METAL HEAVEN New singings!!!

Metal Heaven - News 05 / 2006
...is announcing... New singings!!!
Metal Heaven welcomes two new bands to the roster:

Ruffians

RUFFIANS - An US Metal legends returns!

METAL HEAVEN welcome one of the US' finest Metal bands on board: RUFFIANS! The band debuted at the famed San Francisco rock venue the Mabuhay Gardens in December '83. Ruffians then hit the Bay Area club circuit with a bang! Ruffians played many shows throughout their career securing support slots for bands such as UFO, Alice Cooper, Dokken, Queensryche, Saxon, Y&T and Slayer.

In January 1985 Ruffians entered Studio D in Sausalito, California to lay down tracks for their debut album. Released in May on Victory Records in the North America, SPV / Steamhammer Records in Europe & FEMS Records in Japan. The album was quickly picked up by over 200 College Radio Stations in the United States as well as charting in Europe and Japan. The album received great reviews from the international and domestic press, and the band's fan base grew much larger. Original singer Carl Albert (R.I.P.) quit the band in 1985 and was replaced by vocalist Rich Wilde. In 1987 the band went back into the studio, this time with Rich on vocals, and the result was a new 4-Track release featuring "Do or Die," "Unchained," "Through Your Eyes," and "Only The Strong Survive". These tracks appeared on various compilations and were well received by the Heavy Metal Press.

In early 1989 the band split up, but the fans and supporters remained to this day, making a Ruffians reunion a reality when the band was invited to play Germany's Bang Your Head Festival in June of 2004. Ruffians are currently at Trident / Imperial Studios in Northern California recording their much anticipated new album which will be released worldwide October 2006.

Ruffians are:

Rich Wilde - Vocals
Craig Behrhorst - Guitar
Chris Atchison - Guitar
Luke Bowman - Drums
Tommy Sisco - Bass

www.ruffians.org
www.myspace.com/ruffiansmetal

BURNING POINT - Join Metal Heaven's roster!

Also new in the METAL HEAVEN camp is Finnish based Metal outfit BURNING POINT. The recordings for their thrid album (working title: "Burned Down The Enemy") started a couple of weeks ago in their hometown of Oulu, Finland. Some of the song titles are "Deceiver", "Parasite", "From The Beginning Of It All" and "Icebound". The homepage will track a studio diary soon - check it out at www.brnpoint.com! Release date is planned for Autumn 2006.

Burning Point are:

Pete Ahonen - vocals / guitars
Jari Kaiponen - drums
Toni " Jöpe" Kansanoja - bass
Jussi Ontero - keyboards

For more info: www.metalheaven.net

Birgitt Schwanke
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