ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffman is in talks with Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS, ELECTRIC SUN) and Michael Schenker (MSG, ex-SCORPIONS, UFO) about joining forces for "an all-German G3"-type of tour, Hoffman revealed during a recent interview with MetalEater.com. "I would just play instrumental songs and all different guest musicians would just come together and jam," he said. "But with Uli Roth and Michael Schenker, that is something that I am really excited about."

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According to an article in the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, MORTICIAN vocalist/bassist Will Rahmer was arrested by the Polish police after threatening a taxi driver with a knife and stealing a taxi cab following the group's performance in the Polish city of Zielona Gora on Sunday (Nov. 13).

Rahmer reportedly called a cab after MORTICIAN's concert in Zielona Gora (which the other MORTICIAN members performed without Rahmer) and requested to be taken to the Berlin airport so that he could fly back to the United States. He allegedly went berserk in the car and threatened to stab the driver of the cab with a small knife. The taxi driver escaped and called the police. In the me ...

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Finland's KALMAH have set the tentative track listing for their fourth album, "The Black Waltz", tentatively due early next year via Spikefarm Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Swampsong" will contain 10 songs. A bonus cover track was also laid down during the sessions and will be included as a bonus cut on various releases.

"The Black Waltz" track listing (in no specific order):

01. Bitter Metallic Side
02. Defeat
03. The Groan of Wind
04. One from the Stands
05. The Black Waltz
06. With Terminal Intensity
07. To the Gallows
08. Time Takes Us All
09. Mindru ...

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Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH may be the epitome of pure evil when they hit the stage, but if their tour rider is any indication, they are softies at heart. GORGOROTH's rider for their current European tour with 1349 — which includes specifications on stage design, sound systems, lighting rigs, as well as an artist's wish list (from transportation and billing to dressing room accommodations and meals) — features a request for such items as "extra-soft" pink toilet paper, "condoms with strawberry taste" and a "masseuse" for the band every three days of the tour.

The following are a couple of excerpts from GORGOROTH's backstage rider for thei ...

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Swedish death/thrash metallers DEFLESHED have officially split up. The group's bassist/vocalist Gustaf Jorde has issued the following statement on the matter:

"Fellow comrades, with a schizophrenic mixture of grief and relief we hereby announce our departure from all DEFLESHED activities. Activities that has become more of obligations with the years, which has driven us individually to become more ambitions or less. We are in no way splitting up as unfriends, if anything reversed, and we'll thank you all for your the support through the years in the only way we know how to: a farewell to the flesh gig at Fellini, Uppsala, Sweden the 25th of December. This n ...

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According to a posting on the IRON MAIDEN fan site MaidenFans.com, MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson revealed in an interview with MTV Brazil this past week weekend that the band will enter the studio in March 2006 to record a new studio album, tentatively due next fall. A European tour is expected to kick off in October 2006, with South American dates tentatively penciled in for February 2007.

In other news, Dickinson delivered a keynote speech to Access All Areas delegates on November 9 in Stockholm, Sweden (Access All Areas is Sweden's annual showcase and ne ...

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Jason will be conducting an in-person interview with the Hatecrew themselves at their show in Montreal this Thursday Nov.10th, and we’re giving you the opportunity to ask some questions you feel need to be answered . Only the best questions will be taken, so if there’s anything in particular that you’d like to know that tickles your interest, feel free to submit your questions in the Interviews section under the “Children of Bodom Interview Questions” thread. Rock on ladies in gents!

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ABSU's Proscriptor will not be collaborating with MELECHESH on their upcoming album, according to a press release from MELECHESH's record label, Osmose Productions. "This was a mutual decision that had to be taken due to the geographic circumstances and overlapping time schedules," the press release reads.

"Proscriptor has been a member of MELECHESH since 1999 and has recorded two albums with them: 'Djinn' and 'Sphynx'. Both the MELECHESH members and Proscriptor had to take this decision; however, this does not affect their comradeship and possibilities for future cooperation."

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EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has rejected Internet reports that he has committed suicide. In a posting on the band's official web site, Sammet writes, "Wow, you turn your computer on, surf the Internet and find out that you're dead before you even realize it yourself. I just felt a little cold and wondered why people around seemed to not pay attention to me anymore. But I'd never thought in a million years that it's THAT serious. However, I am alive and well and it's only the second time this year that people think I'm dead. If I had died, I would let you know, don't worry. See you on tour."

EDGUY have set a January 20, 2006 release date for their new album, "Rocket Ride" (Nuclear Blast). The follow-up to 2004's "Hellfire Club" was recorded with producer Sascha Paeth (who also worked with the band on their "Superheroes" EP) and is said to feature the band's most "diverse" material to date.

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