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07 Mar 2008

F.R.Y. Recording Debut Album

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05 Mar 2008

ANDEM Finishing Work on Debut Album with German Producer

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05 Mar 2008

UNLEASHED - new album track listing revealed

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03 Mar 2008

EXUMER - reunion confirmed for 2009

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02 Mar 2008

KIUAS - tops Finnish single chart

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02 Mar 2008

HUMAN FORTRESS - new album details

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29 Feb 2008

STILLIFE "Destiny" - limited edition in the end of spring

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29 Feb 2008

LACRIMOSA in moscow

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29 Feb 2008

KALEDON - new album details

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28 Feb 2008

SUIDAKRA - DVD trailer available

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28 Feb 2008

ARKONA - to take part in Ragnarök 2008 festival

Festivals
27 Feb 2008

PAIN - tour bus searched by German cops

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27 Feb 2008

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN - complete new lineup announced

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27 Feb 2008

IN BATTLE issues songwriting update

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26 Feb 2008

MIND ODYSSEY - to release new album in autumn

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26 Feb 2008

DENIAL to release debut through Asphyxiate Recordings

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25 Feb 2008

SKYFORGER to headline Infernal Damnation Festival

Festivals
24 Feb 2008

HATESPHERE wins Danish Music Award

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22 Feb 2008

SCARTOWN finished working on new material

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22 Feb 2008

ASGUARD - plans about shows snd albums

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24 MAR

1986

VAN HALEN released "5150" on March 24, 1986 — the first album with new vocalist Sammy Hagar and a landmark moment in hard rock history. Named after the California police code for an escaped mental patient, "5150" was the band's first album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200, ironically their biggest commercial success coming after the departure of original frontman David Lee Roth. The album's polished, keyboard-heavy sound represented a dramatic shift from VAN HALEN's raw early records — "Why Can't This Be Love," "Dreams," and "Love Walks In" were radio-friendly melodic rock anthems far from the blues-influenced hard rock of "Eruption" and "Runnin' with the Devil." Critics were divided; fans bought it in millions. "5150" began a commercially successful if artistically controversial second chapter for one of rock's greatest bands.

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