swedish home videos. There will be no fancy shit, just Metallica doing what they do best, kicking your ass, and don't worry, the CD will be regularly priced, we just wanna throw in some extra free shit for you guys ! St. Anger is scheduled to be released on June 10th.

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After two years of silence, the former SAVATAGE singer ZAK STEVENS is now back with his own band called CIRCLE II CIRCLE. The material lies somewhere between SAVATAGE highlights like Hall Of The Mountain King, Edge Of Thorns and Dead Winter Dead. As a special bonus, the debut album will be produced by no one else than SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva who is also contributing some background vocals and a brilliant duet with Zak Stevens on the song "Forgiven". Savatage guitarist Chris Caffery also appears on the album. The debut is entitled "Watching In Silence" and is scheduled for April 28, 2003.

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GREAT WHITE members will make their first live appearance since last month's tragic club fire in Rhode Island on Thursday, April 17 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Beverly Hills, California. All proceeds from the gig will benefit The Baby Longley Fund, set up on behalf of the unborn child of late GREAT WHITE guitarist Ty Longley, who lost his life in the inferno. In addition to GREAT WHITE members Jack Russell, Mark Kendall, Sean McNabb and Dave Felice, the show will feature appearances by Yuko of THE JACK RUSSELL BAND and HAPPENIN' HARRY & THE HAPTONES.

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ICED EARTH have parted ways with guitarist Larry Tarnowski on the eve of the recording sessions for the group's new CD, tentatively titled "Glorious Burden". "[Larry] will continue his studies and we wish him all the best for his future endeavors," ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer wrote on the band's official web site. "There will be a few different guest appearances on the record for the solo's and we will be deciding on a touring replacement in the near future. I'll be making that decision after the recording and will let [everyone] know who it will be in the next few months."

"Next week we begin recording drum tracks and the next [ICED EA ...

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QUEENSRYCHE and DREAM THEATER will team up for a 50/50 co-headlining tour of North America beginning in June, according to a posting on www.queensryche.com. "And if you think the pairing up of these two bands was good enough, just wait till you find out who they're to get to open up," continues the message. "Tour dates will be announced shortly. So stay tuned, there's a lot more to come, just you wait!"

A pairing between QUEENSRYCHE and DREAM THEATER has been a long time coming, with the two progressive hard rock giants having originally intended to join forces for a package tour in 2002, a plan that ...

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San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT are the latest act to have been officially confirmed for this year's installment of Wacken Open Air festival.

The event, which is scheduled to take place Jul. 31-Aug. 2, 2003 in Wacken, Germany, will include performances from the following artists, among others:

ANCIENT RITES
ANNIHILATOR
ASSASSIN
CIRCLE II CIRCLE
DARK ANGEL
DEW-SCENTED
DIAMOND HEAD
DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER
DISMEMBER
EIDOLON
EXTREME NOISE TERROR
GAMMA RAY
HEAVENSHALLBURN
ICED EARTH
IN FLAMES
KATAKLYSM
LORDI
MALEVOLENT CREATION
MASTERPLAN
NILE
PRIMAL FEAR
RAGE
RAUNCHY
RUNNING WILD
SENTENCED
SINISTER
SINNER
SLAYER
SOILWORK
STRATOVARIUS
TESTAMENT
THE ALMIGHTY PUNCHDRUNK
THE CROWN
THYRFING
VADER
VICTORY

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Sweden's DARK TRANQUILLITY have denied reports that they have been confirmed for The 2003 Metal Gods Tour, a multi-band package featuring HALFORD, co-headliners TESTAMENT, IMMORTAL, CARNAL FORGE, PAIN MUSEUM, and AMON AMARTH.

"Regarding touring, the information circulating on the [Internet] implying that [DARK TRANQUILLITY] will be part of the HALFORD tour package in the U.S. isn't correct," the band said in a statement posted on their official web site. "At present, no new tours are confirmed."

In other news, DARK TRANQUILLITY's upcoming DVD, titled "Live Damage", will likely include additional ...

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IMPELLITTERI, the band led by guitar legend Chris Impellitteri, are currently working on their new CD, due before the end of the year. According to the group's official web site, the forthcoming album will represent "a new sound for the band. Fast, furious and a touch of opera. Chris has been talking with MAJOR producers to help give the band a new sound. Of course the shredding will continue. And there may be a surprise or two!!!!!" IMPELLITTERI's last studio CD, 2002's "System X", featured the services of former RAINBOW/MSG frontman Graham Bonnet.

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